Accomplished accounting professional with over 9 years of diverse experience at Fortune 500 companies. Skilled in GAAP compliance, financial statement preparation and review, accurate database entries, and utilization of accounting software. Proficient in maintaining records, month-end closing, journal entry preparation, internal control compliance, GL account review, regulatory reporting, and variance analysis for financial statements.
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Saikiran Tendari
Team Lead
Hyderabad,TG
Summary
Overview
12
years of professional experience
2015
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Team Lead
08.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Led the Legal Entity accounting team ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Posted and reviewed revenue recognition journals for management fees, placement fees, incentive fees, and true-up adjustments in accordance with investment banking revenue policies and GAAP.
- Prepared and reviewed intangible amortization schedules, ensuring accuracy in accounting treatment and alignment with audit requirements.
- Managed prepaid expense reconciliations, including prepaid ARC entries, and ensured timely amortization and accurate balance sheet presentation.
- Prepared Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) accruals,ARO Accruals,ARO Accretion entries ,supporting long-term lease accounting compliance.
- Prepared detailed audit accruals and supporting work papers in accordance with audit requirements and accounting standards.
- Compiled and analyzed unrecorded liabilities, preparing accurate work papers and journal entries to ensure proper period-end financial reporting.
- Ensured completeness and accuracy of financial data for audits by coordinating closely with cross-functional teams and external auditors.
- Maintained organized documentation and audit trails to support audit readiness and compliance.
- Created and maintained sweep commission work papers and journal entries, reconciling variable compensation tied to investment product distribution.
- Performed service fee calculations and journal entries, supporting intercompany chargebacks and shared service allocations.
- Conducted detailed analysis on general ledger expense entries, identifying drivers of variances and working with FP&A to explain fluctuations.
- Executed comprehensive balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring substantiation of GL balances and timely resolution of reconciling items.
- Compiled and presented monthly CFO reporting packs and management reporting packs, providing insights into financial performance, variance analysis, and key entity metrics.
- Supported the preparation of regulatory filings, including Form 8-K, 10-Q, and 10-K, by gathering financial data and preparing audit-ready workpapers for external disclosures.
Epiq Global
Accountant
09.2020 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Transitioned Tenrox accounting from EU to India for 4 FTE Process.
- Time & Expense tracking of billable and non-billable hours, managed employee expenses linked to projects.
- Projected costs specific to revenue and prepared the budgeted reports.
- Preparation of Balance sheet Reconciliations, performing analytical review of those accounts, uploading the same on Blackline Tool.
- Assist with month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing of books and Ensure compliance with Company accounting policies and the application of generally acceptable accounting principles.
- Prepare and post journal entries in support of the monthly close process, assisting payroll team in posting monthly payroll accruals, Prepaid expenses amortization etc.
- Conduct monthly variance analysis on Financial statements mainly Profit or Loss, Balance sheet statement, on a monthly basis ensure the regulatory filing is performed.
- Coordinating with statutory and internal auditors and providing the required workings, supporting and other documentations along with External confirmations wherever required.
E.I Dupont Pvt Ltd
Accounting Specialist
03.2018 - 08.2021
Job overview
- Reconciled Balance Sheet accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Posted Journal Entries including Cost Center postings, Accrual posting, and reclassification entries.
- Assisted auditors during Internal/External Audit, facilitating smooth audit processes.
- Prepared process-related MIS reports as per management requirements.
- Trained as a SPOC for Core value engagement, New Joiner Accesses, and process-related queries.
Toshniwal & Co
Audit Manager
11.2016 - 02.2018
Job overview
- Effectively carrying out a Statutory Audit, undertaking detailed study of the defined process related to the area of the audit.
- Worked on Finalization of Books of Accounts for various clients and advising them on preparing financial statements as per applicable financial reporting framework.
- Assistance with creation of forms 15CA and 15CB for payout to Expats salary.
- Posting TDS payments entries in Microsoft AX & Ensure for TDS Payout for Rent, Contractor, Professional & Technical Services, Filing of Returns for clients.
- Scrutiny and reconciliation of various ledger account, Verifying and maintenance of FA register and calculating depreciation thereon.
Sharad Toshniwal & Co
Audit Executive
11.2013 - 11.2016
Job overview
- Assisted in Preparation of Appeals related compliances.
- Experience in handing audit of Private limited, partnership firms and other entities.
- Experience in handling Vat Audits, Service tax.
Education
Osmania University
Master of commerce
University Overview
ICAI
CA IPCE-I
University Overview
Osmania university
Bachelors of commerce
University Overview
Board of Intermediate
Intermediate
University Overview
Skills
Resource allocation oversight
Interests
Playing Chess
Cricket
Petting and cuddling
Photography
Software
Oracle
SAP S4HANA
Blackline
Workiva
Timeline
Team Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd
08.2022 - Current
Accountant
Epiq Global
09.2020 - 08.2022
Accounting Specialist
E.I Dupont Pvt Ltd
03.2018 - 08.2021
Audit Manager
Toshniwal & Co
11.2016 - 02.2018
Audit Executive
Sharad Toshniwal & Co
11.2013 - 11.2016
ICAI
CA IPCE-I
01.2013
Osmania university
Bachelors of commerce
01.2013
Board of Intermediate
Intermediate
01.2010
Osmania University
Master of commerce
01.2015
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