Zaheem Shaikh

Management Reporting:

• Collaborated with the team to support the preparation of Transfer Pricing (TP) working and invoices, ensuring accurate cost allocation for reports, accounting, and payroll functions.
• Preparation of Pnl Variance and cost centre reports for Monthly reporting TP reporting.
• Actively contributed to reporting cost as per the project and Line of business based on the resource allocation report of associates.

Budgetary Controls:

• Played a vital role in analyzing and tracking budget vs actual expenses on a month-on-month bases, providing detailed insights into variances for yearly budget preparation.
• Preparation of actuals cost templates (department wise) for Internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with manager and prepare consolidated budget for management reporting.

Payroll Management:

• Processing Multi State payroll of 550+ employees with 100% accuracy by following end-to-end payroll management collaborating with HR.
• Good Experience of completing Salary compliance such as PF, ESI, PT, MLWF and TDS on salaries.
• A hands-on skilled experience in Indian corporate Payroll from – working on employee IT declaration, employee with holding monthly taxes, POI (proof of Investment submission collection, preparation of consolidated actual salaries for TDS return 24Q filing.
• Involved in Salary structuring of CTC as per the Indian Labour law & other salaries act, to allow employee to get an increase in their take home salary.
• Management of employee queries related to payroll, Taxes, Regimes, benefits, Reimbursement, Salary compliances by
• Good understanding of Employee yearly and interim Appraisals in collaboration with HR.

Accounting Operations

• Skilled in end to end accounting operations, having good expertise in Vendor payments and management, Revenue Accounting, preparation of schedule for Prepaid Amortization, Depreciation, provisions for expenses and monthly expense tracker to track all Online/Fixed expenses.
• My proficiency extends to Salary & Compliances Accounting, and Employee Reimbursement management & Petty Cash Management, with a strategic focus on accuracy and compliance, I contribute and lead team to efficient financial processes and operational optimization.

Statutory Audits

• Facilitated statutory audits by coordinating pre-audit preparations, collaborating seamlessly with external auditors, reviewing, and adjusting financial statements for accuracy and compliance.
• Assessing internal controls and identifying post-audit recommendations to enhance the team for financial reporting processes and ensure regulatory compliance.

GST Compliance

• Understanding of GST law and a hands-on knowledge of GSTR1 and GSTR3B return filing, data preparation, validation, and tax payments.
• Analyzing 2B vs Books monthly, RCM challans, Export & domestic invoicing.
• Coordinating with consultants to ensure the return filed timely.

TDS Compliance

• Understanding of TDS rules and sections and a hands-on knowledge of TDS quarterly return filing, data preparation & validation.
• Analyzing vendors as per the TDS section and deducting the correct percentage.
• Coordinating with consultants to ensure the return filed timely.

Other Operations

• Banking Operations, Current & USD account FRIC & EEFC remittance tracking.
• CS Compliance coordination for AOC4, MGT7, Directors DIN KYCs.
• Negotiation of Corporate Group health insurance with TPA.
• Tracking Directors Travel and preparation of Director’s Expense report.

• Managed entire accounting cycle, including gathering information, preparing documents, finalizing reports and closing books.
• Evaluated and improved accuracy and completeness of financial records.
• Answered phone calls regarding financial matters such as payments due.
• Greeted and assisted visitors, taking messages and directing to appropriate personnel.
• Monitored 4-employee team while handling day-to-day accounting processes and financial accuracy.
• Created a good process to meet regular accounting deadlines
• Reconciled month-end totals for timely and accurate reporting of financial information.
• Prepared journal entries and entered into system using Tally ERP and managed firm Accounting and daily Transactions.