Jai Sanjay Raj R
Chennai
Summary
Results-driven team lead specializing in record to report (RTR) with expertise in property management accounting, month-end close activities, and financial reporting. Proven track record of leading high-performing teams, streamlining processes, and ensuring timely delivery of RTR deliverables. Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, mentoring team members, and implementing best practices to enhance efficiency and compliance. Focused on delivering high-quality outputs in fast-paced environments while fostering strong client relationships and driving continuous process improvement.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Advisor - RTR
Virrtue
Chennai
03.2024 - Current
- Successfully led the end-to-end transition of the RTR process for Property Management clients, ensuring seamless migration with zero disruption to business operations.
- Maintained the transitioned project in optimal condition by implementing robust monitoring frameworks and proactive issue resolution strategies.
- Authored and standardized comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for RTR activities, enhancing process clarity, compliance, and scalability across the team.
- Leading end-to-end Record to Report activities for Property Management clients.
- Managing team performance, providing training, guidance, and ensuring SLA/KPI adherence.
- Overseeing monthly/quarterly/annual financial close activities including accruals, reclasses, and adjustments.
- Reviewing financial statements, rent rolls, CAM/TI reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Managing bank reconciliations, cash receipts, ledger corrections, and discrepancy resolution.
- Ensuring accurate posting and review of journal entries and intercompany transactions.
- Collaborating with onshore teams and property managers for issue resolution.
- Monitoring aged items, suspense accounts, and clearing them within timelines.
- Preparing SLA reports, dashboards, and presenting updates to management.
- Ensuring GAAP compliance and audit-ready documentation.
- Implementing process improvements and automation opportunities.
- Stakeholder Management: Orchestrated monthly financial reviews with onshore Property Managers, reducing reporting discrepancies by identifying root causes in CAM/TI reconciliations.
- Operational Excellence: Maintained 100% SLA adherence across complex property portfolios by implementing a tiered review system for journal entries and bank reconciliations.
- Compliance & Audit: Standardized audit-ready documentation folders, ensuring seamless year-end GAAP compliance and zero-defect internal audits.
- Efficiency: Leveraged Macros to automate repetitive ledger postings saving the team significant manual hours per month.
Specialist - RTR
DHL Global Forwarding Ltd.
Chennai
01.2021 - 03.2024
- Coordinated with global process teams and shared service centers for IC topics.
- Managed operations for IC financial closing and reporting.
- Prepared reclass and adjustment journals before month-end close.
- Reviewed IC CREST BS/PL balances and analyzed aged items.
- Performed balance sheet reconciliations (Blackline) and statement reconciliations.
- Handled period-end close for AR and AP.
- Generated performance reports for internal and client management.
- Processed interfaces and responded to GS Connect queries.
- Posted invoices, handled non-clearing entries, and performed IHB postings/clearing.
- Independently performed month-end closing for BS and PL accounts.
- Global Coordination: Directed Intercompany (IC) financial closing for global shared service centers, resolving aged items and clearing suspense accounts across diverse geographical regions.
- Balance Sheet Integrity: Utilized Blackline to perform high-volume balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring 100% accuracy in IC CREST BS/PL balances before month-end lock.
- Process Migration: Acted as a Onboarding Lead for GS Connect queries, streamlining the interface processing between AP/AR and the General Ledger.
Senior Officer - Accounts Payables
Wipro Ltd
Chennai
01.2017 - 12.2020
- Performed AP functions for US and Canada retail clients.
- Handled supplier inquiry, EDI rejects, invoice processing, payment preparation, and debit balance management.
- Ensured SLA/KPI adherence and performed quality audits.
- Managed team responsibilities, client calls, governance calls, and month-end activities.
- Prepared weekly/monthly reports and dashboards.
- Trained new joiners and allocated daily workloads.
- High-Volume Processing: Managed end-to-end AP functions for major US/Canada retail clients, consistently exceeding daily invoice processing and payment preparation targets.
- Quality Assurance: Conducted rigorous quality audits on EDI rejects and supplier inquiries, leading to a measurable reduction in debit balances and payment errors.
- Leadership Development: Facilitated the onboarding and technical training of new hires, directly contributing to a 20% increase in team productivity during peak retail seasons.
Education
B.Com - General
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (Autonomous)
12-2015
Skills
- MS Office
- Oracle
- Auto Hotkey
- Macro automation
- PL/SQL
- Cargowise1
- Blackline
- S21 (JBA)
- Conservice
- SAP
- Yardi
- Avidpay
Accomplishments
Team Lead of the Quarter, Awarded 'Team Lead of the Quarter' for achieving 100% KPI targets during a complex ERP migration.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/07/95
- Place of Birth: Chennai
Timeline
Financial Advisor - RTR
Virrtue
03.2024 - Current
Specialist - RTR
DHL Global Forwarding Ltd.
01.2021 - 03.2024
Senior Officer - Accounts Payables
Wipro Ltd
01.2017 - 12.2020
B.Com - General
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (Autonomous)