Balasubramaniam Shanmugam

Deputy Manager Reporting and Analytics for UBS Group
 Partnering with the business managers by explaining how the forecast needs to be managed to stay within plan until end of year and also to receive robust headcount and costs from them.
 Examining, Investigating, and Explaining key movements and trends in data, highlight exceptions and providing crucial decision making inputs to management.
 Month end analysis on the actual Vs forecast Variance Analysis & Commentaries
 Providing Flash analysis on costs - various IT cost lines at a function level and supervision on the accounting activities eg: accruals, prepayments, capitalization etc. liaising with Business Managers
 Detailed P&L forecasting including depreciation & amortization.
 Preparation of consolidated Management Information packs outlining the various service delivery costs as well as the development costs
 Reporting the trend analysis for the various cost lines and preparing walk explaining the major movements between full year forecast and Budget.

Transitions:

• Recognized for Onsite project Fixed deal project - Tesco UK Head Office in May 2013

• Leaded Branch Accounting Process Transition from Tesco Hungary in June 2011

Work Performed:

Understanding various systems and identify risk or opportunity

Working closely with IT teams and Categories on support and development activities

Getting credits to category from internal and external

Operation lead for GL - Sales reconciliation, cash and coin reconciliation for Hungary Pre-KT to standardization

Handle Team of 4 numbers, conducting 121, tracking, giving feedbacks, reviews, bragging, attendance etc.,

Prepare (plan), Target & Meet all the Daily, Weekly & Periodic deadlines and mutually agreed ratings.

Share and Implement Best practices to enable better and smarter working environment

Supporting the team of 60+ Members in Compliance, Part of SAP Migration, Training plan etc.,

Team Database maintenance, Operational governance, all forms of trainings (Process, Intra-personal etc.), certification & audit management of SOPs, CAPA, Process related Systems and application Access Control, ,

Monthly Dashboard, SOPs Audit report, New Joiners Mandatory Certifications report, Process Training Certification report, Validating and maintaining Head count file

Competencies in Project Management Admin/coordinator

Perform Project Administrator Role for Project Support to ensure continued management of Project financials.

Help & Support in the application of Business Controls thereby ensuring Compliance, Reporting and Business Requirements;

Develop, review and timely reporting of Financial Management Plan to ensure required margins;

Develop, facilitate & implement Communications across the organization & project teams inclusive of Client and Sub-contractor relationships;

Management of Project Files, Finances, Metrics, Quality against the Time & Cost Schedules

Claim & Expense Management; invoicing; Reconciliations; MIS Reporting; Internal Audit of Financials; Ensuring Compliances & Management reviews; Establishment & Management of Controls

Forecasting, Tracking Actual, Reconciling and Variance Analysis

Weekly & Monthly Labor & Expenses Management reporting.
Maintaining Access Tracker and applying access for the team members

Monthly Self Audit or Desk-check report and Supporting PM on PMR audits on projects Financials.

Transition:

Transition of Accounts Payable Centre of Excellence process from London in Sept 2007

Competencies in Accounts Payable, Cash & Banking and Center of Excellence:

Leading a five member team in Accounts Payable

Client first level contact on Escalating & prioritizing

Networking with Client, Accounts Payable & Receivable, Cash & Bank, Vendor Master & GL Team

Mentor for Accounts Payable, Cash & Banking and Center Of Excellence Activity

Daily Payment run reports to Treasury Team, Tracking payments & Funding activity

Performing BACS, T/T Payments(Urgent Payments), Cheques, Wall Street Payments, EPD Payments Etc.,

Backup creation and updating Knowledge Transfer documentations (Internal)

Processing, Verifying, Allocating and generating Reports in SAP

Handled daily A/P processes; supervised the timely, accurate processing of invoices, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos and payment transactions.

Posting SAP Entries like Cash, Sales & Service Invoices/Credit Note (PO/Non-PO Based); Handling Queries, Signature Verifications, Getting High Value Approvals & Reporting.