SAP FI
Vikram Singh
Finance Director
New Delhi,DL
Summary
Experienced finance professional with 20+ years of expertise in financial operations and strategic planning. Known for creating collaborative team environments and delivering results in dynamic settings. Proven skills in financial analysis, transition management, process standardization, and improvement. Strong leadership abilities and adaptability that consistently drive organizational success.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Director of Finance
Congruex Asia Pacific LLP
01.2021 - Current
- Profitability analysis of various entities on monthly basis
- Consolidation of financials of all the subsidiary companies
- Finalization of financial statement of 6 entities
- Governance of month end close cycles of all the entities
- Leading the innovation / standardization projects by the finance team
- Designing / documenting processes of various roles
- Managed a high-performing finance team, providing guidance and mentorship to foster professional growth and development.
- Streamlined financial reporting processes by implementing more efficient software systems and optimizing data management.
- Improved internal controls and risk management strategies to safeguard company assets and minimize potential losses.
Sr. Manager
EXL Service Pvt Ltd.
06.2018 - 01.2021
- Onsite transition of FP&A, GL accounting and Billing & Collection process from Singapore.
- Budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, market / peer analysis and flash reporting.
- Managing a team of 23 people i.e. monthly reviews, annual appraisals, attrition management.
- Working on reduction of language barriers for accounts payable process of Thailand.
- Ensuring monthly SLAs are met and tasks are delivered according to contracts, by the team members.
- Driving efficiency gain by process transformation, re-engineering and evaluating automation ideas.
- Maintaining documentation for operation guidelines, BCP, performance assurance audit etc.
- Ensuring all the compliance trainings and guidelines are adhered by the team members.
- Ensure there is no revenue leakage for the account and all team members are productive.
- Reviewing month end journal entries, financial statements and commentary on monthly movements.
- Quarterly reporting of Solvency, US GAAP and Spanish GAAP.
- Hiring and aligning resources to various other teams.
- Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliver high-quality results.
Manager
Quatrro Business Support Solutions.
10.2015 - 05.2017
- Monthly review, delivery and discussions of monthly financial statements with US automobile and hospitality clients.
- Preparing AOP, annual budgets and forecast for various clients.
- Variance and trend analysis for cost V/S budget and forecast.
- Supervising AR team closely to keep track of invoicing, royalty calculation and booking, collection follow ups and frequent review of aging reports.
- Ensuring period SLAs are met by the operations team specifically for month end close activities.
- Transition (FTE planning, Onboarding of new clients to own accounting platforms, setup COA, training and handover the financials delivery to the operations team, monthly billing).
- Monitoring accounts payable team to ensure smooth and timely payments to vendors.
- Month end close activities (standard and ad-hoc journals, accruals, prepayments, US GAAP Adjustments, B/S reconciliations)
- Weekly reporting of various client’s financials delivery status.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
Manager
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
08.2014 - 10.2015
- Remote transition of FP&A process from US client.
- Prepare Annual Operating Plan (Budget) and monthly forecasts.
- UAT of new budgeting and reporting tool (One BI).
- Analyzing product survey reports and participating in strategic decisions.
- Analyzing key movements in trends and investigating the variances to budget / forecast.
- Perform industry / peer to peer analysis.
- Monthly reporting and presentations on any issues, risks & opportunities.
- Management Reporting and Dash Board maintenance.
- Perform month end closing of books, posting BAU and ad-hoc management journals.
- Drive various Process efficiencies through standardization of activities.
Assistant Manager
Genpact India Ltd.
02.2009 - 02.2014
- Onsite transition of FP&A and GL accounting process from UK and US.
- Budgeting & forecasting on monthly, quarterly and annual basis and reviewing with top management.
- Perform month end closing of books, posting BAU and ad-hoc management journals.
- Standardization of Journal Entry templates and reconciliation templates.
- Flash reporting comprises of analysis of periodic variance presenting commentary on P&L movements.
- Financial statements analysis and discussion with clients.
- Managed employee work assignments, evaluations, training, HR related issues, escalation handling.
- Managed new joiners by developing an extensive training program to ensure smooth knowledge transfer.
- Cross-trained team to consistently meeting SLAs and improving employee engagement.
- Handling audits, assuring compliance with client’s policies and procedures, mitigating risk.
- Preparing and updating documentation (standard operating procedures) for all activities.
- Raising intercompany invoices, preparing monthly reconciliation.
- Preparing balance sheet reconciliations, Payroll reconciliation, SL to GL reconciliation etc.
- Cost center, GL and internal order management and maintenance in SAP.
- Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs, and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
Sr. Accounting Specialist (AP and QC)
OSC Export Services Pvt. Ltd
03.2007 - 01.2009
- Remote transition of Accounts payable process from 3 different countries.
- Worked in Accounts payable process of UK, Germany & Asia client with a team of 12 members.
- Tracking the common mailbox and assigning work to respective team members.
- Training and knowledge transfer of various processes to the other team members.
- Month end closing of sub-ledgers in Oracle for all AP’s in Asia, Dubai & Russia.
- Passing accrual journals, inter-office journals and rectification journals.
- Quality checking of invoices processed by team members on daily basis.
- Reconciliation of GL vs payable accounts for all AP’s in Asia, Dubai & Russia.
- Making dummy payments for the invoices directly paid by client office and sending daily report to client.
- Processing vendor invoices and employee’s expense reimbursement claims.
Accountant (AP)
Shivam Imports & Trading Pvt. Ltd.
10.2003 - 03.2007
- Reimbursement of travel expenses and processing and payment of travel expenses of employees.
- Processing and payment of supplier invoices for travel costs.
- Preparing quarterly schedules of travel expenses travel advances and other advances to staff.
- Arranging travel advances for local and foreign travels of employees and booking accounting entries.
- Reconciling supplier account balances on monthly basis.
- Creating one time vendor account in master records.
Education
PGDBA - Finance
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
B.Com - Pass
Delhi University
10th & 12th - Delhi
SBV CBSE
Skills
FP&A
Budgeting
Forecasting
Auditing
Closing & Reporting
Standardization
AP/AR
Stakeholder management
Business process improvement
Cost control
Working capital management
Compliance monitoring
Accomplishments
- Received 'Star Award' from client for a smooth year end closing in 2010.
- Received 'Star Award' reducing time of reporting financial statements internally at month end by setting up various time lines for relevant teams.
- Received 'Bronze Award' for best reconciliations from Genpact management.
- Received 'SPARC Award' from Clifford Chance for preparing cash reconciliation in the very first attempt and taking much lesser time than usual.
Skillset
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Closing & Reporting
- Standardization and process improvements
- SAP FI
- Oracle-11i
- Great Plains
- Quickbooks
- Hyperion
Software
Oracle 11i
Hyperion
MS Dynamic 365
Quickbooks
Timeline
Director of Finance
Congruex Asia Pacific LLP
01.2021 - Current
Sr. Manager
EXL Service Pvt Ltd.
06.2018 - 01.2021
Manager
Quatrro Business Support Solutions.
10.2015 - 05.2017
Manager
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
08.2014 - 10.2015
Assistant Manager
Genpact India Ltd.
02.2009 - 02.2014
Sr. Accounting Specialist (AP and QC)
OSC Export Services Pvt. Ltd
03.2007 - 01.2009
Accountant (AP)
Shivam Imports & Trading Pvt. Ltd.
10.2003 - 03.2007
B.Com - Pass
Delhi University
10th & 12th - Delhi
SBV CBSE
PGDBA - Finance
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning