Shajin Farook

• Established relationships with key partners and vendors to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Timely completion of the Service Receipt Note entry for Marketing, Programming, and BT/IT-related P.O.s.
• Directed or coordinated financial or budget activities to fund operations. Created effective business plans to focus strategic decisions on long-term objectives.
• Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
• Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• SAP Reports: Providing required data on programming, marketing areas, and MIS reports from SAP.
• Collaborated closely with team members to achieve project objectives and meet deadlines.

Budgeting and Financial Planning
- Developed annual budget plans with department heads
- Prepared budget forecasts and monitored budget variances

Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Generated reports for senior management on monthly expenses and budget variances
- Prepared month-end closing activities, including journal entries and accruals

Accounts Payable and Operations
- Processed accounts payable invoices and maintained general ledger accounts
- Streamlined transactions using automation systems

Audit and Compliance
- Provided support during internal and external audits

Leadership and Teamwork
- Collaborated with team members to achieve project objectives
- Provided training and guidance to junior staff members

Process Improvement
- Implemented process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce costs
- Participated in periodic reviews to identify areas for improvement

• Involved in debtors' payment follow-up, creditors' payment, and budget preparation.
• Ensuring a smooth interface with the bank and government. Departments. Timely carrying out the MIS report.
• Day-to-day handling of account and finance transactions, which includes verification of bills/invoices, accounting, handling expenses, processing check payments, and monitoring funds.
• Ensure the month-end close is completed within the allocated deadline.
• Negotiate payment terms with vendors.
• Processing overseas payments, sales invoice processing, adequate accounting of eligible input credits, monthly remittance of service tax payable amounts within due dates, and half-yearly returns.
• Liaison with auditors for tax audit and filing of income tax returns.
• Preparing proposals for clients and government departments for advertisements and events.
• Day-to-day interactions with clients and agencies all over India and abroad.
• Responsible for processing Release Orders, scheduling of commercials, and issuing Release Instructions.

• Functioned as an Accounts Officer, handling over 15 worldwide banks and more than 30 money exchange houses for settling the funds routing through them, and resolving the complaints through effective client convincing.
• Map financial data from Xpress Money statements, and match the same with appropriate customer heads.
• Involved in the bank reconciliation statements and creditors' payments.
• Invoicing to clients, receivables, and payables management.
• Accounting for all the incoming and outgoing funds through banks.

• Searched for prospective customers and collected the necessary details from them.
• Attended to customers and ensured that all inquiries were handled carefully.
• Followed up with the customer to take feedback to enhance the service provided to them.
• Developed excellent rapport with customers and ensured customer loyalty and retention.
• Updating the customer details in the computer software.