Pragya Kumari
Finance Controller
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with over a decade of post-qualification experience in legal entity control, reporting, and statutory audits within the investment banking sector. Expertise in IFRS accounting and financial reporting, with a strong focus on enhancing control efficiency and leveraging analytical skills to drive results. Proven ability to manage complex tasks effectively while maintaining a commitment to continuous learning and professional development. Recognized for delivering high-quality outcomes in fast-paced environments and contributing to organizational success through strategic financial oversight.
Overview
2
2
Languages
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Assistant Vice President
Wells Fargo
Chennai
02.2024 - Current
- Review monthly adjustment journals, trial balances and financial statements ensuring compliance with IFRS and Internal control policies.
- Led statutory audits for APAC entities, prepared financial statements with notes, coordinated with stakeholders, and managed PBC submissions and audit queries.
- Facilitated regular month-end close meetings covering allocations, knowledge-sharing sessions, automation initiatives, and key learnings.
- Identified opportunities for standardization, consolidation, and process improvements, implementing changes that reduced errors and improved efficiency.
- Streamlined manual adjustment working files by introducing enhanced controls and detailed SOPs, improving efficiency for both preparers and reviewers.
- Performed balance sheet substantiation testing across regions and implemented best practices that significantly reduced processing time.
- Supported publication of consolidated legal-entity financials and onboarded financial close and audit sign-off processes to a centralized workspace.
Assistant Vice President, Finance Control
Barclays Global Service Centre, Chennai
Chennai
09.2020 - 02.2024
- Preparation, analysis, and presentation of Letter of representation.
- Nostro mapping and reconciliation to facilitate cash break and reclass journals, Regulatory submission, and Overdraft reconciliation.
- Preparation of enrichment and populating webforms for different classification for Statutory notes and FINREP tables.
- Analyzing cash collateral and settlements balance, ensuring correct classification for group note.
- Ensuring successful contributions to key projects and automation drives including FORT BS enrichment, accelerated journal for fast ledger close, preparation of detailed process documentation and improvements.
- Review of LEC activities processed by Analysts.
Analyst, Finance Control
Barclays Global Service Centre, Chennai
Chennai
10.2017 - 09.2020
- Legal entity controller for multiple US entities overseeing end-to-end financial reporting processes.
- monitoring and analyzing reports for maintaining proper substantiations.
- Investigation and elimination of monthly inter-company mismatches, internal balance settlements, and items at risk reporting.
- facilitated SAP account mapping during entity migration to subledger.
- Collaborated with fort team to create automated file for BS enrichment for entity lacking subledger and manual enrichment.
Senior Associate, FS
Price Waterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata
Kolkata
11.2016 - 10.2017
- Providing Assurance Services to Client engagement teams, ensuring Mathematical accuracy and Internal consistency of financial statements.
- Preparing various workbooks used for finding variances and used as a tool for planning and determining the nature, timing, and extent for further detailed testing procedures.
Article Assistant
D.C. Garg & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ranchi
Ranchi
03.2012 - 08.2016
- Accounting for various firms in Tally and their financial analysis.
- Tax, Statutory, VAT audits, and preparation of Audit Report.
- Computation of Tax liability, filing of returns and E-filing of ROC forms.
- Preparation of Projected balance sheet and Analysis Report.
Education
Chartered Accountant - undefined
ICAI
05.2016
Bachelors in Commerce - undefined
St. Xaviers’ College
Ranchi05.2012
Skills
Strong Analytical skills
Prioritization and Multi tasking
Innovative and Goal oriented
Communication skills
Collaborative and Team player
Quick learner
Microsoft Office, Outlook, Workiva
Oracle Hyperion and SAP SmartView
Alteryx, Power Bi, Co-pilot
Accomplishments
- Championed the integration of M365 Copilot to automate the cross-referencing and tie-out of financial statements, successfully slashing manual data review time by 80%.
- Standardized balance sheet substantiation processes across regions, eliminating redundancies and maximizing team productivity through the deployment of unified best practices.
- Honored with the Ovation Award for driving operational excellence by eliminating manual interventions, establishing robust data controls, and standardizing workflows through detailed SOPs.
- Recognized with the "Above and Beyond" Award for the seamless cross-border transition and migration of critical group reporting activities from the US team.
- Completed youth empowerment skill workshop, Advance meditation program and Yogathon challenge
Timeline
Senior Assistant Vice President
Wells Fargo
02.2024 - Current
Assistant Vice President, Finance Control
Barclays Global Service Centre, Chennai
09.2020 - 02.2024
Analyst, Finance Control
Barclays Global Service Centre, Chennai
10.2017 - 09.2020
Senior Associate, FS
Price Waterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata
11.2016 - 10.2017
Article Assistant
D.C. Garg & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ranchi
03.2012 - 08.2016
Bachelors in Commerce - undefined
St. Xaviers’ College
Chartered Accountant - undefined
ICAI
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
- Actively participated in citizenship activities conducted by Barclays and Wells fargo including helping students with Interview preparations and tree plantation drives.
- Volunteered for Prajna Yoga for kids at Blind School.
- Providing support for “Feed the Need” and “Women empowerment”.