Professional with 14+ years of experience in Financial Services and Investment Banking for Custody operation, Billing & Brokerage. Adept at Financial controlling, Nostro, Revenue & Expense controlling, Reconciliation, Data Analytics, Reporting & Supervisory. Coordinating with Sales and business. Closely working with tool/system development team to build and enhance reconciliation and calculation tool (Billing tool). Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
37
37
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Data Analysis & Reporting
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
Pune
01.2019 - 03.2022
Data Analysis & Reporting
Revenue Recognition – IFRS15 revenue Recognition, Control Revenue and Direct cost affecting Margin
Monthly reporting and Analyzing PnL & Balance Sheet
Commentary on Revenue & Cost drivers
Payments - Dues/Ageing Reports based on various timelines and requirements, Variance Analysis
Discussing analysis, expense drivers and analytical commentary with senior management & Stakeholders
Extracting and validation of client data, performing daily system checks
RCA/Variance Analysis - Deriving Conclusions, Recommendations & Forecasts for Expense Efficiency Teams
Manager Finance (Finance Controller)
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
03.2022 - Current
Managing a portfolio of $80 Mn Revenue linked to projects of Global customers
Member of GOP improvement team
Fully responsible for financial reporting & controlling for TMTS sector (Technology, Media & Telecom sector) for UK and Italy
Overall, in charge of consolidation and finalization of actuals and forecast for the sector
Variance Analysis, expected to be on top of number & provide analysis on expense drivers & analytical commentary to management
Responsible for forecasting process on a Monthly basis for revenue and estimated Direct Margins
Supporting top level management in strategic decision making and helping SBU achieve revenue & profitability targets
Presentation and analysis for business head, work closely with Sales and Delivery team
Reporting and in-depth analysis of monthly financials of projects (P&L, Free Cash Flow, etc) to support business reviews
Operate as a single point of contact for Europe CFO & Legal finance director across location for End-to-end financial control
Establish and maintain key relationships with the relevant departments within the LFD
Responsible for Accounts Receivable (cash collection), Cash forecast and DOR, Drive process efficiencies
Continue to review and build additional control check to make sure we have minimum missing SOW/unapplied cash
Review of business case and ensure projects are approved at margins as per SLA considering relevant risks
Standardize the billing and collections processes to minimize aging AR and zero-aging WIP
Controlling and Approving contracts in Contract Management system
Analyze financial performance of each project against key business metrics and documents any deviations that will enable management to determine progress against budget
Collaborative work with business team, PMOs and accounting team for monthly revenue closing, revenue forecasting, invoicing, collection, and project cost
Periodic review of operational procedures, control activities/documents such as SOP and Shared documents and procedures
Complete ownership of Recruitment & timely backups planning within the team
Sr. Consultant (Cash Controller)
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
Pune
07.2016 - 01.2019
Leading a team of 4 people
Integrate the Controlling Central team and report to the Central Controlling Director
Understand evolutions of the forecast by Geos vs Previous forecast and main categories of cash flow
Link the collections with the evolution of DOR
Control of HFM Cash flow load
Produce a synthetic analysis of the main trends
Supporting various business units for their cost analysis, Flagging any unreasonable increase
Variance Analysis by Actual vs Forecast vs Budget.
Consultant - DSS & SFC Controlling
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
Pune
07.2016 - 01.2019
Headcount reporting of Support Function Staff to group CFO highlighting utilization between different region and BU
Providing details on key levers like offshore leverage ratio and internal mobility
Cost Controlling for travel expenses – Supporting various business units with analysis of travel cost
Flagging the unreasonable increase of travel cost to top management
Widened the scope of headcount reporting, Added two additional portfolios in the domain.
Process Supervisor
Deutsche Bank Group AG, DBOI, Pune
11.2014 - 07.2016
Awards & Automation: Best Performing Team for Q2 2014, Project implementation to automate Custody Billing Data Flow & Invoice Management Reports
IB Expense Management inclusive of managing Agents, Clients & Exchanges
Invoicing generation calculation & verification and reconciliation of Agent, clients, and Exchanges
Outstanding acct payment dues update against invoice and follow-up as per ageing
IB Exchange Clearing and Regulatory Fee inclusive of Static Data, Rate Maintenance, Client Communication
Resolve exceptions and enrich the data flow from the front office to EMS
Accrual Generation, Calculation, Verification, Data Reconciliation, Static Updates, Change management
Static Update/Executing negotiated agreements to maintain the Business Data with high quality control
Planning, Estimation & Execution of monthly Agent expenses and Outward costs incurred to business
Business Reports based on various timelines and requirements
Preparation of Monthly Business Report
Verifying SSI details before remitting payments to counterparties and handling Intercompany transfers
Closely working with BA & tool Development team.
Senior Analyst
E-Clerx Services Limited
Pune
06.2011 - 09.2014
Excalibur & ECR (Exchange Clearing and Regulatory Fees), Transition: New Process migration for Brokerage Calculation & Reporting, performing activities within SLA with 100% accuracy
Awards: Best Performer of the month
IB Expense Management inclusive of managing EMEA Exchanges
Equity trade reconciliation, Invoice processing
Perform invoice level reconciliation and follow up internally or with Client/Broker/Exchanges to confirm the rates in case of any rate discrepancy
Bill Generation, Calculation & Verification, and reconciliation
Outstanding acct payment dues update and follow-up
Expert with RCDC, TLM, NOSTRO, SWIFT, SSI, BIC, P&L A/c Postings, GL A/c Postings, SSR Reconciliation, Intellimatch
Make journal ledger adjustments in GLAD application to book the charges to P&L A/c and Balance sheet statement properly
Process the payment of all invoices through accounts payable post confirming Standard Settlement Instruction (SSI) details of respective Exchanges and the payment mode
Perform variance analysis and Research to bridge the gap between accruals and actual amounts
Managed the whole gamut of client management activities including query resolution and new requirements
Exchange Clearing and Regulatory Fee inclusive of Static Data, Rate Maintenance, Client Communication
Process Associate
Capita India Pvt Ltd
Pune
12.2008 - 05.2011
Awards: Best Quarterly performer
Promoted as Sr
Analyst
Automation: Process Improvement award for providing data analytical solutions
Assisting internal and external auditors by providing documentation upon request within timeline
Disbursing payment to the client through BAC’s or cheques post proper verification and authorization
Reconciling cash balance at bank in company records with bank statement monthly
Reconciling cash account and maintaining the debit and credit payments history
Variance analysis to understand financial errors and taking remedial action
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Sr. Manager/Senior Business Consultant at Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd. & Capgemini InventSr. Manager/Senior Business Consultant at Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd. & Capgemini Invent