VENKATRANGAN M
Bangalore
Summary
With over a decade of experience in the financial management sector I have honed my skills in financial management, Record to report, General Ledger accounting. As a Finance analyst my proven track record includes expertise in Intercompany, Fixed assets and Controls. As an Assistant Manager my roles are not limited to overseeing daily operations but also include process improvement and standardization, team building, supporting the team members and ensuring the customer satisfaction.
Overview
2
2
Certifications
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
Genpact India Private LTD
05.2024 - Current
- Perform monthly GRNI (Goods received not invoiced) reconciliation to ensure within threshold limit
- Verify and process the month end accruals using GRNO report
- Examined the Documents and material to ensure it is line with the budget and approvals
- Review the Documents and ensure the Purchase Requisition (PR) in line with correct GL codes
- Serving as primary contact for all leave of absence requests and coordinating with employees on leaves and plan accordingly to ensure process runs without any disturbance
- Present the HRNO report to the onshore team for the review
- Monitoring the KPI, SLA to better of process
- Review SOP and updates where it is required
- Regular connect with onshore team, understand their requirement, and deliver the same
- Engagement SPOC – helping the team for well being activities
- Implemented quality control measures, resulting in increased accuracy in project deliverables.
- Developed training programs to improve team performance and employee engagement.
- Led cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency and streamline processes.
- Analyzed workflow data to identify areas for improvement and drive strategic initiatives.
- Managed client relationships, ensuring satisfaction and fostering long-term partnerships.
- Facilitated regular meetings to align team objectives with organizational goals.
- Coordinated project timelines and resources, optimizing task execution across teams.
- Mentored junior staff, promoting professional development and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
- Maintained a clean, safe, and organized store environment to enhance the customer experience.
- Developed strong working relationships with staff, fostering a positive work environment.
- Monitored cash intake and deposit records, increasing accuracy, and reducing discrepancies.
- Oversaw daily cash reconciliations, ensuring accurate financial reporting and minimizing discrepancies.
Finance Analyst – Control Expert
AB InBev GCC Services India Pvt Ltd
02.2021 - 03.2024
- Finance Control expert role for Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands
- Payroll accounts review and report to the management for Belgium entities
- Processing of Intercompany invoices - Goods and services
- Collaborated with treasury team to ensure timely payment netting and clearing process of intercompany invoices
- Analyzed and improved the metrics (KPI's) for purchase to pay process
- Perform monthly GRNI (Goods received not invoiced) reconciliation to ensure within threshold limit
- Perform Monthly Sales and Markup reconciliation to ensure zero difference
- Collaborated with Transfer Pricing team and cleared the differences which found in sales and markup reconciliation
- Monitor Delivery to invoice to report to ensure no aged items
- Prepare and Cascade Intercompany Open PO report to OTC team to trigger the invoice
- Calculate the royalty for the specific brands to the region
- Perform monthly non-allocated accounts and recharge with respective cost center or region
- Month end and quarter end closing activities for SAP & COGNOS reporting
- SAP vs IT2 recon, SAP vs COGNOS reconciliation, COGNOS forms update
- Review of Intercompany balances and clearing the intercompany difference
- Adhere the MICS controls and review them regularly to update Auditors
- Perform monthly Balance sheet GL account Reconciliations using Black line tool
- After performing the reconciliation work on the action Plan and aged items to resolve the issues and differences
- This helps before the results for the next month reported in Cognos
- Continuously working on Process improvements, Automation, and Ideas this helps to eliminate the manual work, streamline the process, and identify the efficiency
- Regular connect with onshore team, understand their requirement, and deliver the same
- Involved on Targets and KPI's to improve the process and efficiency
- Like MJE reduction, reconciliations
- SPOC for Ops Excellence program and Engagement which helps to drive the process effectively and efficiently
- Preparing various trackers like open items, activity bible, reconciliation schedule to monitor the process well and betterment
- Monitor Journal entries that used to get upload in Guru ticketing tool and resolving client related queries in a timely manner
- Create Power BI dashboards to analyze the data, reports comparison, Visualizations, decision making & trend analysis
- Publish the reconciliation status report to the team to know where they are standing to meet the deadline
- This will help team to accelerate or plan to complete the recons to meet SLA
- Key Achievement: Rectify the payroll automation issue to avoid manual intervention
- Reduced the number of journals and simplify the process
- Recognized and reward for the right approach initiated
- Recognized and reward for aged item cleanup
- Recognized and reward for supporting for smooth audit
- Involved in Compliance to Excellence project (Investment control, Dividend) for Netherland Entities and its successfully signed off
- Involved Master Data recon Project –aged items cleanup
