With a proven track record at IBM India Pvt Ltd, I excel in operations management and financial reporting, demonstrating strong leadership and analytical skills. Successfully streamlined F&A processes, enhancing efficiency by transitioning to an ERP system. Renowned for mentorship and achieving high customer satisfaction, my approach significantly boosts operational excellence and compliance.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Manager Operations (R2R Team)
IBM India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
01.2015 - Current
Supervised operations and performance of an 18-member group.
In charge of month-end close and fixed asset-related activities (capitalization, asset disposal, projection creation, and reporting activities).
Control on FTE calculation, and consolidated SLA reporting.
Responsible for assessing and validation business requirements
Identifying gaps and recommending solution to enhance efficiency and compliance
Contributed to the Blackline Admin team, overseeing and optimizing account reconciliation process for efficient financial Management
Collaborated on a Project with Fixed Asset tax team to transition from a manual register an ERP register, enhancing efficiency and accuracy
Handle Business Validation for SAP Fiori ensuring data are met as per business requirements and user needs
Collaborating with the Operation team to conduct through Risk and control testing defined for the in the operation tasks
Assisting external auditors on sample ensuring the successful completion of audits
Manage and supervise the activities of the team by effective leadership, coaching and development
Create process documentation and back up and for each process which reduced the risk and smooth deliverables to the client
Prepare monthly financial statements and business specific MIS reports as per SLA
Conduct Operational review meetings and assessing the customer feedback, evaluating the areas of improvements & providing critical feed back to the team on improvements and achieving higher customer satisfaction matrices
Successful on implementing global standardized activity for Fixed Asset activity across the region
Effectively transitioned F&A process (Upstream & DownStream) from United States and streamlined the process within 3 months of the transition
Closing & Reporting and Fixed Asset accounting process from US for a Mining company
Sr. Executive
Wipro Ltd
Chennai
03.2009 - 01.2015
I am lead for 10-member team
In charge of Retail & Distribution (Merchandise accounting) function of Sears inventory Control and management process which involves accounting of inventory movements from Distribution Centers to stores and from Distribution Centers to Distribution Centers
Team Handling- Performance pay calculation, Conduct ARC meeting, Coach and give feedback to team members on their performance
Monitor the Day-to-Day Activities for the team and complete the activities within the TAT
Experience in financial reporting, Data analysis and MI Reporting
Prepare the productivity analysis and share the information to the team and management
Weekly Trend wise Variance Analysis of Inventory Account
Further investigation need to be done if variance beyond the limit
Analysis variance in Book vs
Physical report and identified any duplicate charge to the units
Posting entries for balancing the book and the physical inventory
Besides the above area I handle a lot of queries relating to Distribution and Retail Accounting functions
I coordinate directly with the Business Controllers for handling the queries
Successful migrated of Onsite KT for Inventory process from Dallas, Texas - USA in 2009
Successful Due diligence and documentation in GL & payroll process for US client, Chicago in 2012
Received kudos for Due Diligence from clients and top management
Process improvements done in terms of tracking email for suspense Account resulting in huge time saving
Specialist - Operations
Flextronics Pvt Ltd
Chennai
12.2007 - 03.2009
Team player involved in delivering solution for the query from vendor and payment request for the vendor as per treasury fund
I am in charge of handling customer and business queries
Consolidating statement of accounts for global vendors
Handling Statement of account and queries from Vendor
Providing the solution for the same
Preparation and Maintenance of Weekly tracker and report the status to management
Contacting the buyer or unit to check the price or quantity discrepancy and clear the invoice for payment
Consolidating the Statement of account for critical vendor from all regions and providing the payment status
Send the payment schedule for the week or month to treasury department and get approval
High alert on the vendor payment rejects and collecting the detail from vendor to instruct bank to release the payment
Debit collection from Supplier
Coordination with Support functions like administration and network operations team to ensure seamless operations delivery
Sr. Officer Process
Siemens Information Processing Services Pvt Ltd
10.2004 - 11.2007
Company Overview: UK based financial institution is one of the largest savings organizations in the UK, with over 26 million customers based out Durham
Dealing the customer requirements based on project instructions
Payment processing for the customer
Error Log & Query Log Maintenance
Briefing the team with latest updates on process
Good knowledge in the process maintaining 100% quality & productivity
Assisted Process Expert in reducing the error %
Have been moved to 3 different teams in a span of 12 months
Trained the team to develop communication skills and have taken classes for the same
UK based financial institution is one of the largest savings organizations in the UK, with over 26 million customers based out Durham
Accounts Assistant
HCL Infinet Ltd.
04.2003 - 09.2004
Stock Handling of Nokia Mobile Handsets
Maintaining Dealers ledger and collection for payment for sale billing
Sale billing of Mobile Handsets for whole Tamil Nadu dealers
Bank Reconciliation
Maintaining Nokia Marketing File
Service Billing and adjusting payment against it for Office Automation product
Manage Staff Attendance and report to Head Office on monthly basis for salary process
Education
Bachelor’s degree - commerce
C.T.M College of Arts & Science
Skills
Strong leadership skills
Strong customer service skills
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Mentorship
Strong analytical skills
Team building
Operations management
Budgeting and finance
Financial reporting
Languages
English
Malayalam
Tamil
Core Competency
20+ years of experience in core General Accounting process with exposure of multiple processes within R2R, P2P, O2C & Merchandise Accounting.
Conducted Business Validation for SAP Fiori ensuring data are met as per business requirements and user needs.
Collaborated on a Project with Fixed Asset tax team to transition from a manual register to an ERP register.
Project transition & Integration experience for international clients.
Proficiency in SAP, S4/Hana, Black Line & JIRA.
Proficient at running successful process operations & experience of developing procedures, service standards for business excellence.
Experience in handling project transition.
Experience in financial reporting, Data analysis and MI Reporting.
Senior Lead, Software Architecture (Automation Architect) at Kyndryl India Pvt Ltd (IBM India Pvt. Ltd.)Senior Lead, Software Architecture (Automation Architect) at Kyndryl India Pvt Ltd (IBM India Pvt. Ltd.)