Delhi, India
Highly accomplished & focused global accounts & finance professional with proven competencies in strategic financial planning & operations Management. Growth-oriented professional; planned and implemented new cost saving initiatives and new processes in order to support bottom line performance; therefore drove improvements to the working capital and treasury management for the region. Proficient in ensuring all accounting is done inline with IFRS for internal reporting purposes, while statutory and tax filings are done inline with local GAAP/IFRS, on time with minimum audit fee overruns. Leveraged skills in the preparation of monthly reports and effectively managing documents for streamlining systems to facilitate achievement of organizational objectives and ensure profitability of operations. Successfully worked with and performed various operations for following key clients like DT Cinemas Limited, DLF Assets Private Limited, Currie & Brown (India) Private Limited, Geepee Agri Private Limited, RateGain IT Solutions Private Limited, Chelmsford Club Limited and Rotary Foundation (India). Effective in assessing compliance with governmental regulatory requirements, financial accounting and auditing standards, and company policies to ensure that company assets are safeguarded. Possess excellent communication, analytical, decision making, time management and leadership skills with proven capability in planning & managing resources
Balance sheet controller of Openreach (one of BT’s LoB having a gross turnover of £5bn) including monthly review of Aged PO’s, Purchase ledger ageing, accounts receivables, Fixed assets WIP, etc. Working capital and cash flow reporting. Responsible for the preparation of monthly flash and management reporting.
Leading a team of finance analysts to action and ensuring all month end reporting deadlines Responsible for the preparation of monthly flash and management reporting. Working closely with the on-shore team in the UK and responsible for driving projects across the team. Responsible for reconciliation between Hyperion (management books) and Group Consolidation System (statutory books). Responsible for audits (Statutory + Sarbox) related to the process. Includes preparation of audit schedules for PwC and driving closure of audit issues. Responsible for the month end closure of the BT UK ledger. Managing the P&L of certain cost centers within GS UK. This involves monitoring and reviewing the costs and revenues are in line with the forecasts.
Was involved in transitioning the Treasury cash management services from an outsourced supplier back into BT. Led a team of around 20 finance analysts and finance professionals to successfully insource the process which is taking care of reconciliation of c.60 bank accounts across the UK and overseas. These bank accounts are responsible for making c.£9bn payments annually. Work closely with the LOBs, Group Treasury and other Group functions to ensure that all bank open items are cleared within record time. Responsible for month-end journals and accruals, reconciliation of funding balances for these bank accounts, Bank overdraft analysis for working capital purposes and reconciliation of different GFRs’ loan balances with BT plc. Initiating payments to Expats and Inpats for UK and the reconciliation for those payments. Responsible for ongoing audits (Statutory + Sarbox) related to the process.
Profile primarily involved team and engagement management, on the job training to sub-ordinates and technical resolution of issues in audit engagements.