Praveen Venkatesh rao Kulkarni

• Performed necessary functions to assist in the maintenance of accounts and system.
• Devised the G/L process for migration to a new ERP system. Successfully transitioned the end-to-end General ledger process from Cargill Costa rica to Bangalore
• Ensured proper accounting of general ledger transactions and prepared monthly Balance sheet reconciliations. Assist the Controller with ad hoc exercises and projects
• Worked towards 100% Control Framework End to End Deployments Implemented. Handled the team in absence of direct manager.
• Managed all ledger accounts and assisted the audit, accounts payable/receivables and payroll management.
• Given 100% adoption to new technology changes with process improvement ideas and SAP implementations
• Reviewed and approved high $ journals processed by team
• Served as back-up for other general ledger accountants
• Prepare month-end journal entries, reconcile balance sheet accounts and provide monthly close deliverables

• Ensured compliance of exchange operations with policies and notifications issued by Central Bank of UAE
• Prepared MIS reports and financial statements
• Managed cash flow and maintained positive relationship with banks
• Reconciled books of agent with company's books
• Worked on month end activities and prepared profit and loss reports.
• Support P&L management by monitoring and analyzing business operations, including exchange gains, operating and ancillary business income and expenses to budget and forecast data. Responsible for accounting department by analyzing G/L period close to identify cases where adjusting entries are needed.
• Manage the multicurrency transactions (Currently dealing with Currencies of African ,European Countries, Middle East with US$ Conversion)

• Worked as an internal audit, controls, and compliances
• Performed SOX Compliance Audit
• Reviewed controls and identified gaps in the current control environment
• Assisted control point owners and process owners with identifying indicators of deficiency and root cause
• Worked as a lead in Finance and Accounts Receivables
• Part of the onsite transition F & A team New Jersey to IBM Bangalore COE
• Being a lead in the AR process, I have the end to end knowledge & exposure to the Order 2 Cash Cycle. Apart from being a team player, I have also had the exposure in mentoring & supervision of the team, especially during ramp up.
• Responsible for understanding, designing process maps/SOP, knowledge transfer, and steady state operations
• Analyzed balance sheets, reconciled accounts, audited invoices, and maintained reports
• Managed collection of receivables and handled team escalations.
• End to End knowledge in Accounts payables. Maintaining the Error Data Base worksheet and Queries related to Invoices sending direct mail to Requester and resolved according to the requester advice.
• Preparing the productivity and Quality check reports and block reports on daily basis for the team on SAP. Worked on Inter-company reconciliations and GRIR reconciliations

Joined as Accountant, I was maintaining the accounts of Individual clients, and representing the audit team, providing the Consultancy for the Taxation matters and preparation of the annual reports of the companies and firms.