G. Sivagama Sundari

• Responsible for Annual Plan/Latest Estimate exercise & upload the budget value in planning tool and support Planning Appraisal & Reporting (PAR) Lead, Finance Manager and stakeholders.
• Responsible for Cost MI reporting to leadership team with insightful information on the cost drivers, variance analysis, provide clear picture of the current financial position & focus on the areas which requires stakeholder's attention & help them to take informed decision to achieve the business performance matrix.
• Responsible for Total Cost Reporting which includes the direct & indirect spends of the organization.
• Responsible for Month close with Internal controls & follow ups on the aged accruals and state the Cost - Recovery ITD position of the organization to Finance Manager.
• Responsible for Organization Hierarchy maintenance in the reporting tool.
• Performed Risk assessment analysis for a Global Mobility Vendor & understand if they are financially viable to fulfill contractual obligation to Shell. This helps the Global Contract Management team to decide on the renewal of high valued contract.
• As a Finance partner always have continuous improvement mindset & bring standardization in the deliverables.

Impacts in the delivery -

1. Digitalization of Analytical Dashboard - worked with process excellence team and developed Analytical Dashboard which transformed the MI Analysis from Excel to Power BI.

2. Business Performance Management - Supported as a Team member for a Project called "Pre-funding Closure" a project to call off funding from Global Mobility vendor.
Evaluated Pre-funding needs along with Contract & Procurement team in BPR meetings, evaluated the funding needs with Cash Management, Controllers & Global Finance Managers & decided to call off pre-funding facility from vendor. Helped in direct cashflow impact of USD 15.0m.

3. Finance Process Excellence - Identified non-recovery of advisory cost & lower recovery from business operating units due to incorrect Tariff setup. Addressed this to Finance Manager, Global recovery team & operating units set right the process with an impact of cashflow into the organization of USD 3.75M.

4. Business Partnering - Played a key role in a project during organization change & demonstrated Finance skill to stakeholder & was part of design to execution phase in the Hierarchy setup project in the ERP & MI Reporting Tool. Built the Cost & Recovery mechanism efficiently with 100% accuracy in reporting.

5. Standardization in GL usage - As part of Continuous Improvements brought standardization in correct GL usage, drive the project centrally enabled correct financial reporting & helped in Automation.

• Transitioned the planning process from UK of a leading Telecom Client (UK/Europe).
• Managed 20-member team & responsible for Team members’ Appraisals.
• Was responsible for Plan/LE, MI Reporting, Revenue Accounting, P&L, BS (Sundry Debtors) reconciliation & ensured the correctness of Sales & Receipts with no leakages.
• As a Team manager was responsible for Monthly Business performance review & ensured the Client delivery schedule is met per the KPI with Continuous Improvement (CI) being key focus in delivery.

• Managed a Team with a span of 10 member & responsible for team members appraisals.
• Was responsible for Accounts Receivables, Accounts payable, GL & Lease Administration for Leading US property Management Co.
• Was responsible for Monthly BPR & delivery schedule to client.
• Custodian for New Hire training & Certification.

• Team Lead for 5-member team was responsible for review of Accounts receivable, Lease Admin for a Leading US property Management Company.