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Venkatesh Rajkumar

Venkatesh Rajkumar

Chennai,TN

Summary

Adept at driving operational excellence and performance improvements, I leveraged my decision-making capabilities and team motivation skills at Statestreet India Pvt Ltd to enhance employee productivity and meet financial management goals. Achieved significant milestones in compliance and financial reporting, underscoring my commitment to results and operational leadership.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Deputy Manager (Assistant Manager in Statestreet)

Statestreet India Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - Current
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
  • Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
  • Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
  • Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
  • Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments to drive operational excellence.
  • · Daily monitoring of Lease activities and confirming all Lease schedules are prepared and maintained as per the US GAAP and Local GAAP.
  • · Review of Journal entries and postings in Oracle & Cloud – Regular and Adhoc entries.
  • · Monthly reporting of SLA and error remediations done and to make sure all the errors are addressed, and no repeated errors are made.
  • Preparation of Management deck for SLA and Preparation and submission of the monthly client dashboard and reports and having a discussion with the client on finalization of the books of accounts
  • · Audit compliance and coordination with Audit team to make sure all the audit procedures are adhered correctly as per the procedures.
  • · Management review calls on process adherence and process improvements.
  • Monthly reporting of SLA and error remediations done and to make sure all the errors are addressed, and no repeated errors are made

Team Manager

Teleperformance
03.2018 - 05.2020
  • Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained team members, increasing quality of work and employee motivation.
  • · Daily monitoring of the Fixed Assets Activities and Project Approvals as per the budget for CAPEX and creating the CEA for each projects.
  • · Co-ordination with the onshore team on the budget and the actual expenses spend on each Capex item (CEA) to ensure that the spends does not go beyond the specified limit.
  • Monthly review call with the client on the status of the CAPEX expenditure and dashboard presentation on the position of the fixed asset capitalization from the CIP Account.
  • · Monitoring the Intercompany activities. Intercompany locations - Aus., Mexico, NZ, China, India, Canada, UK, US, Poland, Switzerland, and Germany.
  • · Review of the TAX payments, Royalty Payments and making sure that the calculations are correct accordingly.
  • · Monthly review call on the Month end activities and presentation of the dashboard to the client on the progress of the activities and quality of work.
  • · Co-coordinating with the AP team to make sure all the entries for the month are closed and any accruals need to be posted for the month are posted correctly in order to close the books of accounts.
  • · Preparation and submission of the monthly client dashboard and reports and having a discussion with the client on finalization of the books of accounts.
  • · Monthly review of the reconciliation and approving those in Blackline as per the Closing calendar and Client SLA.

Deputy Manager

WIPRO Limited
07.2016 - 09.2016
  • Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
  • Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
  • Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.

Assistant Manager

TATA Consultancy Services
05.2008 - 08.2015
  • Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
  • · Successful transition of process from Poland to Chennai in a short span of time for which client appreciation received for quick turnaround of the process.
  • · Ensuring daily TAT and accuracy met as per the SLA agreed with the client.
  • · Preparation of Management Deck on a Weekly and Monthly basis and reporting the same to the Senior Management at Client level.
  • · Monitoring of daily activities of Fixed Assets Transactions – Additions, Capitalizations, Transfers, Retirements, Adjustments and Advance Payment forms
  • · Monitoring, review and approval of 800+ reconciliations between Fixed Assets Sub -ledger with the General ledger
  • · Handling escalation from different sites as well as from onshore team.
  • · Review of Journals uploaded in Oracle and approving or posting those Journals during month close like Accrual Entries, Prepaid expenses, Amortization, Depreciation, Any other month end entries which client provide from time to time.
  • · Coordinating with onshore team during month close to ensure that all the activities are performed accurately
  • · Regular meetings with team members on the improvement area’s and providing suggestions for their improvement.
  • · Regular meeting with the team leaders and team members on the improvement areas and to trigger the team to the right direction.
  • · Reporting monthly volume details for Fixed Assets, SLA Measures to client, and MIS to the Management
  • · Sending internal documents like SOP, UPP, and IQMS Documents for approvals.
  • · Reporting Month end closing balances of the billing volume to the GL Team and also to ensure that the customer balances match with the ledger.
  • · Reporting of month end activities which include comparison of the GL balances with the ledger balances for current revenue. Weekly revenue comparison is done for different clients and if any deviation exists will be reported to the GL team and sufficient backup kept for Audit purpose.

