Jan 2019 – Mar 2025 · 6 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad

• Record to Report: (Corporate Accounting – Close & Consolidation)
• Transitioned the record to report accounting of International and US entities to India COE
• Leading the record to report accounting operations in India with team of 14 FTE including 3 people managers
• Handling accounting verticals PP&E (Capital & Infra), Functionals areas (Prepaid, Accruals), Consolidations (Cost plus/Transfer pricing invoicing), Cash & Bank with entire Opex close along with HQ office
• Month-end reporting, BS reconciliation, Fluxes and CAO review meeting owing end to end responsibility of Fixed Assets, Prepaids & Current liabilities
• Liaise with IT, Product team (System/Tech support) team on system optimization and new process implementation, RPA utilization.
• Accounting and governance, review of convention, threshold, policies & guidelines
• Handling the internal and statutory audits

Nov 2005 – Dec 2018 · 13 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru

• Record to Report: (General Ledger and Month close):
• Transitioned the general accounting activities of UK and European entities to Ind Support center.
• Monthly review of accounts and positing accruals for open commitments.
• Amortization of prepayments.
• Liaise with service providers (legal, tax, accounting, facilities, travel agency) to provide unbilled in getting accrued in books.
• Inter-company cross charge acceptance and charge/payback.
• Clearing AUC accounts, capitalization of assets and running depreciation monthly.
• Completion of month-end activities and close of books per Corporate calendar
• Balance sheet recons monthly and quarterly in getting them uploaded into Corporate Dashboard
• Maintaining monthly cash forecast and monitoring the cash requirements with treasury team
• Handling the internal and statutory audits.
• Accounts Payable:
• Leading the Accounts Payable function supporting the operations of India, Europe and US regions.
• Managing the employee business travel and expense report processing and payments for India, Europe and US employees.
• Transitioned the AP activities from different UK and European offices to Bangalore.
• Automation of payments through HSBC for India and European operations.
• Alignment of Accounts payable with Global accounting practices and standard operating procedures.
• As people manager to a team of 16 full-time employees including two people Managers, ensuring continuous feedbacks and mentoring to help achieve diverse aspirational goals through realistic but stretch targets, while maintaining a spirit of teamwork.
• Key member of the Audit team and ensured closure of audits without any qualifications.
• Review of BS Recons within timelines and specific emphasis on supporting documentation, notes, explanations and drive closure of open items without getting them aged.
• Automation of Invoicing processing using AI (OCR technology) and interfacing with SAP system.
• Implemented the forensic tool for expense report validation with AppZen

Mar 2003 – Nov 2005 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru

• Computation and preparation of payroll for 3000 employees with end to end responsibility of receiving input from HR Team, analysis of inputs, uploading the inputs in to Payroll system, processing the payroll, auditing the input & output, computation of variable pay components and incorporating into paycheck.
• Handled the Induction Program for new joiners and explaining to them the various functions of Payroll Dept., Salary Structures, Basket of Allowances, Income tax rules, etc.
• Preparation of Monthly Journals and Balance sheet schedules.
• Computation of Final Settlement dues and statutory remittances.

Jun 2001 – Mar 2003 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Transitioned the payroll accounting activities from Washington DC to Chennai
• Handled the payroll computation of European and Africa offices.
• Ensured that the SLA agreed with US office is adhered and processing of bi-weekly payroll for employees.
• Sending the payroll final payouts to all different offices in Africa and Europe.
• Collaborating with local accountants in ensuring funds are maintained and timely payouts.
• Reporting of any variance to US HR Ops team for review and reinitiating.
• MIS reporting on need basis to US team.

Feb 1997 – Apr 2001 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru

• Scrutinizing and processing of vendor/other invoices/bills and setting-up for payments.
• Computation, processing and accounting of salaries of Office and Factory employees of 3500.
• Maintained books of accounts pertaining to Provident Fund.
• Monitoring Funds position and making investment for Provident Fund.
• Handled corporate obligation like TDS (vendor & salaries), ESI, and Profession tax.
• Processing of Loans and advances to employees.
• Credit card and travel expense statements of employees.
• Liaising with auditors on statutory audits.