Oct 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · India

• Business Leader in Telecommunications sector, performing end-to-end F&A, Procurement Operations, Analytics and Supply Chain Management services. Key responsibilities include:
• Managing executive relationship with C suite
• Generating value to client by executing Enterprise Transformation strategies to deliver cost savings for CFOs, Head of GBS
• Develop base growth strategies – cross-sell/ up-sell
• Set-up Innovation Centre
• Leading Quarterly Steering Committee/ Business Review Meetings
• Service Delivery for current operations

Apr 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Sr. General Manager (SVP); Business Leader for multiple Travel F&A accounts, performing:
•  Procure To Pay – AP, T&E
•  Record To Report - General Accounting and Reconciliations, Management/ Statutory Reporting
•  Order To Cash – Billing, Collections, Cash Application, Credit Management
• Key responsibilities include:
•  Leading Quarterly Steering Committee/ Business Review Meetings with client CFO(s);
•  Seamless Service Delivery for current operations;
•  Drive Transformation, generate business impact - Consolidation/ Standardization of processes
•  Set-up Travel F&A Centres Of Excellence; drive internal benchmarking
•  Drive hunting and Farming Strategies for Travel
•  Prepare and front-end RFP’s
•  Leading transitions across Globe

Feb 2016 – Oct 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• General Manager (VP); Business Leader for Travel F&A accounts, performing:
• Procure To Pay – AP, T&E
• Record To Report - General Accounting and Reconciliations, Management/ Statutory Reporting
• Order To Cash – Billing, Collections, Cash Application, Credit Management
• Key responsibilities include:
• Seamless Service Delivery for current operations
• Drive Transformation Initiatives and generate business impact
• Set-up Travel F&A COEs (Centre Of Excellence) – Airline, Hotel, OTA & TMC
• Drive internal benchmarking
• Drive hunting and Farming Strategies for Travel
• Prepare and front-end RFPs
• Leading transitions across Globe
• Consolidation and Standardization of processes, in line with blueprint

Feb 2014 – Feb 2016 · 2 yrs

• Intercompany Finance Centre Director (Business Leader) for a leading international insurance organization serving Property Casualty, Life Insurance and Retirement Services.
• Portfolio consists:
• Set-up Intercompany Finance Centre Of Excellence
• Conducted Solutioning
• Leading transitions across Globe (currently EMEA in Phase 1)
• Consolidation and standardization of processes, in line with blueprint
• Stabilizing and Managing Operations & team
• Building best-in-class Intercompany operations & reporting

Sep 2011 – Feb 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Global Operations Leader (Business Leader) for a leading General Insurance, Life Insurance, Banking, Superannuation and Investment brands in Australia and New Zealand.
• Set up B/KPO account, conducted due diligence/ solutioning, review & finalise MSA, SOW, R&C framework. Owner of ~ $7.5 M P&L with large teams located in India; Portfolio consisted:
• F&A– AP, T&E, Fixed Assets, GA and Recs, Taxation (TEA), Statutory, Regulatory, Mgmt. Reporting
• Procurement Ops – PO Transaction, Contract / Catalogue Administration, Category Mgmt., eRFx
• Procurement Analytics - Spend Analytics, Due Diligence, Benefit Summary & Category Reports, KPI Dashboards, Supplier Risk Analysis, Market Intelligence, Supplier Performance Mgmt.
• ITO – Oracle Application Management Support, IT Helpdesk, IT Project Support

Jul 2010 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Operations Leader for F&A processes, managing a large team for a leading US Bank
• Accounts Payable, Procurement Operations, Travel & Expense Audits
• General Accounting and Reconciliation; Management Reporting
• Regulatory Reporting: Quarterly Call reports, Schedule Preparation, Consolidation of Legal Entities
• SEC Reporting: 8K, 10Q & 10 K, Report roll-forwards, Tables and Footnotes insertions

May 2007 – Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• F&A Operations/ Transitions Manager for a leading US Bank
• Accounts Payable, Travel & Expense Audits
• General Accounting and Reconciliation; Management Reporting
• Regulatory Reporting: Quarterly Call reports, Schedule Preparation

May 2000 – May 2007 · 7 yrs · New Delhi Area, India

• Handled diverse profiles in F&A processes:
• Accounts Payable – Vendor Payment processing, Vendor maintenance, Quality review, GL reconciliations, posting JE’s, and Internal Audits
• Business system support – Supporting business for maintaining mainframe systems and driving enhancements partnering with IT, preparing UAT scripts, online screen set-ups & supporting the SIT
• Reporting & analytics – Dashboard preparation and presentation to the top management, Region-wise scorecards with executive summary, Process Performance Forecasting Model
• Special projects – Developed MS Access based Quality review tool, clearing & troubleshooting CPC rejects, Improvement in GL recs ageing, Spin-off of AEFA payment processes to Ameriprise