Haritha Ramavaram
Finance Business Partner |Strategic Planning, Forecasting & Performance |Automation
Secunderabad
Summary
Finance & Strategic Planning Lead Specialist with over 8 years of experience in FP&A, Business Analytics, Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Business Partnering, and sales operations. Demonstrated success in supporting C-level decision-making through advanced forecasting, financial modeling, and performance reporting. Skilled in automating processes using Tableau, Alteryx, and SAP—achieving up to 50% reduction in manual effort. Strong expertise in revenue analysis, cost optimization, and driving performance improvements across global, matrixed organizations. Proven ability to streamline data transformation and reporting workflows, enhancing accuracy and strategic impact. Seeking to contribute as a Manager, FP&A.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lead Sales Operations Specialist (Customer Success)
Thomson Reuters
Hyderabad
06.2024 - Current
- Forecasted revenue from Renewal Sales of existing customers through contracrenewals, upsells, cross-sells, and expansions.
- Ensured accurate forecasting by analysing customer health, engagement levels, product usage, and historical purchasing behaviour.
- Delivered detailed sales reports focusing on renewal and retention rates, revenue from renewals, and trends in customer retention and churn.
- Partnered with finance teams to analyse financial actuals versus sales forecasts.
- Conducted variance analysis to assess performance and identify discrepancies.
- Automated the Renewal forecasting process and reporting using Alteryx and Tableau, developing dashboards that reduced manual work by 50%.
- Assisted in creating and implementing strategies to boost performance.
- Collaborated with the Renewal Sales team to understand their needs and provided support.
- Partnered with Commercial Excellence and Finance to streamline Financial Cancellation Reporting Process.
- Led the forecasting process and cadence with the business and provided actionable insights and identified trends to support strategic decisions for Corp Tax, GAM& G7.
Senior Forecasting Analyst
Thomson Reuters
Hyderabad
02.2022 - 05.2024
- Collaborated closely with finance and sales leaders across Thomson Reuters for weekly sales forecasting/reporting.
- Performed month-end close activities, including variance analysis between financial actuals and Sales forecast, commissionable actuals.
- Managed Salesforce Actuals, commissionable Actuals reporting.
- Conducted forecast accuracy analysis monthly.
- Created Tableau dashboards for sales and plan/quota visualization.
Deputy Manager
Apollo Health and Lifestyle (AHLL)
Hyderabad
09.2021 - 01.2022
- Supported AHLL Dental and Clinics Sales head with the Revenue and P&L management.
- Assisted in AHLL's annual budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
- Conducted opportunity and risk analysis for the clinics division.
- Prepared variance analysis reports for AHLL revenue and costs.
- Contributed to month-end close activities, including accruals, orders reporting, and journal entries.
Senior Financial Analyst
Hitachi ABB Power Grids Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
02.2019 - 07.2021
- Supported Power Grids USA Front End Sales (FES) Finance team, collaborating closely with FES controller and Sales team for sales commissions & SIP analysis.
- Performed month end close activities involving accruals/orders reporting/stat entries and re-class journal entries.
- Managed FES Annual Budgeting and Forecasting along with reporting.
- Performed Intercompany recharges/reconciliation and reporting.
- Conducted FES cost deep dive variance analysis and reporting to FES controller and PG US Country Controller/CFO.
- Prepared daily order reports and reviewed submitted orders for PG US FES.
- Reviewed quarterly commissions to External sales representatives and internal account managers and payout.
- Coordinated with GBS for timely and accurate payout of commissions to external sales representatives.
- Supported FES controller for all the Ad-hocs and sales VP & team for commissions and Sales incentive plan.
- Streamlined the FES commission process and implemented standard operating procedures for all the activities and process improvement/productivity.
Senior Financial Analyst
ABB Enterprise Software UK
Bengaluru
02.2019 - 07.2021
- Supported Enterprise software UK Finance team which involves working closely with site/BU controllers for AR analysis and sales team for revenue forecasting of UK Enterprise software business.
- Managed intercompany recharges from ABB Enterprise software UK to multiple ABB entities globally for consulting/hosted employees and royalty recharges.
