Rahul Mani

My expertise includes:

Financial Operations & Coordination

• Coordinating activities across Operational Controlling, Revenue Controlling, and Business Finance.
• Ensuring adequate performance and reporting for US-GAAP accounting/closing, accruals, account reconciliations, financial closing and consolidation, Procure-to-Pay functions (invoicing, payments, T&E), and intercompany transactions.
• Leveraging both onshore and offshore resources to deliver results.
• Supporting compliance with all relevant global, regional, and local policies.
• Assisting in the production of the monthly closing dashboard, as well as quarterly and year-end reporting.

Accounts Payable/Receivable & Vendor Management

• Performing day-to-day vendor invoice processing (PO and Non-PO) and uploading vendor payments.
• Managing Intercompany Billing and payment follow-up.
• Handling new vendor creation, changes, and updates in Ariba, including PO creation.
• Ensuring timely payments to vendors and addressing all vendor and employee inquiries (via calls and emails).

Tax & Statutory Compliance

• Tax Compliance: Monthly & Quarterly TDS computation, monthly GST file preparation, TDS, PF, and KLWF computation and payment release.
• Reconciling GST (Portal and Books), Company Tax, and Refunds monthly.
• Creating E-way Bills in the GST portal and managing Labor Law Compliance.
• Documentation & Statutory Compliance: Maintaining local statutory accounts, ensuring compliance with local regulations, and acting as the single point of contact for external auditors, tax authorities, and consultants during statutory and tax audits.
• Supporting Operational Controllers during internal audits, compliance reviews, and global data sharing.
• Liaising with Auditors, Company Secretary, Bank, and Statutory Officials.

SEZ Compliance

• Monthly Softex File preparation and uploading, yearly SEZ APR preparation, SERF uploading, and preparing Softex FIRC & Bank BRC files.
• Creating Bill of Entry (Zone to Zone Transfer) in the NSDL portal, managing yearly NSDL portal and IEC Membership renewals, and filing for DTA Procurement and DTA Service Procurements.
• Managing LOA Renewal and Extension, and resolving any notices issued by SEZ inquiries.
• Acting as the single point of contact for all SEZ-related Compliances for Visual IQ.

Reporting & Analysis

• Performing Monthly Bank Reconciliation and matching with Books of Accounts.
• Posting Month-End Payroll Accruals & Reclass Entries.
• Processing monthly salary uploads and Gratuity payments.
• Weekly updating of the Cash Flow Statement and conducting variance analysis to provide financial performance insights.

Software Proficiency

• I am proficient in SAP FICO, ARIBA, TAP,E42, Concur, and MS Office, particularly Excel.

• Teams:
• Allianz AzRe & Allianz UK
• Allianz Asia Pacific (AzAP) Accounting and Reporting
• Established long-term client relationships through consistent delivery of high-quality products and services.
• Enhanced customer satisfaction by streamlining communication channels and improving response times.