Shalini Bansal

• Established strong professional relationships with clients, leading to repeat business opportunities
• Achieved positive feedback from clients regarding clarity and effectiveness of delivered training sessions

• Provides Fund Operations Support by fulfilling the following responsibilities:
• Filing and maintaining all legal and investor documentation as well as ongoing minutes, resolutions, Board materials, updates, etc. in orderly fashion
• Budgeting and tracking holding company expenses.
• Filing and monthly payment of invoices
• Investment record keeping and coordination of billing and invoices.
• Oversight of fund administrators, accountants, offshore lawyers, tax advisors, insurance providers and auditors
• Opening bank accounts and managing signing authorities
• Issuing annual Call notices to investors for management fees and expenses for fund
• Managing annual audit process for fund structure with auditor
• Managing annual US tax reporting process with US LPs with tax advisors
• Reporting key corporate events at portfolio companies
• Maintain regular contact with investors and keep track of investor requirements.
• Assisting with creating and distributing Quarterly fund reporting for investment structures.
• Overseeing preparation of quarterly management accounts for fund structure.
• Preparing quarterly NAVs, capital accounts, and valuations for fund structure for reporting
• Organizing quarterly Board meetings for holding companies and drafting agendas
• Regular follow-ups with administrators and service providers to ensure outputs are delivered promptly.
• Negotiating annual fees and service contracts with accountants, tax advisors, insurance providers, and auditors.
• Provides portfolio support to private equity team and portfolio company finance teams on finance/accounting requirements and value creation initiatives.

As an ACCA Trainer, I deliver top-notch training sessions aimed at preparing students for ACCA qualification exams. Responsibilities include:

• Developing curriculum aligned with ACCA syllabus, ensuring content relevance.
• Conducting engaging sessions using diverse teaching methods.
• Demonstrating expertise in ACCA subjects like Financial and Management Accounting.
• Offering personalized support to address individual learning needs.
• Administering assessments and providing feedback for improvement.
• Keeping up-to-date with industry advancements through professional development activities.

• Achieved positive feedback from clients regarding clarity and effectiveness of delivered training sessions
• Conducted regular evaluations of training curriculum to identify areas for improvement or updates based on changing industry trends
• Improved participant collaboration by designing group activities that fostered teamwork and communication skills

• Responsible and accountable for accurate and timely internal reporting (Management, Board, ad hoc) and external reporting (Annual report and accounts, financial statements, other reporting obligations) of a consolidated group (c.10 companies)
• Ensures strong accounting and reporting throughout group, including overseeing and monitoring an effective control environment and providing strategic information and advice to management team.
• Provide excellent leadership and management of Corporate Finance , measured by team's effectiveness, engagement, and business unit respect.
• Build productive working relationships with stakeholders to understand their business operations and financial information needs of end users.
• Cash flow planning , ensuring timely funds availability with effective working capital requirement.
• Complex technical accounting includes business combinations , and contingent consideration.
• Includes communication with Board and accompanying relevant financial reporting disclosures .
• Manage relationships with others across Group to achieve alignment in key business strategies and decisions.
• Manage Group's cash flows within available facilities, providing appropriate reporting to Directors and Executive Management .
• Manage Group's financial reporting obligations, responsible for preparing and lodging compliant full-year consolidated accounts.
• Collaborate, design, implement, and review finance systems, policies, and procedures to ensure continuous improvement and contemporary relevant practices.
• Oversee finance systems managing transaction flows from source through interfaces to general ledger promptly without compromising on accuracy under Group/Local requirements for entities in scope.
• Ensure finance ledgers are maintained on a timely basis, are accurate and complete, and are structured for dual purpose of providing relevant information to internal users and meeting statutory obligations .
• Review of all deliverables of process in Period end close and Reporting (eg. VAT, company house filing) .
• Ensure reporting functions and responses to ad hoc requests for financial-related information are appropriately delivered.
• Preparation of annual budgets for holding company entities.
• Perform accounting function for holding company entities.
• Build team and individual capability, ensuring personal effectiveness for work in current and future roles.
• Preparation of group forecast models to help management in mergers and acquisitions.
• Undertake a range of other activities within Corporate Finance function, in conjunction with other Finance staff, such as maintenance of consolidated key finance activities; governance/internal control activities; and business administration.

• Handled SSC audits from planning to conclusion for clients like Google and Apple.
• Managing a portfolio of different clients of Oil & Gas, telecommunication, and power and utilities
• Involved in using data analytics for programs like Revenue, Receivables, Cost of sales, Payables, and Payroll for audit using GL analyzer/ SQL analyzer.
• Responsible for timeliness and quality of work of Global Shares Services team serving that client.
• Equipped with good working knowledge of financial performance and measurement concepts along with working knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP
• Managing terms comprising associates, advanced associates, lead associates and seniors to work together on different clients
• Continuous knowledge transfer and training to upcoming candidates that join firm and staff moving to higher role-based experience gained from EY's domestic and multinational clients
• Providing training to seniors and AM regarding disclosure checklists and IFRS .
• Counsel junior members and provide timely feedback to facilitate firm's yearly review program
• Collaborate with onshore engagement teams to identify critical project outcomes , work products, barriers to success and changes in expectations or scope of work.
• Build relationships with on-site and overseas colleagues and play a vital role in communicating issues clearly, escalating and resolving problems.
• Performed substantive audit procedures for various major EY Non-Financial clients in UK& Ireland which included onsite rotation for 3 months working on clients in Scotland.
• Compare efficiency of audit procedures performed across different clients and suggest ideas for improvement.
• Experience also gained in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), for filing of financials to HMRC.
• Primarily involved in testing for various financial items, preparing trial balances, and lead sheets at interim and year-end involving external reporting , analytical review, variance analysis, etc.
• Proactive and innovative with seamless desire to excel in most challenging of environments.
• Equipped with good knowledge about diagrammatic presentation of processes in form of flowcharts and have served many clients.
• On-sight Interaction with clients like Dentsu Aegis to understand various processes, perform audit of same, and document understanding.