MOHAMMED IRFAN MEHDI
Summary
Detail-oriented Account Reconciliation Specialist with over 7 years of experience in accounting and enterprise applications, specializing in PeopleSoft administration, data architecture, and automation. Skilled in account reconciliation, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency in financial reporting. Experienced in developing Chatfield reports, accounting reports, and business flashing reports to support financial decision-making. Proficient in automating reconciliation and accounting processes to improve accuracy and reduce manual effort. Adept at bridging the gap between finance and technology, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement technology-driven solutions that optimize business operations.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
FinOps Recon Specialist (L4)
Amazon Development Center
05.2020 - Current
- Reconciled or entered report discrepancies identified in financial records.
- Categorized and summarized financial data to compile and enter into financial records.
- Implemented a program to create daily spreadsheets and streamline financial reporting.
- Collected and assembled financial data to analyze costs on a year-to-year basis relative to fiscal planning and budgeting activities.
- Conducted financial analysis and research to advise senior management on forecasting decisions.
- Developed and documented business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
- Reviewed company policies against best practices to better understand the level of compliance.
- Performed special reviews to support management's needs.
- Helped to investigate fraud and identify the risks.
- Implemented a comprehensive transaction tracking system, achieving 100% traceability, and ensuring complete transparency and accuracy. This initiative resulted in a total savings of 1,078 hours.
- Developed and deployed a sophisticated macro to address the challenge of transaction identification and reconciliation, significantly reducing cycle time, and enhancing process efficiency.
- Engineered a tagging rule within the MACE tool, enabling the automated reconciliation of over 12,000+ transactions per month, thereby improving operational accuracy and scalability.
- Designed and implemented multiple advanced macros to streamline complex workflows, minimize manual intervention, and enhance overall process automation.
- Provided status updates of the financial condition in the form of key performance indicators, and a deck to management.
- Utilized various methods and Oracle applications to reconcile account discrepancies.
- Researched discrepancies and updated accounts with accurate information.
- Resolved reconciliation discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Coordinated client and customer queries regarding accounts and any discrepancies.
- Maintain sub-ledger detail for selected balance sheet accounts used in open-item transactions, in order to track these open-item transactions until they are resolved.
Process Developer
Genpact India Private Limited
03.2017 - 01.2020
- Played the role of the controller to ensure that financial accounts are maintained accurately by associates, by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls.
- Provided status updates of the financial condition in the form of key performance indicators and a deck to management and the client.
- Utilized various methods and Oracle applications to reconcile account discrepancies.
- Researched discrepancies and updated accounts with accurate information.
- Tracked inventory and maintained accounts.
- Resolved reconciliation discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Coordinated client and customer queries regarding accounts and any discrepancies.
- Reported all issues to the supervisor as needed.
- Maintain sub-ledger detail for selected balance sheet accounts used in open-item transactions, in order to track these open-item transactions until they are resolved.
- Administered and maintained PeopleSoft applications, ensuring system integrity and performance.
- Designed and implemented data architecture strategies to optimize reporting efficiency.
- Developed Chatfield reports and accounting reports, enabling real-time financial tracking and analysis.
- Created business flashing reports, enhancing decision-making for key stakeholders.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline reporting workflows and improve data accuracy.
Accounts Executive
Dictasol India Private Limited
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Maintained less turnaround time for queries raised by fee- earners from overseas office
- Extracted reports from Microsoft Excel and presented the same to the management in the required format as Bill by Bill Report on a daily basis
- Effectively coordinated with associates in the UK office
- Made requests for payment (online submission) from the Legal Aid Agency to pay for the disbursements and prime cost and claims, i.e., medical, translation charges, travel fares, court fees (HMCTS), interpreter charges, etc
- In civil cases like immigration, debt, housing, welfare benefits, family matters, children matter, etc
- Posted entries in the client’s ledger and maintained spreadsheet in order to know the credit limit and the balance money to be received
- Posted disbursements in supplier ledgers and client’s ledger
- Dealt with public funding certificate issued by LAA, updated in respective individual clients
- Provided Bill by Bill report to the team leader and the manager to have full financials
Articles Assistant
G. Ranga Raj & Associates
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Internal control testing and verification of internal policy compliance.
- Handled critical areas such as revenue, payroll, related-party transactions, loans and advances, contract expenses, and other areas.
- Identification of revenue leakages.
- Verification of statutory compliance and payments.
- Drafted audit reports and discussed them with the client.
- Follow-up on corrective actions taken to resolve reported audit findings and recommendations
- Verification of statutory compliance and payments
- Verification of CARO, and other statutory compliance.
Education
Masters of Business Administration - MBA Finance
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India01-2017
Bachelors of Commerce - B. Com
Osmania University
Hyderabad, India01-2013
Skills
- Testing and deployment
- Bank statement reconciliation
- Tools customization
- Financial Closing Reports
- Record reconciliation
- Vendor Record Management
- General ledger management
- Financial recordkeeping
- Accounts Payable
- Financial Reporting
- Account auditing
- Report preparation
- Automation
- Problem solving
Projects
Completed Kaizen with 1,078 hours of savings
Completed 3 JDIs with 450 hours of savings
Completed Eureka with an 88-hour saving within 4 months of joining Amazon
Tools & Technologies
- ERP and Financial Systems: PeopleSoft, Oracle EBS, nVision, EPM
- Reporting and Data Analysis: Chatfield reports, business flashing reports
- Automation and Scripting: Python (currently learning)
Activities
- Successfully performed two transitions from the Netherlands and Poland and stabilized the processes.
- Identified the areas of automation and automated five processes (RPA).
- Awarded twice for seamlessly monitoring and reconciling open items in a span of one year.
Timeline
FinOps Recon Specialist (L4)
Amazon Development Center
05.2020 - Current
Process Developer
Genpact India Private Limited
03.2017 - 01.2020
Accounts Executive
Dictasol India Private Limited
01.2016 - 01.2017
Articles Assistant
G. Ranga Raj & Associates
01.2013 - 01.2016
Masters of Business Administration - MBA Finance
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Bachelors of Commerce - B. Com
Osmania University
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