Kitekar Mehmood

• Oversaw complete incentive cycle from target setting to payout execution, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and policy compliance.
• Lead end-to-end administration of variable sales incentives for over 1,200 sales employees across three global divisions—Digital Infrastructure (DI), Digital Solutions (DS), and Lumada—spanning the APAC, AMER, and EMEA regions.
• Collaborate with Finance and Business leaders to set regional sales quotas, support planning processes, and drive timely plan acceptance.
• Act as a liaison between Sales, Finance, and HR to resolve compensation-related queries and streamline commission and bonus processing.
• Ensure full compliance with SOX controls and corporate governance standards related to sales incentive plans.
• Developed and presented performance dashboards and compensation analytics, influencing incentive policies and quarterly performance reviews.
• Partnered with Revenue Accounting to support accrual processes and deliver accurate financial forecasts.
• Provide strategic insights through ad-hoc analyses, including services growth trends, and book-to-bill metrics for senior management.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with global stakeholders, and leverage various technologies to resolve integration and reporting challenges.

Leading a team of 135 FTE (Full-Time Employees) across all three verticals: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger Accounting.

• Successfully built a Shared Service Centre for group companies at a centralised location.
• Successfully transitioned the process from PAN India locations under the Shared Service Centre from the Branch Accountant profile.
• Planned resources, conducted operational reviews, and managed escalations from internal and external sources to ensure streamlined operations.
• Monitor daily and monthly activity for the team and publish a dashboard to management on a monthly basis.
• Providing root cause analysis and suggesting preventive action for SLAs not met and errors detected in processed documents.
• Executed monthly vendor reconciliations, ensuring timely payments to maintain positive vendor relationships.
• Reviewing month-end activity and finalising the same, conducting performance appraisals of the staff along with the Team Leader.
• Conducted interviews, set objectives and KPIs, developed training plans, and provided monthly incentive data to enhance team performance.
• Handling internal and external audits for group companies.
• Handling various projects to clean the books of accounts.
• Analysed discrepancies between customer data in front-end systems and SAP for accurate reporting.
• Conducted reconciliation of TDS records between 26AS and SAP to ensure compliance.
• Performed reconciliation of insurance records to ensure accurate reporting and compliance.
• Monthly FTE analysis presented to management.
• Successfully transitioned the process from nine locations across India.

Leading a team of 35 FTE (Full Time Employees) for the vendor payment, reconciliation, and credit note process for all regions.

• Resource planning, operational reviews, and managing escalations from both internal and external sources.
• Monitor daily and monthly activity for the team and publish a dashboard to management on a monthly basis.
• Implementation of the Nextstep Application for the approval matrix, employee reimbursement, and other vendor payments.
• Providing root cause analysis and suggesting preventive action for SLAs not met and errors detected in processed documents.
• Vendor reconciliations on a monthly basis and ensure timely payment to vendors.
• Reviewing month-end activity and finalising the same. Conducting performance appraisals of the staff, along with the Team Leader.
• Conducting interviews, setting objectives, KPIs, training plans and confirmations, and providing monthly incentive data to management.
• Reviewing month-end activity and finalising the same. Conducting performance appraisals of the staff, along with the Team Leader.
• Conducting interviews, setting objectives, KPIs, training plans and confirmations, and providing monthly incentive data to management.

Leading a team of 25 FTE (Full Time Employees), resource planning, operational reviews, and managing client escalations and updates.

• Leading a team of 10 FTE (full-time employees).
• Successfully transitioned the process from the Asia Pacific region (Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia).
• Monitored daily and monthly team activity to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Provided root cause analysis and recommended preventive actions for unmet SLAs and errors in processed documents.
• Helping the team meet the monthly targets as per the SLA (Service Level Agreement).
• Prepared SLA file for monthly review with the client.
• Attending monthly client calls that provide an update to the client regarding the SLA.
• Handling escalations and other high-end client queries. Contact vendor maintenance for new and existing vendors in case of any discrepancies.
• Participated in a Steering Committee meeting to discuss process improvements and efficiency strategies.
• Analysis of customer feedback and internal errors, conducting performance appraisals of the staff, along with the Team Leader.
• Conducting interviews, setting objectives, KPIs, training plans and confirmations, and providing monthly incentive data to management.
• Maintain MIS Report (team productivity, client report, appraisal report, performance report, and operation report for monthly review with clients).
• Preparing daily open and pended invoice reports, and delegating them according to the criticality of the invoices.
• Reconciliation of payments, tracking, and resolving duplicate payments made to vendors.

