Rakesh Shetty

Background

About Rakesh Shetty

I am a strategic finance leader with 18+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP & A), global consolidation, and business finance within the pharmaceutical industry. I specialize in transforming financial data into actionable insights that enable leadership teams to drive performance, profitability, and long-term growth.Over the course of my career, I have led enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting (AOP), and long-range planning processes, partnering closely with business and regional leaders to align financial strategies with organizational goals. My experience spans multi-country financial consolidation, executive reporting, and performance management, delivering high-impact insights directly to CEO and CFO stakeholders.A key highlight of my journey includes improving Marketing Gross Contribution from 18% to 28%, reflecting my strong focus on margin optimization, cost discipline, and value creation. I have also played a significant role in large-scale M&A transactions and post-merger integrations, including the Sun Pharma–Ranbaxy integration, strengthening my expertise in complex financial environments.Beyond analytics, I drive finance transformation initiatives, including automation of MIS and dashboards using SAP, Power BI, and advanced analytics tools, improving reporting efficiency and decision-making speed. Core StrengthsEnterprise FP & A, AOP, Forecasting & Long-Range PlanningGlobal Financial Consolidation & ReportingStrategic Business Partnering with LeadershipProfitability Improvement & Cost OptimizationExecutive Reporting & Decision SupportFinancial Systems & Analytics (SAP, BI, Power BI, Anaplan)I am passionate about enabling organizations to make faster, smarter, and more data-driven decisions, while building strong partnerships across functions and geographies.