- Collaborated with maintenance renewal and sales team to handle customer requirement send renewal quotations through renewal representative.
- Performed month end close activities involving posting accruals/re-class entries, intercompany reconciliation, and reporting.
- Performed Overdue and bad debt analysis and reported to UK and CHSWV controllers/CFO.
- SAP and Debtors (Bank) reconciliation for UK/Switzerland and send out the overdue reports to respective controllers and EMEA ES team.
- Coordinated with credit control team to reduce overdue payments and improve collections.
- Assisted in pricing for new and existing customers and set up new customers in SAP.
- Continuous process improvement by simplifying the existing both finance and operational processes.
Financial Analyst
Honeywell Technology Solutions
Bengaluru
05.2017 - 02.2019
- Collaborated with senior leadership/business to plan annual budgets and forecasting Expenses/Revenue for IT/Legal Finance holding a P&L responsibility of $53M globally.
- Ensured timely delivery of monthly and quarterly reports to senior leadership by collaborating across functions and geographies.
- Supported functional reporting requirements and automated reporting and analysis processes.
- Reviewed invoices monthly to account for Accruals and reversals and post journal entries and Work with accounting and AP teams for various monthly close activities.
- Coordinated various other activities as part of financial planning and analysis including accruals, cost recharges and intercompany transactions.
- Analyzed the overspend categories and come up with initiatives/projects which drives the business value/savings based on the historical trend.
- Conducted Risk and opportunity analysis across the globe by region/SBU etc.
- Performed Re-class entries if there are any wrong bookings so that expenses flow to right cost centers/GL categories.
- Performed monthly Variance analysis and Ad'hocs and update the business and help them in decision making.
- Performed monthly SAP and HFM reconciliations and Essbase/HFM OEF corporate loads as a part of month end close activity.
- Reported monthly OEF/ indirect spend reports and drive cost saving to the business wherever there is an opportunity.
- Prepared the Standard operating procedure (SOP) and trained the interns/freshers on their roles and responsibilities for respective function.
Education
MBA - Finance
Alliance University
01.2015 - 01.2017
B. Tech. - Electronics and Communications
Guru Nanak Engineering College(JNTU)
Hyderabad 01.2009 - 01.2013
Skills
Hyperion Essbase /HFM, OneStream
SAP FICO, Business Objects, Salesforce
- Advanced Excel – Pivot tables, Power Query, formulas, automation
- PowerPoint – Executive-level presentations and data storytelling
- Copilot in Excel/PowerPoint – AI-driven analysis and presentation design
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work under stringent deadlines
- Effective coordination and business partnering across global teams
- Proven track record in automating processes
Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx
Certifications And Workshops
- AI Tools & Business Productivity, Continuous Learning
- ChatGPT and Copilot in Excel, Leveraging AI for enhanced data analysis and automation in spreadsheets
- Prompt Engineering, Crafting effective prompts to optimize AI outputs for business use cases
- Generative AI, Exploring applications of AI in automation (Agentic AI), forecasting, and decision support
- AI for Productivity, Actively integrating AI tools into daily workflows to streamline tasks and improve efficiency
- Certificate for Telecom Training, BSNL, Hyderabad, 2010
- Certificate in Robotics, Ab Labs, 2010
- Certificate: Yuva Varadhi (NGO), 2013
Timeline
Lead Sales Operations Specialist (Customer Success)
Thomson Reuters
06.2024 - Current
Senior Forecasting Analyst
Thomson Reuters
02.2022 - 05.2024
Deputy Manager
Apollo Health and Lifestyle (AHLL)
09.2021 - 01.2022
Senior Financial Analyst
Hitachi ABB Power Grids Pvt Ltd
02.2019 - 07.2021
Senior Financial Analyst
ABB Enterprise Software UK
02.2019 - 07.2021
Financial Analyst
Honeywell Technology Solutions
05.2017 - 02.2019
MBA - Finance
Alliance University
01.2015 - 01.2017
B. Tech. - Electronics and Communications
Guru Nanak Engineering College(JNTU)
01.2009 - 01.2013
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