Bhavisha Jethwani
Finance and business transformation leader with 7 years of experience across Maersk, Whirlpool, and Vedanta, blending global FP&A, strategic business partnering, senior stakeholder management and cross-functional execution. Budgeted ~$350M in planning and performance management across 10 global sites and 15,000+ employees, while supporting the setup of 3 Global Capability Centers (GCCs). Drove AI-enabled planning, workforce transformation, and cost-optimization initiatives that shaped leadership decisions on cost structure, capacity planning, and operating model design.
Work Experience:
6.9 Years
Industry:
FMCG & E-Commerce | Manufacturing & Engineering | Technology
Function:
Finance | General Management | Project & Program Management
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Danish integrated logistics company headquartered in Copenhagen) | Pune
Financial Analyst - AP Moller Maersk
- Prepared and presented $350M budgets and rolling forecasts across 10 sites and 15K+ employees, holding forecast accuracy within ±3% of actuals while giving senior leadership clear visibility into performance, cost drivers and forecast risks.
- Drove GCC cost-reduction programme with cross-functional teams, delivering $6M savings through focused cost actions and monthly tracking.
- Supported establishment of Brazil, Poland and Vietnam GCCs ($22.1M; 542 FTEs), enabling consistent budgeting, cost ownership and performance reporting across the three sites.
- Finance representative for establishing Mexico GCC ($44.4M; 867 employees); developed labour-arbitrage business case and budget for senior-management approval, then served as Finance Business Partner.
- Served as Finance Business Partner for Technology ($195.2M; 3,000+ employees); realigned 800+ employees during restructuring, strengthening cost ownership and reporting continuity
- Served as Finance Business Partner for $22M, 294-employee Tangier Business Centre; improved reporting accuracy and provided leadership visibility into cost drivers and functional performance.
- Automated Excel-heavy budgeting using AI-assisted workflows, reducing manual effort across stakeholder inputs, workforce forecasting and exception analysis while retaining FP&A controls
- Governed GCC cost-centre master across 34 functions and 69 product/service categories, reducing classification risk and safeguarding accurate budgeting, allocation and management reporting
- Built onshore-versus-offshore penetration analytics across 63.3K employees, identifying low-penetration products and functions and delivering a ranked, cost-per-employee work-migration pipeline that lifted offshore FTE penetration by 5%.
- Led the GCC allocation redesign project across 10 sites, replacing blended-average charge-out with a site-level Cost/FTE model; ran design, simulation and sign-off with regional FP&A, giving frontline teams transparent charge visibility and a real cost basis for migration decisions
Whirlpool of India Limited (Indian home-appliance manufacturer headquartered in Gurugram) | Faridabad
Deputy Manager, Finance - Whirlpool Corporation
- Managed ₹137.2 Cr fixed-asset portfolio and governed ₹49.59 Cr capitalization, strengthening asset control, timely recognition and accountability across plant machinery, buildings and equipment.
- Evaluated and approved CAPEX business cases across productivity, capacity, quality, safety and cost reduction using payback and vendor economics, strengthening capital-allocation decisions.
- Designed semi-automated SAP cash forecasting integrating payables and unrecorded obligations into one plant view, improving forecast completeness, liquidity visibility and timely Head Office submissions.
- Governed financial validation for 230+ cross-functional cost initiatives, assessing viability against conversion/material costs, tracking implementation and approving realized P&L savings.
- Partnered with Plant Head and Head Office to set functional cost-saving KPIs, track actual-versus-target performance and drive accountability across department heads.
- Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives as the finance representative, driving execution and realizing ₹61.57 lakh savings across sourcing, contracts, scrap, assets and energy.
Vedanta Limited (Indian natural resources conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai) | Lanjigarh
Assistant Manager
- Represented Finance in quarterly business planning for ~2.0 MnT hydrate operations and ~$420 Mn annual spend, guiding raw-material planning, cost control and resource allocation.
- Analyzed FY21 production costs of ~$434 Mn at $235/T, converting plant economics into management insights for operating-cost control and performance decisions.
- Managed end-to-end monthly plant management reporting across spending, cost sheets, inventory valuation, ledger review and month-end close, identifying cost-saving opportunities.
- Coordinated vendor reconciliations, creditor ageing and statutory/tax audits with plant teams and auditors, resolving discrepancies and strengthening reporting accuracy and audit readiness.
- Awarded Team Excellence Award (2025) for landing the redesigned allocation model into Budget 2025 across 10 GCC sites, aligning regional FP&A, site finance and business partners.
- Awarded SPOT Award (2024) for Technology restructuring, realigning 800+ employees and supporting planning across 3,000+ headcount within a $195.2M annual cost base.
- Awarded Team Excellence Award (2023) for Mexico GCC set-up, delivering the site's first budget at 90% accuracy and cost-centre structures enabling 698 hires.
- Awarded Whirlpool Manufacturing Star (2021) for supporting a 50% reduction in obsolete stock and improving working-capital efficiency.
- Cost & Management Accountant (CMA/ICWA), Institute of Cost Accountants of India, New Delhi
- Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Durg University, Chhattisgarh
- Generative AI & AI Agent Organizational Strategy
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- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Programme
- Selected as Conglomerates Vertical Head, Placement Committee, IIM Ahmedabad PGPX, responsible for recruiter outreach, role mapping and candidate-company fitment across leading Indian and global conglomerates.
- Organised themed events and team-building activities as a member of Maersk's Corporate Fun Committee, fostering employee engagement and workplace collaboration.