Project Finance Manager
Accenture Inc
Total years of experience :11 years, 11 Months
• Partner with leaders to develop annual financial business plan which gain buy-in
• Lead across geographies, multi-year clients with more than $100 million in revenue from pricing, revenue management to closure of the contracts
• Lead QA, MBR, QBR, Recovery Plans, Sales Report, FY and 3Y plans to management and leadership.
• Appraise financial risks, monthly variance of financial, interpret financial metrics and provide recommendations on financial impacts of different variables to leadership.
• Coordinate global leads on financial health of projects, lead client communication.
• Simplified communication to executive management through standardized decks and reports
• Support full financial cycle from Pricing, Sales Booking, Invoicing, Forecasting, Variance analysis, Cost Management and Revenue Recognition
• Ensured project timelines are met for month close including resources forecast, costs, expenses, accruals, billing and revenue recognition.
• Owned engagement metrics to measure project financial health against KPI’s.
• Lead a team of 4 resources, look after career development and professional development.
• Cash Management and Treasury functions of over 1 billion $ in liquidity.
• Reviewed and published Treasury Accounting (Bank Reconciliation) statements daily and monthly.
• Ensured accurate and timely Wire Transfers to vendors and statutory bodies within 30 days maintaining robust internal controls.
• Maintained and managed effective communication with banks with respect to Foreign Exchange, Loan, Interest Payments and management of bank accounts.
• Identified and implemented strategies to establish a strong system of internal controls and ensure that all requirements of intercompany policies and auditors are met.
• Prepare Journal entries to post before month end.
• Developed and prepared Monthly Treasury Reports such as KPI’s, SLA’s, Cash Forecasting Variance analysis report and 16-week forecasting report.
• Collaborated with various stakeholders to ensure meeting all obligations as per Cash Forecast.
• Managed Process enhancement projects which resulted in increased process efficiency and reduction of errors.
• Managed and consolidated Treasury function of various subsidiaries across the globe to a service center in Bangalore, India which reduced headcount by 30% and savings by over $ 5M
• Analyzed SWIFT messages (payment instructions) per key operating procedures.
• Repaired & approved SWIFT MT 103 (International customer payments) and MT 202 (bank-to-bank payments).
• Performed investigation of rejected payments and queries of customers in relation with payments.
• Trained new hires in using in house banking software (DBDirect) and SWIFT system.
• Performed risk and compliance audits of Payments for Team.
• Published MIS reports like KPI, SLA and Volume tracker monthly.
• Handled Process enhancement projects which led to increase of straight through processing of payments and reduce headcount by 3.