Senior Process Associate

HP Invent Global E-Business Pvt Ltd
07.2007 - 05.2008
  • Met month-end reporting objectives and deadlines.
  • · Daily Bank Reconciliation for 16 Banks for various locations.
  • · Preparing the open item statements and sending out to the client on a daily basis for clearing the open items.
  • · Posting of all the entries in Bank as per the instruction provided by the client.
  • · Preparation of month end GL entries like accruals, depreciation, amortization, prepaid and any adjustment entries provided by the client.
  • Preparation of schedule for prepaid expenses, Amortization and depreciation and getting approval from client before posting the entries during the month close
  • · Posting of Accruals for AP, Utility, Management Fees and any other expenses which client provide from time to time.
  • · Creating new customer account in Chariot (ERP) system. Verifying the credit worthiness of Individuals, Companies and Partnership firms in UK Equifax.
  • Verifying with banks about the Customer’s credibility. Modification of the existing customer database regarding Price terms, Address change, Credit period changes, depot changes etc
  • · Closing of existing Customer accounts – Checking and ensuring whether any dues are pending from the customers. If not the customer accounts will be closed as per the request from sites. Duplicate customer accounts are also closed after verification.
  • · Maintaining Database of the Customers and reporting to the client on a monthly basis.

Process Associate

Genpact India Pvt Ltd.
11.2005 - 06.2007
  • Identified and resolved process issues to drive optimal workflow and business growth.
  • Processing of daily entries for banks open items.
  • Processing of Journal entries like accruals, prepaid expenses, amortization, depreciation.
  • Preparation of prepaid expenses schedule in excel and sending it to client for approval.
  • Daily bank reconciliation for 5 banks and providing details of open items.
  • Helping the Vendor reconciliation team to match the revenue as per the schedule.

Accountant

Seven Ocean Maritime Agencies
08.2003 - 08.2005
  • Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
  • Maintaining of day to day account operations of the company in Tally accounting software.
  • Income Tax and Sales Tax reports for shipping business and filing of the documents in the Customs office for shipment
  • Bank reconciliation on a weekly basis for different banks for smoothing fund flow in the company.
  • Monitoring the Creditors and Debtors accounts and making the collection process steady and fast so as to meet the company cash requirement and helping for cash management.
  • Handling Cash and maintenance of petty cash book for daily expenses.

Audit Assistant

G S Prabhu & Co
12.2001 - 07.2003
  • Performed auditing work in accordance with rigorous auditing standards and principles.
  • Income Tax Audit for Companies, Sole Traders and Partnership including maintaining accounts in Tally, EX NGN accounting software.
  • Finalization of Accounts for Sole Traders, Partnership Firms, Companies and filing of return in Sales Tax office.

Education

MBA - Operations Management

National Institute of Business Management
Chennai
01.2010

B.Com - Accounting

Aquinas College
Kochi, India
07.2001

Pre Degree - Accounting

The Cochin College
Kochi
09.1998

High School Diploma -

TDHS
Kochi
03.1996

Skills

  • Performance Improvements
  • Task Delegation
  • Recruiting skills
  • Decision-making capabilities
  • Operations Management
  • Employee Performance Evaluations
  • Performance reviewing
  • Team motivation
  • Budgeting and finance
  • Promotional planning
  • Financial Management
  • Compliance understanding

Languages

English
Upper intermediate (B2)
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
Malayalam
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Konkani
Upper intermediate (B2)

Timeline

Deputy Manager (Assistant Manager in Statestreet)

Statestreet India Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - Current

Team Manager

Teleperformance
03.2018 - 05.2020

Deputy Manager

WIPRO Limited
07.2016 - 09.2016

Assistant Manager

TATA Consultancy Services
05.2008 - 08.2015

Senior Process Associate

HP Invent Global E-Business Pvt Ltd
07.2007 - 05.2008

Process Associate

Genpact India Pvt Ltd.
11.2005 - 06.2007

Accountant

Seven Ocean Maritime Agencies
08.2003 - 08.2005

Audit Assistant

G S Prabhu & Co
12.2001 - 07.2003

MBA - Operations Management

National Institute of Business Management

B.Com - Accounting

Aquinas College

Pre Degree - Accounting

The Cochin College

High School Diploma -

TDHS
Venkatesh Rajkumar