Fusion, Oracle, SAP, Coupa
Venkatesh Padmanaban
Chennai
Summary
25+ years’ finance leader with global transition experience (UK/USA/Singapore/UAE/India) across R2R, O2C and P2P in banking, fintech and diversified industries.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Manager- Finance
HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Pvt. Ltd
03.2023 - Current
- Managed the end-to-end lifecycle of tangible fixed assets (capitalisation, transfers, depreciation, impairment, and disposals) in line with IFRS/local GAAP and internal controls.
- Maintained the fixed asset register, ensuring accurate asset tagging, location tracking, useful lives, and depreciation methods across multiple sites/cost centres.
- Reviewed and validated CapEx additions, ensuring correct classification (CIP vs. in-service), cost allocation, and supporting documentation.
- Performed monthly depreciation runs and reconciled fixed asset sub-ledger to the general ledger; investigated and resolved variances promptly.
- Led month-end/quarter-end close activities for fixed assets, including journals, accruals, reclasses, and reporting packs.
- Conducted physical asset verification/stock counts, reconciled exceptions, and coordinated write-offs, disposals, and asset movements with stakeholders.
- Processed asset disposals and retirements, calculated gains/losses, and ensured timely updates to the register and GL.
- Supported internal/external audits by preparing schedules, evidence packs, and walkthroughs; addressed audit queries and implemented remediation actions.
- Strengthened controls over capitalisation thresholds, approvals, and segregation of duties; documented procedures and improved compliance.
- Partnered with Procurement/Facilities/IT to validate asset ownership, delivery/acceptance, and in-service dates to ensure accurate accounting.
- Produced fixed asset reporting (CapEx vs budget, asset ageing, CIP ageing, depreciation forecasts) to support management decision-making.
- Identified process improvements (automation, templates, reconciliations) to reduce close timelines and improve data quality.
Manager- Finance
CBRE South Asia Pvt Ltd
08.2021 - 03.2023
- Audit handling and Co-ordination
- Credit control of Accounts Payable and Receivable with tracker maintenance on daily basis
- New projects on board document verification and project ID creation
- Have done 1 year vendor reconciliation for 109 vendors in short span of time.
- New formats implementing in financial check points, Debtors and Creditors reconciliation.
- SPOC for Transition of Wipro Finance business to CBRE
- 58 plus commercial Office space buildings monthly service billing and payables to sub vendors
- US Based Company
Finance Consultant
Gateway Office Parks Pvt Ltd (A Xander Group)
03.2021 - 08.2021
- Transition lead from Local Audit firm accounting to Ernst & Young Accounting firm
- Knowledge transition from the previous accounting team to new team.
- Yardi training to new firm
- 2 years back logs reporting’s cleared.
- New formats implementing in Financial check points, Fixed deposits, Debtors and Creditors reconciliation.
- Internal/External and Statutory audit handling for FY 2019-20.
- Singapore
Assistant Manager
Hermes I Tickets Private Ltd (A Group of Wirecard, Germany)
03.2019 - 03.2021
- Books closing activities [prepayment amortization, month end accruals for income and expenses, Forex fluctuation/restate accounting, petty cash verification and signing, adjustment, Console of journal posted, if any wrong entry passed by the team / Review of TB and finalization up to Balance sheet, Consolidation of Financial statement.
- Managing the team handling AP & AR for capturing of correct department and projects, while accounting.
- SPOC for 89 Business operation bank accounts for 2 companies including FD accounts (10 Banks) including of supervision of BRS and rapport with all the banks that companies is having
- GL reconciliation [Loans, Fixed deposits, Prepayments, Employee advances, Expense payable, Trade Receivable, Fixed Asset items, Overdraft interest workings in line with bank statement]
- MIS to Germany Finance officials and direct reporting to Manager and dotted line to CFO.
- Fixed Assets schedules with location of the assets and asset tagging activities.
- Information provided for Statutory Audit and Internal audits, AP, AR, FD’s, FA and GL related activities.
