Akshin Rustamov
Bellevue
Summary
Forward-thinking finance leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals with extensive competencies spanning planning, budgeting, FP&A, and reporting. Known for innovative problem-solving and adeptness in leveraging technology and process improvement to streamline tasks. Successful background matching employees with roles for maximum performance.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Lead – FB App and Privacy & Data Practices Organization
Meta
06.2022 - Current
- Leading FB App and Privacy & Data Practices FPA rhythms, including month end close, annual budget, quarterly forecast and long range planning
- Managing ~$300M in OpEx and ~4K headcount and providing actionable insights for business & finance leadership
- Partnering with organization leaders to align on Privacy needs, strategic directions and scalability to meet requirements of FTC order and other legal data practices obligations
- Designing and launching HC blueprint processes to align Central Privacy and product group HC to meet upcoming regulatory requirements across the globe
- Designing and implementing new Privacy OpEx Operating Model to prioritize investments and align business operations to financial outcomes
- Driving transition to lower cost vendor providers to meet financial target goals while ensuring continuation of critical workstreams
- Partnering with Facebook App leadership to build and launch reporting package that provides actionable insights.
- Trained new and existing staff junior members in various financial procedures.
Business Health Team Lead – Margin Strategy & Investment Optimization
Microsoft
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Leading Experiences & Devices finance FPA PnL team spanning across range of products within Microsoft Cloud and Commercial Licensing portfolio
- Building, mentoring and leading a team of finance managers who support product planning across all finance and business ROB including Long Range Planning, Forecast, Budget and month end close
- Designing and landing full year resource structure principles (headcount) in alignment to land in year Microsoft Cloud cost efficiencies projects
- Leading reporting innovation project to address finance and business needs (across cloud and on prem products), with focus on aligning business decisions to financial outcomes
- Leading financial ROB with finance and business leadership to deliver actionable insights for short term and long term planning financial performance across Windows and Productivity PnL
- Driving cloud Integrated Business Planning with business & finance leadership and delivered more accurate demand planning forecasts
- Devised dedicated coaching methods to foster continued development of each team member.
- Recruited, developed and retained high-performing associates to build capable sales team consistently out-performing expectations.
Group Finance Manager – GSMO HQ Finance
Microsoft
03.2018 - 01.2021
- Own the end-to-end management of the P&L for Microsoft’s worldwide Global Sales Marketing Organization (GSMO) and Business and Finance leadership storytelling, connecting business decisions to financial outcomes
- Managed the accurate and timely budgeting, long range planning and forecasting of all operating costs for the GSMO organization, as well as running a smooth and accurate monthly financial close process
- Lead of the Worldwide Finance Controller Community (14 Financial Controllers across the world), driving monthly community rhythm with the Areas, community meetings and summits to ensure full alignment and clarity across all Areas on organizational mission and expected outcomes.
- Responsible to ensure compliance with Field Operating Model to effectively manage Profit and Loss statement including.
- Leading major simplification initiatives across organization (Worldwide Centralized Budget, One PnL Close automation and Commercial business restructuring).
Sr Finance Manager – SMSG HQ Finance
Microsoft
11.2015 - 08.2017
- Lead end-to-end annual Opex, COGS and HC planning process for Commercial sales with emphasis on GSMO (Global Sales, Marketing & Operations) overall and own all expense planning related deliverables.
- Partnering with sales organization executives to plan and operationalize global financial targets across 14 Areas.
- Lead v-team of stakeholders and partners contributing to planning process and closely collaborate with GSMO HQ, WCB Commercial, Services, Field, Central Finance Team (CFT), and Engineering group teams throughout the process
- Model worldwide expense projections/outlook and submit into the company-wide Units of Accountability (U of A) model
- Model Field (Geos) Targets; own consolidation of various Target inputs from others into the overall Target Setting Model; own and drive executive review presentations and discussions and external reporting model translation.
- Consolidate annual investment requests, provided analysis and recommend decisions in line with financial targets
- Own Field Targets target cascade and help Field land Budgets ensuring Targets are met
- Simplify, improve and modernize financial processes
- Participate in various communities; projects across CFT and broader Finance org, and act as coach and mentor to other finance employees in the team and project virtual teams.
Finance Manager – Central Finance Team (CFP&A)
Microsoft
01.2014 - 11.2015
- Designing, implementing and showcasing cross company financial initiatives to senior finance leadership to drive insight and financial accountability
- Manage CFPA forecast processes to ensure accurate and timely completion, accuracy and drive accountability
- Deliver to finance leadership insight
- Building various financial models to support long range planning and senior finance leadership decision making
- Analyze and break down pay raise impact for organizational targets based on competitive and sensitivity analysis, identify and implement process improvements.
Finance Manager – HR Finance
Microsoft
06.2011 - 01.2014
- OPEX - Budget planning, management, month end close and forecast for a large international organization ($200M/25 Groups/700HC)
- Designing and publishing month end reports for director of HR Finance, CFP&A reviews and business partners
- Business partnering and finance support for all 25 groups across organization (variance drivers, cost cutting, forecast guidance)
- Outsourcing Project Lead – identifying low value/reoccurring and outsourcing to Fargo location to create capacity across organization
- Long Range Financial Planning and Target Cascade - model design and implementation for entire organization of HR ($500M)
- Business partnering to provide general finance and large scale support across HR & CFP&A.
Financial Analyst II (Devices Team, Marketing, HR Finance)
Microsoft
10.2007 - 06.2011
- Manage month end process Opex, COGS and HC planning process for Consumer sales with emphasis on Devices
- Performed complex financial and budget analyses to determine requirements and justify requested funding.
- Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends and potential areas of improvement.
- Collected data and developed detailed KPI's to identify trends and create revenue, profitability, and expense forecasts.
- Build, maintain, and drive robust financial models to help guide / influence business decisions and to support forecasting, budgeting, and restatements.
Education
MBA-Masters of Business Administration (General/Finance) -
Seattle University
Seattle, WA06.2011
BA-Business Administration (Accounting & Finance Concentration) - Accounting
University of Washington
Seattle, WA03.2007
Skills
- Annual Planning
- Long Range Planning
- Close
- Forecast
- Financial Modeling
- Executive Support
- Tool & Automation
- Process Design and Efficiency
- Leadership
- Sales Finance
- Cloud Finance
- Business Partnership
- Rhythm of Business Orchestration
- Board of Directors Reporting
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Customer Satisfaction
- Customer Relationship Development
Pronouns
he/him
Timeline
Finance Lead – FB App and Privacy & Data Practices Organization
Meta
06.2022 - Current
Business Health Team Lead – Margin Strategy & Investment Optimization
Microsoft
01.2021 - 05.2022
Group Finance Manager – GSMO HQ Finance
Microsoft
03.2018 - 01.2021
Sr Finance Manager – SMSG HQ Finance
Microsoft
11.2015 - 08.2017
Finance Manager – Central Finance Team (CFP&A)
Microsoft
01.2014 - 11.2015
Finance Manager – HR Finance
Microsoft
06.2011 - 01.2014
Financial Analyst II (Devices Team, Marketing, HR Finance)
Microsoft
10.2007 - 06.2011
MBA-Masters of Business Administration (General/Finance) -
Seattle University
BA-Business Administration (Accounting & Finance Concentration) - Accounting
University of Washington