Venkatesh B

Process Optimization & Automation

• Reduced Month-End Cycle Time: Led a cross-functional team to streamline closing processes, significantly improving reporting efficiency and data delivery for Indonesia region.
• Operational Efficiency: Evaluated existing procedures to identify cost-saving opportunities and optimized internal controls to enhance reporting accuracy.

Financial Control & Compliance

• Audit Management: Coordinated end-to-end external year-end audits for Indonesia and conducted internal audits to ensure 100% compliance with IFRS/GAAP standards.
• Risk Mitigation: Enhanced data integrity by implementing meticulous documentation standards and robust internal controls, reducing organizational risk exposure.
• Fixed Asset Management: Managed the full lifecycle of fixed assets, including capitalization, depreciation, disposals, and intercompany transfers.

Strategic Analysis & Reporting

• Financial Forecasting: Collaborated with cross-functional leads to provide strategic insights and historical trend analysis for annual budget planning.
• Complex Reconciliations: Resolved intricate account discrepancies and variances, ensuring the reliability of monthly financial statements.
• Intercompany Coordination: Managed complex intercompany transactions and accruals to ensure a balanced and accurate General Ledger.

Leadership & Mentorship

• Team Guidance: Provided technical mentorship to juniors on accounting policies, procedures, and SAP-based workflows.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Acted as a primary point of contact for clients and regional controllers, translating complex financial data into actionable reports
• Recognition: Best employee award for the year 2020.

• Financial Reporting & Compliance: Prepared draft Balance Sheets and managed the month-end close process, ensuring strict adherence to corporate policies and GAAP guidelines.
• Audit-Ready Reconciliations: Standardized Balance Sheet reconciliations to match Oracle-generated reports with exact backups, consistently meeting deadlines for GL Manager reviews.
• Cash Management: Booked late cash journals post-close and managed the "GL Close Tracker" for late entries, securing necessary approvals from Finance Heads before Oracle upload.
• Aged Items Resolution: Proactively monitored and cleared outstanding items pending for over 60 days by coordinating with cross-functional owners.
• Stakeholder Communication: Managed client queries and distributed crucial AP/AR reports immediately following sub-ledger closure.
• Specialized Operations: Facilitated manual payment requests for the Ireland region and maintained DTP (Desktop Procedures) with real-time updates from the Regional Finance Controller.
• Leadership & Recognition: Received a Special Recognition Award for error-free performance and served as the Center-level SPOC for the HR initiative ADAPT.
• Engagement: Successfully spearheaded site-wide events including "Deal BASH" and the 3-month gaming event "CONVERGE.