Nivedita Raj
ACCA
Chennai
Summary
ACCA Member with over 9 years of experience in financial information gathering, processing, and presentation to assist the management in taking forward looking, cost and revenue optimizing decisions, while also developing and implementing sound processes at various organizational levels to eliminate process-design flaws, ensure maximum efficiency and mitigate redundancies.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Function Finance Advisor
Shell Business Operations
09.2023 - Current
- Downstream monthly MI reporting along with variance commentaries to DS PAR
- Half yearly Business View preparation and submission to Downstream businesses
- Quarterly Transparency Pack submission to Leadership Team
- Downstream business focal for automation of annual OP via SAC
- Responsible for providing the process understanding to developers to build the tool and a member of the testing team during production and QA.
Assistant Manager - Business Finance
Nippon Paint India Pvt Ltd
05.2022 - 08.2023
- Profitability analysis of individual business segments for the top managements perusal on a regular basis
- Inferences on high yielding projects, slow moving product categories or any grey areas to be focused on was highlighted in the reports presented
- Spearheaded a special project individually and immensely contributed to the company moving a level higher in the CII Total Cost Management model
- Constructed a detailed cost structure analysis of the company and benchmarked with the competitors to understand areas of concern for informed decision making
- Contrived vital business templates highlighting important metrics for sales and operational leaders and established a continuous and homogeneous form of review
- Active member of the ERM committee and ensured effective measures were in place to mitigate any risks exposure
- Involved in setting up risk assessment and treatment plan, agendas, taking minutes and ensuring execution
- Responsible for handling the financial transactions of the organisation, analysing financial reports and monitoring specific activities
- Interpret the FS as and assist senior management in making corporate decisions to stabilize profits Coordinating with business teams (Supply chain, Production, HR, Admin, Marketing etc) to procure inputs required for budgeting
- Analysis of FS along with gap analysis study post budgeting
- Build product, project and customer wise profitability and churn analysis reports
- Evaluate make or buy proposals, expansion projects using capital budgeting techniques.
Sr Analyst - Transaction Diligence
EY
07.2019 - 05.2022
- Utilising solid financial knowledge in assisting the MENA offices to conduct financial and commercial due diligence enabling them to serve our clients through complex, risky transactions
- Regularly collaborate with the clients and users of the transaction to collect and compile financial data and market data relating to the deal
- Assess the robustness of the financial data by performing analytical reviews, trend analysis, reconciliations, and comprehensive review of auditors' files
- Prepare a summary of key findings in a report from financial reports with an ability to influence business owners to support thoughtful decision-making
Financial Analyst
Krissco LLP
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Understanding, analysis, and reporting on various financial aspects of 5 group companies engaged in areas of IT/ITES, Real Estate, Immersive Learning/ Animation, USA based IT/ITES Co, and the Holding Company, to the MD of the Group
- Developed management and other reporting/ presentation templates like Monthly Profitability Statements, Periodic Fund Flow Statements, Periodic Receivables Management Statements
- CMA to assist in raising secured debt funds
- Training and KT to various team members, e.g., Finance team trained in Transfer pricing compliances, Ops Team trained to improve accuracy of invoicing process
- Provided process, design, and user-oriented inputs to the software development team in building an inhouse data processing system to facilitate accounting and finance tasks.
Senior Associate
PKC Consulting
07.2016 - 05.2018
- End to end process execution of valuing a business based on Free Cash Flow and/or Relative Valuation models
- Preparation, analysis and communication of the various periodic management reports.
Audit Executive
M&M Al Menali Auditing
11.2014 - 03.2015
- End-to-End, single handed execution of statutory and other audits for various clients, including setting materiality benchmarks, vouching, verification, substantive testing, test of controls, with respect to going concern assurances, and preparation of relevant working papers based on applicable auditing standards.
Sr Executive
M/s GPDB & Co
10.2012 - 10.2014
- Collection, organisation and cataloguing of source documents required for recording entries in books of accounts
- Recording accounting entries using various ERP programmes for various clients
Education
ACCA - Advanced Financial Management and Advanced Audit and Assurance -
London School of Business and Finance
B.Com: Bank Management - undefined
Ethiraj College, University of Madras
Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office Working knowledge in Microsoft Power BI (EY bronze badge holder in Data Visualisation), Alteryx and Tally ERP
undefinedVisa Details
UK Visa process underway - ETA - June'24
Awards
- Recipient of Exceptional Client Service award for receiving noteworthy feedback on the work done in a complicated multi entity project.
- Recipient of Extra Miler award for outstanding work in an IPO readiness project with strict timelines.
- Recipient of Spot award recipient for display of technical skills and number control in a project.
- President of the Debating Club Society in the final year of my bachelor's Program
- Chief Editor of the Bank Management department's journal ‘BANCO'- a yearly journal publishing articles on the banking sector.
Timeline
Function Finance Advisor
Shell Business Operations
09.2023 - Current
Assistant Manager - Business Finance
Nippon Paint India Pvt Ltd
05.2022 - 08.2023
Sr Analyst - Transaction Diligence
EY
07.2019 - 05.2022
Financial Analyst
Krissco LLP
07.2018 - 07.2019
Senior Associate
PKC Consulting
07.2016 - 05.2018
Audit Executive
M&M Al Menali Auditing
11.2014 - 03.2015
Sr Executive
M/s GPDB & Co
10.2012 - 10.2014
ACCA - Advanced Financial Management and Advanced Audit and Assurance -
London School of Business and Finance
B.Com: Bank Management - undefined
Ethiraj College, University of Madras
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