Jeetinder (Jeet) Ahluwalia – Mumbai – jeet.ahluwalia1@hotmail.

com - +91-9820054507

Resume (CV): Overview: Seeking an experienced professional role as a Finance Accounting expert
with a focus on Process Excellence. Experienced in finance, accounting, six-sigma. Having expertise in
in data analysis and alerting senior management on a timely basis on rising costs and wastage;
suggesting options to optimize operations to sustain and grow profits so as to be on track to meet or
exceed annual plan. Working with Controllers to ensure accurate and timely financial closing and
subsequent reporting. Optimizing processes for improved forecasting and reporting.
Worked 11 years in Financial Planning Analysis (FP&A), Record to Report (RTR), & Business Finance
and also spent 3 yrs in Management Cost Accounting. Worked 3 yrs in Accounts Payables Procure to
Pay (PTP) in shared services. Worked 3 yrs as a Six Sigma Black Belt and improved processes.
Having an MBA in Finance and a BS in Accounting and a Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
Worked at various Fortune 500 MNC's in varied industries across both manufacturing and BFSI
services domains. Have worked for business leadership & controllers departments at the corporate
office and in Shared services departments. Expert in Excel, analysis, reports, US GAAP. Expert in MS
Excel and various ERP and financial systems. Open to individual contributor or people leader role.

Work Experience:
2018 to Present - Mumbai - Finance Consultant
Consulting in Finance & Accounting (FP&A, RTR, PTP, Costing) and in Six Sigma.

2016 to 2018: FIS (Fidelity Info Svc) - Mumbai - Senior Finance Manager – Head
Accounts Payable & Support in MIS and FP&A:
Accounts Payable (Procure to Pay PTP):
o Optimizing and transforming processes to ensure TAT / SLA being met by team for vendor
payment processing.
o Ensuring team does a timely & accurate month-closing of GL accounts (provisions,
bookings, payments). Did GL and RTR Review.
o Periodic review of adequacy of internal controls & ensuring they are followed by in all the
accounts payable processing activities.
o Weekly cashflow (receivables vs payables) preparation to prioritize vendor payments in
line with discussions with internal stakeholders.
o Tracking & motivating team on performance.
MIS and Reporting, Financial Planning Analysis (FP&A), and Fixed Assets
o Compilation, analysis, and reporting of customer-wise (Banks) BU monthly financials.
o Fixed Assets review & valuation of assets (Hardware and Software) of unit before sale.

2015 to 2016: BASF - Mumbai - Manager Finance (Supply Chain, IT):

Developed activity-based-cost allocation structure to charge all chemical Business Units (ABMC).
Developed monthly financial slide decks with variance analysis for shared services.

2014 to 2015: TCS (Tata) - Mumbai - Senior Finance Manager FP&A:

Collated & reviewed FP&A inputs and ensured P&L is on track for BPO’s Business Units; reported
deviations to Business & Finance Heads.

2012 to 2014: NCR Corporation - Mumbai - Finance Manager FP&A and RTR:
Drove the monthly reporting (RTR) and forecast (FP&A) of orders / revenue / backlog / Sales /
GM / EBIT / CM for India MD & APAC CFO.
Weekly sales flash reporting and review of orders in Salesforce funnel.
Supported Controllers Dept. in monthly closing entries and their analysis.
Managed warranty accounting as per GAAP policy.
Revenue recognition by milestones per US GAAP.
Cost analysis of Bank ATM’s (Hardware, Software, Professional Services) per SAAS industry.
Analyzed & reported risks/contingencies in the P&L and the Balance Sheet.
Generated and maintained YTD P&L and forecasted P&L on a monthly basis for tracking Sales,
Gross Margin, Expenses, and Accounts Receivable DSO.
Transformation & optimization of the process of sales commission linkage to correct salesmen.

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2011 to 2012: Sanofi - Mumbai - Finance Manager FP&A and RTR:

Prepared monthly P&L during closing (RTR) and did Headcount analysis & reporting, also involved
in BU-wise FP&A as a Controller-analyst. Approved Pricing and Discounts for pharmaceuticals.

2000 to 2011: Dow Chemical Company, Mumbai & Indianapolis:

2010 to 2011: Accounts Payable P2P SME Expert - Mumbai (Shared Services)
o Liaison between Dow & 3rd party vendors for ensuring timely processing of payments &
fixing root causes of issue areas. Catered to all Dow businesses and global locations.
Optimizing and transforming processes to meet TAT of internal stakeholders.
2008 to 2010: Senior Cost Accountant (dual role) – Indianapolis
o Collated responses from cost accountants globally & communicated analysis & results to
Leadership on Supply Chain expenses globally. Served as cost controller analyst.
o Set Mnfg plant standard costs of Raw materials, Labor, & Overhead expenses annually in
SAP and analyzed & explained variances.
o Involved in monthly reporting (RTR) and forecasting (FP&A) of costs.
2005 to 2007: Six Sigma Black Belt – Mumbai
o Was leading 6 strategic six sigma projects for Dow as a Black Belt (projects were on sales
increase, plant costs decrease, market share increase). Used tools from 5 stages of Six
Sigma – Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (Root Causes, Brainstorming, FMEA).
o Trained employees for Green Belt certification.
2000 to 2004: Finance FP&A Analyst - Mumbai
o Providing accurate & timely monthly P&L forecasts & commentary on variances (FP&A) to
local senior leadership (CFO, CEO, Biz Unit Heads) for agrochemicals.
o Involved in revenue generation, gross margin, pricing analysis & cost reduction discussions
with Dept and Business Heads.
o Assisted business teams in costing and pricing analysis for new bids / schemes.
o Involved in regular financial evaluations, what-if scenarios, projections of financials for
strategic business decisions. Discounted cash-flow (DCF) analysis, NPV, IRR.
o Provided monthly inputs to Global Corporate on developments in India; provided monthly
inputs to Controllers & Treasury locally.
o One of the first learners & trainers of front-end tools post-SAP implementation
o Transformation and optimization of local forecasting process (automation).
o Worked on imports, duties, & transfer pricing analysis.
o Working capital monitoring (Inventories, Receivables).

1998 to 1999: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - Mumbai - IT Analyst:

Tracked offshore software team-wise project completion & manpower movement.
1997 to 1998: Godrej Soaps - Mumbai - Management Trainee:
Had two roles- Audit of expenses and IT support for plant personnel.

1996 to 1997: Halliburton Company - Houston - Financial Accountant:

Collated/tracked monthly financial info from oil-drilling equipment manufacturing plants &
projects for Head Office Finance for balanced scorecard report.
Conducted inventory reconciliation of physical vs system for SAP launch
Involved in inventory reconciliation for legacy systems to get SAP-ready.
Inventory DSI and Turns tracking & monitoring.
Miscellaneous Finance & Accounting (F&A) projects as per Controller’s request.
1995: Price Waterhouse Coopers – Houston - Audit Internship:
Internship covering financial audits of corporations.

Education:
MBA Finance - Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) - 1995.
BS Accounting - Rutgers University (Newark, NJ) - 1992.
Six Sigma Black Belt / Lean - Dow Chemical/ KPMG - Mumbai - 2007/2019.
PGP Business Data Analytics - Great Lakes Institute Mgmt. - Mumbai - 2020.
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