Srilatha Kalla
Hyderabad,Telangana
Summary
Experienced in financial analysis and investment management, eager to contribute to the success of a leading hedge fund. Seeking a challenging role to utilize expertise in developing and implementing investment strategies, conducting market research, and building relationships with clients and stakeholders. Strong drive for results and a proven track record of delivering exceptional outcomes, confident in ability to drive business growth and profitability.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Coordinator
Northern Trust
2021.06 - Current
- Responsible for handling Morning Team and reviewing & delivering IA/IS reporting to the client
- Interacting with Client with daily deliverables and resolving issues timely manner
- Working closely with the Manager to Lead the Team
- Effective On-boarding of new clients/Funds by reviewing the fund documents like offering memorandum registration documents and updating in the books
- Review investor transaction in line with the fund documentation, anti-money laundering requirements, statutory regulations and company policies and procedures
- Ensuring that the records of the fund are maintained in a complete and organized manner
- Assisting clients for different kinds of monthly and quarterly compliance reports such as form PF, Ownership%, Adhoc requests
- Leading the change initiated both internally and by the client in the system and processing requirement
- Supporting in reviewing/updating the SOPs for all the activities transitioned from Onshore
- Leading in Transfer agency process for world's largest Hedge Fund (Investor Accounting and Investor Services)
- Working on Hedge Funds as well as Private Equities
- Responsible for release statement to the investors
- Review and monitor fees as per the changes
- Take cares of client reporting.
Senior Accounts Lecturer
Sri Venkata Padmavathi Junior College
2018.06 - 2020.06
- The college also gave me an opportunity to train the students for CPT exams
- Specialized teaching: Preparation of financial statements, Bank Reconciliations, partnership accounting etc
- Played a key role as an invigilator during the board exams conducted by the Government.
Fin Ops analyst
Amazon Development Center (India) Pvt. Ltd
2014.06 - 2016.10
- Responsible for handling vendor escalations such as Deliveries stop, services shut down, threatening for legal actions, threatening to hand over cases to collection agencies, placing Amazon account on hold/credit hold, not accepting new orders, threatening to go for social media, vendor sending court orders on behalf of non-payments, seizures on Amazon accounts by government parties etc
- Following up with vendors for payment of invoices on time
- Checking the threats from various sources and identifying the problem for non-payment
- Escalating the issue through proper channels and follow-up for payment
- Reviewing the Entry of invoices into Oracle Financial applications based on the type of Region/ Expenses
- Generating reports for payments based on the vendor requirements.
Accountant
Caterpillar India Private Limited
2009.10 - 2011.06
- As Reconciler: Undertaken all major Banks accounts of the company for reconciling and ensure that all Bank payments and receipts are properly accounted before monthly closure
- Reconciliation of the suspense accounts on a monthly basis
- Custodian for Manual and CBS Interface for all the Bank Statements before the month close
- As Closing Co-Ordinator: Ensuring smooth interface between the systems (GLS lite to CBS & later to Mainframe) and correcting the errors, if any
- Responsible for creating and maintenance of accounts both in GLS and CBS systems
- System Maintenance: Assured ownership for SCOS system that posts automated entries relating to Revenue in General Ledger System, Tailoring the business logic in the SCOS system according to the changing of business need and circumstances
- Forex Valuation: Posting all Forex entries on the 4th work day and developing standard variants for forex valuation in compliance US GAAP that is commonly used for all legal entities.
Senior Officer
WIPRO
2008.06 - 2009.10
- Solely trained offshore team on the process of 'Knowledge Transfer of Accounts Payable Process' from US
- Actively participated in the test check of onsite site applications and trained the offsite associates
- Successfully lead the process to go live without escalations of any sort
- Handling two clients of Accounts Payable
- Liaising with Clients regularly through conference calls and meetings
- Preparation of ready reckoners and process maps to the team members with regard to changes in processes
- Took additional responsibility viz., Checks & Banking (Sears & Kmart), Raps Error & EDI.
Accountant
Zenta Knowledge Services Pvt, Ltd
2006.07 - 2008.06
- Preparation of Cash Flow Statement
- Providing management various weekly reports such as billing information, capacity utilization etc
- Generating cash application review reports and Bank reconciliation statements
- Generation of Open Batch Report and Cash Application Reports, Posting the reviewed Batches and running the Close Batch Report of several accounts
- Downloading cheques from Banks and processing the checks in Clients ERP
- Reviewing of cash logs on daily basis for the bank accounts.
Education
Semi Qualified C.A -
I.C.A. I
12.2006
Semi Qualified C.W.A -
Cost Accounting ICWAI
06.2006
B. Com (Hons) -
Financial Accounting And Cost Accounting, Vikram Deb College
12.2006
Skills
- SAP, Mainframe, Oracle Financials, Peoples Soft ERP
- Tally, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint
- Oracle
- GLS, CBS
- Critical Thinking, Problem solving
- Collaborative leadership, Coaching and mentoring
- Strategic partnership, Delegating work
- Managing & Planning
- Internal collaboration
Profile Synopsis
- Effective Leader with the competency in building leading & motivating high performing teams to deliver high quality outcomes, inspiring a culture of continuous learning, especially in acquiring and integrating new data championing career development programs and retain top talent.
- Track record of successful delivering of Client Reports during high volumes by initiating proper delegation & review with no errors.
- Working experience in HFS Poseidon IA/IS, SAP, Oracle, Mainframe system, CBS Systems, Business Object and Cognos.
- Have successfully migrated Accounts Payable & Analysis process from US during the tenure in WIPRO.
- Well versed with Excel and good in Macros. Possess a strong work ethic, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to work effectively as part of team or independently.
- Accomplished at using technologies, data and automation to create value and improve operational efficiencies.
- An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills, strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.
Accomplishments
- “High-Volume Killer” at Zenta and Amazon
- “Client recognizer” for the quarter at WIPRO
- "Pragati Award” for the process improvement ideas that led to time saving and reduced human Errors at Zenta
- “Extra Milers Award” in Quarterly Townhall for Hydra Tastings, IA/IS Automations and Training New joiners at Northern Trust
- “Right Point of Contact” for collaborating with Internal Teams
Languages
Telugu
Advanced (C1)
Oriya
Advanced (C1)
Tamil
Upper intermediate (B2)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
English
Advanced (C1)
Awards & Recognition
- Awarded as “High-Volume Killer” at Zenta and Amazon .
- Received “Client recognizer” for the quarter at WIPRO .
- “Pragati Award” was awarded for the process improvement ideas that led to time saving and reduced human Errors at Zenta
- Awarded as “Highflyer” in Quarterly Townhall for Hydra Testing's, IA/IS Automations and Training New joiners at Northern Trust
- Was recognized as “Right Point of Contact” for collaborating with Internal Teams at Northern Trust
Timeline
Technical Coordinator
Northern Trust
2021.06 - Current
Senior Accounts Lecturer
Sri Venkata Padmavathi Junior College
2018.06 - 2020.06
Fin Ops analyst
Amazon Development Center (India) Pvt. Ltd
2014.06 - 2016.10
Accountant
Caterpillar India Private Limited
2009.10 - 2011.06
Senior Officer
WIPRO
2008.06 - 2009.10
Accountant
Zenta Knowledge Services Pvt, Ltd
2006.07 - 2008.06
Semi Qualified C.A -
I.C.A. I
Semi Qualified C.W.A -
Cost Accounting ICWAI
B. Com (Hons) -
Financial Accounting And Cost Accounting, Vikram Deb College
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