Bindu Sharma
St. Charles,MO
Summary
Dynamic Financial Analyst with a strong foundation in financial analysis and accounting, leveraging advanced analytical skills to drive business growth and ensure financial integrity. Experienced in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and general ledger support, with a proven ability to interpret complex data and develop accurate financial models. Adept at risk assessment, internal controls, and supporting month-end close processes to ensure compliance and accuracy. Recognized for collaboration, adaptability, and delivering actionable insights that support strategic decision-making. Seeking a challenging role that enables the application of strong financial and accounting expertise while offering opportunities for continued professional growth and development.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Analyst
Charter Communications
02.2025 - Current
- Analyze financial data to identify trends and support strategic decision-making.
- Conduct detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends and potential areas of improvement.
- Streamline financial reporting for better decision-making with clear, concise analysis and presentation.
- Initiate process improvements that increased the efficiency of budgeting cycles while maintaining accuracy standards.
- Enhance forecasting accuracy through the development of sophisticated financial models and tools.
- Develop financial models to assess potential investments and identify potential risks.
- Develop comprehensive financial models to forecast revenue and expenses accurately.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline budgeting processes and improve efficiency.
- Conduct variance analysis to monitor performance against budgets and predict future outcomes.
Senior Accountant
Charter Communications
09.2020 - Current
- Prepare month-end journal entries from accounting transactions
- Prepare A/R and Bank Reconciliations, operating accruals, and Misc revenue
- Provide journal entries and perform accounting on accrual basis.
- Evaluate and improve accuracy and completeness of financial records.
- Complete monthly KMA variance reports by supporting the KPMG audit process; and providing specific required analysis on assigned areas
- Maintain integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Collect and report monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Initiate comprehensive account assessments to check viability, stability and profitability of cable business operations.
- Execute financial reporting, managing prepaid accounts, schedules, reconciliations, event settlements and month-end accruals.
- Collect and arrange financial information from CSG and ICOMS biller and enter details into SAP financial management system as well as Blackline.
- Prepare and update all required schedules for Enterprise and Resi clients
- Assist accounting manager to Identify and investigate variances to financial plans and forecasts.
- Review and analyze various transactional level details including accounts payable transactions and adjust the ledger accordingly
- Prepare revenue validations and perform revenue analysis annually, quarterly and monthly
- Promote continuous workflow and issue resolution through communication and identification of conflicts.
Accountant
Citi Group
05.2017 - 09.2020
- Research and Resolve differences associated with incoming and outgoing return item cash letter that are received from Federal Reserve banks, InternalDepartments, and other financial institutions through various banking channels.
- Adjust posting issues on general ledger accounts.
- Research and Resolve multiple check error types such as Paid, Return, Doublepost, Advice request, Missing items, Encoding errors and Not our Item.
- Organize and carry out efficient month-end, quarterly and year-end processes.
- Balance and Reconcile internal accounts and general ledgers.
- Balance the Federal Reserve accounts, Same Day settlement andclearinghouse account.
- Determine accounting entries and make appropriate disposition.
- Maintain internal operational and financial controls and ensure that they areobserved for all assigned cases.
- Research various missing ATM cash cases in timely and accurate manner.
- Finding resolution for those missing ATM cash cases by finding offsets in 320sub ledger as well as in D&F in Citisweep in Citi Software.
- Preparing financial Entries regarding the offsets accurately.
- Analyze and provide input to Team managers based on department procedures and escalates issue to team managers based on risk exposure.
- Communicating and consulting with managers regarding any issues onmissing ATM cases.
- Process outgoing Retail Bank Returns which are sent to partner banks, the FEDand on Citi via Vsoft eReturns application.
- Perform research regarding the fraud checks and make necessary debit, creditadjustments to client’s acct based on research.
- Full exposure and expertise to various Citi applications Mainframe, File net,full suite,Net suite software and other Web Based applications.
- Train new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
- Investigate and resolve variances in digital and physical records to promoterecord integrity.
Accounting and Administrative Assistant
Shalini Gupta and Associates
12.2015 - 04.2017
- Performed payroll functions, such as maintaining timekeeping information and processing and submitting payroll for various clients.
- Assisted in completing tax returns, preparing tax packages and helping clients with their tax planning.
- Helped clients with their sales tax processing and filing and also issuing 1099s for their vendors at year end.
- Filed individual and corporate taxes for clients through Ultra tax software
- Helped clients in paying invoices by verifying transaction information, scheduling and preparing disbursements, obtaining authorization of payment.
- Worked closely with Senior Accountants for preparation of quarterly and year end closing reports
- Helped Senior accountants in preparation of financial statements of clients
- Assisted accountants in preparing complex financial analytical reports as needed using excel (pivot table, V-lookups, charts etc).
- Monitored status of accounts receivable and payable to facilitate efficient processing.
- Prepared, examined, or analyzed accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Assessed data and information to verify entry, calculation and billing code accuracy.
- Applied mathematical abilities on daily basis to calculate and check figures in all areas of accounting systems.
- Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
Accounting and Administrative Assistant
Ali and Aliyan Associates
08.2014 - 12.2015
- Prepared and processed payroll information in QuickBooks.
- Assisted in preparing quarterly and yearly financial statements and printing reports and analyzing.
- Prepared debit, credits and total accounts on computerized spreadsheets and databases.
- Helped in tax planning and projections for clients and assist in solving their tax related issues.
- Helped senior accountant with preparation of tax and other financial reports.
- Handled client correspondence and tracked records to foster office efficiency.
- Processed invoices and expenses using Quickbooks and Bill.com
- Maintained complex digital filing system for financial information.
- Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities and communicate instructions.
- Performed general office duties, including answering multi-line phones, routing calls and messages and greeting visitors.
- Drafted professional memos, letters and marketing copy to support business objectives and growth.
- Created PowerPoint presentations for business development purposes.
Education
Master of Science - Business Analytics
Bellevue University
Bellevue, Nebraska, NE07-2026
Masters of Science - Accounting
Maryville University
St louis, MO05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Towson University
Baltimore, MD12.2014
Skills
- Account payable/Account receivable and Invoicing
- Payroll processing
- Sales and Use Tax Filing
- Monthly Account/Bank Reconciliation
- Closing processes
- Monthly/Quarterly/Year End Reports
- MS Office Suite
- Excel Skills
- SAP and Blackline
- Bookkeeping
- Tax accounting specialization
- Intuit QuickBooks and Net Suite Knowledge
- Audit coordination
- General ledger accounting expertise
- Forecasting & Budgeting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Multiple tasking Capabilities
- Creative thinking and problem solving
- Superior attention to detail
- Financial and operational reporting
- Financial statement analysis
- Variance analysis
- Financial modeling
- Budgetary planning
- Knowledge of ERP (enterprise resource planning) software
- Forecasting trends
Timeline
Financial Analyst
Charter Communications
02.2025 - Current
Senior Accountant
Charter Communications
09.2020 - Current
Accountant
Citi Group
05.2017 - 09.2020
Accounting and Administrative Assistant
Shalini Gupta and Associates
12.2015 - 04.2017
Accounting and Administrative Assistant
Ali and Aliyan Associates
08.2014 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Towson University
Master of Science - Business Analytics
Bellevue University
Masters of Science - Accounting
Maryville University