- Maintaining of Fixed Deposits for 250 Crores and interest accruals booked on monthly basis with TDS receivable entries (Against Over draft and BG for business operations)
- RBI- Annual Performance report submission (achieved 4 years pending report successfully submitted, with the help of Manager)
- Review of bad debts and collections (achieve 3 years pending receivables have been collected)
- Cash overview report/ Cashflow and cash forecast reports to Germany for 2 companies
- Managing of 8 people in the company and Individual role.
- Addressing and immediate action on day to day operation queries and complaints including creation of new ledgers, sundry creditors and sundry debtors with necessary back up documents and background checks validation documentation for audit.
- Reconciliation of Intercompany/ Vendors/ and High profile client’s.
- Munich, Germany
- Company is INSOLVENT.
Senior Accountant
Mastro Qatar Co Ltd WLL, QATAR
04.2017 - 08.2018
- Raising of Invoices to Debtors and Follow up for payments
- Project wise Income and Expenditure Analysis
- Reviewing of Prepaid expenses, provision for expenditure, Adhoc journals, Bank reconciliations review
- Review of Payment and receipts in books
- Creditors and Debtors reconciliation
- Payroll preparation for 400 plus people based on Man days calculation (Time card) and input to Cosmic (Oracle based software).
- Review of Employees settlements
- Purchase order track record
- Teams Efficiency tracker maintenance
- MIS reports
Team Manager
Capgemini Business Services
03.2015 - 09.2016
- Preparing post GL close, Flash MIS and Final MIS to identify the accuracy in Net profit Meet Service level agreement and Performance target related to R2R.
- Capex report- monthly report to be submitted to fixed asset team for consolidation
- Reviewing of Prepaid and recurring journals, expenditure provision, Fixed asset addition movement from CWIP, Adjustment journals, Forex revaluation entries, Tax entries, Depreciation run and FA update, Bank reconciliations review
- Error Log/ Learning Log analysis and share the details with the team for improvisation progress.
- Hyperion stat inputs on respective entities for group consolidation done by Client end.
- Global Inter-company billing system (GIBS), Inter-company confirmation and adjustment journals.
- Providing the necessary information for Audit requirements.
- BMG Netting- Inter-company payments/receipts settlements through one channel.
- Review of Payroll and OT Calculation reports and provision
- E-Reconciliation- Super user role for 13 entities to upload the trial balance for balance sheet recons.
- Balance sheet reconciliation and maintain the schedules
- Cost center report –sending to each department separately for their budget vs actual spent report without salary details.
- Trial balance review and provide the comments for variances on increase or decrease for YTD and MTD data.
- Reviewing of SOP’s before sending to SME’s
- Having regular and monthly calls with client, discuss on the deliverable, quality and improvement process.
- Bangalore (BPO)
Business Process Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
11.2013 - 12.2014
- Handled Singapore and Indian Client.
- MC Report and Cash flow statement review
- Budget Vs. Actual review and writing the comments accordingly
- Accruals, Provisions (Salary, Bonus, expenses and Income)Prepayments, Intercompany reconciliations and Forex revaluation entry
- Standard, Adhoc and rectifying Journals
- Deferred Income, Closing stock entry and Provision for doubtful debts calculation
- BRS, Audit schedules, Depreciation and Fixed asset addition
- FD schedule maintenance, Interest on bank deposits and loans
- Recoverable reconciliation
- SOP’s preparation
- Sub ledgers review and TB analysis.
- Responsible for Knowledge transfer and arriving at SLA’s for steady state.
- Delivered outputs on TAT with quality.
- Monitoring DCFC (daily control function checklist), FMEA and RCSA
- Co-ordination with clients to meet their expectation.
- Team Handling of 4 people in P2P team & 13 people in R2R team - 2 Towers
- Chennai (BPO)
- Migrated from Ascendas for SSC Process Standardization
Senior Executive Finance
Ascendas Services (I) Pvt Ltd
06.2008 - 11.2013
- Transitional Expert/ SME
- Preparing Cash flow statement, MC report.
- Trial Balance analysis
- A placement of FD’s after review the cash flow statement.
- MIS, as and when required.