- Improved and created a Macro template to reduce the time in extraction from SAP
Senior Associate: General Ledger
Capgemini Technology Services PVT LTD
03.2017 - 12.2020
- Processing Journal Entries and perform accounting corrections to ensure accurate records
- Preparation of production order report (ERS) to the plant to confirm the order
- Publish Daily sales report to the senior Management
- Regular connect with onshore team, understand their requirement, and deliver the same
- Prepare and Cascade Intercompany Open PO report
- Perform monthly Balance sheet GL account Reconciliations using Black line tool
- Month end and Quarter end closing activities for SAP & HFM reporting
- Preparation and Finalization of monthly MIS reports to the management, Such as COUPA report, FDM (Financial Data management) and HFM (Hyperion Financial Management)
- Continuously working on Process improvements, Automation, and Ideas this helps to eliminate the manual work, streamline the process, and identify the efficiency
- Intercompany Processing of Intercompany invoices - Goods and services
Finance Assistance (Contractor)
Tejashwini Enterprises
12.2015 - 03.2017
- Managed accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable
- Preparation of monthly tax report TDS, CST and VAT payable to the Government
- Preparing GTA (Service Tax) report at the month end
- Preparation of reconciliation report of Invoices to C-form, H-form and submit to the government
- Preparation of Open PO report to the management
- Liaised with bankers regarding Import and Export Financial Transactions
- Supporting in Internal SOX audit report and presented to Auditors with audit samples
- Review Intercompany balances and align with the counter parties to ensure no differences after close
- Prepare of GRNI report to the management
- Fixed Assets Setting up of Capital Projects in SAP on requests
- Capitalization of Assets and Order settlement
- Monitor Depreciation of Assets
- Prepare advance Depreciation for Order and journalized
- Process of Transfer of Assets
- Process of Retirement/Disposal of assets
- Reconciliation of FA registers
- Key Achievement: Received Rising Star award for quick and adaptable for the situation
- Recognized and received award for an Excellence in performance
- Client – Office Depot (US)
- Recognized and received award outstanding contribution towards Quarter close
- Delivered ideas to automate the process
Executive and Management
Ideal Shore India Pvt Ltd
08.2013 - 12.2015
- Scheduling meetings and arranging the calls with candidates.
- Coordinating with the government officials to get the necessary certificates and ensuring with labor laws
- Managing Payroll and benefits.
- Employees on-boarding and off-boarding tasks.
- Handling invoices and tracking daily expenses.
Education
B, COM - Taxation
GIMDS (Global Institute for Management and Development Studies)
PUC - HEBA
D Bannumaiah college
SSLC - undefined
LHS (Lalitha High School)
Skills
Responsive to new challenges
Budgeting and analysis
Reporting accuracy
Inventory oversight
Process optimization expertise
Operational improvement methods
Collaborative team development
Cross-functional collaboration
Employee motivation strategies
Accomplishments
- Rectify the payroll automation issue to avoid manual intervention.
- Reduced the number of journals and simplify the process.
- Recognized and reward for the right approach initiated.
- Recognized and reward for aged item cleanup.
- Recognized and reward for supporting for smooth audit.
- Involved in Compliance to Excellence project (Investment control, Dividend) for Netherland Entities and its successfully signed off.
- Involved Master Data recon Project –aged items cleanup.
- Improved and created a Macro template to reduce the time in extraction from SAP.
- Received Rising Star award for quick and adaptable for the situation.
- Recognized and received award for an Excellence in performance. Client – Office Depot (US)
- Recognized and received award outstanding contribution towards Quarter close.
- Delivered ideas to automate the process.
Extra-Curricular Activities
Secured Third place in Pratibha Karangi for making of Volcano Mountain. Participated in Scouts and Guides and in one of the events which is 100 Years centenary award for the best Skit. Awarded best Management Team in one of the Fest organized by the Alumni of TTL college of Mysore. Awarded Best Rotaractor (Rotary Club of Mysore) in one of the Zonal conferences organized by Chamundi Zone RID 3180. Funding and organizing the events. Secured Third place in Pratibha Karangi for making of Volcano Mountain. Participated in Scouts and Guides and in one of the events which is 100 Years centenary award for the best Skit. Awarded best Management Team in one of the Fest organized by the Alumni of TTL college of Mysore. Awarded Best Rotaractor (Rotary Club of Mysore) in one of the Zonal conferences organized by Chamundi Zone RID 3180. Funding and organizing the events.
Certification
Excel Macro and Visual Basics for Beginners, LinkedIn learning
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Genpact India Private LTD
05.2024 - Current
Finance Analyst – Control Expert
AB InBev GCC Services India Pvt Ltd
02.2021 - 03.2024
Senior Associate: General Ledger
Capgemini Technology Services PVT LTD
03.2017 - 12.2020
Finance Assistance (Contractor)
Tejashwini Enterprises
12.2015 - 03.2017
Executive and Management
Ideal Shore India Pvt Ltd
08.2013 - 12.2015
SSLC - undefined
LHS (Lalitha High School)
PUC - HEBA
D Bannumaiah college
B, COM - Taxation
GIMDS (Global Institute for Management and Development Studies)
Applications used
- Accounting Applications-
- Quick Books
- Oracle
- SAP Hana and SAP Ariba
- Reporting Applications-
- Excel
- HFM
- Cognos
- Anaplan
- Power bi
- Tableau