Professional Objective
Optimum utilization of my Finance, Accounting, Auditing and Managerial expertise in all segments of commercial fields and working in a challenging environment to prove my skills and provide value addition to the organization, in not only my core areas of Finance, Accounting and Auditing but also other areas of competence.
Profile Summary
Chartered Accountant (ACA) with over 10 (over 8 years of post-qualification) years of total experience in the field of Finance, Accounting, Audit & Financial reporting in various Manufacturing Industries, IT Industries, Retail, Trading, Service, Travel & Tourism Industries etc., in accordance with Indian Companies Act,1956, GAAP, IFRS/IAS etc.
Preparation of Financial Reports, Analyticals, MIS Reports, Cash/Funds flow management, Budgeting/Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Review of Financial Statements, International Taxation, Corporate taxation, participating in management financial reviews, assisting to CFO & Management in all Finance & Accounting areas of the organizations
Ability to grasp new ideas and integrate them into desired results.
Committed to implement quality improvement techniques.
Manager, Team Leader and Team Player.
Over 3 years of experience as Finance Manager, over 3 years of experience as Assistant Finance Manager in leading MNCs in India.
GCC experience: Over 3 year of experience as Finance Manager in Saudi Arabia.
Work Experience
Date Joined : 05.01.2013
Date Left : Presently working
Al-Othman Holding Company (Travel & Tourism, Trading), Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Job Profile:
Designation: Finance Manager.
Responsible for managing the entire finance & accounts of the company including cash management.
Responsible for General Ledger review and book closure activities, on time to time basis.
Ensuring an accurate monthly, quarterly and year end closure of the books of account, preparation of financial accounts in accordance with GAAP, IFRS/IAS.
Monitoring and analyzing the department work to develop more efficient procedures/systems, internal controls and effective utilizations of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
Designing appropriate internal controls, policies and procedures which suits for the company business.
Managing & Supervising, directing, and reviewing the day to day work of the finance department (including, but not limited to, cash management & bank reconciliations, Accounts receivable transactions, Accounts payable transactions, Fixed asset activity including Fixed Asset Register(FAR) maintenance, payroll, credit facility management, review of various advances, recording of revenue and expenses, etc.).
Responsible for attending in monthly financial review meetings with Group CFO and Executive management to present the company financials.
Respond to inquiries from the Group CFO regarding financial results, special reporting requests, cash flows and Budgeting/Forecasting areas.
Preparation of the yearly budget/forecast both Operational & Capital budget and presenting to the Group CFO and management review & approvals.
Responsible for monitoring & reviewing the budgets, sales forecasts on monthly basis and reporting to the management on the reasons for variances and recommendations.
Responsible to ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met including group companies reporting on month on month basis.
Coordinating with banks and arranging for LCs & LGs.
Responsible for coordinating with various auditors including Internal, External, and Government related audits etc.
Involving in business negotiations with various customers along with agency manger. Plays a major role in all business discussions with the management in terms of business expansion etc.
Plays a major role in interview panel for resourcing the staff both for finance and operations.
Date Joined : 07.12.2011
Date Left : 24.12.2012
Adecco India Private Limited (Recruitment, Staffing, Human Resource), Bangalore, India.
Job Profile:
Designation: Manager Finance & Accounts.
Responsible for General Ledger review and book closure activities, on time to time basis.
Ensuring an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end closure of the books of account.
Monitoring and analyzing the department work to develop more efficient procedures/systems, internal controls and effective utilizations of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
Respond to inquiries from the Director Finance/CFO regarding financial results, special reporting requests and on Group Company reporting.
Ensuring all financial reporting deadlines are met including group companies reporting on month on month basis.
Supervising, directing, and reviewing the day to day work of the finance department (including, but not limited to, branch cash & bank reconciliations, Accounts receivable transactions, Accounts payable transactions, Fixed asset activity including Fixed Asset Register(FAR) maintenance, payroll, debt activity, review of various advances, recording of revenue and expenses, etc.).
Resolving complex accounting issues or assists other department personnel in resolving financial issues.
Working on ad-hoc reports for Director Finance/CFO on time to time basis.
Responsible for Finalization of accounts, Balance sheet, & P/L a/c: monthly, quarterly, annually and coordinating with statutory auditors, Tax auditors & Internal auditors
Additional Responsibility as process controller for Payroll Service Department (PSD): Responsible for associate payroll department Internal controls, process design, compliance, check list for associate payroll processing, reporting point to Group Company etc.
Additional Responsibility as Internal Process Designer: Part of Internal controls department and responsible for to design the internal processes in line with Group companies policies, training across the country and monitoring the implementation and improvements in the processes.
Date Joined : 20.10.2008.
Date Left : 06.12.2011
Infosys Limited (IT, Software, Consulting), Bangalore, India.
Job Profile:
Designation: Assistant Manager/Finance Manager in Corporate Accounting Group.
Corporate Taxation:
TDS Compliance: Handling TDS related matters with respect to Domestic & Non-Resident vendor payments of whole Infosys across all the Development Centers (DCs) in India. Ensuring the correct deduction and timely remittance of TDS across all the DC’s vendor payments. Monitoring the TDS related matters and giving opinions/advises on TDS applicability across all DC’s.
Monthly Remittance of TDS: Consolidating & reconciling of all the DC’s TDS amount and remitting the same within due dates to the Govt. account.
Quarterly filing of TDS returns: Preparation & Online filing of Consolidated TDS returns (Form 26Q, 27Q etc.) across all the DC’s within the stipulated due dates.
Advance Tax & Tax Provisions: Responsible for the Advance tax calculations & tax provisions and ensuring on payments to authorities within the statutory time lines and accounting the same in books.
