Tushar Zende

• Lead and coordinate monthly closing and reporting Process. • Ensure all income statement, balance sheet and cash flow adjustments and validations are reviewed prior to submitting results to Sector. • Leading the APAC FOBO (Franchise Owned Business Operations) 9 Fundamental agenda, ensuring the seamless integration of Black Swan strategies. • Prepare and provide management comments on cause of change in profit & loss (P&L), operating cash flow (OCF) and key performance indexes (KPIs) and collaborating with Planning & business team. • Delivering punctual, precise, and cost-effective financial and management reports, in alignment with both local mandates and PEP policies; upholding a potent internal control environment • Monitor marketing spending (Bottler’s spend, PEP share COOP spends) and provide recommendations to Franchiser to improve and create efficiency within the COOP spending process. • Lead assessment of impact to MU of any changes in accounting treatment (e.g., revenue recognition, PII calculation, unilateral spending, JV’) • Serving as the primary intermediary for communication, updates, and resolution of pivotal accounting, reporting, and control quandaries between MU and BU/IBM/Sector • Extending support to the PGCS (PepsiCo Global Concentrate Solutions) Team in relation to the requisites of statutory affairs • Developed Automated Dashboard with the help of Learning Power BI, Power Apps in in-house Digital Academy Program thru third party

• Led sales accounting and managed commercial operations for the Foods North market, spanning 7 states, and achieved a substantial turnover of $317 million. • Led, managed, and monitored a high-performing team of 6 members. • Ensured the attainment of cost-to-sell targets by taking proactive measures to address negative variances against the operating plan, enhancing the Cost to Sale by an impressive 1.16% over the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) • Reviewed and presented monthly P&L data through diverse lenses such as segments, geography, products, and channels. • Facilitated month-end reporting, managing the complex dynamics of change and delivering on associated tasks. • Collaborated with key business stakeholders and employed analytics-driven insights on marginal contribution to inform sales-related investment decisions, yielding mutually beneficial outcomes. • Established a direct and impactful business partnership, providing invaluable decision support and serving as the accountable owner of the sales-to-collection process. • Performed Corporate and Internal Audit functions, resulting in the successful delivery of results with minimal observations

• Led the finance operations for the Supply Chain division of the Foods & Beverage segment with a team of 1 member. • Managed substantial costs of $92 million for the beverage business and $148 million for the food business. • Coordinated the seamless consolidation of P&L data from both Beverage and Food operations, encompassing 13 plants, 18 co-packers, as well as commodities and supply chain costs. • Prepared and presented key financial reports, including month-end, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and forecast Management Information System (MIS) • Provided valuable insights on critical ratios such as Productivity to Inflation ratio and COGS% to net revenue, offering a comprehensive understanding of financial performance with Operating Cash Flow Management within the India region. • Monitored indirect working capital, ensuring the optimization of cash conversion cycles. • Managed key performance indicators (KPIs) including Days Inventory on Hand (DII), Days Payables Outstanding (DPO), and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) • Established seamless connectivity between functional, category, and geographical planning, for streamlined decision-making and approval processes. • Cultivated and refined executive-level presentation skills, adeptly engaging in high-level interactions with the Vice President of Supply Chain Operations, Director of Supply Chain Finance, and FP&A Team

• Led plant operation finance for the Foods Division, managing a turnover of $160 MM and 45% of the cost of operations. • Implemented a new cost accounting system for improved accuracy and efficiency of cost reporting for the Foods Division • Participated in AOP preparation and forecast financials and non-financial results. • Conducted month-end reporting and analysis, providing insights on deviations from AOP; ensured compliance with statutory requirements, particularly indirect tax • Managed end-to-end cost accounting on a yearly and monthly basis; monitored the fixed assets at the factory, including capex, depreciation, and physical verification. • Conferred with the Best Pune Plant Award for exceptional collaboration with the Plant Business Head

• Responsible Sales finance for Organise trade (Modern trade, On premise, institutional & E Com business) with turnover of 9 % revenue mix with sales related cost. • Prepared and Channel x Brand x Customer P&L and provide insights to Business head with opportunity areas to • AOP, Planning & Forecasting and Improvement revenue with return on investment of promotional spends. • Authorized for Promotional spends along with analysis of return on Promotional spends. • Drive control and governance around for all settlement of customer claim processing, and prepare the revenue spends policy for modern trade vertical. • Negotiation with customer along with business development manager on Pricing, discount, Visibility with customer and sought approval from Senior management. • Played crucial role as manager in closure of deal with first E Commerce B2B customers like cloud tail, Big Basket in 2015

• Consolidation of Profit and loss account of six market unit for west & south region and reporting to India business unit with proper variance cause of change and actions plan • Prepare MIS for all unit’s monthly, quarterly and annual financial accounts and management reports Assisted controller in drafting standard operating process & policies like market audit, distributor SOP’s, fixed asset guidelines, claim process etc. • Conduct different audits like SOX audit, market unit levels such as DB market audit, Market equipment audit, Internal audit and statutory audit, Tax audit and preparation of final audit reports and present to controller. • Implement and maintain a financial controls framework throughout the Peninsular region of India in order to validate the financial statements as reported by the operating sales units

• Oversaw entire functions of plant operations including driving controls in compliance with the organization’s SOP, driving productivity, maintaining hygiene of plant balance sheet & P&L etc. • Held responsibility for attainment of Cost to Conversion cost below the defined target. • Carried out execution and implementation of various cost saving initiatives and responsible for project. accounting for plant projects for project of greater than $30+ MM of AF line & CSD line. • Carried out activities of monthly and yearly forecast analysis and took care of analysis of MIS report at the end of the month • Monitored and studied the various variance reports thereby identifying the root cause and taking corrective measures for the same. • Handled finalization of accounts as well as preparation of balance sheet on monthly basis • Cooperated and conducted various audits like internal, statutory, and corporate audits. • Performed activities of budgeting, costing, variance analysis, etc. • Ensured adherence and control of process & procedure as well as Sox’s Compliance • Gained critical experience in multiple audit experience like statutory, Tax indirect, Local governance, SOX, Internal and corporate audit etc.

Two Year Financial Post Graduate Diploma in Finance