Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Presently working with IHG Hotels & Resorts - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) as Associate Director PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY • 20+ years of diverse experience in Finance & Accounting domain while working in distinct industries • Result-oriented Finance Professional experienced in driving excellence in operations and service delivery • Seasoned leader skilled at driving process excellence, initiatives, and efficiency projects • Expert at solving problems through consensus building and process led efficiencies • Adept at implementing complex initiatives with order and consistency SKILLS & COMPETENCIES • Strategic Leadership • Change Management • Business Partnering & Development • Driving Results • Managing Performance • Coaching & Developing • Financial Accounting EDUCATION Chartered Accountants Institute of Chartered Accountants of India May 2001 Bachelor of Commerce Honors Delhi University May 1999
IHG Hotels & Resorts, Gurugram, India - InterContinental Hotels Group • Associate Director, Hotel Accounting (Sep'18 - Current) • Associate Director, Order to Cash & Cash Management (Apr'16 - Aug'18) • Senior Manager, Order to Cash & Cash Management (Mar'12 - Mar'16) • Manager, Global Accounting & Analytics (Apr'10 - Feb'12) • Manager, Global Cash Management (May'08- Mar'10) Responsibilities • Operational & strategic leadership and direction for service delivery of globally centralized Accounting • Strategic business partnerships and growth by providing Finance & Accounting services to hotels • Review end-to-end processes to drive efficiencies, process improvements and strengthening of controls • Coach and develop team members: hiring, training, development, and performance management Work Profile • General Ledger Accounting, P&L Review, Balance Sheet Reconciliation • Accounts Receivable Management - Hotel AR (City Ledger) Collections and IHG Corporate Receivable Collections Management & Bad Debt reporting • Billing to IHG Hotels, Collections and Cash Application • Bank Reconciliation, Cash Forecasting, wire payments and other banking administration
As Senior Manager (Financial Planning & Analysis) • Budgeting, Forecasting - preparation of yearly operating plan • Monthly financial MIS reporting on IT cost lines i.e. Variance Analysis & reporting • Participation in monthly performance reviews with CFO, CTO & global CIOs • Quarterly forecast & discussion with multiple stakeholders • Driving productivity- Cost Benefit Analysis on projects & finance approval • Monthly recurring meeting with all stakeholders on performance or other issues • Global Capex Reporting – Region wise & location wise Plan Vs Actual MIS As Manager (Reconciliation) • Leading & Managing team performing Balance Sheet account reconciliation • Review of all account reconciliation, Open item Dashboard • Review of Un-reconciled balances with Controller & Action Plan • Monitoring the overall functioning of team- Defining individual performance objectives & performance appraisal of team members
• Business Development & sourcing for SMEG • Evaluating Working capital requirement of SME clients • To sell various banking products – Working capital loans, term loan etc. • Credit Appraisal • Presentation to the sanctioning authority for loan approval • Building & strengthening relationship by cross selling of various products of Bank
• Calculation of monthly payroll taxes • Preparation of TDS returns and TDS certificates to vendors • Supporting Manager on Corporate Tax Assessment • Liaising with auditors for Tax and Statutory audits • Transfer Pricing documentation and Reporting
Active participation in: • Statutory Audits under the Companies Act • Tax Audit under Income Tax Act • Preparation of scrutiny cases of Income Tax, Wealth Tax & TDS • Preparation of TDS Returns, Individual & Corporate Tax Returns