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Siva Sravan Satyavolu

Siva Sravan Satyavolu

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Hyderabad

Summary

A qualified CMA and Strategic FP&A partner with over 10 years of experience across FP&A and financial reporting, with deep ownership of budgets, rolling forecasts, and scenario modeling that align plans to changing market realities. Currently working as a FP&A partner in a high-growth SaaS, turning financial data into decisions that accelerate ARR, margin expansion, and cash efficiency. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights, enabling data-driven decision-making and enhancing financial transparency. Committed to leveraging analytical skills and financial acumen to empower leadership with strategies that foster sustainable growth.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Financial Planning Analysis Partner

Compport
07.2024 - Current
  • FP&A partner in a leading HR Tech SaaS startup in Comp & Benefits, developed annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and drove smooth month-end closure. Prepared analytics on key metrics to support strategic and operational decision-making.
  • Budgeting and Forecasting: Designed annual budgets, maintained rolling forecasts, and created scenario models to align with evolving business strategies and objectives.
  • Financial Modelling: Developed dynamic financial models to evaluate business cases, pricing strategies, new product lines, and capital allocation.
  • Cash Flow & Burn Management: Monitored cash flow, runway, and burn rate metrics that are critical to startup sustainability and investor confidence. Ensured timely billing and collections with regular cadence with the implementation team and customer success, thereby contributing to a reduction in DSO.
  • Management Reporting: Prepared monthly MIS, KPI dashboards, and variance analysis to support monthly leadership reviews, board meetings, and Investor compliance.
  • Business Partnering: Collaborated cross-functionally with sales, product, and operations teams to drive financial performance and resource efficiency.
  • Investor and Fundraising Support: Supported due diligence, preparation of data for seed funding.
  • Revenue Assurance - Spearheaded the Revenue Assurance function to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance of revenue streams. Ensured end-to-end tracking of revenue from booking to billing and collection across all channels/products.
  • Contract Compliance: Reviewed customer contracts and pricing agreements to validate billing accuracy, and prevent revenue leakage.
  • Reconciliation & Controls: Implemented regular reconciliations between the CRM, billing systems, and financial ledgers to maintain data integrity.
  • Process Improvement: Identified gaps in revenue processes, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows and strengthen controls.

Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Cognizant
09.2023 - 07.2024
  • Preparation of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for Cognizant's Tech services Business of $150M Revenue, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and with cross functional collaboration supported in timely and accurate submission of AOP numbers for Group level consolidation.
  • Monthly conducted comprehensive variance analysis between budget and actuals, to provide actionable insights to Senior leadership & other stakeholders.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance revenue forecasting accuracy, leading to improved decision-making.
  • Developed monthly rolling forecast P&L reports, facilitating proactive financial management across geographies.
  • Partnered with business and operations teams to develop and present multi-year outlooks to senior leadership, based on in-depth analysis of historical trends to enable analytical insights into financial and operational metrics.
  • Supported the Corporate FP&A team by analysing service-level metrics and delivering ad-hoc data requests, enabling company-wide consolidation for quarterly Board reviews.

Financial Planning Analyst

Cyient
12.2021 - 08.2023
  • Planning and Forecasting: As part of Corporate FP&A, I was involved in the consolidation and development of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) of $600 million and rolling monthly forecasts across geographies and service lines, driving alignment with business targets.
  • Forecasting and Variance Analysis: Partnered with cross-functional teams to deliver monthly full-year outlooks to business leads and CXOs, with in-depth commentary on key variances to topline and EBITDA by geographies and by service lines.
  • Business Partnering: Collaborated with Business FP&A, Sales, and Delivery teams to evaluate revenue and cost drivers, identified potential risks and opportunities, and provided insights that informed strategic planning, resource allocation, and executive decision-making.
  • Board & Investors Reporting: Prepared comprehensive monthly and quarterly board decks and executive summaries, highlighting key operational and financial KPIs for C-suite review and presentations.

