Satyam Taparia

FINANCE MANAGER | Plant Finance & Strategy • Forecasted a $20mn+ spend across 15 departments; Identified deviations & risks via budget vs actual analysis • Conducted monthly variance analyses to identify business drivers & deliver actionable leadership commentary • Delivered savings of $700K+ through execution of 150+ cost saving initiatives by partnering with ops teams • Identified additional savings opportunities of $2.1mn by spearheading yearly loss analysis exercises on site • Performed scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate project investments and support decision making • Analyzed $10mn+ T&W spend, identified ~$500K savings through network design & warehousing optimizations • Ensured compliance with internal controls & standards through regular audit and defect fixing across functions • Partnered on AI-enabled finance automation initiatives by defining business requirements & validating outputs • Digitized $250K+ annual cab spend by enabling trip-level visibility, pooling & rate negotiations with vendors • Unlocked value by training 50+ operations partners; Reduced 200+ effort hours via budgeting automations

ACHIEVEMENTS: • Received the ‘Power of You’ award for execution with excellence during loss analysis exercises held on site • ‘Operating Right to Target’ award for identifying risks & ensuring timely alignments on execution of projects
• Received a pre-placement offer (PPO) from Procter & Gamble among the cohort of summer interns (2023) • Accomplished an A/Excellent grade in Econometrics, Social Entrepreneurship and 5 other courses (2024) • Achieved 99.79 %ile in CAT 2021 out of 1.92L+ participants & scored 99.98 %ile in the VARC section (2022) • Ranked 56/19.8K+ candidates in IPMAT & 11/50K+ candidates in the NPAT exam for B.Sc. Economics (2019) • Won 3 Gold Medals & a Silver Medal in IEO conducted by SOF, achieved Intl. Rank 281 in the same (2019) • Secured rank 2/500 and received scholarship of Rs. 50K in Scholar Hunt conducted at the city level (2021) • Placed in top 50/1.1K+ teams in IIMB case comp; Scored 98.75 %ile in XAT out of 72K+ participants (2022)