Cohorts

I currently head the overall finance for the Nordics sector within the Europe SMU. Being part of the growing and challenging Nordics region, my role requires me to work on deals, develop innovative financial and pricing models, negotiate contracts with clients, and drive margin improvement across the accounts within the sector.

The Wipro Finance Cohorts Program offers the opportunity to work in two very different profiles during the initial two years, allowing for accelerated work experience and a better understanding of how the Finance team functions. The program is designed to facilitate accelerated learning, providing a broader range of experiences and enhanced technical knowledge to enable new finance professionals to quickly assume managerial responsibilities. As part of the program, there are sessions on topics relevant to any finance team in general, and participants also have the opportunity to be mentored by experienced finance professionals. Additionally, the program offers opportunities to develop soft skills through experiential sessions on communication, team building, negotiations, and more.

My current role in Revenue Assurance under the Controllership team involves interacting with various stakeholders to ensure accurate revenue accounting as per IFRS 15. This includes managing statutory and SOX audit closure with auditors and finalizing the accounting treatment for customer contracts.

Two key features of the Cohorts program that stand out to me are the rotation policy and the training sessions. Firstly, the rotation of roles allows us to gain knowledge in various finance departments within a short span of time. I particularly enjoyed the training sessions, where we were guided by distinguished experts from both within and outside the organization. Solving real-world problems during case studies has improved our critical thinking abilities and enhanced our skills as both team members and leaders. Being mentored by experienced professionals with diverse backgrounds across various finance areas has greatly helped me understand different thought processes.

I currently oversee the finances of an acquired entity in my role as a Business Finance Manager (BFM). In my previous role as a service line BFM, I had the opportunity to handle revenue allocation, cost closure, as well as target setting and achievement computation for the sales team. The Cohorts program helps finance professionals stay connected with the subject matter and practically solve real-life scenario case studies as a team. This fosters team building and allows for gaining multiple perspectives on the topic. The opportunity to interact with leadership is an added advantage for young professionals.

Business Finance Manager for the ‘Service Line- Consulting Services’. It involves revenue estimation and revenue closure for the service line, along with pricing of consulting resources in deals.

‘Learn and equip as you work’- is how I would tag Cohorts- Learning becomes so inevitable in this program. With the mandated role change, within the initial 2 years in Wipro, you get a fair idea of business and also understand how central finance functions work. So, I would recommend it for anyone wanting a total and rounded exposure backed with boundless learning.

I currently manage all facets of taxation for UK and Europe, and I am currently located in the UK. With increased challenges and complexities in the international tax domain I am placed to learn and in the same time have the practical experience in tax matters for Wipro.

Wipro finance Cohort program is a great medium for collaboration among the upcoming finance professionals. It gives a unique opportunity to interact with mentors who are experience professionals in the field of finance. It helps the various teams in finance to ideate, learn from each other and enrich knowledge.