MERLIN RAJAN
Navi Mumbai
Summary
9+ years of experience in FMCG and Service Industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems, improving customer satisfaction, and driving overall process improvements. Eager to contribute to team's success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Systematic understanding of maintaining coverage for all accounting needs.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Manager
DHL Global Forwarding Freight LLP
Mumbai
09.2023 - Current
- Supporting Country Controlling team with Finance Controlling and analytics including cost controlling, revenue analytics and preparing profitability analysis.
- Estimate Ledger controlling - Accrual and WIP.
- Gross Profit share, distributions & Analysis.
- Monthly & Quarterly Management Review Deck.
- Volume Statistics Reporting & Analysis.
- P&L/Balance Sheet & Key Ratio Analysis.
- Steering Logic - Preparing profitability analysis to support business decisions.
- Creating finance reports and management presentation decks.
- Monthly Metrics and other management reporting requirements as per MEC of the country.
- Involvement in other reporting activities including variance reporting, KPI reporting, P&L Reviews etc.
- Revenue Leakage Analysis.
- Communicated regularly with business partners to gain insights into their needs.
- Analysing financial data to identify trends or issues related to collections and payable activities.
- Organized training sessions for new hires to familiarize them with the workplace environment.
- Co-ordinated with other departments to ensure smooth flow of finance reporting.
- Implemented new procedures to improve efficiency within the organization.
Senior Accounts Executive
Giesecke & Devrient MS India Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
07.2022 - 09.2023
- Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Treasury Management.
- Payment Run in SAP (Daily).
- Accounts Receivable Posting necessary entries as and when receipts are received.
- Preparation of Collection and Bad Debts Reports Monthly.
- Cash Flow Preparation.
- Booking Fixed deposits as per the bank interest rates.
- Daily Cash positions analysing.
- Utility and government Tax payments.
- Custom duty payments.
- Anti-Money Laundering Report Preparations.
- Regular interaction with Banks.
- Preparation of Letter of Credit.
- Salary and Felxi Plans payments.
- Ensuring bill checking and entries are done on time & the payments are finalized as per the service level agreement (SLA).
- Bank Reconciliation and Credit Card Accounts Reconciliation.
- Monthly checking and passing necessary provision entries.
- Preparing Cash & Bank Reconciliation Statements.
- Checking & preparing Credit Card Reconciliation.
- Monthly Analytical Review of Overhead Expense and Provisions.
- Preparing monthly Overhead Codes Schedules.
Senior Accounts Executive
Aramex India Pvt. Ltd.
Navi Mumbai
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Vendor Creation Management.
- Managed vendor payments ensured compliance with tax policies and prepared various reconciliation statements.
- Vendor/Customer Account Sanitization in SAP.
- Suggesting proper calculation of tax for Freight and Vendor.
- Monitoring and reconciliation of aged payable ledgers.
- Reconciled bank statements on a regular basis to ensure accuracy of records.
- Co-ordinated external audits by providing requested information in a timely manner.
- Worked closely with department heads to develop annual budget plans that accurately reflected their needs.
- SAP Ariba Testing.
- GST report analysing.
- Team Handled: 5 Members.
Accounts Payable Team Lead
Cofiser Consultants Private Limited Partnered with Yours Faithfully Advisors LLP
Mumbai
10.2020 - 07.2021
- Company Overview: (Outsourced for Henkel)
- Handling Logistics Payables Road/Rail/Air/Sea, CHA reimbursement and warehouse expenses of a renowned adhesive manufacturer to check bills which are submitted by the vendor's are as per tax compliance & company's policies.
- Submission of all checked bills to payment team.
- Raise PR (Purchase Request) as per quotation/agreement or as and when PO limit is exhausting.
- Passing GR in SAP as per bills submitted.
- To prepare monthly trackers, reports related to logistics payable.
- To interact with vendor's regularly for the issues faced by both the parties.
- Keeping a track of all agreement/quotation validity and intimate both parties accordingly to coordinate with Vendors and preparing NDC on monthly basis.
- Clearing SAPERION issues raised by Payment Team.
- Testing & co-ordinating with IT Team for any issues faced.
- Regular meetings and training regarding OTM.
- Checking bills based on OTM to make a report based on old process followed & new process implemented - Pros Vs Cons.
- (Outsourced for Henkel)
- Team Handled: 6 Members.
Accounts Officer II
Asian Paints Ltd.
Mumbai
05.2010 - 05.2016
- To check the bills that are submitted by the vendor's & make payment as per the tax compliance & company's policies.
- To make e-Hundi, Paper Hundi and Cheque Run in SAP (daily).
- To get in touch with banks for intimation of Hundi Overdue.
- Vendor Account Sanitization in SAP to check whether any advances are given to vendor.
- To ensure that no open advances or debit balance is present in the vendor's account.
- Bifurcating Capital & Revenue Expenditure, based on which entries are posted and assets are created.
- Monthly cash & salary advances for main plant.
- Taking care of Asset Transfer entries to ensure that correct accounting entries are passed in the vendor's account.
- To make sure that correct calculation is done in the bill to take proper credit of the tax & deduct tax wherever applicable.
- Suggesting proper calculation of tax for Freight and Vendor.
- Monitoring and reconciliation of aged payable ledgers.
- Ensuring bill checking and entries are done on time & the payments are finalized as per the service level agreement (SLA).
- Preparing Cash & Bank Reconciliation Statement for Plants.
- Preparing acquisitions, transfers & retirement statement of assets for the month & checking for any discrepancies.
- Preparing Monthly Asset Transfer report & forwarding it to Taxation Team.
- Preparation and circulation of Daily Tracking Sheet (DTS) of pending, cleared, new and sent back bills to all the branches, plants, and respective superiors.
- Team Handled: 8 Members.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Finance Management
WeSchool (Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research)
07.2013
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Mumbai University
06.2010
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - undefined
01.2026
Skills
- GST
- Monitoring Accounts
- Good Listener
- Team Player
- Strong communication skills
- MS Office
- Self-motivated
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Finance Controlling Reports
- Tally Basic
- SAP
Certification
- SAP Certified Application Associate, 03/31/22
- Assessments and Appeals Under INCOME TAX - MSME-Technology, 09/30/20
- GST WITH TALLY ERP.9 - MSME-Technology Development Centre (PPDC), 08/31/20
- Practical GST Training Completion Certificate, 07/31/17
- Employee Competency Acquaintances (From Asian Paints), 02/29/16
- Management Development Program - Finance for Finance Executive, 11/30/15
Languages
English
Hindi
Marathi
Malayalam
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Personal Information
- Age: 35
- Date of Birth: 07/24/89
- Gender: Female
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Assistant Manager
DHL Global Forwarding Freight LLP
09.2023 - Current
Senior Accounts Executive
Giesecke & Devrient MS India Pvt. Ltd
07.2022 - 09.2023
Senior Accounts Executive
Aramex India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2021 - 07.2022
Accounts Payable Team Lead
Cofiser Consultants Private Limited Partnered with Yours Faithfully Advisors LLP
10.2020 - 07.2021
Accounts Officer II
Asian Paints Ltd.
05.2010 - 05.2016
Post Graduate Diploma - Finance Management
WeSchool (Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research)
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Mumbai University
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - undefined
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