Replies on notices/letters from Income Tax department: Working on the information/details asked by the Income tax dept. and giving replies to those notices/letters received on time to time basis.
Interacting with Income tax officials & Appearing before authorities: Interacting with Income tax officials, appearing before Income tax authorities on the notices received and providing necessary information/explanations. Representing the company and appearing along with consultant before various appellate authorities like CAT(A), High court etc. in case of any litigations.
Tax Audit & Schedules: Preparing the Tax audit information/details as per sec. 44AB and attending/coordinating with Tax auditors. Preparation of monthly & quarterly schedules for management review.
International Taxation: Monitoring and handling the matters relating to International taxation and the TDS compliances. Analyzing the provisions of DTAA vs Indian Income tax act and guiding the payables teams on the correct withholding of taxes with respect to Non-resident payments.
Involving in Business contract discussions: Involving in all business agreements/contracts with service providers/clients/business partners on providing the tax clause in the agreements/contacts.
Transfer pricing: Monitoring and handling the transfer pricing related activities with respect to Indian operations and coordinating with Auditors.
Others: Ensuring other compliances like filing of Form 15CA & CB for Non-Resident payments. Filing of annual tax return for the company.
Overseas Payrolls, Accounting & MIS:
MIS reporting – Accounts payable reports, Profitability analysis, Report on all types of advances, Loan deduction /staff recovery report, Employee cost allocation report, Payroll & Tax Service provider fees analysis, Monthly salary cost comparison and analysis on regular basis some of the reports will be used by Top management for various purposes including Budget preparation and allocations.
Accounting and Book closure activities – Handling Accounting activities, Creating Provisions & preparing schedules (forms part of annexure to P&L and B/S), Payroll & Tax Service provider fees, Employees claims, Variable pay, withholding tax, Social Security contributions etc. Preparation of schedules & notes to accounts for quarterly results, Banks reconciliations. All accounting is done in SAP environment.
Internal controls & compliance – Checking and developing internal controls like controls in payroll processing, claims settlement process. Working with IS team to build systems, up gradation in current system and preparation of project specification. Sox compliance. Working with statutory auditors, internal auditors and on quarterly basis and with SOX auditors on a yearly basis. Preparing annual returns of some of the employees who were deputed to onsite and issuing Tax Certificates for employees on annual basis.
Onsite payroll processing & Migration to Payworld (system in Infosys for employee details)- Processing of Payrolls in SAP (UK) and Preparation/Review of monthly payroll schedule & work with various stakeholders like HR, Attendance, Loan and IS dept and ensure that payroll has to be completed on time. Estimation of funds for payroll & contact with treasury deptt. Handling Payworld Activity which is into migration of all Rest of the World countries payrolls to an IS based application.
Engagement with Service Providers and dealing expatriate taxes: Responsible for setting up Agreement with service providers where employees travelled to new countries and liaison with HR, Visa team and legal for the same Liaison with Service Providers (SP) of other countries for Taxes and Social Security contributions calculations at onsite for employees on regular basis.
Anchoring with International taxation team: This involves filing of corporate returns in overseas countries it includes revenue reporting, cost segregation and reporting in different geographies where Infosys has its branches/ PE’s.
Achievements:
Streamlining of MIS Core Data together with Analytics.
Consolidated Schedules on Global Payroll cost presented to Management for Financial Reviews.
Streamlining & Review of various internal policies.
Conversion of the manual data in to SAP module.
Successfully Developed logical MIS’s for the Payroll Costs.
Reports developed for Cost variance Analysis.
Date Joined : 19.09.2005.
Date Left : 18.10.2008.
M/s. Brahmayya & Co., Chartered Accountants, Bangalore, India.
Job Profile:
Designation: Senior Audit Manager.
The work profile includes the following areas of activity:
Testing, Design & Implementation (D&I) and Operating Effectiveness of internal controls embedded in various business cycles.
Performance of Statutory Audit in compliance with Companies Act, 1956
Preparation of Individual, Firm Tax returns
Preparation of Financial Statements such as Balance sheet, P & L account, Cash Flow statement, Notes to Account etc., in line with IGAPP.
Performance of Tax Audit u/s 44 AB of the Income tax act, 1961
Performance of Trust Audits, PF Audits and other special audits.
Preparation of financial statements
Maintenance of books of accounts for corporate clients, Firms and Individuals
Reconciliation of Bank Accounts, Accounts Receivable, Excise, VAT & Stock Audits.
Involved in several Company Law matters.
Other special areas like analysis of IGAAP and USGAAP with respect to Fixed Assets, Various Financial Evaluations.
Participation in Evaluation of Financial Bids in Govt. Organization (BMRCL).
Working as a part of corporate audit team.
Professional Qualification
Exams Qualified Institution Month and Year Marks in % Attempt
CA Final ICAI, India Nov 2007 53% First
CA PE – II ICAI, India May 2005 51% First
Academic Qualification:
Exams Qualified Board/ University Institution Year Marks in %
Graduation {B. Com (Comp.)} S.V. University S.V. Arts College, Tirupathi, India. 2004 64
10+2 (C.E.C) Intermediate Board, A.P. Govt. Junior College, Chandragiri, India. 2001 68
Matriculation (10th) Secondary Education. A.P. Z.P.H. Scholl, Yerravari Pallem, India. 1999 69
Computer Literacy
Operating Systems : XP/ Vista/Windows7/Windows8/Windows10 ect.
Office Packages : MS – Office 2003/XP/2007, 2010, Tally, ERP, SAP, Oracle etc.
Internet : Smooth working on Webs & E – mails etc.
