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Komal Tahilramani

San Jose,CA

Summary

Finance professional with 10 years of experience across Fintech and Investment Banking. Expertise in FP&A, strategic planning, and management reporting. Proven track record of optimizing budgets, influencing company-wide decision-making, and effectively managing relationships with business partners, finance leaders, and executives.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Manager, Technology

PayPal
San Jose
09.2022 - Current
  • Managed a $0.5B operating expense portfolio across Technology, G&A, and Corporate finance functions.
  • Mentored a team of analysts, providing ongoing guidance and support to drive performance.
  • Led system enhancements to streamline the accrual process and management reporting, saving 8 hours per month.
  • Developed predictive analytics for 1,000+ headcount (hiring, attrition, and employee transfer forecasts) and scenario-based models to achieve headcount targets.
  • Driven key projects geared towards continuous process improvement, stakeholder education, accountability, and team branding/communications.
  • Influenced company-wide decision of return to office, number of days in the office, amenity offerings, and estate planning.

Finance Manager, Equity Finance

Morgan Stanley
Mumbai
06.2021 - 09.2021
  • Supported APAC Institutional Equity Markets Product Control by developing a strong grasp of team structure, workflows, product strategies, and front-to-back processes; documented key insights to streamline onboarding.

Finance Associate, Fixed Income Securities

Nomura Inc
Mumbai & Tokyo
10.2015 - 05.2021
  • Supported APAC Institutional Equity Markets Product Control by developing a strong grasp of team structure, workflows, product strategies, and front-to-back processes; documented key insights to streamline onboarding
  • Led a team of analysts managing Fixed Income desk revenue reporting for the Japan markets, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery of management reports.
  • Standardized and automated daily and weekly commentary processes save 3 hours per day.
  • Liaised with onshore controllers in Tokyo, managing stakeholder relationships, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Modeled and automated P&L reporting for the new Nomura entity, and delivered on KPIs to executives.
  • Presented the Rates desk strategy to Product Finance, outlining risk exposures, balance sheet impact, and hedging approaches.

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA) - CPA Equivalent

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
India

Bachelor of Commerce - Finance And Accounting

University of Mumbai
India

Skills

  • Financial modeling
  • Strategic financial planning
  • Management reporting and dashboards
  • Variance analysis
  • Scenario planning
  • Headcount planning
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Business partnership
  • Stakeholder management
  • Advanced Excel
  • Oracle Hyperion
  • SAP SAC S4 HANA
  • Essbase
  • Looker
  • PowerBI
  • SQL

Affiliations

  • Running
  • Yoga
  • Food

Timeline

Finance Manager, Technology

PayPal
09.2022 - Current

Finance Manager, Equity Finance

Morgan Stanley
06.2021 - 09.2021

Finance Associate, Fixed Income Securities

Nomura Inc
10.2015 - 05.2021

Chartered Accountant (CA) - CPA Equivalent

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)

Bachelor of Commerce - Finance And Accounting

University of Mumbai
Komal Tahilramani