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Udayraj Kotturi

Udayraj Kotturi

Hyderabad

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at DSM-Firmenich, excelling in financial analysis and reporting. Proven track record in process improvement and team management, enhancing operational efficiency. Adept at stakeholder communication and implementing internal controls, driving successful outcomes in cross-functional projects. Committed to delivering impactful results through strategic decision-making.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DSM-Firmenich
Hyderabad
04.2021 - Current
  • Handling accounts payable and ATR process in complying the postings and smooth closing every month
  • Performing all the month end ATR activities, closing the periods and supporting team to close all entities before timeline and finalize the financial statements
  • Preparation & approving month-end accruals, journal entries postings, account payable and account receivable monitoring and subledgers reconciliation
  • Reviewing Balance sheet Reconciliations on monthly basis and updating the General ledger accounts in Blackline tool and share with controllers for review
    on time for effective account maintenance and support team to complete the reconciliations on time.
    Preparing the Financial statements and consolidating them in CFIN a central
    finance tool.
  • Posting CAPEX entry on month ends and providing the capex report to the local business group controllers.
  • Responsible for Month-end, Quarter-end and Year-end close activities and reporting at Business group level and globally on the financial reports.
  • Reporting the statutory books and posting the necessary adjustment entries.
  • Reconciling the open item managed GL accounts and processing the Journal entries to clear the accounts for a smooth month end close
  • Maintaining the financial closing cockpit which is the financial control check every month and reporting the deviations and improvements to the management monthly
  • Work closely with Collections team and internal stakeholders to resolve the issues if any with credit postings
  • Preparing the monthly dashboards and discuss with stake holders and management on process updates, challenges, improvements
  • Handling problematic customers and maintain excellent customer service.
  • Working on financial reporting as per IFRS, budgeting & forecasting, trail balance variance analysis
    Working on the Intercompany reconciliations on ICMR tool and providing the updates to the team on the mismatches and resolving the issues by analyzing the reports
  • Working on project teams on integration of ERP systems like SAP/S4HANA and other tools to ensure proper accounting under new systems as per the
    accounting requirements
  • Monitoring key performance metrics to identify areas for improvement
  • Performing monthly audits, internal SOR & Internal Control Framework (ICF) controls and submitting within timeline and review the controls submitted by
    team and approve
  • Asset's capitalization once the project is completed and then moving the balance from AUC to final assets to Calculate depreciation for assets
  • Resolving issues with Team members and advising them on the potential solutions to the appropriate party to minimize re-occurrences
  • Handling a team of 12 FTE’s, conducting monthly one-on-ones, reviewing the team performance and evaluating
  • Responsible for managing the team who’s roles and responsibilities are handling AP & ATR activities
  • Stakeholder management maintaining excellent CSAT score.

Subject Matter Expert/ Country SPOC

DSM-Firmenich
Hyderabad
04.2019 - 04.2021

Operations Specialist

DSM-Firmenich
Hyderabad
11.2015 - 04.2021

Process Associate

Genpact
Hyderabad
06.2014 - 11.2015

Education

MBA - Finance

Vivekananda Degree & PG College
Hyderabad

B.com - Computers

New Generations Degree College
Hyderabad

Intermediate Board - M.E.C

St.Marys Junior College
Hyderabad

High School -

Nalanda High School
Hyderabad

Skills

  • ERP Systems Proficiency
  • Process implementation
  • Problem-Solving Skills
  • Self-Motivated
  • Financial analysis and reporting
  • KPI management
  • Financial reporting
  • Decision-making
  • Process improvement
  • Internal controls
  • Team management
  • Stakeholder communication

Transitions

  • On-site transitions of accounts payables process from New Zealand, 07/01/16
  • Travelled to Malaysia for customers connect and KT transfer of SPOC role, 2018
  • On-site transitions in Italy were finished and signed off, 2019

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Excel, Power BI, and PPTs
  • ERP systems (SAP, S4 HANA, Microsoft Dynamics, Power Automate)
  • CFIN, ICMR tools
  • Blackline tool

Certification

  • Implemented the automatic customer statements emails for over 500 customers every month and received a yellow belt certificate
  • Implemented process improvements in forex calculation and postings in the Italy entity and got certified with another yellow belt

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: K.VENKAT RAJ
  • Mother's Name: K. Shivalakshmi
  • Date of Birth: 05/23/94
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: India
  • Marital Status: Married

Affiliations

  • Implemented Blue Prism Solution for automating the closing process through Closing Cockpit
  • Implemented Central Finance solution for Simple Finance modules, integrating multiple interfaces and ERPs
  • Segregated the open/close periods in SAP and stabilized to close step by step process as per the standard process and received yellow belt certification
  • Implemented the automatic customer statements emails for over 500 customers every month and received a yellow belt certificate
  • Implemented process improvements in forex calculation and postings in the Italy entity, and got certified with another yellow belt
  • Supported GbS Risk Champions to provide awareness on process risk, and conducted awareness sessions
  • Assisted in process transitions and knowledge transfer of finance activities, and part of SAP integration

Accomplishments

  • Achieved Gold award by completing the transition of Italy and Netherlands entities, with a timeline and customer hero award for achieving the highest score in customer satisfaction
  • Achieved another gold award by managing the AP and ATR processes of Italian entities independently for both SAP and Italian ERP systems within a short span
  • Achieved change adapter award for implementing of financial closing cockpit, Intercompany & Black line tool

Timeline

DSM-Firmenich
04.2021 - Current

Subject Matter Expert/ Country SPOC

DSM-Firmenich
04.2019 - 04.2021

Operations Specialist

DSM-Firmenich
11.2015 - 04.2021

Process Associate

Genpact
06.2014 - 11.2015

MBA - Finance

Vivekananda Degree & PG College

B.com - Computers

New Generations Degree College

Intermediate Board - M.E.C

St.Marys Junior College

High School -

Nalanda High School
Udayraj Kotturi