PNARENDRA PATIL

*** Spearheading finance functions including determining financial objectives, designing & implementing systems & policies, conducting cost analysis and reporting variances to facilitate internal financial controls

*** Defining and formulating annual budgets and scheduling expenditures; conducting variance analysis to determine difference between projected figures & actual expenditure and implementing corrective action

*** Managing the monthly financial close process, including ensuring all costs incurred are properly recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance reconciliations and report preparation

*** Establishing corporate goals, short / long-term budgets; designing business plans / strategies for maximizing profitability & revenue generation & realizing corporate goals

*** Designing & implementing systems, policies & procedures to facilitate internal financial and process controls & cost management; managing the liaison and effective completion of internal, statutory and external audits; setting of Finance Function including establishing financial controls, systems, policies, procedures & training as per new regulations

*** Reconciling accounts, creating, documenting, and posting complex journal entries; recording various intercompany transactions & cost allocations

*** Analyzing and approving Journals, Payments, and Expenses to ensure these are recorded appropriately on monthly basis

*** Leading and heading the Accounting Team and ensuring compliance to the defined accounting policies and procedures

*** Monitoring and participating in daily activities involving follow-up, taking escalated calls, emails and works to resolve open issues

*** Supporting internal & external audits by providing information & answers to Auditors; conducting internal audit of transactions, where necessary

*** Attending internal / statutory / government audit; evaluating the internal control systems with a view to highlight shortcomings & implementing recommendations made by Internal Auditors

*** Preparing reports and analyses on compliance and adverse trends along with appropriate recommendations or conclusions

*** Adhering to accounting controls by following policies & procedures in compliance with legal & regulatory requirements

*** Steering day-to-day processing of Accounts Payable (AP) transactions to ensure that organizational finances are maintained in an effective, up-to-date and accurate manner

*** Supervising operations of the Accounts Receivable (AR) section with focus on ensuring efficient processing (payment allocation, reconciliation and month-end reporting) of company receivables through SAP and timely collection in accordance to company policies

*** Coordinating and following-up with customers and sales teams for the collection of overdue / long outstanding accounts

*** Evaluating over/underpayment; initiating return of overpayments and issuing letter requests/inquiries to customers with underpayments or those with unauthorized deductions

*** Developing / recommending operating policies and procedures for the Accounts Receivable (AR) section

**********SAP B1 HANA RELATED :

*** Understanding of the integration with various modules

*** Testing the developments done to ensure smooth running in the organization

*** Planning & conducting training to end users

*** Managing master data

*** Understanding the issues faced by end users on day to day basis and provide solution to their satisfaction

*** Controlling SAP B1 Hana along with report generation through query as per requirement

*** Ensuring all accounting entries are posted ad properly accounted into SAP

*** Understanding the Functional requirements of various Planning, budgeting and project management process

*** Maping the end user requirement with standard functionalities available in SAP

*** Carry out configuration in SAP system to meet the end user requirements