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Reshma Retnamma

Mississauga,ON

Summary

Strategic and data-driven finance professional with over 8 years of experience in technology infrastructure finance, segment advisory, and enterprise performance management. Proven track record of leading cross-functional initiatives, driving automation, and delivering executive-level financial insights. Expertise in Apptio, EPM (Cognos TM1), and financial modeling, with a deep understanding of service-based costing and allocation transparency. Recipient of RBC Leadership Award and known for delivering scalable solutions, managing complex projects, and aligning financial planning to operational strategy.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Tech Infrastructure Finance (Segment Advisory and Reporting)

Royal Bank of Canada
10.2022 - Current
  • Lead analyst for TI allocations driving annual plan, monthly forecast, and segment reporting.
  • Spearheaded the integration of Apptio to DCT (EPM) at Appcode level, establishing a unified, hierarchy-resilient source of truth for all allocation and NIE data.
  • Created robust models mapping NIE transits and cost towers to LOB-level service allocations, enabling detailed impact analysis.
  • Partnered with Service Owners and BAS to validate allocation accuracy and manage variances; previously owned volume, OPEX, and rate planning for 150+ services.
  • Developed reconciliation models across EPM, Apptio, and Posting Express, improving posting accuracy and auditability.
  • Designed tools for legacy vs. current year variance analysis, enabling faster root cause identification and enhancing commentary.
  • Conducts data analytics and financial analysis to make recommendations on potential true ups/rebates and/or in-year rate changes. The Rebate/True-Up model created has enhanced the overall process used to manage NIBT by aligning the Operating Expense (OPEX) for services to actual consumption, eliminating the one-month lag, creating 100% transparency into unallocated costs, and enabling automation opportunities through Apptio. This model is now the standard for the TI Allocations team.
  • Identified and addressed TI NIE fallout in the Apptio costing model (~$2MM/month) and, through consistent collaboration with TI and Towers, mapped most of the fallout to service offerings, reducing it to ~$300K/month. Identified major costing breaks in the Apptio costing model and helped uncover configuration issues.
  • Validates the monthly bill for accuracy and proposed enhancements to Apptio’s reporting interface—currently delivering the highest level of transparency to date.
  • Produce executive-level financial insights and support strategic decisions through ad hoc analytics and automation.

Financial Analyst-Advanced

Royal Bank of Canada
02.2022 - 10.2022
  • Hired on contract for a project related to a transformation initiative (R11 to R12 Apptio), which involved both quantitative and qualitative analysis.
  • Developed the tools and templates required to assist our business partners in understanding the new data sets for their charges as R11 and R12 configuration are not comparable.
  • Led Financial Year planning and all related quantitative and qualitative analytics for Allocations.
  • Automated of current processes, identified data requirements, key Data elements and data gaps and ensured data quality and integrity.
  • Conducted User Acceptance Testing of new/improved systems.
  • Created Apptio BoIT and Cost Transparency model Validation templates and processes to ensure the accuracy of Monthly Bill and Costing reports, which is a BAU process now and helped TI identify significant errors and reduced segment impacts.
  • Conducted CAGR for various Cost Towers
  • The impact of contributions was recognized by senior management and Contract was converted to a Full-time offer.

Data Analyst

Toronto Data Lab
06.2021 - 01.2022
  • Built business intelligence reports, dashboards, and stakeholder-ready presentations.
  • Used SQL and Tableau to extract insights from complex data sets for strategy formulation.

Data Analyst

Bluberry Media
06.2017 - 03.2020
  • Performed predictive analytics, sales forecasting, and reporting using SQL, Excel, and Python.

HR Roles (India)

Essar Builders / Amrita Television
01.2011 - 01.2015
  • Contributed to HR strategy, workforce planning, and organizational development.

Education

Advanced Diploma - Data Science and Application

Metro College of Technology
ON, Canada
07.2021

MBA - Marketing Management and Human Resource Management

Mahatma Gandhi University
India
07.2011

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University
India
05.2009

Skills

  • Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Technology Infrastructure Cost Allocation
  • Apptio, EPM (Cognos TM1), Posting Express
  • Data Analytics, Forecasting, Variance Analysis
  • SQL, Power BI, Excel (Advanced)
  • Executive Reporting & Automation
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Critical thinking for problem-solving
  • Cultivating collaborative partnerships
  • Cross-functional teamwork

Timeline

Manager, Tech Infrastructure Finance (Segment Advisory and Reporting)

Royal Bank of Canada
10.2022 - Current

Financial Analyst-Advanced

Royal Bank of Canada
02.2022 - 10.2022

Data Analyst

Toronto Data Lab
06.2021 - 01.2022

Data Analyst

Bluberry Media
06.2017 - 03.2020

HR Roles (India)

Essar Builders / Amrita Television
01.2011 - 01.2015

Advanced Diploma - Data Science and Application

Metro College of Technology

MBA - Marketing Management and Human Resource Management

Mahatma Gandhi University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University

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