Financial Analyst / Accountant · Senior · 10+ yrs
Priya Raghunathan
Director of FP&A / Finance Leader
Professional summary
Finance leader and Chartered Accountant with 13 years in FP&A and controllership, owning planning and reporting for a ₹900 crore P&L. Sets the financial strategy, runs the annual budget and long-range plan, and turns variance analysis into board-ready insight. Leads a 12-person finance team, has steered statutory and SOX audits clean, and partners with the CEO and investors on capital allocation and fundraising. Anchors every model in GAAP/IFRS and translates numbers into decisions.
₹900Cr
P&L under FP&A ownership
₹38Cr
Margin improvement driven
12
Finance team led
Skills
Finance leadership
Planning & analysis
Accounting & compliance
Systems
Work experience
Director — FP&A & Controllership · Aurelian Consumer Brands
Mar 2018 – PresentMumbai
- Lead a 12-person FP&A and controllership team owning the planning, forecasting and reporting cycle for a ₹900 Cr P&L across 4 business units.
- Set the annual budget and 3-year long-range plan presented to the board, embedding scenario modeling that guided a ₹120 Cr capex decision.
- Drove ₹38 Cr in margin improvement over two years through cost-base variance analysis and a zero-based budgeting initiative.
- Steered statutory, internal and SOX audits to clean opinions for 6 consecutive years, with zero material weaknesses.
- Re-platformed planning from spreadsheets onto Anaplan, cutting the budgeting cycle from 11 weeks to 6 and tightening forecast accuracy to ±2.5%.
- Hired 8 analysts and grew 3 into managers; partnered with the CEO and PE investors on a ₹300 Cr fundraise.
Finance Manager — FP&A · Lumeo Healthcare
Jul 2014 – Feb 2018Bengaluru
- Built the FP&A function from scratch, standardizing budgeting, monthly reporting and the board deck for a fast-scaling ₹250 Cr business.
- Implemented driver-based forecasting in Hyperion, improving forecast accuracy from ±12% to ±4% within four quarters.
Assistant Manager — Audit & Reporting · Earlier roles — Deloitte, Marico
2011 – 2014India
- Executed statutory audits and IFRS reporting for consumer and pharma clients; qualified as a Chartered Accountant and promoted on performance.
Education
Chartered Accountant (CA)
2011Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), India
All-India Rank holder (AIR 41) — CA Final
B.Com (Honours)
2008Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai
Certifications
CFA Charterholder
CFA Institute · 2016
Certified in Anaplan Model Building (Level 3)
Anaplan · 2019
Selected achievements
Delivered ₹38 Cr in margin improvement via zero-based budgeting and disciplined variance analysis.
Steered statutory, internal and SOX audits to clean opinions for 6 consecutive years with zero material weaknesses.
Cut the budgeting cycle from 11 weeks to 6 by re-platforming planning onto Anaplan.
Speaker, CFO Leadership Summit 2024 — "From spreadsheets to a single source of planning truth."
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