DHRITI SHAHI
Junior Manager
Bengaluru
Summary
Finance and controllership professional with 13+ years of experience across Global Business Services (GCC) in Banking and FMCG sector, specializing in Record-to-Report (R2R), Financial Controllership, Month-End Close, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, and Finance Transformation. Experienced in leading end-to-end entity accounting, managing finance teams, driving ERP transformations, and delivering process automation using SAP, BlackLine, Oracle, and Anaplan.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Junior Manager (FC)
Diageo business services India
06.2022 - Current
- Order to Cash (Jr Manager)
- Transitioned to the Order-to-Cash (OTC) functions as part of and shred services organizational restructuring, supporting the EMEA region for the Budapest legal entity.
- Managed trade investment spends budgets in SAP CRM (Advantage) based on sales forecasts from Anaplan, maintaining accurate accruals for multiple direct and indirect customers across Grocers, Indirect, and Standard & Consolidated modules. Ensured timely budget updates, data accuracy, and alignment with forecasted sales to support effective trade spend management and financial reporting.
- Collaborated closely with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to validate and update rate-per-case, EPOS depletion, and shipment volume forecasts in Anaplan. Leveraged master data uploads to calculate accrual multipliers used for financial liability creation.
- Maintained trade investment accruals in SAP CRM (Advantage) across Grocers, Indirect, Standard, and Consolidated modules for multiple retailer and wholesaler customers, ensuring data accuracy, timely processing, and reconciliation with forecasted sales.
- Worked cross-functionally with FP&A, Master Data Management, Sales, and Finance teams to resolve data discrepancies, support month-end close activities, and improve the accuracy of trade spend reporting.
- Participated in S4/HANA migration in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by preparing test scenarios, executing business process test cases, documenting defects, validating fixes, and obtaining business sign-off.
- Performed functional and regression testing across key business processes to ensure system stability, data integrity, and compliance with business requirements.
- Record To Report (Sr. Specialist)
- Lead the end-to-end Record to Report operations as the owner of the legal entity KOREA with $150M revenue, managing a team of 4 finance professionals.
- Supervised timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closings, reducing the close cycle from 7 to 4 days.
- Oversaw balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring 100% compliance with internal control requirements based on IFRS Governance.
- Partnered with external and internal auditors, facilitating clean audit reports, with the help of stakeholders like overseas Controllers, Solution teams and finance leaders.
- Implemented automation of manual journal entries and reconciliation processes using Oswald and BlackLine, improving efficiency by 30%.
- Led finance transformation initiatives that consolidated R2R processes across multiple regions into a centralized shared service center.
- Owned and monitored key R2R KPIs, ensuring timely month-end close, accurate journal entries, complete reconciliations, SLA compliance, minimal audit observations, improved forecast accuracy, and effective management of balance sheet ageing.
- June 2022 - Current
Process Leader (Expense accounting within RTR)
State Street
06.2019 - 06.2022
- Led end to end Financial Reporting for Contract Services, focusing on process standardization month-end activities, especially for large North American projects (multi-million-dollar scale).
- Managed global month-end reporting schedules, analyzing $35M in monthly contractor expenses, and volume discounts based on YTD projections across multiple vendor projects.
- Automated EMEA and Canada accrual processes, saving 145 hours of work, brought continuous improvements.
- Supported global controllers with analysis, audit requests, and financial queries.
- Supported State Street GAO Controllers with budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance analysis by partnering with FP&A and Project Management teams.
- Performed budget-to-actual variance analysis, validated financial data, prepared management reports, and provided insights to support business planning and decision-making.
- Ensured accurate balance sheet reconciliations review and certifications for global contractor expenses monthly, ensuring no KPI impact.
- June 2019 - June 2022
General Accounting Sr. Analyst (Finance and planning within R2R)
Accenture
05.2016 - 05.2019
- Posted journals for accruals, prepayments, provisions, and FX revaluation.
- Managed invoice preparation and Intercompany journal and reconciliations for P&L and Balance Sheet.
- Analyzed AP/AR accounts to ensure timely and accurate accruals.
- Resolved data anomalies using strong analytical skills during business transformation.
- Performed Master data management-maintained company code structures and account hierarchies to improve posting efficiency through Blackline.
- Delivered biweekly governance presentations to client managers in Chicago.
- May 2016 - May 2019
GL Controllership – Accounts Executive
Tesco Hindustan Service Center
11.2012 - 04.2016
- Accounts Executive
- Implemented and directed financial management processes for multi-million-dollar projects.
- Oversaw accounting transactions, reconciliations, and month-end closing in Oracle Finance.
- Facilitated coordination between Finance and other departments to enhance collaboration.
- Assisted with audits and ensured adherence to project deadlines.
- Preserved data integrity via thorough general ledger reconciliations.
- Administered support functions while managing internship initiatives.
- Accountant
- Detail-oriented Accounts Payable Executive with 2 years of experience in invoice processing, vendor reconciliation, payment processing, and maintaining accurate financial records.
- Skilled in ERP systems, MS Excel, GST compliance, and resolving vendor queries while ensuring timely and accurate payments.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines and support efficient finance operations.
- November 2012 - April 2016
Education
MBA - Accounting And Finance
IMT-Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, India09-2020
BACHELOR DEGREE IN COMMERCE - FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY
MUZAFFARPUR06-2012
Skills
Order-to-Cash (OTC)
Financial Reporting & Management Reporting
Variance Analysis & Performance Reporting
Trade Investment & Revenue Management
Process Improvement & Finance Transformation
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) & Stakeholder Management
SAP S/4HANA Migration & Business Process Testing
General Ledger (GL) Accounting
Month-End Close & Year-End Close Activities
Account Reconciliations & Balance Sheet Management
Financial Data Validation & Controls
Record-to-Report (R2R)
IFRS & Accounting Standards
Business Process Mapping & Documentation
Financial Reporting & Analytics Tools
Expense Analysis
Advanced Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables,
VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Data Analysis)
SAP S/4HANA, ECC & CRM (Advantage)
Oracle Financials
BlackLine
Anaplan
Oswald
PWD Candidate
PWD Candidate
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Awarded the best solo performer and helping hand in 2023, Awarded the Best Team Award in 2014, Rewarded twice with a Spot award for contributions to ad-hoc activities in 2017, I got the chance to fly to Chicago in 2017 to get trained on Blackline, Holding a B1/B2 U.S. visa, I received 1st prize in a classical dance competition at the district level in 2001.
Timeline
Junior Manager (FC)
Diageo business services India
06.2022 - Current
Process Leader (Expense accounting within RTR)
State Street
06.2019 - 06.2022
General Accounting Sr. Analyst (Finance and planning within R2R)
Accenture
05.2016 - 05.2019
GL Controllership – Accounts Executive
Tesco Hindustan Service Center
11.2012 - 04.2016
BACHELOR DEGREE IN COMMERCE - FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY
MBA - Accounting And Finance
IMT-Ghaziabad