Finance Manager
Taubenschlag & Associates
Total years of experience :20 years, 4 Months
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Experienced at Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) including development of financial plans and budgets, tracking variance with actuals, and taking corrective actions to minimize variance
+ Heading the accounts department and supervising the team for maintaining books of accounts and preparation periodic financial statements as per applicable accounting standards
+ Preparing management reports (MIS) including reports of summarize financial position and cash flows, receivable position, and cash outflow for capital expenditure
+ Adept at preparing capital budgeting plans including evaluating project proposals through cashflow projections and calculation of return indicators
+ Liasoning and coordinating with bankers, legal consultants and government agencies; representing company in various statutory matters and before government agencies
+ Adept at managing internal and external audits of the company and ensuring compliance
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
+ Initiated an income and expense flux analysis for the first working day of the month that provides for early identification and correction of posting errors and accelerating the month-end close to the tenth calendar day of every month
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Heading the Accounts Department and looking after day to day transactions to maintain financial control in accordance with company policies
+ Prepared cost structure for various courses offered by the company to determine the landed cost of each course and to determine avenues of profitability improvements
+ Prepared periodic budgets and forecast, also tracked the variance and took corrective actions to correct deviation in variance
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
+ Revised the MIS reports in consultation with the department heads resulting in improved reporting of actuals Vs budgets
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Provided decision support to management for a key account by presenting periodic reports, budgets, and forecast
+ Tracked revenue and cost for the account and reported deviation with respect to budgets and kept an eye on the account profitability
+ Maintained appropriate business control including SOX compliance..
+ Pricing of major baseline contract renewals and addendum base growth projects
+ Pricing representative for the bid negotiation with the clients
+ Recruited, hired, mentored, and led a core team of four financial specialists
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
+ Accelerated the month-end closing process to the tenth calendar day of every month providing timely and accurate financial reports on operating entities and other projects
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Responsible for preparing periodic financial and management accounts as per the prescribed accounting standards
+ Prepared management reports, scorecards, KPI reports, budgets & forecasts
+ Managed and supported a sales team of 5 and also provided customer services
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
+ Received the “Winning Ways” award on the employees’ day, for achieving the highest sales in a marketing campaign.
Jun 2003 - Dec 2003
Motif Inc. (India) - Customer Care Executive
Motif, Inc. is a specialized business process outsourcing company serving Fortune 500 clients. Motif provides global services through its centres in India and the Philippines. As an Customer Care Executive, the major initiatives that I took were as follows: • Customer Service,
• Assisting customers with payments/products ordered on eBay,
• Responding to customers emails, and
• Meeting and setting daily and weekly targets.
Masters of Professional Accounting, University of Canberra (Canberra, Australia) - February 2006
Bachelors of Commerce (B.Com), Gujarat University (India) - 2002
