CA Giridesh Gupta

 Steering financial trajectory of 10 years post CA qualification, my role as Global Head of Business finance/FP&A and Pricing synthesizes complex financial data to drive strategic business decisions. My analytical acumen, honed over years of dedicated financial oversight, directly contributes to the organization's robust financial planning and keen competitive pricing.⦁ Everise as Global Business FP&A & Pricing head Apr’24 to Jul'24 (Annual Revenue $600M)⦁ EXL Services as Assistant Vice President and heading Healthcare FP&A from Jun’20 to Apr’24 (Annual Revenue $400M)⦁ Wipro Limited as Deputy Manager BFM and FP&A from Nov’17 to Jun’20 (Annual Revenue $150M)⦁ Tata Teleservices as Assistant Manager in Finance (FP&A) from May’15 to Nov’17⦁ Bharti Airtel : 1 year of in accounting and analysis in Roaming and Interconnect business for Africa

Key Skills

Budget Control
Forecasting
Financial Analysis
Financial Modeling
Stakeholder Relationship Management
Team Building

Professional Experience

Apr 2024
Jul 2024
Senior Director Business Finance/FP&A
Everise Delhi, IN
Everise is a global leader in transforming customer service for healthcare, transport, logistics, insurance, financial services and tech businesses.
  •  Handling Global Business portfolio comprising of ~ $600Mn annual revenue and ~19000 Headcount across all line of services
  •  Responsible for end to end FP&A including the Pricing
  •  Discussion with Business/Sales/HR leadership on Monthly business reviews (MBR)
  •  Presentation and discussion on different platform with CEO and CFO pertains to Investment and Quarterly business review
Jun 2020
Apr 2024
Assistant Vice President
EXL SERVICES Noida, IN
EXL Services is a global company that provides data-led analytics/business services to help organizations drive insights and improve their business.
  •  Handling the Healthcare Business portfolio comprising of ~ $400Mn annual revenue and ~7000 Headcount across all line of services
  •  Responsible for end to end FP&A for entire HealthCare unit including the Pricing
  •  Discussion with Business/Sales/HR leadership on Monthly business reviews (MBR)
  •  Presentation and discussion on different platform with CEO and CFO pertains to Investment and Quarterly business review
  •  Discussion on Key MIS with the leadership for process Improvement and margin enhancement
  •  Coordination with different stakeholders/leaders including Operation/Corporate FP&A and Controller-ship leadership for smoothly closure of books 
  •  End to end responsibilities for Planning/Forecasting/Budgeting of Financials with the other leadership
  •  Discussion with Other FP&A leadership for different acitivities
  •  Handling of complex Payment services business (Annual  Revenue ~ $210Mn part of HealthCare only)
  •  Team Management : Handling the core team of 6 people in HealthCare to smooth closure of activities 

Sep 2017
Jun 2020
Deputy Manager Business Finance
Wipro Limited Delhi, IN
Wipro Limited is a global company that provides IT services, consulting, and business process services.
  •  Responsible for Month, quarter and Year End Financial reporting including various analysis reports for Local Management.
  •  Core Team Member in the AOP Planning Activity.
  •  Responsible for overall P&L of the LOB
  •  Responsible for Budgeting, Forecasting, controlling and Variance Analysis with Actuals.
  •  Drive excellence to improve profitability and resource utilization.
  •  Closely work with various stakeholders to improve revenue and margin
  •  Identify key business issues and provide stakeholders with the possible solutions

Apr 2015
Nov 2017
Assistant Manager FP&A
Tata Teleservices Limited Delhi, IN
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTLS) is a Tata Group company that provides digital connectivity and cloud solutions to businesses in India.
  •  Analysis of the trend of revenue and access cost (I.U.C) on monthly basis with identified reasons for any abnormal movements
  • Monthly/Quarterly/Annually (A.O.P) planning & forecasting of revenues & expenses, trend analysis and tracking of variances against actuals
  • Supervision of monthly closing done by shared services
  • Report for profitability for separately for product segments and business models.
  • Reporting of critically watched numbers, analysis of minutes & revenue enhancement initiatives
  • Participating in making critical presentation for Board meeting. 

Jun 2014
May 2015
Senior Executive
Bharti Airtel Gurgaon, IN
 1 year of experience in accounting and analysis in Roaming and Interconnect charges African team (Bharti Airtel)

Education

Mar 2009
Mar 2012
Bachelor of Commerce in School of Open Learning Delhi University
Delhi University
Mar 2009
Nov 2014
Chartered Accountant in Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
Institute of Chartered Accountant of India

Certifications

2023
Fintech Innovation
Cambridge Judge Business School
2021
Complete Financial Analyst
Udemy

Achievements

Professional Leadership Achievement
EXL Services Noida
⦁ Best finance employee/CFO Award of the year 2021
⦁ Best Performance Award Finance - Q1’22
⦁ Various recognition as part of Winning team for different Pricing
⦁ Won pricing of almost ~1500 INR Crore in FY’21
⦁ Turned contingency portfolio to $200 Mn from $54 Mn in 4 year time period with double of profitability we were working before 2020.

Wipro : Automation & Simplification of different process in Wipro

Tata TeleServices
⦁ On the Spot Award for Annual A.O.P. Revenue Outlook by Vice President .
⦁ Highly acknowledge/certified in contribution towards Tamil Nadu ICR Business Project Analytics by VP

Hobbies & Interests

  • Hiking
  • Traveling
  • Fitness

Languages

English
(Fluent)
Hindi
(Fluent)

Career Aspiration

My goal is to become a transformative finance leader who not only excels in traditional financial management but also plays a key role in shaping strategic direction and driving organizational success. Be part of all strategic discussion and drive actions which can impact financials of company.

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