This document contains the resume of Santhosh Raj.A.M. It summarizes his professional experience, qualifications, and skills. He has over 8.5 years of experience in finance and currently works as an Associate Manager of FP&A at Walmartlabs. Previously, he held roles such as Deputy Manager of FP&A and Cost Management at ING Life Insurance and Senior Executive in the Global Finance Team at Synovate India Private Limited. He possesses strong skills in financial planning and analysis, management reporting, and cost management. He holds an MBA in Finance and HR as well as BBM in Finance.

1. SANTHOSH RAJ.A.M. : 080-23306303
No.27/A, Ground Floor, 7thmain, 4th block, Mobile: +91-9901933665
Rajajinagar, Bangalore – 560010 E-mail: amsanthosh42raj@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE:
Continual learning, gaining hands on experience and providing integrated solutions
from understanding and translating business requirements. Believe in hard work and
team work as it is the key to all success.
Brief Overview:
 Over 8.5 years of experience in the field of Finance.
 Proficiency in Management Reporting (MIS) and Cost Management.
 Good knowledge in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A).
 Clear communicator with strong writing and verbal skills.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Currently working in Walmartlabs under E-Commerce division, Walmart is
the world's largest company by revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500 list in
2014, the employer in the world with over two million employees, and the largest
retailer in the world.
Job Title: Associate Manager – FP&A
Duration: May 2014 to till date
JOB RESPONSIBILIITY:
 Financial planning and Analysis for various segments, preparation of Budgets,
Forecasts, Rolling Forecasts, MIS Reports highlighting important parameters,
variances & providing commentary on variances.
 Preparation of various P&L & Headcount reports and ensuring timely
adherence to deadlines. Analyzing, investigating and explaining key
movements and trends in major P&L lines.
 Budgeting and Forecast Process working with Country & Regional Managers
to create and review quarterly forecasts and annual financial plans, including
reporting & analysis to explain changes against given baselines.
 Reviewing financials on a daily basis during the month-end period and
reporting issues to finance management, comparing Actual to plan/ forecast/
prior period to ensure correct month-end close & investigating unusual
postings and/ or escalating with Countries.
 E-Commerce Travel report with the comparison between Actual to plan/
forecast for to the CTO organization.
 Preparation of overall monthly reporting decks shared to the stakeholders and
highlighting the major swings in the numbers.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Currently working at ING Life Insurance Company recently achieved the significant
milestone of completing 10yeras of operation in India.
Job Title: Deputy Manager – FP&A, Cost Management
Duration: May 2011 to May 2014

2. JOB RESPONSIBILIITY:
 Financial planning and Analysis for various segments, preparation of various
MIS & financial reports.
 Working with Regional Managers to create and review quarterly forecasts and
annual financial plans, including reporting & analysis.
 Monitoring the Daily production details and sharing the same to Executive and
Senior Management team members on daily basis.
 Variance analysis reporting for sales/Revenue flash scorecard and reporting to
CFO and EVP Finance (i.e, Actual vs Budget vs Forecast vs prior period).
 IRDA reporting on monthly basis, basically finding out the ranking among the
competitors and there business, analyze industry and general economic trends.
 Competition Analysis – Analysis of quarterly submissions of the financials of
the competitors and give in-depth analysis to the management.
 Cost Management is the key aspect in the organization in finding out the
Budget Vs Actual’s Vs prior period on monthly basis.
 Monthly management reporting, updating reporting decks & management
reviews with Finance Management as required for board meetings to CFO,
EVP and GM Finance.
Synovate India Private Ltd (Global Finance Team) - Sep’ 10 to Apr’ 11
Synovate is a Global market research company providing varied market research
solutions for over 62 countries worldwide IPSOS Group has acquired Synovate and
together to become 3rd largest market research agency in the world.
Worked as Senior Executive for the Healthcare Department in Global Finance Team.
 Preparation of Sales/Revenue flash scorecard and reporting to CFO and
Finance Controller. And following up on the major variance v/s Forecasts.
 Analysis of the MIS reports for Healthcare stream and providing the
commentary on the same for Finance Controller.
 Analysing, investigating and explaining key movements and trends in major
P&L lines.
 Preparation of Global Healthcare MIS score card for the countries and sharing
the report to Finance Directors of the country.
 Establishing timelines, standardizing the information requirements for
budgeting and forecasting process. Providing support to heads of the cost
centers during the preparation of budget and forecasting by providing various
key report.
ERNST & YOUNG GBS India Private Limited. (Nov‘06 – Sep’10)
Ernst and young, E&Y is one of the Big Four Audit Firm in the world with diversified
presence in Audit and Finance operations in multiple business segments in more than
130 countries across the globe.
Profile: Worked as financial Associate for Business process Finance Engagement
maintenance within the Finance Functions.
Job Responsibilities:
 Financial Reporting and Analysis Supports the financial reporting process by
providing periodic financial data to functional management and US based
financial analysts on an accurate and timely basis.

3.  Financial Planning and Forecasting Supports the fiscal year planning process
by providing historical data and trend information for review Supports the
preparation of periodic forecasts for national and regional management
review.
 Engagement Management Assists in monitoring engagements to ensure
accurate accounting of revenue and maximum profitability, Supports the
tracking and modifying of Bill rates to reflect proper revenue, Completes Time
& Expenses transfers when applicable.
PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITY:
 Project lead for Internal Settlements operations of EY, which is involved
supervising 5 member’s team by maintaining the workflow among the group.
 Handling end to end process and one point of contact for the projects.
 Preparation of monthly dash board reports and PPT to the top management.
 Coach and mentor to the team members.
Achievements:
 Worked extensively to standardize some of the common functions in the
global engagement team which has facilitated the reduction of dependence of
an FMA.
 Effective process trainers for the new Joiner’s and handle financial concepts of
the process. Trained around 15 batches consisting of 10 members in each team
for 2 years.
COMPUTER KNOWOLEDGE:
 Excellent knowledge in applications such as Essbase, Oracle Hyperion,
Business Intelligence (BI), Citrix, PeopleSoft, Word, Excel and Power point.
 Oracle and PeopleSoft applications
 MS Office 2003/2007/2010
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS:
 MBA (Finance & HR) From Bangalore University, in the year 2006. Best out
going student of the year.
 PG Diploma in Public Relations (PR), from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in the
year 2006.
 BBM (Finance) From Bangalore University, in the year 2004.
PERSONAL PROFILE:
DATE OF BIRTH : 13th MAY, 1982
SEX : MALE
NATIONALITY : INDIAN
MARITAL STATUS : Single
HOBBIES : Traveling, books, music, table tennis, Cricket, Driving.
LANGUAGES : English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam.
Passport : Yes
PLACE: Bangalore (SANTHOSH RAJ.A.M.)