Dynamic financial leader with extensive experience of 20 years, expertise in GAAP compliance, and financial analysis. Proven track record in enhancing operational efficiency and implementing process improvements. Adept at team leadership and fostering collaboration, driving significant improvements in financial reporting and statutory compliance across multiple entities.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Regional Financial Controller
Crowdstrike India Pvt Ltd
Pune
09.2021 - Current
Responsible for managing service delivery for accounting and reporting processes – accounting as per U.S. GAAP, GL reconciliations, and month-end closing.
Oversee the month-end closing process, prepare financial statements, and manage advanced reconciliations.
Manage day-to-day finance operations by working closely with procurement, accounts payable, treasury, FP&A, and payroll operations to provide guidance.
Review and approval of payroll registers for 28 entities.
Review vendor contracts, approve invoices, and release vendor payments for all non-U.S. entities.
Monitor cash flow requirements across multiple entities.
Produce financial reports and audit documentation to facilitate internal and external auditing.
Assist in the preparation of annual statutory accounts for all international legal entities, and facilitate the preparation of Consolidated Annual Financial Reports (CAFR).
Responsible for the annual financial statement audits of international entities (18 LE's), reviewing, and approving the final FS.
Monthly flux analysis of P&L and Balance Sheet to identify trends, and provide commentary.
Identify areas of improvement within existing processes and procedures related to accounting practices.
Implemented new systems or software solutions that improved efficiency of accounting processes.
Measure process performance against appropriate KPIs and metrics, and publish the same regularly to senior management, as well as within the team.
Accounts Manager II
Electronic Arts India Pvt. Ltd
09.2016 - 09.2021
Led Local Finance and Shared Service teams to enhance operational efficiency.
Supervised India finance team, ensuring accurate maintenance of general ledger and subsidiary ledgers in Oracle.
Prepared detailed India GAAP and US GAAP P&L statements and balance sheet walkthroughs with variance analysis.
Collaborated with tax consultants for corporate tax, GST, duty, and withholding tax compliance.
Conducted periodic transfer pricing reviews in partnership with HR, IT, Legal, Studios, and Quality functions.
Facilitated regular balance sheet reviews with corporate and regional controllers to identify discrepancies.
Reviewed vendor payments, payroll, and T&E reports to uphold financial integrity.
Developed SOX controls ensuring 100% compliance with policies and procedures.
Senior Manager
GENPACT
01.2012 - 08.2016
Lead the Accounting & Finance team for a utility company
Ensuring books of accounts are closed accurately by reviewing the balances, booking relevant accruals and recharge entries.
Review of reconciliations in the Blackline tool and implementation of appropriate templates in the system.
Performing variance analysis during month-end and explain the big variances between budget and actual.
To perform gap analysis, design and document FMEA and standard operating procedures (SOP) for the process.
Implementing process improvements through change management.
Explore opportunities to automate the process to reduce manual intervention, reduce non-value-added activities and increase operational efficiency.
Generating reports for MIS purpose at different stages with different periodicity enabling top management to take informed business decisions.
Partner
Gokhale & Co, Chartered Accountants
09.2009 - 11.2011
Tax consultation on Income tax, Service tax and Wealth tax matters including tax planning, computation and filing of returns.
Statutory, Internal and Tax audit of entities in Manufacturing, Trading, Healthcare, Software, Consultancy, Advertisement and Travel industry.
Incorporation of companies including foreign subsidiaries, LLP’s, Firms and societies.
Preparation of year-end financial statements.
Payroll processing including issuing Offer letter, framing Salary structure, Computation of Tax and TDS deductible on monthly basis, generating Monthly Pay slips and Form No.16 for the year.
Monthly review of accounts, ensuring statutory compliances with applicable laws & statutes.
Drafting of legal agreements, Deeds, Power of Attorney etc.
Regular Correspondence (Written & Oral) with Income tax department, Registrar of companies, STPI and other government departments.
Manager
GENPACT
09.2005 - 08.2009
FP&A Analyst for a healthcare company.
Preparing summary and detailed base cost reports on a monthly basis for all the functions of the Quality division.
Analyzing the costs under each head to check for unusual entries, costs belonging to non-quality functions, or for a different period.
Variance analysis: Comparing the actual cost with the operating plan, the previous quarter, and last year. Analyzing the variances, understand and address the key issues.
Calculating the monthly targets for the teams, and giving estimates for each quarter.
Closing books properly on a monthly basis by ensuring necessary manual and batch entries are booked in a timely manner, daily tracking of costs during month-end to check for unusual and non-quality costs, and taking immediate action.
Granting approval to Purchase Orders raised on Quality cost centers after confirming authenticity and correct account heads.
Calculation of Inter Company Profits on the Inventory purchased from group entities.
Elimination the profit to be eliminated and making necessary journal entries.
Comparative Analysis of Inventory level, Inventory Mix, ICP%, ICP $.
Root Cause Analysis for any abnormal fluctuations from Qtrl-to-Qtr.
Education
Chartered Accountant -
ICAI
01.2005
Bachelor of Commerce -
Osmania University
India
01.2000
Skills
GAAP compliance
Financial analysis and reporting
Financial statement review
Statutory audit
Payroll processing and management
Variance analysis
Process improvement and efficiency
KPI measurement
Team leadership and development
Change management strategies
Statutory compliance oversight
Analytical thinking and problem-solving
Project management skills
Academic Achievements
99/100 in Statistics and 97/100 in Accounts in graduation
99/100 in the Mathematics subject in Matriculation