Highlights:A results-driven professional with over 15 years of experience in data analysis, financial reporting, and business intelligence across the IT industry. Proven expertise in project management, data integration, and process optimization, with a track record of delivering comprehensive solutions that enhance operational efficiency and business performance. Skilled in stakeholder management, machine learning applications, and team leadership, consistently driving improvements through innovative strategies and effective collaboration.

Skills:Data Analysis, Financial Analysis, Operations Analysis, Data Management, Business Intelligence (BI), Financial Reporting, Budgeting and Forecasting, Revenue Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Dashboards and Reporting, Data Modeling, Data Management, BI Reporting, Power BI, SQL, Excel (Advanced), Python (for data analysis), Tableau, VBA, SLA & KPI Management, Process Optimization, Process Improvement, Stakeholder Management, Operational Excellence, Performance Management, Client Communication, People Management

Goal:To leverage my extensive experience in data analysis, financial reporting, and business intelligence to drive strategic decision-making and operational efficiency. I aim to excel in leadership roles where I can utilize my skills in data management, process optimization, and stakeholder collaboration to deliver innovative solutions, contribute to business growth, and continuously improve processes in a dynamic, forward-thinking organization.

Membership:Member, Data Science Society Member, International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Member, Project Management Institute (PMI) Member, Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Member, Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia (IAPA)

Certification:Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate Python for Data Science and Machine Learning (Udemy) Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Data Science Specialization (Coursera) Tableau Desktop Specialist Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)

Honor:Employee of the Year – Veritas Technologies LLC, 2022 Data Excellence Award – Red Hat, 2019 Outstanding Project Leadership – Mphasis, 2016 Top Performer Award – Red Hat, 2015 Innovative Analytics Solution Award – Veritas Technologies LLC, 2021

Principle Business Operations Analyst 08/2021 - current
Veritas Technoloies, Pune, Maharashtra India
Industry: IT
Key Result Areas: Responsibility for coordinating the GEO New Business Forecast across Americas Ensures new Forecast requirements (i.e Cloud / Subscription reporting) available for teams to track Drives the weekly cadence across each Region ensuring Ops teams aware of activities / outcomes to track Supports Out-Quarter preparation through Pipeline Analysis / NQ Forecast reviews.
Provides input into Corp + GEO Reviews (i.e. QBRs / Board of Directors requests / MBRs etc) Responsible for Quota submission for FY Quotas + New Hires across WFO organization Responsibility to align with SE, Channel, Renewals orgs on in-year quota changes / impacts Provides regular analysis on Over-Assign across GEO organization (i.e. SVP to Rep) and Performance Reporting (i.e. High / Low Performers) Coordinates Commissions Input across GEO to confirm cause of commission payment + provides recommendation on payment vs quota change. Accountable for the New Business Planning schedule to ensure GEO input to Coverage + Quota aligns to Corp milestones (+ that INTL / AMS GEOs are aligned on schedule / templates / tools for Planning purposes)--
Manager Business Finance 08/2021 - 04/2013
Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra India
Industry: IT
o Working with Sales Team and collecting the forecast updates, consolidate and share with Sales Leadership like Country GM, after liaising with the Sales leaders to drive the weekly forecast calls o Opportunity Management, coordinate with the teams to drive proper hygiene of the data in SFDC o Account Management work with the related teams on the periodic accounts segmentation & account hierarchy maintenance
o SME’s for Global and for a particular region and assist them with managements dashboard & reporting requirements Managing the Finance Planning and Analytics Teams by defining and identifying priorities, ensuring alignment with business priorities Conducting the various: o Internal Adhoc Projects in various structured and ad hoc sales reporting, planning, and analytics projects o Fiscal Year Planning, Quota setting and management for business development management Ensuring the availability and provision of relevant bookings, pipeline and forecast reports and dashboards to sales management Forecasting of different route to market, New, Renewals, Channel business and partner programs Assisting the sales management with specific report and dashboards requests to support strategic and tactical initiatives Performing the: o Periodic reviews of relevant reports and dashboards to analyse trends and recommendations to respective stakeholders o Reporting & Dashboard Development and maintenance of new/existing Business Object, QlikView, Salesforce Dashboards Supervising the teams to manage activities to ensure timely & accurate performance for meeting client's requirements Preparing MIS reports and dashboards for facilitating decision-making by senior management Ensuring strict adherence with service standards and complaint resolution guidelines; displaying a broad knowledge of contractual SLAs to ensure service delivery as per client expectations Tracking productivity and quality metrics/measurements (KPIs) to ensure optimum operational efficiency; conducting internal audits, reporting non-conformances, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions Managing the entire gamut of team related activities such as hiring, setting goals for the team, understanding conflict issues & resolving them constructively, communicating with team members to maintain clearly defined expectation, identifying training needs and implementing domain specific & behavioural trainings Addressing escalations of team and providing correct feedback to Analysts for improving their performance--

Pune University 03/1997 - 04/2000
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Commerce
Subject: Accounting, Economics, etc...

Abhijeet_Wagh Data Analyst
Abhijeet_Wagh Data Analyst