M. SAI NARAYAN
Coimbatore
Summary
Experienced financial analyst with 19 years in forecasting, financial reporting, and vendor management. Skilled in contract management, accounts payable and receivables, and balance sheet reconciliations. Focused on compliance, risk management, and budget control, driving process improvements and operational excellence.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Country Finance Manager (Shadow CFO role)
CMA CGM
Chennai
11.2021 - Current
- Financial Cluster focal point to maintain an effective relationship between SSC and Agencies.
- Leading proactive and perceptive risk management procedures to guarantee adherence to the organization's laws, policies, and procedures; identifying problem areas and encouraging ongoing process enhancements; and disseminating best practices across the business.
- Overseeing the organization's long-term planning, forecasting & budgeting processes Evaluating and presenting actuals with budgeted amounts, projected trends, and cost analysis.
- Oversaw financial reporting accuracy and adherence to HO guidelines. Completed monthly GL close and confirmed compliance with organizational goals.
- Client Management, Handling Finance Calls with CFOs and Specialized in Escalation Management, Hands-on experience in Managing Team and Entity accounts, Monitoring and evaluating Performance of Individuals.
- Coordinate meetings between Delivery teams and Agencies to sort out escalations and identify opportunities for standardization and improving processes.
- Cleared overdue AP and AR balances, unapplied balances, and container deposits through analysis and discussions with stakeholders including delivery teams, agencies, and head office.
- Monitoring of Period Closure and reporting on adherence to timelines of Book Closure, reason for Deviation, status of Controlled / Approved invoices.
- Resource planning & work allocation to ensure optimum utilization, set KRA’s & review periodically, creation of backup plan.
- Timely review and processing and approvals of invoices /VMD /Purchase Orders (POs) for vendors.
- Managed accounts payable and receivables, raising invoices, reconciling accounts and processing cash transactions.
- Supported audit requirements by conducting process audits, reviewing documentation, and evaluating internal controls; leveraged financial analysis of in-market data and trends to identify performance deviations and major risks.
- Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and controls and sign off monthly report to agency, Support yearly risk control review along with internal auditor and submit the representation letter.
- Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis and Handling Monthly, weekly review with Controllers and CFO's.
Team Leader
State Street Bank HCL Services
Coimbatore
09.2015 - 11.2021
- Oversaw financial accounting and reporting, enhancing accuracy of client’s financial statements.
- Drive and execute the month end close activities smoothly.
- Ensures account analyses are comprehensive, substantive, and performed on a timely basis.
- Facilitated the identification and resolution of complex issues and problems.
- Prepare and coordinate with internal and external audit and support for year audit.
- Review of monthly balance sheet reconciliations and schedules.
- Completed adhoc requests promptly, identifying trends and providing recommendations to senior management.
- Coordinated client communications, resolving issues efficiently through organized calls.
Team Manager
Sutherland Global Services
Chennai
04.2015 - 09.2015
- Ensured that the SLA has always been on PL1 (Exceeds Customer expectation / always ahead of the target specified.
- Provided support to team members to ensure timely resolution of outstanding tasks.
- Conducted periodic meetings with client to discuss process improvements and gather feedback.
- Prepared dashboard and presented it to client monthly, summarizing key reconciliation insights.
- Shared Bank Reconciliation Database with client, highlighting red, amber, and green balances with detailed commentary.
- Prepare and submission of Balance sheet reconciliations including Fixed Assets, Prepayments and Accrual.
- Monitoring for all accounts on daily basis and preparing daily reconciliation.
- Reviewing the Bank Reconciliations through black line.
Senior accountant
Energy Systems
02.2012 - 03.2015
- Compiled financial reports including trial balance, profit & loss account, and balance sheet for stakeholder review.
- Reviewed general ledgers, debtors, and creditors ledgers regularly to identify and rectify errors.
- Ensure that month end reports and year end reporting are processed effectively on time.
- Supervised reconciliation of vendor and customer accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
Assistant manager
Steria India LTD (Xansa India Ltd)
04.2007 - 01.2012
- Generated MIS on SLAs, reconciliations, and timelines for submission to senior management, ensuring transparency and accountability in performance metrics.
- Verified open items in reconciliation, substantiated reasons for un-reconciled items, and conducted risk profiling based on ageing of accounts while following up with clients for resolution.
- Established preventive measures in key areas prior to processing to eliminate incorrect entries in the financial records.
- Reorganized team from function-based model to region-based, addressed issues from newly migrated activities, and fostered team confidence to manage critical situations effectively.
- Handling month close & preparatory activities prior to month close (beginning from Workday -4).
- Preparation of Readiness Review documents before Sign off at client site during Transition, System testing at Delivery site.
Finance assistant
PB Power
Abu Dhabi
02.2006 - 12.2006
- Processed suppliers’ invoices, analyzed petrol card and telecom bills, and executed payments.
- Executed supplier payments following completion of required documentation.
- Recorded invoices in Oracle and followed up on customer payments.
- Oversaw maintenance, tracking, and cancellation of corporate credit cards.
Education
CMA -
IMA (USA)
03.2026
B.Com - Bachelor Degree in Commerce
University of Madras
Chennai, India01.2004
Skills
- Financial Reporting
- FP&A
- P&L Reporting
- Cash Forecasting
- Treasury Management
- Working Capital Management
- Audit Handling
- Analysis of Accounts
- Transformation Activities
- P2P
- O2C
- R2R
- GL Migration
- AR Project Migration
- Oracle 12
- SAP
- HFM
- Black Line
- Excel
- MS-Office
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Stakeholder Management
- HFM
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above said information is true and best of my knowledge.
Overseas Experience
- Telecom Giant, Slough, England, United Kingdom, 02/2011 - 04/2011, Record to report Knowledge Transfer to Sopra Steria India Limited, Chennai
- PB Power, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 02/2006 - 12/2006
Personal Information
- Passport Number: C3320561
- Passport Date Of Issue: 10/30/24
- Passport Expiry Date: 10/29/34
- Date of Birth: 06/13/80
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Country Finance Manager (Shadow CFO role)
CMA CGM
11.2021 - Current
Team Leader
State Street Bank HCL Services
09.2015 - 11.2021
Team Manager
Sutherland Global Services
04.2015 - 09.2015
Senior accountant
Energy Systems
02.2012 - 03.2015
Assistant manager
Steria India LTD (Xansa India Ltd)
04.2007 - 01.2012
Finance assistant
PB Power
02.2006 - 12.2006
CMA -
IMA (USA)
B.Com - Bachelor Degree in Commerce
University of Madras