Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Accomplished Associate Director with extensive experience in Global Business Services (GBS) record-to-report (R2R) operations for multinational corporations. Proven track record in strategic finance, controllership, and transformation leadership, driving global standardization of processes, ERP-enabled automation, and governance excellence. Adept at leading large-scale finance teams (100+ FTEs) across geographies, ensuring compliance with IFRS, SOX, and statutory requirements while delivering high-quality financial reporting and executive insights. Key strengths include: Strategic Finance & Controllership: End-to-end R2R ownership, variance analysis, forecasting, and executive management reporting. Financial Reporting & Accounting: General Ledger, Month-End Closing, IFRS/statutory reporting, close governance, inter-company accounting, accruals, and fixed asset accounting. Transformation/GBS Set up: End-to-End GBS set up for R2R, Transition program support, financial system harmonization, and process rollouts across diverse geographies. Internal Controls & Risk Management: SOX compliance, audit readiness, policy governance, and standardized control frameworks. ERP & Transformation: Expertise in SAP/RE-FX for lease accounting, Oracle GL, Ariba, and HFM; driving automation through AI/robotics and Lean methodologies. Treasury & Cash Flow: Treasury operations, cash management, forecasting, and cash application controls within GBS models. Leadership & Governance: Leading global teams, SLA/KPI management, stakeholder engagement, continuous improvement, and escalation governance. Recognized for building scalable, compliant, and efficient finance operations that enable business growth, enhance transparency, and strengthen executive decision-making in complex multinational environments.
Record to Report service delivery for the global region.
R2R process owner for North America, Canada, Latin America, EMEA & APAC
Process owner RTR operations- America's and Canada region
Managing genral ledger accounting, account to reporting, Month end closing, technical accounting, treasury and bank accounting.
Managed team of 9 people mostly Associate managers/Lead Executives to deliver R2R, Month end close and financial reporting process in SAP ERP for UBS Bank. - Review responsibility of all the cost, revenue, inter company, vat and miscellaneous Journals. - Preparation and posting of all the month end accruals re-class and transfer of cost revenue journals. - P&L and Balance sheet analytical review of all the legal entities and commentary for them after month end close. - Final sign of in the system after all the validation checks & closure of books for respective legal entities.
Managed a team of 52 people to deliver the R2R, Inter company, Accounts payable, Transfer Pricing, Banking, Fixed assets process for Reckitt Benckiser. Main responsibilities were: - Ensuring that all the month end closing process completed timely there by proactively analyzing and resolving the open issues. - Processing of monthly accrual journals are posted in SAP timely manner. - Ensure that the freight journals (land, Air, Sea duty) are prepared and posted in SAP. - Analyzed and allocating of Top down distribution during the month end. - Preparing Inter company reconciliation and resolving all the open items during month and quarter end.
Lead & managed team of 25 members to support General Ledger, Cost Accounting & fixed asset (R2R) process for Europe, middle east and Africa region in SAP ERP systems (SAP – FICO module) for Alcatel Lucent. Main responsibilities were: - Ensured GL account movements. - Month end closing & Reporting - Forex Revaluations, expense report, management report, and Trail balance reporting activities are completed on time. Apprise management & assist in the critical decision making process. - Vendor confirmation & Payment – coordinating with Vendor master data team, check on outgoing payment.
P2P, Reconciliation, Vendor management, Query resolution, Cost reporting