Ravi Ramanujam
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
Boston, MA, United States
Toptal member since March 8, 2024
Ravi has a 25-year GE executive experience driving financial, operational, and strategic initiatives across industries and geographical sectors, covering FP&A, treasury, risk management, audits, controllership, investor relations, and capital markets. He has global joint venture experience and is astute at managing boards. Ravi has also turned multiple business units around to profitability and cash generation and is skilled at navigating economic cycles: growth, liquidity crises, and COVID-19.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Renewable Energy – Pricing and Working Capital Improvement
GE – 3-division Spin-off
Joint Venture – Mubadala GE Capital Ratings and Debt Issuance
GE Money (now Synchrony Bank) Asset Back Securitization/Debt Raise
Power - Transformation and Turnaround
Expertise
- Asset Securitization
- Capital Allocation
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Investor Relations
- Large-scale Turnaround & Transformation
- Operational Finance
- Profit Turnaround/Restructure
- Working Capital Management
Work Experience
Senior Finance Executive
General Electric
- Advised GE's CFO on restructuring and capital allocation decision-making critical to GE's separation into three public companies. This included ensuring financial readiness for the successful spin-off of GE HealthCare.
- Worked with the GE CFO and treasury team on $1.8 billion of capital allocation. This was the amount of cash distributed to the GE HealthCare business to enable a successful spin-off.
- Led GE's guidance-setting process with external investors. Established a framework for the total company and segments, with the view to help investors understand the say-do ratio of the segments (in preparation for a spin-off).
CFO | FP&A, Transformation
GE Power, GE Renewable Energy
- Contributed to renewable energy. Restructured the business unit to drive better profitability, improved working capital efficiency ($1 billion), and partnered with supply chain/commercial teams to increase pricing on products during inflation.
- Transformed three businesses to profitability and cash generation. Used lean principles to drive focus, restructuring, better underwriting, lower variable costs, and optimized SG&A.
- Implemented relevant KPIs and drove daily management and continuous improvement.
- Handled gas power contractual services. Improved milestone execution and reduced deferred costs and late billings to generate $1 billion. Reduced $100+ million of SG&A and disciplined capital allocation for a $800 million R&D/ engineering budget.
Integration Leader
GE Grid Solution
- Developed the BD model and the proforma financial statements of a transmission and distribution joint venture between GE and Alstom ($5 billion of revenue). After the deal closed, I led FP&A to ensure the proforma financials became the budget.
- Worked as the integration leader and coordinated the various synergy actions to be delivered. These were well above $200 million. After the deal closed, I led the synergy execution process to deliver $200+ million in benefits.
- Handled integrations: the transition from IFRS to US GAAP, setting up factoring of receivables, improving the linearity of cash generation, and shortening the quarter-end finance process for corporate management reporting to 2 weeks (from 6+ weeks).
CFO | FP&A, Funding Plan
GE Capital
- Worked as the CFO of a JV in the Middle East. Secured investment-grade ratings, listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, and issued public debt. Built capabilities to manage treasury operations, risk management, capital markets, controllership, pricing, and financial reporting.
- Worked as the CFO of Capital Markets at GE Money (No Synchrony Bank). Managed securitization of $25 billion in assets and raised $18 billion in asset-backed debt.
- Owned GE Capital's funding plan of around $450 billion in debt and around $65 billion in cash as the finance leader. Oversaw around $12 billion in interest expense and transfer pricing for GE Capital. Reported to the CFO of GE Capital's Treasury unit and directly supported the GE Treasurer.
Internal Auditor
General Electric
- Covered internal audits at several GE businesses in 16 different countries.
- Led audits for insurance, reinsurance, consumer finance, and commercial finance.
- Covered several special projects related to investigation and compliance.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, and Math
Shri Ram College of Commerce - New Delhi, India
Certifications
Chartered Accountant
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Skills
Finance
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Debt, Profitability Analysis, Working Capital Management, Operational Finance, Fundraising, Due Diligence, Financial Modeling, Debt Analysis, Forecasting, Financial Benchmarking, Startup Funding, CFO, Cash Flow Forecasting, Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Internal Audits, Cash Flow, Accounting, Pricing, P&L Forecasting, Cash Management, External Financial Reporting
Industry Expertise
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Healthcare
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint
Other
Asset Securitization, Large-scale Turnaround & Transformation, Finance Transformation, Profit Turnaround/Restructure, Investor Presentations, Pitch Decks, Term Sheet Negotiations, Term Sheets, Term Sheet Advisory, Roadshows, Financial Analysis, Hedge Funds, Post-merger Integration, Business Models, Fundraising Strategy, Business Planning, Pitch Deck Consultant, Leveraged Finance, Cash Flow Management, M&A Analysis, Audits, Capital Allocation, Investor Relations, Auditing, Underwriting, Spinoffs, Credit Ratings, Debt Issuance, Treasury, Deal Execution, Restructuring, Large-scale Projects, Turnaround Management, Treasury Management, Internal Control, Internal Control Evaluation, Risk-based Auditing, Board Decks, Integration, Business Transformation, Lean
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