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.
Cohorts
learning - you have to keep moving and keep learning
About Cohorts Program
We believe that there is no replacement for diverse learning - you have to keep moving and keep learning. Our cohorts program involves two years of unparalleled exposure to different facets of Corporate Finance through specially designed academic trainings and planned job rotations. It aims to groom new talents by sharpening their technical knowledge, fine-tuning their soft skills and broadening their view through collaboration in group projects.
By the end of your second year in Wipro, you would have played two different roles in the Finance organization in addition to the academic experience and would be more experienced than any other Finance professional in the industry. The exposure to different roles include Financial Planning & Analysis, Taxation, Controllership, Treasury & Investor relations, Business Analytics, Internal Audit, Pricing and Contract Review etc.
As part of the academic curriculum, you will
- Attend technical sessions by industry experts and academicians.
- Go through case studies based learnings where you solve real-world problems.
- Pick up soft skills that will help you do an excellent job.
- Above all, work in groups, network with peers and leaders in the Corporate Finance team.
Program Content
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Development of behavioral competencies is one of the critical success factors for working in a global organization. Therefore, we have for you a series of specially tailored programs developed by Wipro’s Learning & Development Team. In these modules, you will get ample opportunity to learn through Experiential Learning programs on communication, problem-solving & analytics and collaboration.
Look out for our announcements on the Campus Hiring and apply to us. Once you clear the rigorous selection process, we will make an offer to you to join this program. The induction is designed to give you an overview of the company and interact with top leaders of finance. We’ve also designed ice-breaker activities to enable you to bond with your new colleagues better.
Your Cohorts sessions start within three months of your joining. The classroom sessions for technical and soft skills are scheduled over the period of two years. We aim to make the classroom sessions interactive in the traditional Indian way of imparting education – the way a Guru teaches a Shishya. The idea is to give you a perspective of the practical situations faced in the industry.
Each technical session has a project work that you are supposed to do in a group. A team of Cohorts typically work on a practical problem (a case study) & solve it. You are helped in this by a mentor assigned to each group; typically a senior manager in the finance team. The output of your group project is presented to a panel that evaluates & ranks each group. The toppers get a special lunch with the CFO, where the CFO gets to know them better & they can ask their questions.
In the two years of your Cohorts program, you get to see two roles. This gives you a wide exposure of the finance function quickly and it prepares you for a fast-paced learning and career development.
Rewards & Recognition
Exclusive interaction with CXOs of the company
Batch toppers get to have an exclusive interaction with CXOs of the company
Exclusive interaction with CFO
Module toppers get an exclusive interaction with the CFO
Earn Credits in the program
Credits earned in the program will be instrumental in your career growth
Exposure to Wipro's Global Network
Exposure to Wipro's entities in other locations across the globe and networking with Wipro leadership
Interact & network with Leaders
You get an unparalleled opportunity to interact and network with leaders from Wipro and across the industry
Meet our People
Rohit Mehrotra
My current role as a subsidiary controller involves end to end ownership of 5 entities in Europe region. It includes ensuring timely book closure along with its accuracy and audit & local compliances.
The two important features of Cohorts program that stands out to me are the rotation policy and training sessions. Firstly, rotation of roles helps us in gaining knowledge in various departments in finance within a short span of time. I enjoyed the training sessions as we were guided by eminent experts both within and outside the organization. Solving the real-world problems during case studies helps in improving our thinking abilities and qualities of working as a team member as well as a leader. Being mentored by the best who have a varied experience across various Finance areas helped me to understand their thought processes. Cohorts is the best opportunity a fresher can get in the industry to enhance their professional skills. I feel lucky to be part of the Cohorts program.
Harsha
My current role as BFM involves revenue recognition, cost management & MIS related activities for multiple accounts in DOP-BFSI HRO P&D. I am also responsible for driving improvement in various financial parameters by collaborating with various internal stakeholders & cross-functional teams such as Operations, WFM, etc.
The Wipro Finance Cohorts Program offers the unique opportunity to not only work in two different finance roles at the very start of your career but also benefit from training programs tailored for a variety of finance & technical topics. The opportunity to be mentored by the top leadership of Wipro and interacting and learning from their professional journey is one of the biggest takeaways of the program.
Himani Jindal
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.
Abhinav Subramanian
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