Sundar Ganesan CMA
Senior Accountant
Chennai
Summary
Qualified Finance professional (US CMA) with 20 years with rich experience working for MNCs across areas of General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Customer Relations Management and Team Management Domain expertise in Banking, Insurance, Telecommunications, Travel, and Engineering industries Strong background in ERP/ MRP systems, cost control analysis, financial reporting, IFRS reporting, Tax and Report Management Proficient in MS Office including MS Word, MS Visio, and MS PowerPoint
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Accountant
J RAY McDermott Engineering Services Pvt Ltd., India
02.2021 - Current
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Bank Recons.
- Chart of Accounts and Accounting Master Data
- P&L Review Analysis.
- Cash Management Reporting.
- IFRS, US GAAP, Adjustments
- Upload HFM balance, and update web forms; manage month-end activities.
- Month Close Activities
- Handling a team of 5 members to manage the R2R process.
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
Associate Manager
Brightstar India Shared Services LLP
10.2018 - 02.2021
- Handled a team of 12 members
- Review Master Accruals and Balance Sheet Recons for Blackline
- Manage entire gamut of Reporting activities, Recons and Journals to complete it on a weekly and monthly basis as per the SLA agreed by clients
- Review, investigate and fix errors and any inconsistency in financial entries and documents to ensure transparency in reporting to internal and external stakeholders
- Manage internal and external audit requirements, review and analyse P&L and balance sheets
- Prepare Treasury Cash Flow Report on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
- Analyze and assess KPI trends surrounding financial metrics like sales, profit margin, and expenditure
- Share Database for Bank Reconciliation with clients to indicate red, green, and amber balances with proper commentary
- Initiated process improvements based on thorough analysis of internal operations data resulting in enhanced productivity levels.
Manager
State Street HCL Services, India
08.2015 - 10.2018
- Handled two teams including Germany and SSGX, with 26 members
- Review Balance Sheet and Bank Recons
- Monitor MEC Checklist and flagging issues if there is any dependency with clients for input like accrual, etc
- Review and analyze P&L, manage entire reporting activities, Recons and Journals to ensure they are completed on time as per SLA agreed with client
- Review intercompany Recons, drive internal and external audits, and ensure cross-training is achieved 100%
- Perform Adhoc Business Reporting, prepare German Vat and share it with Senior Management
- Carry out process improvements, initiatives, and automation across processes
- Interface with the team on a monthly basis to identify errors and improvements and implement process improvement and automations
- Review process improvements periodically and update about with any changes in SOPs
- Manage monthly MSR Calls with client briefing the overview, highlights, challenges, errors, RCA, etc.
- Highlights
- Created Automation on Bank Rec Template to reduce 1 FTE
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
Associate Manager
Sutherland Global Services, India
03.2011 - 07.2015
- Prepare treasury reports to identify projected company bank balance on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
- Oversee all reporting activities, Recons and Journals are completed on a weekly and monthly basis aligning with SLA agreed by clients
- Prepare and submit balance sheet reconciliations such as Prepayments, Fixed Assets, and Accruals
- Ensure the SLA is always on PL1, exceeding customer expectations and ahead of specified targets
- Perform team meetings on monthly basis to identify errors, improvements to implement process improvements and automations
- Prepare Vat on a quarterly basis, audit files, ensure recons are reconciliations on weekly and monthly basis
- Monitor MEC Checklist and flagging issues, manage performance, and evaluate goals
Team Lead
WNS Global Services, India
03.2007 - 01.2011
Accounts Associate
Xansa India Pvt. Ltd., India
06.2005 - 11.2006
Education
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) -
Madras University
India04-2003
Skills
Bank reconciliation
Financial statement review
General ledger accounting
Expense tracking
Accounts receivable management
Audit support
Cash flow management
General ledger management
Recordkeeping
Certification
Certified Management Accountant, United States, Cleared in April 2026
OTHER SKILLS
- Global Exposure
- Traveled to Srilanka to Migrate the Reconciliation Process
- Traveled to UK Yorkshire (Aviva), Ireland to Migrate the GL Process
- Traveled to UK London (Argo), Poland, and Australia to Migrate and oversee the GL Process
Timeline
Senior Accountant
J RAY McDermott Engineering Services Pvt Ltd., India
02.2021 - Current
Associate Manager
Brightstar India Shared Services LLP
10.2018 - 02.2021
Manager
State Street HCL Services, India
08.2015 - 10.2018
Associate Manager
Sutherland Global Services, India
03.2011 - 07.2015
Team Lead
WNS Global Services, India
03.2007 - 01.2011
Accounts Associate
Xansa India Pvt. Ltd., India
06.2005 - 11.2006
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) -
Madras University