Dheeraj Vijaykumaran

• Advising a growth-stage apparel company on building scalable financial and reporting infrastructure to enable data-driven operational decision making.
• Designed annual budget and 2-year operational roadmap aligned to value creation milestones.
• Built financial reporting and Sales & Operating Plan framework enabling monthly decision visibility.
• Established reporting discipline and data structures to support lender confidence, enabling a loan facility.

• Business Type: Biotechnology (CAR-T modality-based treatments), created first of its kind commercial therapy manufacturing in the UK Business size: Pre-revenue (Revenue potential $1.5B at peak) and workforce of ~ 700 employees,
• Led development of enterprise data models and analytics framework to support portfolio prioritization, capital strategy, and commercial launch planning. Interacting with executive teams across R&D, commercial and product delivery functions. Leading long-term financial planning and strategy framework in collaboration with R&D, Commercial, and Product Delivery executive leaders. Other experience gains included:
• Built integrated data models linking pipeline strategy, manufacturing cost structures, pricing, and commercial forecasts to support executive investment and capital allocation decisions.
• Partnered with Commercial, R&D, and Operations leaders to translate market research, pricing intelligence, and operational data into actionable decision frameworks.
• Led cross-functional prioritization forums to align systems, reporting tools, and analytics initiatives across geographically distributed teams.
• Collaborated with investor relations and communications team, providing insights on performance metrics and insights on financing drivers. Created and co-presented on target investor/existing investor analyst review meetings periodically. Supported over $1B in capital inflows in both dilutive and non-dilutive financing, providing crisp summaries of the value creation map.
• Designed target operating cost model for manufacturing strategy and part of operational excellence initiatives for reduction of COGS by 4% through process simplification and automation. Build out planning and selection for Global manufacturing strategy including first of its kind commercial cell manufacturing in the UK.
• Ensured SOX-compliant reporting structures and audit-ready data processes.
• Built and led FP&A team, managing monthly performance reviews and executive reporting. Building a diverse geographically located team matching to business growth plans.

• Business Type: Specialized manufacturing, distribution & retail Business size: Annual Revenue of $2.0B and workforce of ~ 1,600 employees,
• Led financial systems transformation and analytics enablement across a $2B global division designing reporting architectures, BI tooling adoption and cross functional data standardization. Framework to support performance reporting reviews across a global division spread over 7 locations. Led a team of 5 members with 3 members being managed remotely, working with Commercial and Product marketing teams on life cycle management programs, investment analysis, performance reviews and cash flow management including FX risk exposure. Implemented SAP and Hyperion across 2 locations, reducing close cycle by 2 days. Implemented and promoted use of Qlikview to drive financial insights. Managed Corporate Quarterly reporting for public reporting and interacted with Corporate FP&A on divisional business decision making impacts and strategy assessments on long term plans.

Site FP&A Lead,UK

• Business Type: Specialized manufacturing, distribution & consumer retail Business size: Annual Revenue of $150M and workforce of ~ 300 employees,
• Led transformation of reporting processes and dashboards to improve visibility into product mix, pricing structures, and operational performance. Partnered with commercial teams to optimize product offerings and pricing alignment through analytics-driven insights.

Financial Reporting & Controlling Lead, India

• Business Type: Engineering Services for Aviation and Information Technology sectors Business size: Annual Revenue of $50M and workforce of ~ 150 employees,
• Oversaw financial control for three business units; led planning and outlook reviews across India/ME region.

• Senior Financial Analyst (Business Finance), Mphasis (HP), India – Corporate FP&A and led ERP implementation for $800 M multi revenue line enterprise.
• Senior Accountant, Flying High LLC, Dubai
• Audit Assistant, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Bengaluru Led statutory/internal audits and compliance testing.