Shweta Ahuja

Assistant Manager at American Express

• Egypt
• My current job since June 2007

Managing end-to-end EMEA Capital process & taking care of Migration of roles from UK to India
•GREWE Capital spend is $100m+ of which EMEA region contributes significant % of Capital spend in which Capital compromises of approx 20-25% of GREWE P&L cost base
•Taking care of Construction In Progress for EMEA which has some peculiar features compared to US/JAPA
•Accountable for Reconciling ledgers for EMEA Units with source documents and supports
•Manage downloading of Ledgers from Oracle Essbase which provide additional information plus reconciling previous months entries
•Allocating each ledger entry to relevant project ensuring Project level visibility.
•Involve in preparation of Capital Spend File for circulation to JAPA Finance for MOR update (Monthly) plus preparation of CIP reconciliation file for record purposes and review.
•Also retrieving support for each ledger entry.
•Managing capitalization of completed projects by liaising with EMEA Fixed Assets team.
•Preparing capitalization/expense close out form for submission to EMEA Fixed Assets.
•Performing Meetings/Email exchanges with D&C for updates on projects and updating records as appropriate.
•Updating CIP Queries investigation and resolution.
•Supporting Non-GRE portfolio Business units to close Projects (e.g FES Airports).
•Maintaining regular interaction and discussions with EMEA Fixed Assets team.
•Escalating queries with GFO Senior Manager and regular interface to ensure issues are resolved.
•Interfacing with Finance Accounting teams on all CIP queries.
•Regularly interfacing with EMEA CAR team to address CPC related mis-postings and issues.
•Doing follow-up with Facilities Management team to ensure Facilities projects are Capitalized.
•Providing support on Brighton New Build Capitalization - Detailed reconciliation and queries resolution.
•Preparing Depreciation Variances for WD +4 Flash call with New York as well resolving queries on Depreciation.
•Preparing forward looking Depreciation estimates.
•Preparing Capital Plan and loading to system plus Capital Plan Depreciation Forecast & Manual Adjustment File.

Fixed Assets Accounting as Lead Analyst in GOA (GBS

Assistant Manager at HDFC BANK LTD

• India
• October 2004 to May 2007

Handled general administration of the branch and was accountable for monitoring the overall branch operations including clearing activities, regulatory compliance, Cash Management, Transfers, Demand Draft, Demat, Opex Reduction through Audit related documentation & MIS updation.
•Generated fee income by cross selling through Liabilities Product and Third Party Products like Saving Account, Current Account, NRI Account, Demat Account, Fixed Deposit, SIP, Mutual Fund, Insurance and other products

America Officer

• April 2004 to October 2004

Customer Service Executive at HCL Technologies BPO Services Ltd

• August 2003 to April 2004