Tamil Nadu, India
Country finance manager having twenty years of experience in the field of Accounts & Finance.Demonstrated business acumen in leading and managing the Accounts Payables / Receivables, & R2R.Extensive experience in conceptualizing and implementing Internal Controls, Financial Procedures and actively involved in the maintenance and finalization of accounts• Delivered bottom line of savings ~US $6 Mill through cost recovery/reduction & FTE Efficiencies (latest in Jul 2020).• Managed a span up to 30 FTE’s, setting goals, appraising performance, mentoring them to bring out their best.Migrated activities from the Europe and Dubai.• Transformation of activities, such as AR / P2P / R2R and Reporting, that involved working with multiple stakeholders, acknowledging the cultural variations, and bringing teams together towards a common purpose.• Systems Knowledge – SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft & JDE, Visualization tools such as QlikView and power BI
Financial Cluster focal point to maintain an effective relationship between SSC and Agencies. SSC Country Manager will have authority commensurate with responsibility to facilitate interaction with the Delivery Managers. Key responsibilities include: o Analyze BS, P&L Variance/ Cost Plus / Country monthly reports, Treasury, approving balance sheet reconciliation & submit report to Management. o Support initiatives to improve transparency in Agency operations and facilitating direct control by HO. o Signing off representation letter for P&L, and entity result on monthly basis for my countries. o Monitor working capital management by analyzing DSO and DPO of Agencies. o Coordinate meetings between Delivery teams and Agencies to sort out escalations and identify opportunities for standardization and improving processes. o Ensure 1st level of controls, to proactively engage communication with Agencies o Clear overdue AP and AR balances, Unapplied balances, container deposits, by initiating analysis and discussions with all stakeholders involved, such as Delivery teams, Agencies and Head office. o Monitoring Prepayment and Accruals, as part of AP Processing and reporting on the same with suggestions to reduce / control the same. o Monitoring of Period Closure and reporting on adherence to timelines of Book Closure, reason for Deviation, status of Controlled / Approved invoices. o Submission of Productivity & Quality Dashboards & comparing them vis a vis Budget numbers o Resource planning & work allocation to ensure optimum utilization, set KRA’s & review periodically, creation of backup plan. o Prepare ARO deck for my country to discuss with head office on monthly performance. o Support audit requirements such as process audit, documentation review, internal controls. o Review SOP, headcount, cash forecast, and submit reporting in Hyperion after book close. formulate internal controls and evaluate all the controls are implemented in process.
Responsible for financial accounting and reporting that has a material impact on key components of the client’s financial statements. Ensures account analyses are comprehensive, substantive, and performed on a timely basis. Review of monthly balance sheet reconciliations and schedules. Prepare and coordinate with internal and external audit and support for year audit Assists in the identification, assessment and resolution of complex issues/problems. Drive and execute the month end close activities smoothly. Reviewing Bank Reconciliation in Sun and oracle and certifying the recons. Complete Adhoc requests in time and identify trends and give recommendations to senior management Facilitate client coordination and issues handling by organizing calls whenever required Ensuring the SLA’s and TAT are met with accuracy on monthly basis. Finalization of accounts from end to end on monthly basis Reviewing of accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and various reconciliation like FDW and expense reconciliation Prepare salaries and chase for payments to make sure that outstanding are cleared on time. Prepare monthly forecast and help my senior manager in budget preparation.
Job responsibilities include Reviewing the Bank Reconciliations through black line Initiated process improvement in fixing macros for Bank reconciliation template and journal submission in time Reviewing of cash and non cash journals Sharing the Bank Reconciliation Database with the client indicating the red, amber and green balances separately along with proper commentary Ensured that the SLA has always been on PL1 (Exceeds Customer expectation / always ahead of the target specified. Helping the team members when they need the support to clear the outstanding items Job responsibilities include prepare and submission of Balance sheet reconciliations including Fixed Assets, Prepayments and Accruals Responsible for performing the Control account reconciliation Responsible for preparing the MI for GL and sharing it with the Client on weekly basis Periodic meeting with the client for process improvements and ideas. Monitoring for all accounts on daily basis and preparing daily reconciliation for high risk accounts like Govt tax liability accounts. Monthly depreciation of asset, retirement, improvement and impairment of asset as required. Preparing of dash board and presenting the same to the client on monthly basis
Working in Oracle ERP package for regular accounting and day to day books Supervising periodical reconciliation of vendor accounts and customer accounts. Reviewing of General Ledgers, Debtors & Creditors Ledgers on a regular basis to avoid any errors and discrepancies therein. Maintaining of petty cash, invoices, debit notes, credit notes and raise them in oracle system Ensure that month end reports and year end reporting are processed effectively on time Doing intercompany reconciliations, MIS report on a monthly basis and send report to senior management. Preparing of Financial Reports- Trial Balance, Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet
Support the efficient and timely financial month close process Responsible for preparing cash, bank, journal vouchers and purchase vouchers Preparation of final accounts Experienced in manual & computerized accounting up to finalization independently. Well versed with Oracle Financials posting of various entries. Well versed in preparation of trial Balance, profit &loss account and balance sheet. Experienced in payroll Management, Cash flow and follow-up of Budgets. Handled customer service as a support function