Manager Management

SHYAMSUNDAR AYYAR

**** ******** *******, ********* ***, Houston, Texas 77077

**********@*****.*** 713-***-****

Summary

• Financial, planning & analysis professional with over 8 years experience in financial operations, financial

analysis, SAP ERP implementation, and SAP BPC implementation.

• At Sysco, I am currently involved in implementation of annual operating plan & functional maintenance of

monthly forecast process on BPC.

• In addition to supporting forecast process, I am extensively involved in variance analysis of operating companies’

financial performance with respect to the forecast.

• I am also responsible for analyzing and communicating financial results of operating companies that have

transitioned to the new SAP ERP platform to Sysco executive management.

• 2 years of Oil & Gas banking experience at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank. Conducted strategic

and business analysis of various utility & energy companies to identify the financial strength before renewing or

extending new credit lines to these companies.

• 5 years of experience at JP Morgan including 4 years in management as part of finance operations managing a

team of over 20 individuals. Main task included managing operations, finding better ways to do financial tasks,

cost reduction, hiring and training of new members.

• Strengths - Financial modeling, Cash flow analysis, ERP Implementation (including reporting solution), and

strong MS Office Suite skills.

• Education - MBA with a major in finance. Double bachelors in Law and Management studies concentrating in

Intellectual Property and International Finance respectively.

Experience

2011 – Present SYSCO HOUSTON/USA

North America marketer and distributor of foodservice products.

Analyst in the Financial, Planning, and Analysis Department at Sysco Corporate

• Primary responsibilities include consolidation of monthly forecast and collection of actual data to measure KPI’s

for over 160 operating companies of Sysco, identifying key metrics to be collected for the annual planning process

from operating companies leadership to prepare a consolidated corporate annual plan, and conducting strategic,

financial, and business case analysis on ad-hoc projects before implementation at Corporate or the operating

companies.

• Project Lead for the implementation of SAP Business Planning and consolidation (BPC) for the annual profit plan

consolidation for operating companies and corporate budgets. The project was implemented within two months

and the team was applauded by management for fast closure and seamless execution of the project. Also involved

in designing and building reports using EVDRE and EVGET functions in planning and consolidation office client

for excel.

• Lead and managed various fold-in and fold-out analysis to help improve operational performance of our

companies, and also reduce costs to support bottom-line improvements for Sysco. Also involved in analysis to

determine whether acquisitions are stand-alone or folded-in to existing operating companies.

• Successfully implemented a Profitability & Cost Management model for operating companies. This model was

approved by Sysco Corporate to be used as a template for all future operating companies moving into SAP.

2010 – 2011 CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANK (Formerly CALYON) HOUSTON/USA

Largest retail bank in France, second largest in Europe, and eight largest in the world.

Summer/Part-time Associate in Energy Coverage Houston reported directly to Transaction Manager

• Primary responsibilities included, preparing credit memos for clients after assessing their creditworthiness using

financial analysis, strategic business analysis, and cash flow projections. Perform due diligence, including:

researching, identifying and evaluating company and industry risks and trends; analyzing risks of various financial

structures; assessing risk/return profile of transactions and relationships.

• Worked on 20+ transactions for Utilities & Independent Energy Companies. Transactions include: setting up

Term Loans, Revolver Loans, Commodities Trading Line, Annual Portfolio reviews, Borrowing Base

Redetermination, Acquisition Financing and refinancing, and reviewing ISDA / CSA.

2004 - 2009 J.P. MORGAN MUMBAI/INDIA

Operations Manager, Fund Services Department, Treasury & Security Services (2007-2009)

Managed a team of 20 members responsible for accounting of daily equity, derivatives, swaps & other transactions for

clients in UK. Reported to the Assistant Vice President.

• Supervised set-up of new operations team in Bangalore & Manila. Responsibilities included logistics, training, &

hiring of new employees for the region. Pilot batch in Bangalore got the highest ever training score. Applauded for

time delivery & cost control of Manila project.

• Involved in TLM (Reconciliation tool)implementation for Dublin Region.

Team Leader, Fund Services Department, Treasury & Security Services (2005-2007)

• Implemented desk sharing within the team releasing four desks resulting in annual savings of USD 216,000.

• Headed & implemented Smart Stream Reconciliation system for cash and stock reconciliation in a timely manner

for Bournemouth Region.

• Initiated Root Cause Analysis (RCA) within the team to ensure reduction of overall Capital Stock & Expense-

related reconciliation breaks resulting in 86% process improvement.

Team Member, EMEA Settlement Team, Treasury & Security Services (2004-2005)

• Implemented standing instructions with Israel Agent for Sunday Settlement resulting in annual savings of USD

30,000 due to waiver of Foreign Exchange holding charge.

• Set-up an automated End of Day check using Rumba (system) macro & improved team efficiency by 5%. Also

increased accuracy in End of Day checks due to reduction of manual intervention.

Education

2009 - 2011 RICE UNIVERSITY, JONES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HOUSTON/USA

Candidate for Master of Business Administration, Finance Concentration, May 2011.

• GPA 3.6. Grade A in Applied Finance, Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Investment Policy & Futures &

Options, Grade A- in Accounting and Data Analysis. GMAT 700.

• Academic Scholarship Recipient, VP of Finance Club & member of Entrepreneurship club.

2003 - 2007 JITENDRA CHOUHAN COLLEGE OF LAW (MUMBAI UNIVERSITY) MUMBAI/INDIA

Bachelors of Law

2000 - 2003 MMK COLLEGE (MUMBAI UNIVERSITY) MUMBAI/INDIA

Bachelors of Management Studies

Personal Languages: English & Hindi (fluent), Tamil (conversant), Marathi, & Gujurati (basic).

Key Skills: Accounting packages in Rumba system, Cash/Stock Reconciliation in SSR & TLM, Equity Analysis using

Capital IQ, Bloomberg & Factset. Regression & Data Analysis using SPSS, MS Office Suite.

Interests: Traveling – Europe, UK & Southeast Asia. Swimming & cooking.

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