Shikha Sinha

Managing Customer engagement metrics at director's level for Operating Expenses.

Signing of multiple GRC's assigned to FOAA OpEx.

Monthly Balance Sheet review of Prepaid and Accruals.

Managing multiple analytics for Operating Expenses.

Performing dive deep for the accounts which has defects in ASD or Open balances.

Managed Team of 22 members [Full time+part-time].

Signed multiple GRC's assigned to FOAA Lease.

Was Involved in various projects, such as Tango implementation, Blackline onboarding, TRIRIGA enhancements etc.

Reviewed Lease commitments for EMEA regions for1500+ Leases for financial statement and disclosure 10K reporting & SEC filings.
Reviewer for Health tracker preparation for entire FOAA Lease team.
Managed Customer engagement reporting at Director's level.
Developed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP’s) and conducted multiple training sessions for new team members.
Standardization of Reconciliation.
Assisted the implementation of new lease accounting standards and policies in Tririga also led UAT testing being Super User for Tririga enhancements
Review and approve of reconciliations in ARM & Blackline tool.

Guided team members in analyzing and clearing of open items.

Prepared/Approved of reconciliations in ARM & Blackline tool.
Prepared lease memos, which includes adding and modifying leases in the TRIRIGA tool
based on the Lease Agreements.
Performed payment analysis for Lease related B/s, P&L accounts & actioning on miscoded
payments by posting adjustment entries.
Performed General Ledger month-end close and prepared supporting schedules according to monthly close schedule & Performed Balance Sheet Reconciliation for Lease related Accounts in Blackline reconciliations tool.
Provided financial analysis and support to the Team members on lease-related matters &
also Lead Monthly Open items call with L7 from Accounting team.
Published monthly reports on open items and expired deposits, including a detailed action plan and estimated time of arrival (ETA) for closure, to leadership and accounting
teams.

Prepared monthly Balance sheet reconciliations for Prepaid, Accruals and Lease[Before ASC842 implementation].

Analyzed open items and worked with Accounting team to get them cleared.

Prepared multiple scheduled for management and Accounting review on the accounts health.

Worked Prepaid sub-ledger close.

Analyzed prepaid related invoices and categorized according to expense type.

Performed Balance sheet recons for prepaid accounts and accruals.

Performed ARM reconciliations.

Was part of transitioning various activities from Central Accounting to FOAA.

· After major slow down in market in 2008, IRS (US tax law) decided that all the tax payer will file the cost of the trades on which it will be decided whether the payer has incurred the loss or profit which will be reported in 1099B Form.

· The major task involved for the tax analyst is to recognize and evaluate each and every trade along with the cost involved.

· To understand and analyze which is reportable activity or which is not a reportable activity.

· To check whether the positions as of the day end matches with the client report or not.

· How corporate actions impact the clients account in terms of Profit.

· Through an external source system the reconciliations has been done.

General Ledger:

· Preparing Reclass journals, and Usage journals.

· Processing Manual Intercompany transactions (GIFTS).

· Providing support to the ‘Strategic & Country controllers’ on all aspects of the accounting functions.

· Activity evaluation through monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations.

· Intercompany & Reserve accounts with GL and Sub Ledger.

· Reconciliation of Gifts.

· Good Computer skills with Excel experience and ideally with good knowledge of Oracle Applications 11i & R12.

Cash Management:

· Responsible for Bank Account Reconciliations which involved daily uploading of Bank Statements, reconciliation and as well preparation of month end reconciliation using Oracle Applications.

· 1st Level Reviewer of reconciled Cash Accounts.

· Responsible for maintaining 'Cash Account Database'. Review the CAD once in 15 days and ensure that proper follow up is being done.

· Prepared Journals for Bank Transfers, Intercompany transactions (Gifts) etc.

· Ensured decrease in the outstanding item lines in the reconciliations with different feeder groups like Local Finance, Country controller, Accounts Payable, Cash Application and General Ledger

· Supported SOX auditors and external auditors, by providing them with supporting documents at times of Audit Sessions.

· Executed periodical ad-hoc Cash Reconciliation reports.

· Responsible for the MIS & Other Ad -hoc / sensitive information to the management.

· Provide high quality information and excellent service to Oracle Corporate, Controllers, Management, and Auditors & Bankers.

· Liaise with Counter parts, Team Leads, Managers & Senior Managers to support their on-going business operations requirements and to maintain the smooth flow of work.

· Monitor cash transactions of the feeder groups – Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll departments, recoding tax payments.

· Coordinate with banks and the IT department to ensure constant improvements in the system and enhancements in the automated processes.

· Train new members of the team on the core processes.

General Ledger:

· Preparing Reclass journals, and Usage journals.

· Processing Manual Intercompany transactions (GIFTS).

· Providing support to the ‘Strategic & Country controllers’ on all aspects of the accounting functions.

· Activity evaluation through monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations.

· Intercompany & Reserve accounts with GL and Sub Ledger.

· Reconciliation of Gifts.

· Good Computer skills with Excel experience and ideally with good knowledge of Oracle Applications 11i & R12.

Cash Management:

· Responsible for Bank Account Reconciliations which involved daily uploading of Bank Statements, reconciliation and as well preparation of month end reconciliation using Oracle Applications.

· 1st Level Reviewer of reconciled Cash Accounts.

· Responsible for maintaining 'Cash Account Database'. Review the CAD once in 15 days and ensure that proper follow up is being done.

· Prepared Journals for Bank Transfers, Intercompany transactions (Gifts) etc.

· Ensured decrease in the outstanding item lines in the reconciliations with different feeder groups like Local Finance, Country controller, Accounts Payable, Cash Application and General Ledger

· Supported SOX auditors and external auditors, by providing them with supporting documents at times of Audit Sessions.

· Executed periodical ad-hoc Cash Reconciliation reports.

· Responsible for the MIS & Other Ad -hoc / sensitive information to the management.

· Provide high quality information and excellent service to Oracle Corporate, Controllers, Management, and Auditors & Bankers.

· Liaise with Counter parts, Team Leads, Managers & Senior Managers to support their on-going business operations requirements and to maintain the smooth flow of work.

· Monitor cash transactions of the feeder groups – Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll departments, recoding tax payments.

· Coordinate with banks and the IT department to ensure constant improvements in the system and enhancements in the automated processes.

· Train new members of the team on the core processes.