Meera Kerai

Meera Kerai has a diverse and extensive work experience in finance and accounting. Meera currently serves as the Head of Commercial Finance at Office Shoes since March 2021. Prior to this, they worked as the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager (Interim) at Halma plc from August 2020 to March 2021.

Meera's previous experience includes working at Pandora as a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager from June 2016 to March 2020. During their tenure at Pandora, they played a crucial role in anticipating profitability, risks, and opportunities through financial modeling and budgeting. Meera also identified a significant revenue opportunity in the sales budget.

Before joining Pandora, Meera worked at Mothercare as a Senior Group FP&A Manager from July 2014 to June 2016. In this role, they supported the company's transformation project and led initiatives to eliminate non-value-added financial reports and implemented a new financial planning and reporting system.

Meera's international experience includes a secondment to Herbalife's Los Angeles headquarters, where they served as a Finance Manager from December 2013 to April 2014. Meera also held the role of Financial Planning and Analysis Manager (Interim) at Herbalife from April 2013 to November 2013, where they prepared budgets for the Northern Central Europe region. Additionally, they served as the Nordics Finance Manager at Herbalife from June 2010 to March 2013, where they successfully transferred the Nordics Finance function to a Shared Service Centre and managed the clearing of payments in the Icelandic bank.

Meera began their career at Chello Zone, where they worked as a Management Accountant and Assistant Management Accountant, responsible for financial reporting, cost management, and process improvement. Meera also worked as a Credit Administration Assistant, handling accounts receivable and reconciliations.

Overall, Meera Kerai's work experience showcases their expertise in financial planning, analysis, and management accounting, along with their proven ability to drive business decisions and implement process improvements.

Meera Kerai attended Brunel University London from 2002 to 2006, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Finance and Accounting. From 2007 to 2009, they also attended the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), but did not pursue a specific degree or field of study there.