SURAJ SINGH
Summary
Strategic professional, offering an experience of over 10 years in the field of Finance and Accounting with proven success in recommending appropriate financial plans based on accurate data collection, financial monitoring and business strategizing. Expertise includes financial planning, financial analysis and reporting, cash management, Budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, Reconciliation, Variance Analysis and Journal Entries Posting. Develops and maintains high standards of quality and issue resolution through effective financial planning. Adept at utilizing top-of-the-line communication skills to build and foster long-term relationships. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Analyst
Anheuser-Bush InBev, ATR-EUR
04.2020 - Current
- Key responsibilities
- Zones Managed: Europe Zone (United Kingdom, Spain, Canaries, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Luxembourg), GCC & GHQ entities
- Identifying cash needs, determining cash availability, and satisfying cash needs
- Ensuring smooth and efficient flow of cash for covering the daily transactions and its best use for Working Capital
- Tracking and controlling the cash flow within / as per the budgeted roadmap
- Drafting financial statement, business activity reports, financial position forecasts and annual budgets
- Managing & improving financial transactions according to the financial objectives and annual budget
- Drafting and presenting annual budgets and aiding company ownership in establishing yearly cash flow projections
- Formulating rolling forecasts for cash flow, Cash flow landing projections for review by management
- Undertaking risk and return analysis and sensitivity analysis for the short and long-term
- Preparing the full year payment planning and align with different team on their payments (Taxes, payroll, leases and rentals, suppliers, and customers)
- Collaborated with the management team to develop and implement plans for operational infrastructure of systems, processes, and personnel designed to accommodate the rapid growth objectives of organization
- Mentoring, supporting & motivating the team and promote their development and integration into the positive values and culture within the organization; planned assessing skills, values, and knowledge of the team as per the standards that apply to their role as an individual and team
- Presenting cash flow performance to the Treasury Director, VP Finance, BU CF Managers and operational managers with reasons and action points
- Investing the idle funds in the bank account for short term after consideration of short-term liquidity needs
- Evaluating internal control systems / procedures, preparing audit reports with a view to highlight the shortcomings, and implementing necessary recommendations
- Making the development of annual and long-range plans which links business strategies to operational plans and the expected range of financial results; assuring timely & accurate recording of all financial transactions in line with organizational requirement
Lead Investor Accounting Analyst
Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited
02.2014 - 04.2020
- Key Responsibilities
- Clients Managed: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, CITI, and Nation Star
- Forecasted the financial requirements and working with necessary business units to get the funds arranged from various advance lines
- Ascertained reasons for reconciling differences, including root cause analysis of process defects; posted journal entries for various general ledger accounts
- Kept the track of all the reconciling items and generated the reports based on the category and producing it to management for supporting the BU level decisions
- Engaged in Reconciliation of various investors' accounts & the commitment was the quality account reconciliation in accordance with all regulation and guidelines
- Monitored advance activity by Ocwen for paying out Insurance and Tax on behalf of borrower to government departments Steered cross-functional projects with Operational Teams and jointly conducted end-to-end diagnostics to identify potential value leakages in the upstream and downstream processes impacting working capital; designed & proposed an actionable plan for the improvement of the key metrics
- Acted as a liaison and information resource between the Investor Reporting Department and the trust or investor to answer questions and assist in the prompt resolution of any questions they may have or forward their inquiries to the appropriate department or individual for assistance
- Took full ownership for on-going reports providing validation and supported documentation to business partners required Spearheaded direct and indirect taxation; implemented effective tax structures for subsidiaries; led the centralization of accounts payable /receivable and synergies the benefits for the Group
- Engaged mentoring, supported & motivated the team and promote their development and integration into the positive values and culture within the organization; planned assessing skills, values, and knowledge of the team as per the standards that apply to their role as an individual and team
- Supervised direct reports, established daily work priorities, facilitated training on internal processes & procedures, and coached personnel to ensure achievement of objectives
Process Executive
Societe Generale Private Limited, ACFI
07.2012 - 09.2013
- Notable Accomplishments Across Career
- Recognized for smooth year-end and achievement of cash flow target and being number one zone in terms of achieving KPIs Acknowledged with Annual Brew Award under the category “Excellence in Action Transformation” for investing the surplus cash and generated a yield of 200K USD in collaboration with GCC Finance team - AB-InBev
- Achieved recognition as for integration of Anaplan, Automating the ICF-DCF macro
- Awarded as “Analyst of the Year for the year 2018” and received “Best Analyst” on many occasions in Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited Worked for PHH Mortgage services and Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited integration and supported automation team in creating tools which improved speed and accuracy
- Successfully transitioned the GSE – FHLMC process and PHH process in Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited Won Spot Award for good learning curve in Societe Generale
Education
CMA -
US
06.2023 - Current
MBA - Finance
Karnataka State Open University
2022
B.Com -
PES Degree College
2012
Skills
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- MIS Reporting & Documentation
- Budgeting, Forecasting and Variance Analysis
- Financial statement Analysis
- Account Reconciliation
- Cash Management, Treasury and Risk Management
- Data mining, Visualization and Dashboards
- Process Transitions & Migrations
- Team Building, Mentoring & Leadership
- Technical Skills and Tools worked
- MS Office
- SAP
- Power BI
- R-Studio
- Tableau
- SQL
- Oracle Fusion
- MSP - Black Knight
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Real Servicing
- Soft Skills
- Negotiation & Conflict Management
- Team Building & Interpersonal Skills
- High Business Ethics & Trustworthy
- Analytical & Problem Solving
- Effective Management Skills
- Leadership and Delegation
- Performance Optimization
- Data Analysis
- Variance Analysis
- Financial Planning
- Process Development
- Competitive Analysis
- KPI Tracking
- Operational Modelling
- Gap Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Business Analysis
- Operations Analysis
- Predictive Modeling
- Data Modeling
- Strategic Planning
- Data Acquisition
- Data Compiling
- Data Mapping
- Business Process Mapping
- Documentation
- Financial Management
- Financial Modelling
- Stakeholder Communication
- Process Improvement
- Business Tracking
- Investigative Approach
- Team Collaboration
- Industry Trend Analysis
- Financial Data Analysis
- Forecasting and Planning
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
kannada
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Certification
- Professional Certificate Program in Data Science for Business Decision-making , IIM-KOZHIKODE - 2023
- Applied Financial Risk Management , IIM-KOZHIKODE - 2021
- Advance Finance Management Course , XLRI - JAMSHEDPUR - 2020
Timeline
CMA -
US
06.2023 - Current
Principal Analyst
Anheuser-Bush InBev, ATR-EUR
04.2020 - Current
Lead Investor Accounting Analyst
Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited
02.2014 - 04.2020
Process Executive
Societe Generale Private Limited, ACFI
07.2012 - 09.2013
MBA - Finance
Karnataka State Open University
B.Com -
PES Degree College
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