Purani Darmaraj
Analyst
Summary
Strategic-minded Senior Financial Analyst bringing 10 years of experience in financial landscape. Well-versed in Financial Analysis, Turnaround, Transformation, Merger & Acquisition, Performance Management & Project Management.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Financial Analyst
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
01.2022 - Current
- Lead Annual Stock Take on 27 investment companies of TNB. Access companies' performance in achieving its strategic or financial objective and recommend appropriate intervention in closing gap.
- Conducted detailed financial analysis, peer benchmarking & valuation to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends, and potential areas of improvement.
- Tackled both annual and quarterly budget management tasks and developed financial models from benchmarking.
- Spearheaded key presentations and reports to inform and educate stakeholders and financial teams on growth possibilities.
- Developed corporate investment strategies to drive growth, security & synergies e.g. cost turnaround & transformation projects.
- Associated with Leading consultancy firms e.g. McKinsey, Bain& Co & EY to formulate turnaround blueprints for various companies.
- Analyzed and processed project specifics before capital deployments.
- Evaluated financial performance of investments, acquisitions, and other business opportunities to provide strategic recommendations.
- Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends, and potential areas of improvement.
- Provided strategic planning advice and financial oversight for corporate stakeholders.
- Spearheaded Merger & Acquisition projects as part of corporate capital allocation exercise.
C. Portfolio Management Executive
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
01.2014 - 01.2022
- Provide financial analysis & reporting for management and Board on revenue segments, margins, cost drivers, and key ratios.
- Work with business units to manage and control operation cost.
- Responsible to conduct strategic fit assessment & stock take on 27 business portfolios to explore the opportunities to grow, merge, fix, or divest.
- Manage portfolio performance in terms of capital allocation, economic spread and ROI, IRR, payback, and dividend return.
- Responsible to establish, maintain & review weighted average cost of capital (‘WACC’) computation for subsidiaries of TNB.
- Responsible to develop value creation and turnaround plans for subsidiaries.
- Responsible for approving & analyzing annual budget, forecast, and monthly variances and providing recommendations to senior management.
- Perform analytics to support corporate strategic planning and business development decision-making, including long-term forecasting and valuation models.
- Develop, manage, and monitor key performance indicators.
- Provide data and participate in any group-wide strategic initiatives/ programs.
- Assist subsidiaries' directors in financial review of board papers.
- Liaison on financial matters between subsidiaries and Group Finance.
- Help diversify revenues beyond the subsidiary's core business Assist in financial evaluation of subsidiaries' new business proposal Review, monitor & implement key requirements of Shareholder Agreement of identified entities.
- Researched industry and marketplace trends to enhance sales techniques and meet customer needs.
- Chaired weekly meetings with executive leadership to identify opportunities for improvement, establish milestones, and tailor products to individual markets.
- Drafted reports and documents to improve correspondence management, schedule coordination and recordkeeping.
Asset Executive Analyst
ICT Tenaga Nasional Berhad
04.2011 - 12.2013
- SAP system analyst that responsible to improve existing processes and knowledge systems to best support business units
- Automatize, integrate customize process & report in ERMS to meet customer requirement
- Conducted UAT & managed the migration to live production.
- Conduct training for ERMS Asset Management users
Japan Accounts Analyst
IBM
06.2010 - 03.2011
- Inventory management analyst supporting Japan transactions
- Preparation of monthly accounts reconciliation
- Involvement in month end and year end activities.
- Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends and potential areas of improvement.
Education
CGMA - Management Accounting
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Malaysia02.2021
B. Acc (hons) - Accounting
University Tenaga Nasional
Malaysia 04.2010
Foundation of Accounting - Accounting
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
Malaysia 2006
Skills
- Advanced Financial Analysis
- Financial Modelling
- Company Valuation
- Managerial Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Risk Management
- KPI Monitoring
- SAP
- Advanced Excel
- Power BI
- Planning and Analysis
- Evaluating Capital Projects
- Annual Budgets
Quote
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney
Timeline
Senior Financial Analyst
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
01.2022 - Current
C. Portfolio Management Executive
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
01.2014 - 01.2022
Asset Executive Analyst
ICT Tenaga Nasional Berhad
04.2011 - 12.2013
Japan Accounts Analyst
IBM
06.2010 - 03.2011
CGMA - Management Accounting
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
B. Acc (hons) - Accounting
University Tenaga Nasional
Foundation of Accounting - Accounting
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
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