Sanjana Sharma
Chartered Accountant
Summary
Associate Chartered accountant worked as skilled and result driven Finance Manager with over 4 years of experience in FMCG industry. Proven expertise in driving efficiency and effectiveness in Accounting and Finance function through streamlining accounting processes, improving Internal controls, compliance, statutory and internal audits. Strong ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders. Seeking to leverage comprehensive financial acumen and leadership skills in a challenging finance management role.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
Royal Canin India (Mars Inc.)
6 2022 - 08.2024
- Spearheaded the Internal control excellence across business functions
- Drafted SOP for business activities
- Devised robust Internal audit scope
- Lead training and awareness on Internal control significance and inculcated self-assessment leading to 100% self-assessment and 0 gaps in the first year itself.
- Integrated Internal controls compliance and governance in the newly established Factory unit in India
- Managed regulatory and statutory legal and compliance requirements
- Monitored Payroll and related statutory compliances like PF, PT, labour laws
- Employees TDS returns filing, ensuring 100% on time payroll payments and compliances
- Strategized annual payroll budgets
- Periodical financial review and variance analysis
- Maintained periodic provisions and balance sheet hygiene
- Supported team with Vendor reconciliation review
- Supported annual statutory audit, Internal audit
- Fostered finance digitization projects for integration of Workday and Payroll vendor portal
- Onboarded exit module on Payroll vendor portal
- Shaped and monitored Employee Travel and Expense digitization policy and portal
- Led projects to optimize cost-effective buying of key products
- Lead project on identifying root cause of NQC and measures to control NQC liquidation
Finance Manager
Touchstone Teleservices Pvt Ltd.
08.2020 - 06.2022
- Lead general accounting and bookkeeping for distribution business
- Executed finalization of books and support in statutory audit
- Prepare and Review Ledger Reconciliation with customer logistics vendors and Brand Suppliers
- Shaped Indirect tax accounting, compliance with GST, TCS and TDS
- Introduced e-way and e-invoice guidance in system
- Preparation of working for trade promotional discount and offers extended to online retailers B2C and Key account customer
- Monitored working capital by governing account receivables and payables
- Published regular MIS to management
- Designed the agreement with customers and vendors ensuring smooth business operations by adherence to regulations
- Complied with legal and regulatory requirements
- Authored Financial modelling
- ROI analysis before onboarding new brands for distributorship
- Accelerated the business expansion by upgrading financial tools
- Streamlined operational costs through supply co-piloting controlled the logistics cost by 20%
- Pioneered in accounts receivables by reducing debtors ageing to 45 days from 60 days and excelled at stakeholder management
Associate
Morgan Stanley Fund Services
02.2018 - 08.2018
- Validating daily and month end NAV for hedge fund clients and accounting for the corporate actions booked in the system.
- Reviewing pricing of the portfolio and analysing pricing exceptions
- Reviewing and performing MSPA (MS Accounting system) to custodian/client reconciliations and identifying gaps.
- Accounting for accruals including management fees.
- Finalizing the month end NAV of the client and providing Investor Level Allocations at monthend
CA Article
Ghiya and Company
02.2012 - 02.2015
- Consulted on Direct and Indirect tax matters
- Filing of TDS returns and Income tax returns for various entities
- Statutory forms filing like 15CA and 15CB
- Performed statutory tax audits for various Business entities engaged in the business of trading, FMCG, hospital, construction, irrigation
- Concurrent and Statutory bank audits for UBI and CBI.
- Lead the Inspection audit for a FMCX Commodity exchange member
- Directed Pre-Audit inspection of Govt owned undertaking Sardar Sarovar Nigam Ltd in Gujrat
Education
Chartered Accountant -
ICAI
Jaipur, India01.2020
PGDM: Financial Services -
K. J SIMSR
Mumbai, India04.2018
LLB -
Rajasthan University
Jaipur, India06.2016
B. Com -
Rajasthan University
Jaipur, India07.2013
Skills
Financial Planning and Analysis
Account Receivables and Payables
Internal control compliance management
Technical Proficiency-Accounting and Audit
Stakeholder Management
Supply Chain Finance
Finance digitisation
Awards
- Statutory Audit Facilitator (2023)
- Project Manager (2023)
- Best New Joiner-Nomination (2022)
Timeline
Finance Manager
Touchstone Teleservices Pvt Ltd.
08.2020 - 06.2022
Associate
Morgan Stanley Fund Services
02.2018 - 08.2018
CA Article
Ghiya and Company
02.2012 - 02.2015
Finance Manager
Royal Canin India (Mars Inc.)
6 2022 - 08.2024
Chartered Accountant -
ICAI
PGDM: Financial Services -
K. J SIMSR
LLB -
Rajasthan University
B. Com -
Rajasthan University
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