Akanksha Akanksha
Financial Analyst
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Finance professional with expertise in financial consolidation and data analytics from L'Oréal and Danone internships. Specialized in P&L management, automated reporting workflows, and Power BI dashboard development for €1B+ brands across European markets. Ready to streamline your financial processes and deliver executive-level insights.
Work experience
Finance Control Intern
L'Oréal
Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
7 months
Paris, France
- Consolidated monthly P&L data for 8+ brands (incl. €1B+ brands L’Oréal Professional & Kérastase) across 14+ European markets via Compass, Magnitude & Excel. - Delivered tailored Compass and Magnitude reports to e-comm and marketing teams. - Automated monthly closings budgets/actuals/forecasting workflows. - Designed executive-level Power BI dashboards visualizing the entire P&L data and its variances across all brands in the entire zone. - Developed brand-specific BI dashboards for marketing & e-comm teams.
Finance Control Intern
Danone
Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
5 months
Paris, France
- Executed monthly financial closing using SAP and Essbase. - Monitored budget vs. actuals for R&D team expenditures. - Cross-country expense management through staff cost and headcount tracking. - Resolved purchase order (PO) mismatches with owners. - Built a Power BI–Excel tool for cross-country cost tracking.
Engineering Intern
Industree Technologies
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
3 months
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Conducted environmental quality analyses (air and water) for clients, generating actionable insights that ensured project compliance, showcasing technical research and regulatory understanding. - Audited QA/QC lab operations across multiple regions, identifying outdated standards and enabling corrective action through strategic reporting, demonstrating quality control and process audit skills.
Education
EDHEC Business School
Master in Management - Grande Ecole
2022 - 2025
4 years
Presidency University, Bangalore
Bachelor of Technology - BTech
2017 - 2021
5 years