Research and analysis for the allocation of payments to vendors.

• Preparing daily open and pended invoice reports, and delegating them according to the criticality of the invoices.
• Balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Reviewing month-end activity and finalising.
• Validating the Recurring Journal's postings includes Amex, expenses, depreciation, etc.
• FX Revaluation for AP, AR.
• Reviewing GST/VAT returns on a monthly and quarterly basis, validating order creation for events.
• Send payment remittance details to the vendor on a weekly basis, and prepare the remit report for the client.
• Worked with Travelocity's Sabre Accounts Payable team to manage financial transactions.
• Coordinating with the Market Manager and operations team for any discrepancies to resolve the vendor queries.
• Conducting feedback sessions and half-yearly appraisals with the associates.
• Attending weekly operations calls and daily meetings with clients, in addition to managing escalations and updates.
• Conducting feedback sessions and half-yearly appraisals with the associates.
• Send payment remittance details to the vendor on a weekly basis, and prepare the remit report for the client.

• Compiled Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss A/c, and Cash Flow statements to provide clear financial insights for stakeholders.
• Prepared reconciliation statements between branches to maintain consistency and accuracy in financial reporting.
• Completed bank reconciliation to ensure accuracy of financial records.
• Processed bank and cash payment vouchers for all branches weekly in QuickBooks, ensuring timely and accurate financial tracking.
• Prepared the schedule for Fixed Assets, Prepayments, Investments, suppliers, and customers' ageing report.
• Allocated of expenses between all the branches.
• Submitted of the monthly MIS report to the clients.

• Coordinated with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance and address taxation issues.
• Scrutiny of transaction listings for the input and output VAT for the return and preparation of the VAT return, passing of month-end journals and provisions in the tax amount, preparation of corporation tax returns for the UK, US, and Indian operations.
• Withholding tax, filing of E-TDS returns, and issuing TDS certificates to the clients for the Indian operations, as well as filing of sales tax returns for Indian operations.
• Preparation of various MIS reports, and preparation of use and sales for all 51 states in the US tax.
• Prepared spreadsheets for Canadian companies, facilitating accurate return preparation and filing with the taxation authority for all 12 provinces.
• Proper accounting of sales tax liability, payment, and refund in Sage.
• Performed monthly reconciliation of sales tax, input VAT, and output VAT to maintain accurate financial records.
• Maintain the documentation in accordance with the Transfer Pricing Regulation.
• Prepared various MIS reports for the Financial Controller.
• Prepared cash flow reports for review by the Financial Controller and Finance Director. to the Financial Controller, Finance Director, or both of the company.
• Co-ordinating with internal and external customers worldwide (India, UK, and US).

• Prepared tax returns for individuals (1040) and trusts (1041) in accordance with client specifications.
• Incorporated client responses to ensure accurate and timely tax return submissions.
• Communicated with clients via email to resolve discrepancies identified in tax returns.
• Reviewed of the Tax Return prepared by the preparer, MIS Report.

• Managed internal and external audits for clients, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and enhancing financial integrity.
• Prepared and filed income tax returns for clients, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and minimising risk of penalties.
• Compiled and submitted monthly MIS reports for clients, ensuring timely and accurate financial oversight.
• Processing bank and cash payment vouchers for all the branches on a weekly basis in QuickBooks, Tally, and SAP.
• Allocation of expenses between all the branches. Prepare the reconciliation statement between the branches.
• Prepare the reconciliation statement between branches.

• Handled internal and external audits for multiple clients, ensuring compliance and identifying areas for improvement.
• Completed filing of income tax returns for clients, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Submitted monthly MIS reports for clients, facilitating informed decision-making.
• Processed bank and cash payment vouchers for all the branches on a weekly basis in QuickBooks, Tally, and SAP.
• Executed allocation of expenses across all branches to ensure accurate financial reporting. Prepared the reconciliation statement between the branches.
• Prepared reconciliation statements between branches to ensure accurate financial records.