- Creditors reconciliation/Done the macro for sending balance confirmation letters
- Preparation of Intercompany Invoicing and reconciliation
- Chennai | Capitaland
- 5 years 5 Months
Executive – Finance at Irevna a division of CRISIL Limited
CRISIL Limited
07.2004 - 06.2008
- Follow up with clients (UK & US) to get the payments for invoice raised.
- Man billing calculation and invoice raising
- Co-Ordination with Bank treasuries for Forex rates negotiation.
- Co-Ordination with Company Internal, External, ISO and SOX Audit.
- SOX Compliance Submission of providing proofs and controls-quarterly wise( Major Role Played in the company for Finance department)
- General Accounting
- Bank Reconciliation Statement
- Payroll
- P& L Analysis & Trial Balance
- MIS as and when required by the management.
- Forex currencies arrangement for employee travel to abroad
- Final Calculation for Relieving Employee
- Asset book Maintenance in excel sheets
- TDS deductions, Profession Tax, PF monthly remittances
- Bank Wire Transfer (Outward & Inward Remittance)
- Fixed Asset Register Maintenance
- Month end provisions
- E-TDS Filing and Issue of TDS Certificate
- STPI - Softex Filing (Q1, Q2, Q3 and Annual reports) with STPI, Get RBI Endorsements through Bank in FIRC Originals and Bill of Entry(Exchange Control Copy) for Foreign Outward remittance.
- Chennai
- 4 years
Executive Accounts
Boss Profiles Limited
07.2000 - 07.2004
- Assist in month-end closing and reporting to Cost Accounts Manager
- Prepare journal entries as necessary as per guidance by Manager
- Co-ordinate with IT department for system issues, Record maintenance for such as production, purchasing, import/export, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and other.
- Physical stock record maintenance
- Accounts Payable and receipts physical record maintenance and responsible
- Petty cash maintenance
- Co-ordination with Bank representative for deposits of cheques and cheque clearing tracking.
- Prepared Bank reconciliation statement
- Maintain internal control documentation
- Prepare detailed account analysis and reconcile sales, cost and inventory, liability accounts by customer type
- Worked in Year-end books closing activity
- Support and assist internal department reporting requirements such as audit schedules, tax schedules and others
- Assist in Audit requirements
- Surakkudi Village, Thirunallar
- 4 Years
Education
P.G.Diploma - Financial Management
Annamalai University
01-2008
Higher Diploma - Software Engineering
Aptech Comp Education
01-2001
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Bharathidasan University
01-2000
Skills
Detail-oriented analysis
Performance management
Time management
Workforce management
Customer service
Financial management
Project management
Relationship building
Cross-functional teamwork
Task delegation
Clear communication
Data analysis
Software
PERSONAL DETAILS
- Father’s Name: G.Padmanaban
- Date of Birth: 26th July 1979
- Sex: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Nationality: Indian
- Languages known: Tamil, Telugu and English
- No of Dependent: 3 Persons - (Wife + 2 Sons)
- Birth Place: Mayiladuthurai (Mayavaram)
- Permanent Address: Mannargudi
Timeline
Manager- Finance
HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Pvt. Ltd
03.2023 - Current
Manager- Finance
CBRE South Asia Pvt Ltd
08.2021 - 03.2023
Finance Consultant
Gateway Office Parks Pvt Ltd (A Xander Group)
03.2021 - 08.2021
Assistant Manager
Hermes I Tickets Private Ltd (A Group of Wirecard, Germany)
03.2019 - 03.2021
Senior Accountant
Mastro Qatar Co Ltd WLL, QATAR
04.2017 - 08.2018
Team Manager
Capgemini Business Services
03.2015 - 09.2016
Business Process Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
11.2013 - 12.2014
Senior Executive Finance
Ascendas Services (I) Pvt Ltd
06.2008 - 11.2013
Executive – Finance at Irevna a division of CRISIL Limited
CRISIL Limited
07.2004 - 06.2008
Executive Accounts
Boss Profiles Limited
07.2000 - 07.2004
Higher Diploma - Software Engineering
Aptech Comp Education
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Bharathidasan University
P.G.Diploma - Financial Management
Annamalai University