Pankaj Kumar
New Delhi
Summary
Dynamic financial professional with extensive experience of 11+ years, excelling in financial reporting and analysis. Proven track record in budget forecasting and cash flow management, leading teams to enhance internal controls. Adept in ERP systems and process automation, driving efficiency and compliance across cross-functional collaborations.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Control Lead
Dyson
05.2022 - Current
- Managed end-to-end preparation of statutory financial statements including trial balance imports, advanced mapping, and the complete preparation of Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and accompanying Notes to Accounts.
- Conducted monthly review calls on balance sheet and profit & loss with finance directors to ensure alignment and address discrepancies.
- Developed P&L comparison file to analyze actual versus budget and forecast, facilitating informed financial decision-making.
- Prepare and review reconciliation and journals.
- Preparation of monthly stock provision file and Cash flow statement.
- Closely working with internal Auditor over the Internal controls and externals Auditors over the Audit queries.
- Collaborated with automation team to digitize dashboards, enhancing decision-making capabilities and reinforcing internal controls.
- Collaborated with finance departments (OTC, PTP, RTR, MDM, and Group) to fulfill departmental requests.
- Managed a team of six staff members to ensure effective workflow and collaboration.
Senior Analyst
Accenture
08.2018 - 05.2022
- Closing cockpit captain of whole closing and reporting team in which I must track all the activity performed on timely basis without any delay and mark those as complete once done and same need to publish with global finance directors.
- Monthly sub-ledger and general ledger reconciliation to ensure timely clearing in GL’s and ranking the ledger according to the aging of its line items and discussing same with clients.
- Experience in preparing General ledger reconciliation including Cash and Bank, Intercompany accounts reconciliation as per the company policies and currently reviewing reconciliation in accordance with company policies under the Blackline tool.
- Prepare and consolidate global books with market controller in accordance with global standards and compliance.
- Prepared all types of normal and accrual journals at month end and reviewed all journals for accuracy.
- Developed macros with IT team to streamline processing of intercompany recharges and preparation of intercompany statements at month end.
- Processing of intercompany recharges in SAP in relation to goods and services.
- Extracting data from SAP and convert into the various report for Client and Internal Management.
- Reporting of material risks to the client on regular intervals and handle governance call scheduled with global finance controllers and finance directors.
- Posting and Clearing bank transaction under the SAP and Developed a tool with IT that helps in clearing bank transactions in SAP.
- Created reconciliation template for all global bank accounts, significantly reducing time required for team to prepare individual bank templates in Excel.
- Resolved open items for cash and bank and intercompany departments while interacting with various global markets for input.
- Facilitated communication with PTP, OTC, and MDM teams at month-end to expedite book finalization.
- Generated, reviewed, and distributed key reports for business continuity and analysis, ensuring alignment with business requirements.
- Prepare monthly cash flow forecast reports & analysis to validate key assumptions & flag significant deviations.
- Maintaining TMS configuration and integration mapping.
- Add/Update FX All Platform configuration and integration mapping.
- Review TMS activity to identify dormant accounts.
- Managing bank account administration and cash management services.
Process Developer
Genpact
12.2016 - 08.2018
- Extracted data from SAP and uploaded to HFM Oracle application to support financial reporting.
- Conducted monthly closing and reporting activities, including posting accruals and finalizing bank transactions.
- Performed monthly sub-ledger and general ledger reconciliation, ensuring timely clearing of GLs and ranking based on aging of line items.
- Prepare all types of normal and accrual journals at month end and process in SAP.
- Checking and resolving the issues with HFM and Excel Reporting link.
- Demonstrated expertise in accounts payable and receivable processes.
- Prepared statutory reports including VAT declarations and intra-stat & extra-stat declarations for timely submission on portal.
Senior Accountant
K.D. Sharma & Associates
11.2014 - 11.2016
- Finalized financial statements for corporate and non-corporate entities, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
- Executed filings for income tax, ROC, TDS, service tax, and sales tax returns, maintaining adherence to deadlines and legal requirements.
- Preparation of tax audit reports, companies audit reports.
- Conducting audits of various entities under income tax act and companies act.
- Preparation and reconciliation of bank balances and party’s ledgers monthly.
- Preparation of cash flow & fund flow statements.
- Performed bookkeeping using Tally software, ensuring accurate data entry and ledger scrutiny.
- Compiled fixed assets report, payroll sheet, and TDS liability, supporting accurate financial reporting.
- Preparation of Litigation related documents for filing with Authorities.
- Inspection of Sales tax returns with accounting records for multiple states.
Education
Masters in MBA - Finance & Accounting
Amity University
01-2018
Graduated in B. Com - Finance & Accounting
Delhi University
01-2014
Skills
- Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Cash flow management
- Regulatory Compliance (IFRS, GAAP)
- Risk Management
- Audit coordination
- ERP Systems (SAP, Blackline, OneStream, Tableau, Oracle, etc)
- Data Analytics (Power BI, Excel, SQL)
- Process automation
- Team Leadership & Cross-functional Collaboration
- General ledger reconciliation
- Internal Controls & SOX Compliance
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Native
Native
Projects Achievements
- Backline JE module uploads process automation.
- Created Macro with IT to check Status of Attachments/Backups in SAP.
- Reconciliation standardization and automated upload process of open items in Blackline.
- Implemented BOT to check bank statement upload Status in SAP and to Auto posting and clearing of Bank transaction in SAP.
- Implemented BOT to prepare Intercompany statement and to share intercompany statement.
- Digitalized Dashboard of All the Domains of Finance for the Better View, Trend and Comparisons.
Timeline
Financial Control Lead
Dyson
05.2022 - Current
Senior Analyst
Accenture
08.2018 - 05.2022
Process Developer
Genpact
12.2016 - 08.2018
Senior Accountant
K.D. Sharma & Associates
11.2014 - 11.2016
Masters in MBA - Finance & Accounting
Amity University
Graduated in B. Com - Finance & Accounting
Delhi University