Pradeep Chandran

• FP&A Track Lead (CIT): End Users System Operations Teach lead for Visa's Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting systems
• Enable Financial Planning team to work closely with business stakeholders to develop corporate-wide budget and forecast plans that align Visa's strategic goals with shareholder and investor financial expectations for upcoming fiscal year and beyond.
• Collaborated with controls team to automate month-end closing process, achieving 25% reduction in actual time taken and ensuring adherence to control procedures.
• Developed and deployed RPA solutions for ERP tasks, reducing manual effort by 10 man-days per month and streamlining critical business processes.

Telstra (Australia):

• Identified and resolved number of business inefficiencies related to the Oracle EPM Suite, resulting in 10% improvement in process efficiency (e.g., reduced planning cycle time by a day).
• Spearheaded the transition from legacy processes to user-driven, self-service models, resulting in a 25% reduction in reliance on IT support (e.g., reduced support tickets by 25%).
• Designed and implemented data models for new profitability and cost management allocations within the EPM Suite, enhancing financial transparency and control.

Lloyds Banking Group(UK):

• Technical Lead for service team and independent presales consultant playing a major role in the upgrading of the existing Hyperion Platform to 11.1.2.3
• Assisted with improving calculation times and applying best practices to the existing applications
• Delivering revamp of House Price Index for United Kingdom.
• Lloyds/TSB disinvestment project.

Shopko retail implementation

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Deutsche Bank | Planning Application Specialist

• Owned and maintained the Planning Application, ensuring its smooth operation and timely availability for critical financial processes.
• Provided comprehensive support to DART teams throughout the entire planning cycle, including FLASH, Monthly Rolling Forecast, Annual Stretch, and Restatement.
• Efficiently managed user access, security controls, and data reconciliation, upholding data integrity and accuracy.
• Spearheaded the development and implementation of an ODI framework for planning interfaces, automating data flows and streamlining the planning process.