SHALINI ELANGOVAN

As Assistant Manager, led general accounting functions, managed team of analysts, and coordinated vendor relationships to support business operations. Provided guidance, training, and mentorship to enhance team skills and productivity, fostering a collaborative environment. My leadership contributed to accurate financial reporting and seamless integration with sister companies with new process transitions. Awarded as Star performer and SME.

Workdone:

• Ensured 3-way PO match processes and controls were performed and uploaded and reconciled complex transactions.
• Prioritized Invoices according to payment terms and Cash management strategies and verified all invoices handled billing for sister companies, reconciling Intercompany payables and receivables.
• Led general accounting functions encompassing P2P, R2R, Merger and Acquisition accounting, Divesture accounting, General ledger, and reconciliation.
• Reviewed blackline balance sheet reconciliations and journals of team associates.
• Prepared Absorption, Descaling, and Efficiency reports presented to the Executive Director.
• Assisted in new employee setup, training and sundry expense claims guidance.
• Effectively managed tax statements, journal entries and account payable and receivable.

Team Management: -

• Oversaw a team of six, including four analysts and two associate analysts. Month end close trackers prepared and shared on timely basis during the close to ensure smooth running of the process and keeping the stakeholders updated on the same.
• Pitching in and managing the team work during the ups and downs and timely evaluation of the FT risk.
• Cross training the team members to have a process stability in case of any uncertain drop puts in addition to giving learning opportunity and encouraging the team strength.
• Assisted Finance Team with month end processing, including accruals and account reconciliations.
• Lead and managed a high-performing team of 7 members, ensuring timely delivery of quality services, currently downsized to 1.
• Foster employee satisfaction, employee retention, process efficiency, quality delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.
• 9 blocker evaluation with mid-term and yearly performance review.
• Trained, supervised, and delegated tasks to team members, ensuring they understood all policies and procedures for the accounting department.

Transition:-

• 2014 - CPP expense monthly reporting -(Onsite)
• 2014 - Amex Title Billing
• 2016 - Oracle upgrade testing. Divesture Accounting and Transition Service Agreement
• 2017 - Licensing accounting
• 2019 - Gave transition during merger
• 2020 - Peoplesoft to Oracle Transition Process - helped on identifying the new accounting strings
• 2023 - Subsidiary company Canada and UK payroll accounting transition and setup newly in Oracle
• 2024 - Parent company Treasury Bank statement details extraction and Monthly and Quarterly Securities and Investment Reporting.

• As a Process Officer at Siemens, managed P2P processes and maintained data for the I-tracker tool
• In addition, dealt with manual invoice scanning and verification, and handled bookings in SAP

Workdone:

• Handled invoices booking in SAP and addressed queries related to Accounts Payable processes
• Managed manual invoice scanning, verification, and monthly AP reconciliation
• Maintained and fed data for the I-tracker tool, resolving critical payment issues and queries
• Executed P2P processes, including client verification of payments and vendor creation coordination.
• Awarded as a "Rising Star" in 3 months based on the customer satisfaction and appreciation.

• Started work as a Premium Rater with Deep South Insurance along with the task of overseeing a team of 10 members
• By April 2010 Promoted as Senior Commercial Policy Issuer
• Key member of the Start-up Insurance company and uplifted as a team lead to another new project for Shreveport, worked for extended timings to the accomplishment of goal
• Led a team of 10
• As a pilot project prepared documentation and Quality Checklists Overseen various insurance like Business Auto, General Liability, inland Marine and managed QC and day to day policy premium targets Managed Policy Issuance from 2010.
• Awarded as "Star Employee of the Year in 2011".