Vidya Palani

- Led financial planning and analysis for three major product launches, assessing revenue, cost structures and profitability drivers - Developed business cases and scenario analyses to evaluate profitability and support commercial decision-making, providing senior leadership with actionable, data-driven insights. - Budget responsibility for the Business Unit. Led cost reduction and efficiency initiatives, improving overall business margin and profitability by ~€0.5M annually.

Provided FP&A support from a centralised function, partnering with all EU countries on financial planning, reporting, and performance analysis. Developed advanced financial models and reporting dashboards adopted across regional stakeholders, enabling standardised, data-driven decision-making. Led the implementation of an EU-wide parallel trade planning and reporting system, gathering input from regional stakeholders to inform the design and delivering a single standardised solution for adoption across EU.

- Optimized financial and operational reporting and planning to support efficient business operations. - Streamlined the hiring and training process for new hires and optimized effective resource allocation to projects. - Managing clients through the lifecycle of a project from bid to final invoicing.