Ranjini V

· Ensure on-time month end / year end book closing & reporting; review & publish requisite MIS & schedules to the SDM / Process Managers

· Ensure all the accounting related operational areas are in alignment with procedural / legislative controls of the region & adhere to the agreed KPI

· Implement various strategic initiatives, policies and procedures to help enhance the productivity, efficiency and quality of services delivered

· Responsible for Royalty accounting by reviewing the licensing contracts and performing accounting activities based on the contracts for each brands and reporting the accurate numbers to the licensor

· Develop and maintain strong proactive relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure coordination & optimal performance

· Nurture ecosystem partnerships with the stakeholders (auditors, authorities etc.) to deliver superior business operations

· Plan and ensure optimal staffing levels in the team for meeting operational demands

· Build a strong talent pipeline through hiring, internal movements, succession planning, talent reviews etc.

· Drive capability building initiatives through learning and development, career management, mentoring, coaching etc.

· Deploy people initiatives across employee life cycle to drive superior engagement & retention of key performers

· Drive the implementation of effective governance, compliance and risk management frameworks across the capability center to drive holistic performance and maintain reputation

· Ensure pro-active input into preventative actions to address key business risks; Manage issues to mitigate impact and risk by early detection & involvement

· Champion the embedding of a compliance culture within the respective team members

· To ensure that the Business Unit (BU) financial and reporting processes are completed accurately and on time and that the surrounding internal control procedures are strictly adhered to

· To deliver the SLA targets in relation to the RTR Financial Accountant team.

· Manage Financial Accountant team and be mentor of direct reports.

· Provide first line support to the Manager on daily tasks, specific issues and projects.

· Maintain rigorous controls across RTR Financial accounting processes.

· Regularly hold call-over meetings to his/her direct reports (10-12 people)

· Resource management activity for the team

· Ensure best practice shared and process improvement initiatives captured and implemented

· Month close activities:
- Manual Journals preparation / accounting
- Expense accruals/allocations
- Commission & Bonus accruals/true-up & true-down
- Revenue accruals/deferrals/releases
- Expense/Balance Sheet Reclass
- Close related audit reports validations/clearing
- Receivables aging validations for reserve computation

· Balance Sheet account reconciliations

· Testing process changes due to system upgrades

· Support audit (Statutory / SOX / Internal)

· Documentation

· Contribution to process/reconciliation improvements

· Training new joiners & other team members

• Review of cash flow report.
• Daily review of Bank reconciliation.
• Review of GST report by analyzing of input and output tax with line item details and suggest and initiate correction of any incorrect GST bookings.
• Review GRIR analysis and provide a detailed report with comments on open item and suggest resolution to clear open items.
• Identification and Analysis of Goods in Transit (GIT).
• Review of Intercompany accrual posting and review of ICM final reconciliation.
• Responsible to ensure Sales, COGS & Inventory reporting for the entire Australia region and reconciliation and review of these balances before signoff month end reporting.
• Review of Hyperion reporting and reconciliation (complete IS & BS) for the entire Australia, Singapore & Malaysia region (3 units) is completed within the timelines provided globally with accurate numbers.
• Ensuring all the activities & reporting meets the SOX control and taking the sign offs from client on these controls.
• Responsible to send the month end reports, KPI files to Management, have steady state, Balance sheet and GRIR calls with country and finalize the percentages.
• Send SOX control flash report to SOX team after receiving sign off from Client for all SOX controls.
• Supervise direct reports tasks (e.g.
• Period End reporting, journal processing, GL reconciliation review, Month End System processes).
• Representative for Internal and External Audit.
• Regularly hold Partner for growth (P4G - goals) and call-over meetings to his/her direct reports.
• Acts as a coach and mentor for the Financial Accountant.
• Has general overview of own market, solves arising issues, liaises with and co-ordinate analysts within the team to solve specific issues and complete projects.
• Provides first line support to the Manager on specific issues/projects and acts as a deputy of the Manager.
• Proactively suggests improvements/additional control points to build in and takes an active part in the implementation and follow up.

• Involved in Transition for General Ledger & UAT testing of all the software application for client in Bangalore.
• Creation and updating KT documents and Part of UAT testing team.
• Maintenance of Journal database and authorized for creation of new users.
• Monitoring daily journals submitted and posted by the team members and Business Unit.
• Reporting the daily and monthly statistics of journals.
• Monthly/Quarterly Client Reporting.
• Preparations of month end balance sheet journals & adjustments journals.
• Posting Journals in SAP as requested.
• Providing accurate data for audit.
• Balance sheet reconciliations.
• Calculation of Accrual amount and posting the accrual journals on monthly basis.
• Creation and updating of organization level changes.
• Chart of Accounts Maintenance: Reporting the Top-level hierarchy changes to the Top Management and Business Units.
• Reporting the data with EBIT details with journals posted in a month.
• Creation of Month end reports for Top level management and Business Units.
• Coordinating with Client for any help requested and query intimated by Business Units.
• Achievements:.
• Awarded for excellent performance in KT phase.
• Appreciated by Client for performance and timely completion of activities.

• Create Projects, contracts, Activities in Peoplesoft.
• Handle invoices for US, Canada, France, India and UK entities.
• Prepare draft invoices in excel & Word, with the information collected from Peoplesoft and Novient (Time maintaining software) and the contracts.
• Getting approvals from Project Manager for draft invoices.
• Provide solutions for queries from the project managers related to time and expenses.
• Send finalized invoices to the respective onshore financial representatives for forwarding to the Client.
• Post Journal entries for Invoices & Credit notes into Peoplesoft.
• Keep track of the payments received; update the AR schedule with the payment and the invoice details.
• Reconciliation of AR schedule with Trial Balance.
• Train new joiners in the team on AR process.
• Involved in UAT Testing for new Peoplesoft modules.
• Handle invoicing in Peoplesoft.

• Create Projects, Contracts, and Activities in Peoplesoft.
• Create Invoice workings.
• Handling billing in Peoplesoft.
• Prepare invoice copies.
• Sending invoices to customers.
• Follow up on queries with customers for the sent invoices.
• New Entity for Social Action (NGO).

• In payroll of Raj Office solutions, Prepare Attributes and Cheques.
• Maintenance of Cheque Indent Register and issue receipts for local accounts and FC.
• Prepare and maintain books of accounts (computerized).
• Post entries on daily basis for different donor agencies.
• File and maintain all vouchers of different donor agencies.
• Follow up on advances and receipts from various Partner Organizations and Fellowship holders.
• Reconciliation of bank accounts, calculation of PF on monthly basis.
• Calculate TDS for fellowship holders on yearly basis.