ANIRUDDHA DUTTA
Bangalore
Summary
Finance professional with over 17 years of progressive expertise in accounting, controllership, financial management, analysis and reporting. Strong analytical skills and keen attention to detail facilitate the identification of potential risks and growth opportunities that drive organizational success. Proven leadership in managing and developing high-performing teams, combined with exceptional communication abilities. Adept at building strong relationships and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve strategic business objectives.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Vice President
State Street
Bangalore, India
03.2021 - Current
- Currently working as a Financial Controller managing a team of 7 direct FTE and 10+ contractors.
- Played a key role in developing the Balance Sheet Substantiation Governance framework incorporating the best in class industry practices
- Helped in implementing the target operating model by centralizing deliverables across multiple teams
- Liaise with Controllership, Finance and Accounting teams across multiple geographies
- Continuous review of key issues with senior stakeholders as part of monthly Governance Council meetings
- Oversight of deliverables by State Street – HCL Joint Venture ensuring strict adherence to timelines and accuracy
- Oversee aging analysis of key balance sheet accounts and engage with relevant Controllers to determine the validity of the balances.
- Responsible for driving efficiencies, standardize processes and identifying automation opportunities
AVP
JP Morgan Chase and Co
Bangalore, India
10.2015 - 03.2021
- BAU responsibilities
- Worked as part of the LOB Controllership (Chase Auto) team as a Finance Manager.
- Acted as the single point of contact between Chase Bank USA and JPMC Bangalore responsible for delivery of end to end accounting, reporting and ensuring a timely and error free Actual close.
- Responsible for end to end review of all accounting entries during critical month end, quarter end and year end close periods.
- Served as the single point of contact for all lines of business for queries related to Chase Auto Financials
- Analyze financial statement variances and liaise with CFOs of various divisions under Chase Auto to ensure that variances are supported and explained.
- Review deferrals and amortization of Loan/Lease origination costs in accordance with FASB91/FASB13.
- Additional responsibilities
- Standardize reports and explore automation opportunities to drive efficiency in the team using Tableau or Alteryx.
Senior Financial Analyst
ANZ Bank
Bangalore, India
05.2012 - 10.2015
- Responsible for overseeing the financials of the Central Funding Unit of ANZ Bank to ensure smooth and error free month close.
- Reconcile intra-company transactions (ICT) at a group level and ensuring that it nets off to 0 for accurate group reporting.
- Monitoring various investments, capital movements (buybacks, hybrid issues, redemptions) and dividend pay-out/pay-in across the bank and ensuring that they are correctly recorded in the system, closely interacting with Treasury/Finance/Tax and CSO.
- Preparing monthly reports detailing the investment position of the bank in various subsidiaries/branches and providing analysis regarding movements in investment position to enable impairment analysis.
- Performing reconciliations of key BS accounts for monthly review by Corporate Group Finance team in Melbourne.
- Responsible for tax reconciliations and finalisation of 2 major subsidiaries of ANZ Bank.
- Providing disclosures regarding tax and other provisions for inclusion in Half and Full year Notes to Accounts
Financial Analyst
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Bangalore, India
09.2008 - 05.2012
- IPG EMEA Ops Reporting
- Engaged in monthly/weekly Sales, Revenue and Profitability reporting for the Imaging and Printing segment of the company.
- Responsibilities included developing core reporting solutions for the business by understanding/evaluating business specific requirements and catering to them.
- Reporting to the Senior Management on monthly business performance.
- IPG EMEA Consumer & Supplies Reporting
- Engaged in Month-end Close activities involving Revenue, Cost and Profitability Reporting and Analysis.
- Engaged in preparing Monthly Shipment Reports for Revenue Recognition.
- Responsible for posting of Monthly Accrual Bookings and Reversals in SAP R/3.
- Responsible for uploading monthly Cost and Revenue data for review by Country Managers and Product Line Analysts.
Accountant
Elrich International
Kolkata, India
11.2007 - 08.2008
- Engaged in day to day accounting jobs and preparation and/or review of month end reports.
- Responsible for management of books of accounts and preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statements.
- Responsible for cost analysis and reporting to the Chief Accountant.
Management Trainee - Assurance
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Kolkata, India
12.2006 - 06.2007
- Worked in the Audit division of the organization.
- Engaged in Statutory Audit and Limited Reviews of several medium to large sized companies.
- Strong understanding of the applicable laws, rules and regulations especially with respect to Compliance, Presentation and Disclosure requirements.
- Experienced in analysis of accounts and balances, computation of variances, interpretation of results and preparation of reports.
Article Assistant
SK Dutta Chartered Accountant
Kolkata, India
04.2002 - 03.2005
- Worked as an Article Assistant as part of Chartered Accountancy course.
- Participated actively in Statutory and Concurrent Audit of small and medium sized banks.
- Played an active role and was actively engaged on behalf of the firm in auditing jobs in small sized software concerns.
- Engaged in Internal Audit of various small and medium sized concerns.
Education
CPA - Certified Public Accounting
American Institute of Certified Public Accountant
Alaska, United States01-2016
Internal Auditor - Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Institute of Internal Auditor
New York, United States01-2010
Chartered Accountant - Chartered Accountancy Intermediate course (C.A. Inter)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Kolkata, India01-2005
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, India01-2003
Class 12 - undefined
St. Thomas Boys' School
Kolkata, India01-2000
Class 10 - undefined
St. Thomas Boys' School
Kolkata, India01-1998
Skills
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- Accounting
- Leadership
- Data Analysis
- Problem Solving
- Decision making & judgment
Accomplishments
- State Street: Played a key role in ARCS tool implementation and ensured that all users are seamlessly migrated to ARCS from the previous manual system
- JP Morgan Chase and Co: Standardized FASB reporting for all lines of business within Chase Auto resulting in significant time savings and more robust controls. Awarded Q1 2018 Achiever’s award.
- ANZ Bank: Single handedly managed the tax reconciliation and reporting for ANZ Banking group and delivered before expected timelines with full accuracy
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Developed Core Reporting Solution for Imaging and Printing business consolidating the entire business performance into a single report thereby helping management to understand and effectively monitor the business performance and trends.
Interests
Traveling, Photography, Reading
LANGUAGES
English
Hindi
Bengali
Spanish
Timeline
Assistant Vice President
State Street
03.2021 - Current
AVP
JP Morgan Chase and Co
10.2015 - 03.2021
Senior Financial Analyst
ANZ Bank
05.2012 - 10.2015
Financial Analyst
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
09.2008 - 05.2012
Accountant
Elrich International
11.2007 - 08.2008
Management Trainee - Assurance
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
12.2006 - 06.2007
Article Assistant
SK Dutta Chartered Accountant
04.2002 - 03.2005
Internal Auditor - Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Institute of Internal Auditor
Chartered Accountant - Chartered Accountancy Intermediate course (C.A. Inter)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
University of Calcutta
Class 12 - undefined
St. Thomas Boys' School
Class 10 - undefined
St. Thomas Boys' School
CPA - Certified Public Accounting
American Institute of Certified Public Accountant