Group Finance Director
Global Hotel Alliance
Total des années d'expérience :11 years, 5 Mois
Career progression: Accounts Receivable Accountant to Group Senior Accountant to Group Finance Manager to Group Finance Director
Achievements:
• Awarded ‘Employee of the Year’ in 2015 and 2018 for exemplary performance and under my leadership, my team won ‘Team of the Year’ in 2019
• Improved employee benefits, without increasing company costs through introduction of Bonusly, new wellness allowance, birthday & parking benefits, office health screenings & consultations, etc.
• Helped secure new revenue streams & negotiated better contract terms
• Implemented the NetSuite ERP successfully company-wide, replacing all old and manual processes, along with Jedox EPM.
• Automated invoicing that was previously done manually, through the integration of a new Billing Module system and automated reporting through the implementation of Power BI.
• Significantly improved receivables aging across all 4 entities of the Group each year
• Merged group entities, transferred business activities and liquidated a Swiss entity successfully
• Facilitated the complete revamp and upgrade of the company’s main revenue segment of the Loyalty program to a new & improved Loyalty program, offering suggestions, improvements, testing & implementation.
Optimized resource utilization through recruitment, orientation & training of the Finance team.
Review of monthly & quarterly billing across all four Company entities after revenue protection analysis.
Responsible for payroll, bonus, EOSB & KPI incentive calculations & pay-out.
VAT accounting & returns filing, with management of the tax audit for our Swiss & UAE entities.
Preparation of P11D Tax Forms for UK employees.
Review & approve weekly payment runs and bank reconciliations.
Improved performance in AR each year through management of processes related to Credit Control.
Monthly preparation of collections & revenue reports, cash flow forecasting & customer ROI reports.
Review credit reports & maintain compliance to credit policy through bi-weekly aging analysis, ensuring good working capital management.
Address & resolve escalated matters of defaulting customers.
Negotiated with suppliers and clients, building & maintaining productive relationships.
Troubleshoot and resolution of any accounting or billing discrepancies.
Preparation & execution of department budgets and expenses after prior forecasting.
Conducted monthly meetings with department Heads to discuss departmental P&Ls, projects, and variance analysis, ensuring a focus on cost controls & budget management.
Main point of contact for high level matters for all four of our companies, for both internal & external stakeholders.
Preparation of comprehensive monthly & ad-hoc reports, used as basis for forecasting & strategy planning, supporting development of short & long-term business plans.
Monitor & review company spending and authorize employee reimbursements.
Monitor company petty cash, stationery, CAPEX & OPEX requirements, as well as accruals & prepayments.
Conduct monthly, quarterly & year-end financial closing and reporting for all four group entities.
Manage internal, external, and regulatory IFRS audit processes, travelling to Switzerland routinely for the foreign entities’ Swiss Audits.
Establish & monitor the implementation of various control procedures within the department and across the organization, ensuring operational efficiency & optimal resource utilization.
Help build partnerships with Travel Management Companies, Airlines, Car Rentals & hotel brands.
Organizer for company celebrations and team events on a quarterly basis.
Career progression: Office Administrator to Office Manager
- Preparation of legal documentation, quotations, tenders, purchase orders, invoicing & payroll.
- Preparation & executing department budgets and expenses.
- Managing the day to day activities of the office & its requirements along with petty cash management.
- Liaison with suppliers, contractors, service providers & corresponding with clients across the globe.
- Monitor and track proceeds from earnings & ensure all payments made on time (AR & AP).
- Organizing meetings, supervising office operations, procedures & administrative personnel.
- Safeguard and maintenance of confidential files & records.
- Preparation of verified relevant information for management decision making.
- Identify and recommend opportunities for creating efficiency in the office procedures & systems.
- Responsible for visa and travel arrangements for all employee business travel.
- Responsible for the recruitment and selection process for job vacancies & resolving present employee grievances on work matters.
- Evaluate individual employee performance, providing feedback on areas of achievement, growth & development, along with continuous mentoring of Interns.
- Coordinated calendars, organized meetings, prepared agendas & minutes of the meetings.
- Basic Accounting, other Office Management, HR & Administrative functions.
This job has helped me learn how to multi-task effectively and develop leadership, active listening, speaking, motivation and persuasion skills through working hard under pressure.
MSc in Professional Accountancy Distance Learning through Self Study
Professional Qualification
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune, India 2009-2012 Bachelor of Commerce Degree Subjects included: Auditing & Taxation, Advanced Accounting, Business Regulatory Framework, International Economics, Elements of Company Law, and Marketing Management. Project Work: -Project work on comparing different advertising media for a certain product. -Project work on comparing marketing strategies used by two companies: Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola. -Project work on analyzing the Audit Report of a Company.
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