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Sachin Deshpande

Redmond,WA

Summary

Accomplished finance leader with extensive experience at Amazon, driving financial planning and analysis, and business partnering. Excelled in roles from Manager FinOps Accounting to WW Operation Finance Manager III, managing over $1.5BN in supply chain assets and leading significant automation and process improvements. Skilled in project management and controls verification, with a proven track record of enhancing financial frameworks and stakeholder engagement at Amazon and GENPACT.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

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Amazon
03.2011 - Current

Amazon, Inc., USA - WW Operation Finance Manager III (2022 - Present)

  • Finance Partner to Amazon's Ops Tech IT Supply Chain Business (Supply Chain under management $1.5BN).
  • Lead Operating Planning cycles - 3YF, OP2, and quarterly guidance cycles.
  • FPN&A Ownership of 15+ Corp locations, 3 fully owned Rapid Asset Deployment centers (RAD, aka IT Fulfillment), and 10 co-located Fulfillment centers in scope.
  • 700+ fixed field and variable headcount under management.
  • Partnership with Business in finance modeling, ROI analysis, entitlements, reporting for leadership funding approvals on various projects.
  • Financial planning and reporting of RAD partnership with AWS for fulfillment of AWS Data center brake fix spare parts, long-term buys (Project Janus).
  • Implemented automated methodologies to enhance cost distribution for Janus projects.
  • Lead Monthly Financial reporting (MFR) and support Monthly Business Review (MBR), Quarterly Business Review with finance narratives and commentary.
  • IT Fulfillment center and 10 co-located IT fulfillment.
  • Ensuring accurate and timely reporting of VP-level financial goals and key metrics.
  • Finance Controllership - holding business accountable for POAI (Purchase Orders after invoice) violations.

Amazon, Inc., USA - Finance Program Manager III (2021-2022)

  • Lead global Transportation Controllership launch teams.
  • Drive automation goals and process improvements.
  • Facilitate leadership approvals and handle escalations.

Amazon UK - Manager, Program Management (2019-2021)

  • Led EU Retail Accounting project launches.
  • Focused on tax and compliance initiatives.

Amazon India - Manager, Risk Intelligence, Finance Operations (2018-2019)

  • Managed finance operations inspections and control improvements.

Amazon India - Manager, FinOps Accounting (2013-2018)

  • Oversaw global AP, retail business accounting, and payroll operations.
  • Led ERP implementation and process improvements.

Previous Roles

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04.2001 - 03.2011
  • GENPACT India: Manager - Operations (F&A Global) (2007-2011)
  • Cummins, Inc: Officer - Finance (2006-2007)
  • GRUH Finance Ltd: Regional Accounts In-charge (2004-2006)
  • CA S. M. Unecha & Co, Public Accounting Firm: Audit & Tax Executive (2001-2004)

Education

Stepping Into Leadership Training Program - Leadership

Indian School of Business (ISB) - Hyderabad, India
01-2018

Master's of Commerce (Post Graduate Degree) - Advance Accounting And Taxation

Pune University
Pune, India

Bachelor's of Commerce (Graduate Degree) - Advance Accounting And Costing

Modern College of Arts, Commerce And Science
Pune, India

Skills

  • Budgeting and Financial Analysis (FP&A)
  • Business partnering
  • Accounting
  • Project Management
  • Controller-ship
  • Financial Control Assessment
  • People Manager

Languages

English
Full Professional
Hindi
Native/ Bilingual
Marathi
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

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Amazon
03.2011 - Current

Previous Roles

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04.2001 - 03.2011

Stepping Into Leadership Training Program - Leadership

Indian School of Business (ISB) - Hyderabad, India

Master's of Commerce (Post Graduate Degree) - Advance Accounting And Taxation

Pune University

Bachelor's of Commerce (Graduate Degree) - Advance Accounting And Costing

Modern College of Arts, Commerce And Science
Sachin Deshpande