Pradeep Bandari

Key Result Areas:

• Leading month-end close activities by preparing and processing manual journal entries to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting under US GAAP.
• Streamlined month-end closing process, reducing closing time through efficient preparation and processing of manual journal entries under US GAAP.
• Conducting variance and financial statement analysis at month, quarter, and year-end to identify key drivers impacting financial performance.
• Ensuring statutory compliance by reconciling VAT/GST, payroll, and revenue accountswith respective local filings across multiple APAC entities.
• Preparing and reviewing audited financial statements while coordinating with external auditors for multiple APAC countries to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Driving GAAP reconciliations (US GAAP vs Local GAAP) to maintain consistency and transparency in global reporting frameworks.
• Collaborating with global stakeholders to resolve month-end issues, streamline workflow and strengthen internal controls.
• Providing end-to-end statutory audit support, including preparation, review, and tax schedule compilation to facilitate timely filing.

Significant Achievements:

• Spearhead the transition of accounting operations from Singapore and Japan to India, standardize processes and improve efficiency by 20%.
• Coordinated with external auditors across multiple APAC countries, achieving on-time audit completion with zero major compliance findings for two consecutive years.
• Developed and implemented enhanced variance analysis and reconciliation procedures, resulting in improvement in accuracy of financial statements and VAT/GST filings.
• Retained within Qnity post-demerger of DuPont’s Electronics business (Nov 2024 – Present).

• Create new client setup in Cosmos billing system as per estimate/contract copy.
• Processed data source files and posted into billing system monthly, creating invoices by importing files.
• Move invoices to Relationship Managers (RM) queue for review and approval. Process revision requests received.
• Handling the queries received from customers. Process the adjustments invoices per the requirement.
• Review the SLAs in Sales Force to ensure the accuracy of records.
• Completed adhoc activity reports within agreed timelines.
• Perform Re-Accrual report on monthly basis and send it to Accounting team.
• Trained new team members on the process activities.
• Responsible for allocating tasks to the team and ensuring the same has been performed correctly.
• Performing QC for all activities performed by the team.
• Handled a high volume of tasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment. with consistent record of achieving deadlines and Production targets.
• Preparation of Dashboard and MIS reports on a monthly basis.

• Compiled and analyzed financial information, prepared entries for general ledger accounts, and documented business transactions to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Monthly BRS, GL analysis, vendor reconciliations. Maintaining petty cash book and managing payroll.
• Oversee AR & AP Monthly (Posting clearing entries to knock off the payments/receipts against invoices).
• Reviewed debt collection and maintained records of admin expenses and processed the as per policies for approvals.
• Reviewing and reconciling accounts, processing payments to external partners and maintaining updated record of invoices and reports.
• Dealt with Inter-company transactions and reconciliation to ensure the accuracy of records.
• Analyze Income & Expenses variance on monthly basis for management reporting.