sandeep pandey

RTR Team Lead at Tata Consultancy Services

Thane, Maharashtra, India

About

I am a Record‑to‑Report (R2R) Team Lead with over 9 years of experience driving financial accounting, month‑end close, reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and stakeholder management across EMEA entities. My career has been defined by leading high‑performing teams, supporting complex process migrations, and ensuring SLA/KPI compliance while delivering accurate and timely financial reporting. I bring strong expertise in Oracle E‑Business Suite (R12), BlackLine, SOX controls, audit support, and process improvement, coupled with in‑depth knowledge of IFRS and US/UK GAAP reporting standards. My focus is on streamlining processes, reducing close cycle times, and strengthening compliance to enable faster, more reliable decision‑making. Passionate about leadership and continuous improvement, I thrive in dynamic environments where I can mentor teams, optimize financial operations, and contribute to organizational growth.

Experience

  • Team Lead at Tata Consultancy Services
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    My job responsibility includes: Managing end-to-end Record to Report (RTR) processes for EMEA region including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, fixed asset accounting, and financial reporting activities. Leading month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities ensuring timely and accurate closure of books of accounts. Ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting in compliance with company policies and accounting standards. Handling intercompany accounting (AGIS Module-Advance global intercompany system), ensuring timely completion of intercompany transaction activities leading to effective and accurate intercompany close. Reviewing and analysing financial statements, performing variance analysis and investigating unusual fluctuations in financial statements, preparing and submitting various reconciliations under Blackline Software. Preparing monthly financial reports, management reports, and supporting schedules for leadership review. Preparing SOP’s, process documentation, and workflow guidelines for operations. Managing stakeholder communications and providing regular updates on process performance and escalations, weekly client calls and performance review. Leading process improvement initiatives and maintaining SLA/KPI compliance. Ensuring adherence to SOX/internal control requirements and company compliance policies. Supporting transition, training, and team management activities. Collaborating with cross-functional teams for issue resolution and process optimization. Coordinating with internal and external auditors for audit requirements.

  • Accounting Team Lead at Glocal Pinnacle Solutions Pvt. Ltd
    Jul 2020 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Working as a Team Leader with the company. My key responsibilities are as below: Finalization of accounts (micro & Small) Draft account and Balance sheet preparation BRS, VAT & PAYE reconciliation, preparation of accounts in Excel. MIS report. Reporting to client Software knowledge: Finalization Software’s used Digita (DAPA), CCH, IRIS, Caseware. Book-keeping Software used SAGE, Sage One, Xero, QuickBooks Online, Free Agent.

  • Account Executive at GI INFOTECH LIMITED
    Aug 2018 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Finalization of accounts and taxation

  • Account Executive at Datamatics Business Solutions Ltd.
    Nov 2017 - Aug 2018 · 10 mos

    Finalization of accounts and taxation

  • Account Assistant at Bhavin N. Shah and associates (Chartered Acountants)
    Apr 2013 - Oct 2017 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    Finalization of accounts and taxation