Laavanya Chawathe

Operations Manager @Weber Shandwick

Toronto, ON, CA

Clients: McDonald\'s, OLG, Air Canada • Actively manage client budgets and track overall costs in and out of each project • Manage burn reporting, tracking actuals, building and informing financial reporting templates • Manage budget tracking (actuals reporting) and align with forecast metrics • Manage monthly forecasting with CX Leads to drive close to accurate utilization of the team in tandem to the client’s budget • Manage financial meetings and partnership with stakeholders on transferring of hours • In collaboration with client experience and project management leads, work closely with client procurement team to negotiate costs, logistics and payment terms • Develop contracts and agreements • Assess and route applicable content with IPG legal and Weber Shandwick finance, such as long form contracts • Process and approve purchase orders, invoices and coordinate vendor payment

Welingkar Institute of Management

Advanced Certificate Course in Marketing

Welingkar Institute of Management

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (HB)

Fanshawe College

Marketing Management

University of Mumbai

Bachelors of Management Studies

Fanshawe College

Public Relations and Corporate Communications