Manager (F & A)
PVK Info solutions (P) Ltd.
Total years of experience :25 years, 7 Months
Preparing monthly MIS reports & balance sheet reconciliations.
Analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.
Monitoring revenue and expenses. Consolidation and evaluation of financial data.
Defining accounting policies and procedures. Establishing chart of accounts.
Responsible for operations of the Centralized Admin Department for the group.
Planned and initiated the actions for accommodation requirements as per the Manpower requirements.
Specialization in handling back office operations, inter-office correspondence, confidential mails, quotations.
Capable of managing multiple tasks with an emphasis on retaining quality standards
Ability to quickly assess and prioritize projects and office tasks
Worked with G4S Qatar as Accounts Manager for the period March ‘2015 - Feb ‘2016, reporting to Finance Director.
G4S Plc, is a 100-year-old British multinational company providing manned security, cash handling services, justice services and outsourced business processes related to security and safety risks headquartered in UK. It is the world's largest security company with revenue over £ 500m and 600, 000 employees with operations in 125 countries.
The role involved financial reporting within business & to regional management team in HK.
Responsible for compilation of budgets & forecasts, analyzing the variances thru bridge statements.
Involved in the due diligence valuation process of the G4S Qatar entity for filing the necessary financial statements with the Stock exchange regulator for the ongoing IPO process.
Analyzed & calculated the earnings forecast for next 3 years as required by the external valuators.
Responsible for compiling & submitting the month end close data in SAP BPC tool.
Responsible for preparation of bank guarantee documents, coordinating with the bankers for the reversal of cancelled & expired BG.
Owned Work in Progress, depreciation, uniforms and prepaid cost.
Review weekly cash forecast & preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
Responsible for management fee & royalties’ calculation and remitting the necessary payments.
Responsible for calculation of commission to the debt collectors & heads of departments.
The role involved monitoring the day to day financial transactions.
The Achievements
Streamlined the AP process and reduced the payables to 60 days.
Parked the surplus cash with bankers for higher than market rates.
Identifying, Classifying & passing of re-class entries.
Surprise audits checks of petty cash & fleet management.
Ad-hoc management reporting as need by Finance Director.
The role involved financial reporting within business & to regional management team in Dubai.
Compilation of budgets & forecasts, analyzing the variances thru bridge statements.
Responsible for preparation / review of monthly Balance sheet reconciliations.
Monitoring Cash Flow position in line with schedules and policies to achieve targets of collections.
Review of the monthly accounts to ensure that the transactions are authorized & have been properly recorded.
Implement Accounting systems and processes improvement.
Act as trouble shooter to resolve current accounting & control issues.
Received appreciation from the Regional Finance Director for reconciling & closing the October-2013 on schedule.
“I have reviewed the balance sheet reconciliations and I am pleased to see that all of the accounts are fully reconciled and make sense - well done for getting them so “clean”.
Key Result Areas
As Manager (FP&A) ~ Client: GE Energy - Industrial Solutions (IS)
Preparing Annual Budgets, Forecast & estimates and carrying out detailed analysis reports for the variances.
Analyzing the actual with the estimates & prior year data, figuring out the main drivers for the variance and using analytics data for the preparation of estimates.
Preparation of Monthly Base Cost Reports for Product Management, Commercial Services, Communication & Marketing functions and reporting the drivers of the variances to the Functional Finance Manager.
Identifying:
Expense or the entries which are not related to the business & re-class with appropriate function.
C&B (Salaries) and T&L (Travel & Living) kick-outs in the deferred charges account and passing the necessary rectification entries for the appropriate cost centers.
Leading a team of 10 Employee’s supporting IS business. Handling people issues & motivating the team.
Responsible for the development of individuals in the team by nurturing them to grow within the organization.
Responsible for seeking feedback from customers and conduct regular one on ones & skip meetings.
The Achievements
Essayed a pivotal role in:
Achieving the customer survey VOC (Voice of Customer) score of PASSIVE (8 on a scale of 10) for 2011 which was Detraction (6 on a scale of 10) in 2010.
Designing the template for T&L (Travel & Living) reporting which provided the details by Function / Budget Owner / Traveler Name, which helped the functional heads in controlling the T&L cost.
Provided a Business Impact (BI) of $112k in H1 ’11, which was highly appreciated by the customer.
Weekly sales & backlog reports which included recast as a part of year end activity.
Holds the credit of winning:
The Best Team Award in Q3 Town Hall.
Silver Cheers Award for continuous team performance.
Provided a bottom line impact of $86k by recognizing the open items and rectifying them in 11 ‘Q1.
Received appreciation from the process owner for the Business Impact & timely submission of the reconciliations.
Three Years as Regional Accountant - Central Region managing 7 sales centers with NADEC - Riyadh (KSA). Leading Manufacturer & Supplier of Dairy Products in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Key Result Areas
Responsible for the preparation of Center wise monthly comparative statement for Budget Vs Actual Sales.
Prepared Sales & Cost Benefit Analysis, Rent & Fridge Analysis included Regional Meeting Reports.
Responsible for the reconciliation & completion of Month End closing process for the Central Region.
Calculated Salesman, Supervisor & Manager Monthly Commissions on Sales & Targets.
Instrumental in designing the report for distributing the Sales Budget into Item wise and Route wise.
Prepared and consolidated financial reports for inclusion in the Financial Statements to be submitted to the FC.
Reported to the Regional Management with regard to collections from Customers & Salesman on monthly basis and flagged the Problematic Customers & Salesman.
Dealt with Customers with regard to collection of overdue payments.
Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, coordinated and monitored own work plan and those under supervision.
Trained new Accountants visited Centers & audited the Sales Depots and reported the findings to Financial Controller.
Involved in troubleshooting for the problems reported on a daily basis and resolving all type of issues.
Seven years and Three Months with Millennium Finance Limited Category II Merchant Banker promoted by NRIs having interest in the area of Portfolio Management, Equity Research, Project Financing, Bridge Financing, Investment Consultancy, Advisory Services, Liaison Services.
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) - Finance.
Master of Commerce (M.Com)
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
