Raakhee Ahuja

About Raakhee Ahuja

Accomplished professional with 22.5 years of diverse industry expertise. Track record of delivering operational results, managing budgets & cost centers, contributing significant revenue / margin impact to optimize P&L through – Driving the Financial, Operational and Strategic aspects of business, apt resourcing, streamlining processes/ procedures to improve operational efficiencies and bottom-line results, driving organic/inorganic growth strategies, and visionary leadership. Business operations management & strategy planning professional with strong background in Business Analytics, Market Intelligence, Business Development - Outsourcing / Offshoring & Transitions, Pre-Sales, Vendor / Alliance Partnerships, Global Partner integration, Project Management & People management. Providing extensive support to key stakeholders across US & Europe to help in achieving corporate objectives of cost reduction, building operational, functional or behavioral competencies as well as developing Centers of Excellence across functions. Consistently growing businesses, always ensuring, people contribute their best in a great environment. End to end Service Delivery Management of offshored services for the client.

Experience

1. Director Financial Planning & Analytics

   Zynga

   Mar 2015 — Present

   Managing FP & A & Operational Finance Support functions for India • Financial Planning & Analysis (FP & A) – Managing the P&L for Zynga India, working as part of the CFO org. Publish Exec leadership level Reporting on Financial Results - with Analysis and Insights & Recommendations- Budgeting & Forecasting – Drive Annual budgeting cycles, Quarterly Financial Forecasting & Long term planning for various business units, Corporate & Overhead departments, in collaboration with global teams that determine the targets to be achieved. Validate & publish monthly rolling forecasts indicative of the financial health of the individual business units and for the company as a whole, which serves as the basis for revenue and margin guidance declarations during Earnings releases / Investors’ communications. Driving QBR’s, Steering Committee Reviews, Workforce Planning, Demand Planning, Zero based budgeting- Corporate Communication: Material for Board Meetings, Earnings Releases, Guidance Publication, Investor Relations, CFO Close Pack- Variance Analysis – Evaluate performance versus approved budgets & forecast. Authenticate business justifications driving the same. Accordingly, approve amends to rolling forecasts. Derive a detailed Risks & Opportunity Analysis- Controlling OPEX – Manage direct & indirect operating expense, headcount and other overhead costs for various business units, in-line with the revenues generated. Provide operational decision support to various business leaders in their Business planning & strategy development- Aligning with Finance Controller teams: Oversee in monthly close process for Accounting, reviewing Accruals, review open PO’s and Allocation of Invoices- Transition Planning: Financial Planning for transition of new business units from US- Approving Authority: For overall Opex spends at Zynga India including addition of HC, post validation of Company budgets /capacity planning.

Education

• Bangalore University

  B.com, Commerce

  1997 — 2007

• ICFAI Business School

  MBA, Finance

  2005 — 2007

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Strategic Analysis for Competitive Advantage

• PMI.org - Project Management Institute

  PMP - Project Management Professional Certification

• NIIT

  Graduation in Software Development, GNIIT

  1999 — 2001

• Six Sigma

  Six Sigma - Green Belt Certified