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Sai Subba Rao J

VP - Head Finance @ Bharat Serums | Ex- Cipla

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India·Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited
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Experienced finance executive with 12+ years of expertise in strategic and financial business planning. Specialized in the pharmaceutical industry, with a diverse background across different geographical business units in large corporations and private equity-owned organizations. Demonstrated success in leading significant strategic initiatives, such as PE investor exit value creation, M&A, business partnerships, go-to-market launches.

Experience

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Vice President - Head of Finance

Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited · Full-time

Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo·On-site
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Vice President - Head Global FP&A & Pricing

Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited · Full-time

Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 · 7 mos·Mumbai
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Assistant Vice President - Head Global FP&A

Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited · Full-time

Apr 2022 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos·Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

PE Exit process: Was involved as a key management member in the exit process of one of the largest Indian Pharma PE exits. Led the financial due diligence team to prepare the docket for exit and was part of the management discussions during the sale process

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Associate Director - India Respiratory Finance Head

Cipla

Jan 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos·Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Led the finance team to support and drive 1800+ crs of Respiratory Business vertical in Domestic market. Part of the Respiratory leadership team to implement strategic initiatives to drive growth and returns maximization.

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Senior Manager, Global FP&A

Cipla

Feb 2017 - Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos·Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Worked with Global FP&A head on global consolidated reporting, management analytics and support global top management drive the organizational goals. * Partnered with a cross functional/ multi geographic team to drive a global organization wide cost saving project which focused on both direct and indirect spends. The role involved working closely with technical (manufacturing, R&D etc.) and non-technical teams across the organization to identify, implement and track cost saving initiatives for the organization. * Global consolidated management financials reporting * Board/ management review reports preparation and analytics * Support global IR team * Worked closely with business unit and functional teams to identify and drive growth opportunities * Supported global budgeting and strategy plan exercises

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Finance Manager, North America Finance

Cipla

Nov 2013 - Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos·Mumbai Area, India

Reporting to CFO North America, supported in handling business which contributes to 400mn+ revenues to the organization. Responsibilities include: • Commercial finance support - B2B support: Customer contracts, new projects evaluation, financial modelling pricing, commercial deal structuring, key supply terms negotiation and establishing necessary financial controls - USA Direct-To-Market establishment and support: The responsibilities required evaluating customer contracts, implement a cloud based ERP platform and pricing tool to support the business. I, as part of the team, drove the finance module implementation of the project - Mergers and Acquisitions: was involved in the initial due diligence and post-acquisition monitoring and integration of Cipla’s first in-organic acquisition in USA - Budgeting and Strategy planning: Driving annual budgeting and 5 year strategy planning exercises of North America • Financial analytics and reporting - MIS analytics and reporting: develop and support the MIS dashboard for North America to be presented and Global CEO. - Capital expenditure proposals evaluations: Liaising with business, manufacturing, supply chain and finance teams to ensure smooth and efficient evaluation and ratification of North America capex proposals - North America product portfolio dashboard: Working with cross-functional teams, design and co-create an excel based dashboard of North America product portfolio till 2020 to support management decision making • Compliance - Develop and implement ‘Delegation of Authority’ matrix for Cipla North America - Implement Internal Financial Controls for North America as per the requirement of Company’s act - Support internal and external audit of North America business unit - Support in the establishment of Cipla Canada Inc

Education

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Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing & Finance, Marketing & Finance

2010 - 2012

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Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering

2006 - 2010