Unzi (Unnamalai) Ramanathan
New York,NY
Summary
Goal-oriented, results-driven, experienced Controller and fund management professional with proven leadership, successful in leading teams to achieve team goals and ability to promote investor/ client relations and assess fund performance. Organized and articulate with excellent troubleshooting abilities and delivering process improvements that increase efficiencies and performance.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Financial Accountant
Ernst and Young
05.2018 - Current
- Lead Fund accounting clients to prepare schedules, Quarterly reports. Handle Net Asset Value (NAV) calculations, investment requests, capital calls, distributions, subscriptions, and redemptions.
- Oversee and manage funds' financial statement process and review financial statements, footnotes, partner capital statements, general ledger, partner allocations, management fee calculations, capital calls, distributions, trial balances and uncalled commitments.
- Support Clients in local US tax reporting matters, including federal reporting, investor reporting and personal tax compliance.
- Coordinate tax reporting process for international individual investors across all business lines, including Private Capital and Real Assets.
- Oversee and manage corporate accounting functions to identify and execute process improvement opportunities to improve efficiency, digitization, and value created by evaluating technology enhancements to support policy processes, key controls, and transformation efforts.
- Global and regional controllership and managing fortune 500, SEC listed and international engagements for statutory financial reporting, accounting and bookkeeping preparation and compliance in EMEIA, APAC and Americas regions. Analyze issues preventing completion of reporting and highlight to senior management.
- Prepare analyses and financial presentations for Senior Management, monitor key performance indicators. Ensure senior management is aware of major risks/issues preventing completion of reporting and problem solve to mitigate risk of late filing.
- Lead Tax implementation project for one of the world's leading venue and largest event and exhibition center providing end-to-end support from design to migration and stabilization.
- Advise on finance transformation for one of the world's leading Law firms including re-design, implementation, and reengineering of Reporting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Tax functions.
Senior Accounts Payable Accountant
Fonterra Brands Middle East
12.2016 - 10.2017
- Implemented Compliance Scorecard, effective accounts payable system management, corrective measures to ensure control and compliance, and identified management control weaknesses for remediation.
Audit Assistant
Athma & co
01.2014 - 01.2016
Education
Enrolled Agent - Taxation
Internal Revenue System
EY Tech MBA -
Hult University
MSc - Professional Accountancy
University of London
BBA - Finance and Accountancy
Christ University
CSCA Certified in Strategy And Competitive Analysis -
Institute of Management Accountants
CMA - Certified Management Accountant
Institute of Management Accountants
ACCA Affiliate -
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Associate Chartered Institute For Securities & Inv -
CISI
Skills
- Fund Accounting and Administration
- Net Asset Valuations (NAV) and Asset Allocation
- Investment Evaluation, Interest Calculations and Revenue Projections
- Financial Budgeting and Reporting
- Historical/Intercompany/Variance Reconciliations
- Continuous Improvements and Business process reengineering
- Month-End, Quarter-End and Year-End Reporting
- Financial Systems Analysis
- Interviewing, Mentoring and Counseling
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- VAT Implementation and VAT Returns
- Controllership of Accounts Payable and Receivable
Timeline
Senior Financial Accountant
Ernst and Young
05.2018 - Current
Senior Accounts Payable Accountant
Fonterra Brands Middle East
12.2016 - 10.2017
Audit Assistant
Athma & co
01.2014 - 01.2016
Enrolled Agent - Taxation
Internal Revenue System
EY Tech MBA -
Hult University
MSc - Professional Accountancy
University of London
BBA - Finance and Accountancy
Christ University
CSCA Certified in Strategy And Competitive Analysis -
Institute of Management Accountants
CMA - Certified Management Accountant
Institute of Management Accountants
ACCA Affiliate -
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Associate Chartered Institute For Securities & Inv -
CISI
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