Suraj Patidar

• Preparing consolidated monthly / quarterly / yearend financial document for nine countries
• Executed Rest of World (RoW) WBR and OBR reporting structure, working with country teams to fetch weekly data and report to L10 and above leaders
• Working with RoW Analytics and BI team to standardize and automate key operational metrics for WBR reporting
• Performing Central headcount end to end planning and controllership for central corporate and filed fixed resources
• Formulating headcount harmonization document to strengthen planning and reporting processes
• Partnering with central program teams on cost reporting for External Fulfillment reporting
• Worked with topology and network planning team to formulize Sensitivity analysis on plan volume volatility
• Acting central custodian on Kingpin goals (S-Team and Country Goals) for L10 reviews
• Working in implementing RoW process standardization in terms of Standard Page zeros, Standard strawman for business and financial reviews, cost center cleanup, HC harmonization and calendarization
• Accomplished ECCF FC headcount benchmarking exercise for OP2 2022 planning cycle.

I was handling two roles in this profile – one was India delivery station corporate FP&A and second was finance partnering to South region

• Leading India delivery station cost (Fixed + Variable) for month close, year-end, planning cycles (operating plan (OP1 & OP2), long range forecast (LRF) and quarterly guidance)
• Partnering with last mile capacity planning team over delivery station POR (Plan of Record) and its costing
• Automated India last mile - Weekly OTR (over the road) CPS report
• Leading India delivery station finance commentary and other key metrics in MBR (Monthly Business Review) and MFR (Monthly Finance Review)
• Leading and partnering with operations and support function teams over FCF ideas to achieve stretch OP goal
• Financial modelling for key operational projects such as Pop-up stations, AMZL vs
• EDSP channel, HAZMAT Costing etc
• Owning E2E Capital Appropriation Request for South region and Central Corporate projects
• In regional role I had handled below responsibilities: Driving South region last mile cost optimization by defining mechanism for input metrics and review mechanism for output metrics
• Driving weekly KPI dashboards across South leadership to gain more insights of cost performance and channel optimization
• DAVA/SSA (Delivery Associate/Station Support Associate) rationalization by aligning network level goal with optimization of channel allocation mix and productivity
• Working with South operation stakeholders in few FCF initiatives such as 2/3-Wheeler EVs, Channel optimization, developing STAR Channel, Hyperzone, SSA Productivity, Station Fixed cost optimization, Shipping Supplies etc
• Tracking COD (Cash on delivery) non-compliance across 300+ nodes and overseeing cash reconciliation issues
• Preparing and driving South Peak CPS dashboards for better visibility of cost details and taking appropriate business decisions for cost optimization.

(Promoted to Financial Analyst III in Jul 2018)

• Ensuring smooth closure of Month close activities relating to India lease accounting, fixed assets, AWS infra and other corporate opex expenses
• Implemented Project TRIRIGA for 450+ India leases (operating and capital) single handedly
• Preparing and reviewing account reconciliation on opex variance analysis
• Working with business finance team to understand appropriate cost drivers for cost variance
• Preparing and driving IGAAP audit and tax schedules for India marketplace entities
• Rationalizing and justifying lease audit schedules with proper cost drivers.

• Preparing Strategic plans (3/5 Years), Profit plans / Budgets for next year and Operation review Slides
• Leading Month close activities for complete P&L, Capital planning and tracking and Variance analysis process
• Worked on adhoc analysis such as Process improvement, Productivity analysis, Excess & obsolete inventory Analysis, Cost benefit analysis for new products
• Lead various audit assignments such as Statutory and Tax Audit, SOX Audit, Internal Audit and Service Tax Audit and implement corrective actions resulted out of it
• Working with third party consultant to prepare Statutory tax liabilities for Tax deducted at Source, Goods and Service tax and Value added tax.

(Promoted to Manager Finance in Mar 2014)

• Leading Month close / year end and financial analysis and allocations of corporate cost centers
• Preparation and submission of Monthly SEZ statutory compliances such as Monthly Softex form, SEZ license renewal, corporate cost allocation and share buyback financials
• Leading Fixed Asset accounting, CAR tracking, Capex Forecast and reporting
• Preparing Segmental business analysis for achieving breakeven
• Tracking, review & validation of Cost saving projects such as Optimum utilization of Propane gas, electrical energy, packaging cost saving and tool/supplies consumption.

• Supporting month close activities for Fabrication business unit
• Forecasting complete P&L through Sales and Material Cost basis market trend, inflation, product and process improvement and adjusting cost savings through localization / negotiation
• Product profitability analysis were tracked to deicide future business growth
• Supporting Inventory management and reporting, Inventory audit, statutory audit as per UK and IGAAP.

• Enhanced product quality with rigorous testing and adherence in Finance and Costing module.
• Served as subject matter expert for process-related inquiries, providing guidance to colleagues when needed.
• Conducted processes check and identifying areas for improvement and recommending corrective actions.