Gaurav Verma

SME for Blackline, MJE, and Virsa Reporting (Governance Process) - Current Role.

• Leading a team of four in optimizing financial governance processes across Governance Process, BlackLine application, Manual Journal Entries (MJE) and Virsa reporting, enhancing compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Spearheaded month-end close and daily operational activities in BlackLine, achieving 100% on-time task completion with zero critical errors.
• Reassessed risk frameworks for the Global Chart of Accounts (GCOA) and contributed to policy development in collaboration with Global Process Owners (GPO) for reconciliations.
• Configured and maintained custom reporting periods, aligning financial close cycles with organizational requirements and improving reporting accuracy.
• Restructured BlackLine organizational hierarchies to support evolving business needs, reducing administrative overhead.
• Ensured accurate currency data integration by managing exchange rate uploads/imports, minimizing FX-related reconciliation discrepancies.
• Partnered with IT to execute and troubleshoot interface schedules for seamless GL balance imports, improving data reliability.
• Oversaw account setup and maintenance in BlackLine through automated interfaces and manual processes, ensuring compliance with internal controls.
• Applied risk assessments to configure account frequency settings in line with compliance standards, strengthening audit readiness.
• Executed mass attribute updates (risk ratings, due dates, ownership assignments) to improve operational agility.
• Supported SOX and ITGC compliance by preparing audit documentation and overseeing reconciliation control processes.

EMEA Transmission of Accounting & Reporting activity (Closing process)

• Led the successful transition of EMEA region accounting and reporting processes from DuPont Austria to the DuPont Global Service Center in Hyderabad.
• Coordinated end-to-end knowledge transfer activities, ensuring a seamless handover of monthly and quarterly closing processes.
• Developed and documented comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to standardize and streamline operational workflows.
• Actively engaged with trainers and stakeholders to ensure the timely completion of training sessions and process handovers.

EUROPE SARM Process (IC Role):

• Handled full end-to-end operations of the Europe SARM process, from booking journal entries to reporting.

APAC Region RTR:

• Improved financial data accuracy by implementing robust Master Data Management practices, ensuring consistent account structures, and reducing reconciliation issues by X%.
• Accelerated month-end close by streamlining cycle execution processes (monthly, quarterly) cutting cycles quantity by 40%.
• Ensured accurate financial postings by overseeing the timely transfer of sub-ledger balances (AP, AR, Fixed Assets) to the General Ledger.
• Enhanced financial integrity by performing and resolving complex ledger reconciliations, eliminating discrepancies before reporting deadlines.
• Delivered accurate consolidated financial statements by aggregating balances across entities and performing intercompany eliminations.
• Enabled data-driven decisions by creating actionable management reports with variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Strengthened forecasting accuracy by producing forward-looking Outlook reports integrating historical performance with updated projections.