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Priya Raghunathan

Director of FP&A / Finance Leader

Mumbai, India • +91 90040 51129 • priya.raghunathan@proton.me • linkedin.com/in/priya-raghunathan-finance

Portfolio: www.eliorexa.com/portfolio/financial-analyst-senior

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.

Skills

Finance leadership: FP&A strategy, Long-range planning, P&L ownership, Team building (12), Board & investor reporting

Planning & analysis: Driver-based forecasting, Annual budgeting, Variance analysis, Scenario & sensitivity modeling, Capital allocation

Accounting & compliance: GAAP, IFRS, SOX controls, Statutory audit, GST & direct tax, Revenue recognition

Systems: SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Hyperion, Anaplan, Power BI, Advanced Excel

Core Competencies

FP&A leadership · financial strategy · forecasting · budgeting · P&L · variance analysis · GAAP · IFRS · SOX · audit · board reporting · Anaplan · Chartered Accountant

Work Experience

Director — FP&A & Controllership — Aurelian Consumer Brands

Mar 2018 – Present

Mumbai

  • 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 2018

Bengaluru

  • 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 – 2014

India

  • Executed statutory audits and IFRS reporting for consumer and pharma clients; qualified as a Chartered Accountant and promoted on performance.

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

2011

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), India

All-India Rank holder (AIR 41) — CA Final

B.Com (Honours)

2008

Narsee 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."