ARVINDER SINGH
SANTA ROSA,California
Summary
MBA-Finance professional with 20 years of vast experience in Accounting & Finance. Trained on Six Sigma Quality tools, SOX & Lean concepts. Possess strong Accounting & Finance knowledge, and Analytical, Organizational & Management skills. Hands-on systems experience with Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, Hyperion, Essbase, Incorta, Tableau, MicroStrategy & OneStream.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Sales & Business Finance Controller
Keysight Technologies Inc.
10.2021 - Current
- Partner with Functional & Sales VPs in executing GTM Business strategies with effective financial decision making for Global Software, Services & Solutions portfolio of >$1B.
- Perform Financial Planning & Analysis activities including Short Term Fall Plan, monthly & quarterly forecasting, Long term Strategic planning, Zero Based budgeting.
- Drive the quota setting process for the Sales Teams & measuring performance against the goals.
- Support Compensation Team with variable pay forecasting, periodic sales program incentive modelling.
- Pricing analysis for large Enterprise deals and MY agreements; and support price increase cycles.
- Support decision making on Pay terms and Extended payment requests.
- Backlog reporting and analysis to forecast revenue stream.
- Prepare Quarterly Order package for key metrics reporting such as Discount analysis, Top customers Domino. classification, Products classification, Regional reporting, Forecast Reliability.
- Preparation of monthly Order Narratives & Quarterly Business Reviews for executive report-out.
Sr. Financial Analyst- Corporate Controllership
Keysight Technologies Inc.
09.2014 - 10.2021
- Manage quarterly Geographic P&L forecast & profit apportionment for legal entities.
- Provide company CFO a quarterly analysis of the US entity profitability, sustainability & Cash flow.
- Lead yearly discussions on functional expenses with functional VP’s reviewing & allocating their functional expenses in accordance with transfer pricing policies.
- Statutory reporting activities; tax filings, provisions, reporting & analysis.
Sr. Supervisor– General Accounting & Reporting
Agilent Technologies Inc.
03.2010 - 09.2014
- Managed a team of 15+ involved in performing GL Month End closing, Balance sheet reconciliation & reporting activities
- Drive the month end close cycle SL > GL > Consolidation, working with various functions and perform management report-outs
- Finance Operations Project Lead on various acquisitions & related process integration activities.
Business Analyst- AR & Revenue Reporting
Agilent Technologies Inc.
11.2005 - 03.2010
- Team leader for the Revenue Accounting team working closely with Business finance on performing various month-end revenue adjustments, reconciliations & revenue reporting
- Manage the Distributor Commissions & Indent Sales accounting process
- Lead the SAB104 accounting program for SNI/TTA cases for orders/invoices
- Perform the global AR provisioning for Bad & Doubtful debts.
Financial Analyst- Central Hub team for EMEA Card Business
American Express
05.2004 - 11.2005
- Coordinate month-end close, record journal entries related to month end adjustments and expense accruals for Nordic countries
- Onsite Transition of the Amex EMEA Card month end close & reconciliation activities from UK to India Financial Center
- Support Business Finance Controllers and FP&A team with data analysis & commentary to facilitate key business decisions and financial planning.
Process Associate- Finance COE
General Electric (GE) Capital International Services
04.2003 - 05.2004
- Maintain Income tax accounting and apportionment process for the business
- Perform Property tax reconciliations
- Support Month end accounting & reporting to the Group controllers.
Education
MBA (Finance) -
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
Pune - India06.2003
Bachelor-in-Commerce & Accounting -
Delhi University
Delhi - India08.1999
Timeline
Sales & Business Finance Controller
Keysight Technologies Inc.
10.2021 - Current
Sr. Financial Analyst- Corporate Controllership
Keysight Technologies Inc.
09.2014 - 10.2021
Sr. Supervisor– General Accounting & Reporting
Agilent Technologies Inc.
03.2010 - 09.2014
Business Analyst- AR & Revenue Reporting
Agilent Technologies Inc.
11.2005 - 03.2010
Financial Analyst- Central Hub team for EMEA Card Business
American Express
05.2004 - 11.2005
Process Associate- Finance COE
General Electric (GE) Capital International Services
04.2003 - 05.2004
MBA (Finance) -
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
Bachelor-in-Commerce & Accounting -
Delhi University