Varun Iyer

Senior Financial Analyst @First Advantage

Worked closely with business leaders in multiple divisions to manage their 2018/2019 budget and forecasting process for each of their departments. • Prepared monthly Profit and Loss reports for all North American Sales and Marketing divisions and presented them on a regular basis to both department leaders as well as the finance team. • Conducted Ad Hoc analyses and built complex models to visualize, strategize and achieve goals for savings targets, procurement decisions, and managing headcount across departments. • Analyzed financial and market insights to increase profitability of new initiatives and products. • Collaborated with the Innovation team to work with executive leaders to develop new products and price them competitively in the market to drive revenue growth and market share in the industry. • Priced global and domestic enterprise deals and advised sales teams on how to increase margins on new RFPs. • Tracked and updated costs to enable accurate margin calculations on enterprise clients. • Trained 2 people on conducting the Financial P&L process and communicating the data to department leaders in an easily comprehensible format. • Saved costs per account by working with the sales team and providing optimized solutions to customers. • Built new workflow efficiencies and tools to simplify internal processes and provided training for the rest of the team on how to utilize them.