Kalyani SK
Chartered Accountant
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Skilled at financial reporting and fostering customer relationships, with my expertise in budgeting and forecasting for 10 years, brought a proactive approach to financial analysis, drove significant process improvements across multiple business units.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Assistant Manager
Ernst & Young
04.2024 - Current
- Presented monthly financials with business leaders and developed strong working relationship with business team.
- Performed quarterly forecast of the financials and provided valuable insights by leading variance reviews between actual results and budget/forecast expectations.
- Worked on the rate card billing and the total expenses to arrive at the over/under recovery of the business
- Played a pivotal role in savings analysis for the business through moving in-house employees to vendors
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements and increase operational efficiency.
- Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends and potential areas of improvement.
Financial Associate
Wells Fargo India Solutions Private Ltd
11.2016 - 03.2024
- Presented monthly dashboards on operational expenses and provided trend analysis on key metrics with expanded reporting. Identified and investigated on variances and ensured accurate reporting.
- Led regular meetings with lines of business head to provide financial recommendations and insight for business decision making process.
- Collected data and developed detailed spreadsheets to identify cost trends and created expense forecasts vs actuals templates. Performed variance analysis on quarterly basis to view any discrepancies.
- Used Essbase and FAST tools to create financial reports. Leveraged applications and tools to analyze data, compile and visualize historical information and generate insights from multidimensional data sets using what-if analysis.
- Handled inquiries submitted by business team on financial matters by providing professional recommendations and built strong partnership. Managed creation and maintenance of accounting units for billing upcoming projects.
- Performed monthly general ledger scrutiny to provide accurate record of all financial transactions. Reviewed data on payroll adjustments and monthly accrual information. Analyzed Accounting team entries and understand accounting treatments to provide enhanced business support.
Senior Financial Analyst
Standard Chartered Scope International
11.2013 - 05.2015
- Analyzed financial and operational information to provide key performance indicators. Supported annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting exercise of bank at country level.
- Presented specific MIS reports by intelligently presenting raw data extracted through PSFTP/Essbase; catered to ad-hoc requests.
- Performed monthly and quarterly reconciliations of GL accounts for management reporting.
- In charge of passing, tracking and reporting of journals in general ledger; ensured journals are passed in accordance to group policies; Improved journal template by installing error-triggers thereby ensuring smoother process flow.
- Managed over fifty business units; including creation, modification and deletion of cost centers.
Education
Chartered Accountant - Accounts
Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
Chennai 06.2008 - 07.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Commerce
Madras University
Chennai 06.2008 - 05.2011
Articleship - Commerce
Raghavan & Muralidharan Chartered Accountancy Firm
Chennai 02.2009 - 10.2012
High School Diploma -
Krishnasamy Matriculation School
Cuddalore 06.2006 - 05.2008
Skills
Financial reporting
Budgeting and Forecasting
Variance and trend analysis
Ledger Scrutiny
Customer reputation
Problem-solving
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Ernst & Young
04.2024 - Current
Financial Associate
Wells Fargo India Solutions Private Ltd
11.2016 - 03.2024
Senior Financial Analyst
Standard Chartered Scope International
11.2013 - 05.2015
Articleship - Commerce
Raghavan & Muralidharan Chartered Accountancy Firm
02.2009 - 10.2012
Chartered Accountant - Accounts
Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
06.2008 - 07.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Commerce
Madras University
06.2008 - 05.2011
High School Diploma -
Krishnasamy Matriculation School
06.2006 - 05.2008
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