Akshata Kamath
Impact-driven Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with 8.5 years of experience leading initiatives in digital transformation, FP&A, internal audit, and financial analytics. As a financial expert and analytical thinker, I thrive on driving impact, enabling smarter decisions, and continuously evolving as a strategic partner to the business.
Work Experience:
8.5 Years
Industry:
Consulting | Technology
Function:
Finance
Work Experience
Tata Consultancy Services Limited (Global IT services, consulting, and business solution organization)
- Lead - Corporate Finance Analytics
- Led a team of 8 in driving digital transformation within FP&A by implementing standardized digital reporting using Qlik Sense and Power BI, reducing manual reporting time by 80%.
- Led the design and rollout of 20+ interactive dashboards across finance and non-finance functions including Payroll, Procurement, Revenue, Business Finance, HR and Operations in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to translate complex data into actionable insights. These dashboards eliminated information asymmetry and streamlined monthly and quarterly reviews across 50+ business units.
- Conceptualized and delivered CFO Cockpit dashboard covering 50+ lead and lag indicators, resulting in a 50% faster decision cycle through automated alerts and real-time insights.
- Partnered with the CFO’s office to lead cross-functional initiatives focused on improving billing, collections, revenue, and cost efficiency. Leveraged business intelligence tools to uncover inefficiencies and implemented data-driven strategies that optimized working capital and boosted net profit margins by 100 basis points.
- Enabled over 200 finance users to adopt self-service analytics by building scalable, user-friendly dashboards. This reduced reliance on IT, cut delivery timelines from 3 weeks to 2 days, and fostered a strong culture of data-driven decision-making across the function.
- Conducted training sessions for 250+ finance professionals on Qlik Sense, enabling them to build impactful dashboards and translate complex data into meaningful business stories. This initiative drove widespread adoption of self-service analytics and significantly enhanced data literacy across the organization.
- Assistant Manager – Risk Analytics & Internal Audit
- Led quarterly audits across global finance functions such as Payroll, Contract-to-Revenue, and Bill-to-Collect, covering transactions worth over ₹2,00,000 crore annually. Assessed compliance, internal controls, and process efficiency across multiple geographies, collaborating with regional stakeholders to address control gaps, streamline operations, and strengthen financial governance enterprise-wide.
- Identified control gaps in global payroll processes leading to financial leakage; recommended corrective measures to address “Leave Without Pay” discrepancies, resulting in ₹10 crore in cost savings and improved payroll accuracy.
- Designed and automated 100+ rule-based risk scenarios to implement Continuous Control Monitoring across finance operations, reducing issue detection time and enhanced the organization’s risk management framework by enabling proactive, data-driven auditing.
- Part of the core team recognized with the Future CFO Excellence Award 2023 by CXOciety, Singapore, for digital audit transformation using in-house analytics capabilities.
- Conducted SOX Internal Financial Control audits across Revenue and Bill-to-Collect functions, identifying critical control lapses and driving targeted remediation with cross-functional teams. Also led workshops for audit and finance teams on effective sampling techniques, improving audit quality, consistency, and compliance awareness.
- Senior Executive – Financial Planning & Analysis
- Managed end-to-end MIS reporting for business units with ₹1,20,000 crore in annual turnover, delivering timely and actionable insights on revenue, cost, and margin performance. Supported strategic decision-making and strengthened financial control across the organization.
- Developed comprehensive financial benchmarking reports using Qlik Sense BI tool to analyse key performance metrics such as Revenue per FTE, Book to Bill Ratio, Margin contribution, Contractual vs realization rates across multiple business units. Enabled leadership to identify underperforming areas, diagnose root causes, and drive targeted cost optimization and performance improvement initiatives.
- Automated recurring manual processes in Revenue and Related Party Transactions using R and Python, saving 8 man-days per quarter while enhancing accuracy, consistency, and audit traceability through structured logging and validation.
- Developed and digitized T+1 monthly and quarterly business review decks for senior management, delivering accurate, real-time digital insights across 50+ operating units. Enabled seamless reviews and faster decision-making through intuitive visualizations and structured performance narratives, driving greater agility and data-backed strategic discussions.
- Executive – Compliance & Internal Control
- Digitized and managed the issuance of 300+ Letters of Authority (LOAs), including evaluation of appropriate delegation of powers to functional heads based on role, risk exposure, and compliance needs. Strengthened cross-functional accountability and enhanced transparency in compliance tracking and audit readiness.
- Revamped LOA issuance process, reducing average turnaround time from 7–10 days to less than 24 hours, increasing process efficiency by 90%.
Accomplishments
- Received “Star of the Month” award twice at Tata Consultancy Services for exemplary performance in driving analytics dashboard development and leading LOA digitization initiatives.
- Received “Special Initiative” award at Tata Consultancy Services for independently conducting IFC Management Testing across multiple finance processes.
- Awarded the entry scholarship at IIM-A in recognition of exceptional academic performance and leadership potential, granted to top-performing students upon entry into the program.
Education
- Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- Company Secretary, Institute of Company Secretaries of India
- Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai
Certification
- Certified Qlik Sense Business Analyst, Pearson Vue
Extra-curricular
- Semi-Finalist – IIMA WIMWI Product Event (25 teams out of 219 teams).
- Actively participated in sports, music, and dance events organized within corporate and professional networks.
- Avid trekker with a passion for monsoon and high-altitude treks.