Deputy Manager FP&A

Bhagyanagar Gas Limited
11.2017 - 12.2021
  • Budgeting and Forecasting: Developed comprehensive Annual Operating Plans (AOPs) and rolling forecasts for a $250 million business, with actionable recommendations and detailed analysis.
  • Variance Analysis: Presentation of monthly variance analysis, focusing on product-level topline and profitability variances, delivering insights to drive informed management decisions.
  • Capex & Reporting: Managed capex control by collaborating with project leads, reporting on post-capex performance tracking, and maintaining the Fixed Asset Register (FAR), enhancing overall financial discipline.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Delivered timely financial reporting and ad hoc analysis to banks, auditors, and parent entities for their consolidated and reporting.
  • Books Closure: Mentoring a team of six in ensuring timely monthly and annual book closures. Oversaw journal entries, open item reconciliations, vendor ageing analysis, and capitalization of fixed assets.
  • Project Funding & Due Diligence: Managed capital project funding requirements and due diligence audit for BGL's City Gas Distribution Project (₹750 cr capital funding).
  • SAP Implementation: Spearheaded the migration of Tally into SAP (ERP implementation), ensuring a smooth transition and alignment with business needs.
  • Cash Flow & Treasury: Monitored cash flow management for vendor payments and fortnightly fund requirements by liaising with project BU heads regarding ongoing capital expenditures.
  • Vendor Management: Collaboration with procurement teams to optimize vendor selection through competitive bidding practices and vendor scorecard analyses, while maintaining robust controls over MSME vendor payments.
  • Compliance & Taxation: Ensured adherence to tax compliance (TDS, GST); reviewed GSTR reconciliations, and resolved input credit mismatches.

Assistant Manager

CYIENT LIMITED
11.2016 - 12.2017
  • Timely closure of books of accounts for EMEA entities, ensuring compliance with organizational timelines, and accuracy in reporting.
  • Conducted a detailed review of journal entries, with a focus on the accurate recording of prepaid expenses, accruals, and provisions, to ensure smooth month-end closures.
  • Prepared monthly financial statements and executive summaries for presentation to the EMEA leadership team, facilitating informed decision-making.
  • Coordinated directly with internal and offshore audit teams to ensure a prompt reply to queries, and smooth and timely audit sign-offs.
  • Ensured adherence to established accounting standards and practices during month-end processes to maintain financial integrity across EMEA operations.
  • Contributed to enhancing operational efficiency by identifying process improvements in record-to-report functions.

Project Financial Analyst

Genpact
09.2015 - 11.2016
  • Project Financial Analyst:
  • 1.Budgeting, forecasting and reporting of project financials on timely basis.
  • 2.Reconciliation of Actuals v/s planned resource utilisation and expenses both billable and non billable
  • 3.Weekly/ Bi weekly recon, analysing and reporting on the variances.
  • 4.Supporting in setting up of Pricing Models and Financial Trackers for Projects.
  • 5.Close monitoring on Projects Billings and Collections and timely reporting on any discrepancies.
  • 6.Raising of invoices in AP for timely and accurate processing of invoices.
  • 7.Vendors master data Maintenance for setting up of new vendors.
  • 8.Reporting on project specific financials like write up/write down reports, Project score cards and project decks to respective project managers.
  • 9.Regular interaction with project heads and project teams to discuss action plan and progress of the project.

Education

Cost & Management Accountant (CMA) - Financial Analysis

Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI)
Kolkata, India
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) - Commerce

Acharya Nagarjuna University
Guntur
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Financial Modeling & Forecasting
  • Budgeting & Variance Analysis
  • Revenue Assurance
  • Financial Statements & Ratio Analysis
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Due Diligence & Internal Audit Management
  • Executive Reporting & Presentation
  • Business partnering with cross-functional teams
  • Cash Flow Management
  • KPI Development & Tracking
  • Strategic planning support
  • Scenario Planning
  • Investor Reporting & Stake Holder Management
  • Revenue & Cost Driver Analysis

Accomplishments

  • Spearheaded and drove the migration from Tally to SAP at BGL, ensuring seamless transition and improved financial reporting accuracy.
  • Delivered $30m savings in SG&A expenses at Cyient by conducting detailed cost-benefit analyses and implementing efficiency initiatives.

Software

SAP

Xero

Netsuite

Hubspot

Interests

Travelling

Cooking

Timeline

Financial Planning Analysis Partner

Compport
07.2024 - Current

Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Cognizant
09.2023 - 07.2024

Financial Planning Analyst

Cyient
12.2021 - 08.2023

Deputy Manager FP&A

Bhagyanagar Gas Limited
11.2017 - 12.2021

Assistant Manager

CYIENT LIMITED
11.2016 - 12.2017

Project Financial Analyst

Genpact
09.2015 - 11.2016

Cost & Management Accountant (CMA) - Financial Analysis

Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI)
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) - Commerce

Acharya Nagarjuna University
04.2001 -
Siva Sravan SatyavoluFinancial Planning & Analysis Manager