Anand Gupta

About Anand Gupta

I help organizations scale profitably through financial strategy, P&L optimization, and transformational leadership across geographies and sectors.Over two decades, I\'ve led multibillion P&L portfolios spanning technology, consumer durables, and telecom—driving $200M+ in cost optimization, strategic deal ($25M+) structuring, and consistent 30%+ efficiency gains with 90%+ governance compliance.Currently Finance Director for global engineering finance organization at Microsoft, I serve as CFO for India Development Centre. I architect Centre of Excellence programs and P&L optimization initiatives that combine AI, data-driven insights, process automation, and strategic business partnership to unlock margin and growth capacity.Proven track record: Multi-country APAC leadership, loss-making business turnarounds, regulatory excellence, high-performing team building.

Experience

1. Finance Director - Global Engineering R & d Finance & India Development Centre

   Microsoft

   Apr 2021 — Present · IN

   Chief Financial Officer for India Engineering & Research organization | Leading Centre of Excellence for Global Engineering Finance, driving cost optimizatiom, business insights, and process efficiency across Microsoft\'s cloud business | Managing gross margin optimization for multibillion Azure workloadsKey Achievements:• Driving $200M+ cost optimization programs (cloud infrastructure, vendor optimization, space consolidation, tax efficiency)• Shifted finance organization from operational to strategic advisory model; recognized with People Leadership Award• Designed and implemented Centre of Excellence structure for cost optimization and AI-driven insights, improving global efficiency• Enhanced resource allocation benchmarks influencing engineering partners to maximize ROI on global investments

Education

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant, Accounting and Finance

  1999 — 2002

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Certification on Master in Business Finance, comprising of Financial Management, Investment Analysis, Capital & Money Markets

  2009 — 2010

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Corporate Treasury
• Forecasting
• Finance
• Business Partner Support
• P&L Management
• Leadership
• Mis
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Treasury Management
• Management
• Working Capital Management
• Financial Audits
• Financial Planning
• Internal Controls
• Auditing
• Financial Control
• People Management
• Compliance Management
• Business Planning
• Financial Analysis
• Decision Making
• Cash Flow
• Strategy