Sarika Singh, Assistant General Manager Finance & Accounts

Sarika Singh

Assistant General Manager Finance & Accounts

POLYCAB WIRES PVT LTD

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Accounting and Management
Experience
21 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 1 Months

Assistant General Manager Finance & Accounts at POLYCAB WIRES PVT LTD
  • India
  • My current job since May 2017

Polycab is a leading company in the electrical industry with a glorious track record of over 4 decades. It has the reputation of being the fastest growing company in the Indian Cable sector. Its manufacturing set-up is state-of-the-art, from world renowned suppliers of machinery and technology. My experience at Polycab primarily includes following;

Responsibilities:

•Closing of books of account and finalization of Financial Statement as per IND AS & IGAAP
•Preparation of consolidated financial statements of group companies
•Conducting management testing for compliance of Internal Control over financial reporting preparation of final report to Statutory auditors
•Drafted Schedule of Authority and key polices for the Company
•Core team member while implementing Goods and Service Tax in the Company
•Preparation of Annual business plan and rolling monthly budget
•Checking and analysis of monthly expense and provisioning of expenses
•Performed reconciliation of all payroll costs with financials
•Handling financial matters including Working Capital Management, Ratio Analysis & Cash Flow
Analysis
•Preparation of MIS reports to provide feedback to top management on financial performance
Quarterly basis
•Analysing aged debtors, creditors, General ledger review and expense sheet
•Performed excise reconciliation of last two years of the Company

Senior Manager / Internal Audit Supervisor at BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED
  • India - Delhi
  • November 2015 to May 2017

I worked in the Corporate Assurance Group that provided assurance services to Bharti Airtel Limited- India & Africa. The domain of my work included internal audits review of the design and operating effectiveness of various processes like finance statement closure procedures (MIS), procurement, HR and payroll, fixed Assets, insurance, Banking operations, taxation and various statutory compliances.

Responsibilities:
•Lead as subject matter expert for Finance related reviews of India and Africa operations
•Developed audit plans that address key risks and operational issues, ensuring execution, both in terms of timelines and quality of output
•Conducted Internal Financial Control (IFC) management testing
•Supported audit partner in seeking relevant information from auditee
•Ensuring timely issuance of audit reports as per defined quality parameters
•Manage partner performance to ensure deliverables are met as per agreed SLAs & contractual agreements
•Coordinated with stakeholder, analyzing of data and converting into desired information to management for quarterly Audit Committee meetings
•Completed overseas assignment in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

Deputy General Manager Assurance at ESSAR GROUP
  • India - Mumbai
  • December 2009 to November 2015

•Formulation of Audit Plan and scoping to ensure adequacy of coverage and assurance - cyclical coverage of all companies in Essar Global based on materiality and risk
•Handled the Internal Audit assignment of Essar Steel India Limited with a turnover of more than $ 4 Bn.
•Overseas experience in completing operational and financial reviews of PT ESSAR Indonesia & ESSAR Steel Middle East, Dubai
•Performed Fraud and Forensic audit within organization -
•Tracked the fraudulent transactions performed through
•Scrutinizing bank accounts, cash vouchers, traced telephonic conversations, favored vendors and customers

Senior Manager Internal Audit at Essar Group
  • India - Mumbai
  • December 2009 to March 2014

Responsibilities:

•Conduct the internal audit of Procurement process (Commercial review), mining process, export sales, HR and payroll, inventory management to provide reassurance to ESSAR senior management
•Completed Control Assessment process for five SBUs of Essar Steel India Limited
•Preparation of presentation for Audit Committee and Management Committee
•Conduct the risk assessment of all business processes in consultation with process owner & business heads in order to assess the risk & frame audit plan
•Monitor SOP compliance
•Conducting monthly review of financial statement, EBITDA, capex MIS, sales MIS, insurance MIS, and general ledger scrutiny etc.
•Variance analysis of consolidated financials & restated financials

Manager / Finance Controller at VEDANTA ALUMINIUM LIMITED
  • India
  • April 2006 to December 2009

Responsibilities:
•Preparation of reports under IFRS Guidelines, IGAAP, other corporate reporting (Balance Sheet, P & L & Cash Flows)
•Preparation of Alumina & CPP MIS including costing of the product, fund flow, working capital, profit & costing variance analysis, spend base sheet, consumption reports etc.
•Preparation of Operational Business Plan, Fund Flow & Working Capital
•Preparation of Monthly MTM Reports
•Managing mutual funds investment portfolio of 1200/- Crore. Constantly in contact with different AMC’s and brokers. Daily tracking of returns of Debt market, shuffling, redemption, rollovers and switches.
•Opening up of banking facilities like L/C limit, Bank guarantee limits
•Forex operations include booking/ cancellation / rollover of Forward contracts
•Budget controller for all raw material procurement, capex & spares item
•Overall controller for Physical verification of all raw materials

Article Clerk at M/S ROHATGI & CO. & M/S S.K. BHARTIA & ASSOCIATES
  • India - Delhi
  • April 2002 to March 2005

Statutory, Internal & Tax Audits of Manufacturing, Trading & Service Sectors
•Bank audit - Both Internal & Statutory audit
•Audit- Internal, Statutory and Tax
•Tax Computation, Planning and Compliance
•Finance MIS- Preparation, Cash flow analysis, Variance-Analysis and Validation

Education

Master's degree, Accounting and Management
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • November 2005
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at University of Ranchi
  • March 2003
High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at Central Board Secondary Education
  • May 2001

Specialties & Skills

FINANCIAL AUDITS
Treasury Management
Financial Reporting
Internal Audit
Budgeting
Accounting
INTERNAL AUDIT
RISK MANAGEMENT
FRAUD & FORENSIC
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
ACCOUNTING
CONTROL ASSESSMENT
HEDGING
RISK ASSESSMENT
FINANCIAL CONSOLIDATION
FINANCIAL REPORTING
INTERNAL ASSURANCE
INTERNAL CONTROLS
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
BANKING & TREASURY
BUDGETING
BUSINESS PLANS
CASH FLOW
FINANCE
PROCUREMENT
TAX PLANNING
ESTIMATION

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Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Oracle (Training)
Training Institute:
On job training at Polycab WIres Pvt. Ltd
Date Attended:
July 2017
Duration:
20 hours
SAP – FI/CO & MM Module (Training)
Training Institute:
On job training at Vedanta Limited
Date Attended:
August 2007
Duration:
60 hours
IFRS Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010