FP&A Today

Fortune 500 to Startups: Multi-industry FP&A Leader Geetha Ramachandran

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Geetha Ramachandran is an FP&A change agent. She helped transform FP&A operations at GE Healthcare and Cummins (“When I walked into the FP&A at GE Healthcare, and I saw the close was eight days, my approach to things is usually I don’t take things just on face value or just because someone has been doing something a particular way).”

Geetha has since swapped supersized companies for startups, most recently leading FP&A at fast-growing businesses including SimpleTire. In  her current role as Head of FP&A at New Jersey decor company, Triangle Home Fashions, she continues to propel FP&A as a “co-captain” in the business.

In this episode Geetha reveals:

  • Her career journey from PwC auditor to equity research to GE Healthcare 
  • The CPA in India and why the pass rate is only 10%
  • Key FP&A achievements including shrinking number of days of closing from 8 days and spending  more time on value added activities 
  • How to better establish KPIs for departments aligned with business goals 
  • Presenting  KPIs for improving warehouse efficiency at Triangle Home Fashions (pick and pack time, average utilization, inventory turnover, SKUS meeting minimal sales threshold)
  • The challenges at multinational manufacturer, Cummins, integrating four companies and restructuring the finance team at a time of low morale 
  • Doing FP&A at company as fast as Simple Tire vs more mature business 
  • Her approach at Triangle Home with inventory levels purchased during COVID
  • Lessons from two decades in business partnering 

    • Follow Geetha Ramachandran https://www.linkedin.com/in/geetharamachandran201/

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