Manas Taluja

Results-driven Finance Controller with over 15 years of experience in financial planning, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, compliance, and business partnering. Proven expertise in managing finance teams, improving financial processes, reducing costs, and ensuring compliance with GAAP/IFRS. Strong leadership skills with experience supporting executive decision-making through financial analysis and strategic planning.
• Handled 3 entities I, e, M Monks, Mighty hive and Mavericks India
• Compliance with Government law and Media Monks policies and procedures.
• Compliance with the minimum controls and driving monthly books.
• Monitor cash flow and optimize working capital.
• Corporate, Tax, Legal and Treasury matters and coordination with external auditors and corporate functions.
• Closely with the APAC Finance team, Group Finance team in Netherlands and UK and manage the outsourced provider in India.
• Responsible for Billing, revenue recognition and collection.
• Monthly review of the P&L and Balance Sheet and ensure account reconciliations of balance sheet items
• Review of Budgets, rolling forecast, variance analysis and ledger scrutiny
• Review of EBIDTA, Gross Margin and Net Margin
• Provide leadership and oversee statutory, tax and management reporting
• P2P and OTC billing, management and dispute resolution.
• Control and review of intercompany reconciliations
• Drives the fixed assets management and accounting process

Growth Path: Joined as Manager, and rose to the position of Associate Director, Controllership in Apr’21
Key Result Areas:
• Ensuring month-end, quarter-end, year-end reporting processes and supporting preparation of financial statements and Balance sheets recon
• Helping in preparation and review of consolidated reporting package for APAC and ANZ for sharing with US corporate team on quarterly basis.
• Comprehensive reviews of contracts and approvals of journals in Blackline and SAP, including reconciliations of WHT and GST recons
• Reviewing variances in balance sheet and P&L statements, delivering comprehensive findings and preparing presentation to CFO/CEO
• Performing in-depth analysis of AR (Debt) aging for free cash flow requirement, CECL, and revenue reports from SAP to derive valuable insights for strategic decision-making.
• Implementation of OTT application for D+ and HBO max available in Play store and the accounting for unbilled, deferred and revenue
• Assist in review of Quarterly/annual Consolidated financial statement and Standalone Financial statement of Group Companies to meet global and statutory requirements as per US GAAP, IFRS and Indian GAAP.
• Managing content delivery with cost accounting & amortization, accounting for customer marketing costs and expenses in accordance with the contract
• Supervising technical accounting support and issues related to US GAAP, IFRS, SEC, SOX compliances, Control over statutory financial reporting etc.
• Accounting for new transactions including preparation of accounting memos and provide guidance on accounting & reporting matters across Group and US tax compliance thereon
• Review of process documentation and Risk Control Matrix (RCM) of all the Group Companies for IFC /ICFR Compliance.
• Review of Budgets, rolling forecast, variance analysis and ledger scrutiny
• Liaising with auditors and internal teams to ensure compliances within expected timelines for group and local audit firm (i.e. PWC)
• Maintaining chart of accounts for US, global and local reporting and responsible for statutory audit for all the entities of APAC (including India)
• Ensuring strict adherence to SEC reporting, controls under SOX and IFC, leading comprehensive audits for both US and local entities
• Successfully concluding accounting processes for mergers, acquisitions( ASC 805), seamless balance migrations and project management

• Contributed to the Airtel assignment in Deloitte
• Conducted thorough reviews of financial statements
• Performed thorough reviews of internal controls and audits
• Managed tax compliances, revenue assurance, deferred tax calculation for Africa entities, etc.
• Worked on the consolidation in main entity of Bharti Airtel
• Review of Audit reports, CARO and Income tax audit reports
• Provided valuable insights on tax cases post tax reviews and preparation of deferred taxes

Growth Path:
Aug’10-Aug’11: Qualified Trainee, Sep’11-Mar’14: Associate
Apr’14-Mar’17: Assistant Manager, Apr’17-Nov17: Manager
Key Result Areas:
• Performed comprehensive analytical procedures on financial statements and variance analytical procedure for Balance Sheet and statement of P&L
• Reviewing order to cash (OTC) and Purchase to pay (PTP) from end to end.
• Prepared inventory physical verification reports and reviewed for valuation
• Conducted detailed review of Internal Controls, Entity Level Controls and Internal Auditor Reports
• Worked on certification as required from RBI, FEMA or other laws.
• Managed payroll audits which included checking of payroll accuracy, Full and Final and multiple compliances