Manager Accounting

VIKAS RAWAT

E-Mail: ************@*****.***

Phone No. +91-987*******, +601********

CA QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL

Achievement Driven and result-oriented professional, seeking challenging assignments in Finance & Accounts with an organization of repute.

Profile Summary

A result-oriented professional 14 years of experience in:

Finance & Accounts Budgeting/ MIS Reporting Fund Management

Statutory Compliance Commercial Operations Auditing/ Taxation

Consistent success in maximizing financial performance. Demonstrated acumen in driving growth, generating revenues & capturing market share, improving profits and enhancing performance of teams. Proven expertise in overcoming complex business challenges and making high-stakes decisions within fast-paced, high-pressure environments using experience-backed judgment, innovation, strong work ethic and irreproachable integrity. Abilities in handling end-to-end project finance, administration, commercial, export & import operations. Competent in handling Finance Controllership (IFRS, US GAAP, India GAAP, Malaysia GAAP, UK GAAP & Others), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Taxation & Statutory Compliances, Accounting Systems & Processes, SOX Compliances, Treasure and Finance Function Integration.

Credited for managing Financial Planning, Forecasting, Analysis & Reporting, Pricing & Commercial, Statutory & Regulatory Compliance, Risk & Assurance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project and Working Capital Financing. Proficiency in managing financial accounting, receivables & payables management, preparing ledger books, bank reconciliation statements and finalization of accounts. Possesses leadership ability resulting in better financial performance and enhanced systems for higher performance of the team. Excellent abilities in analyzing complex problems to develop corrective action alternatives; preparing comprehensive, clear, concise reports.

Core Competencies

Financial Accounting

Monitoring preparation of statutory books of accounts, bank reconciliation and consolidated reports in compliance with time & accuracy norms; overseeing financial statements including Trial Balance, Profit & Loss A/c., Age-Wise Accounts Payables & Receivables Statements and Balance Sheets

Preparing Personal Files, Cash & Fund Flow Statement, Balance Sheet, Audit Reports and other financial reports to keep track of financial performance

Budgeting & MIS

Supervising preparation of MIS reports to provide feedback to top management on financial performance, viz. monthly profitability, age-wise analysis of debtors as per the requirement of management

Analyzing expenditure trends, recommending appropriate budget levels and ensuring expenditure control

Audit & Taxation

Attending to internal/statutory/ tax audit; evaluating the internal control systems with a view to highlight shortcomings & implementing recommendations made by Internal Auditors

Computing & arranging for timely deposit of Statutory dues globally and filing of returns for completion of assessment and ensuring statutory compliance

ERP implementation & finance automation

Managing implementation and functioning of ERP entailing:

Mapping Business Requirements (As-Is & To-Be Analysis) and Business Process

Preparing scope of implementation and GAP Analysis

Developing functional and technical specifications

Setting up of master files and function locations, importing the relevant data

Developing all relevant reports per user requirements including maintenance notifications, activity and malfunction reports

Creating Test Documentation including Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Software Requirement Specifications, Integration Test Specifications, Test Scripts and Final Test Reports

Implementation & Integration of ERP with other high end packages- BI tools, RAMCO & COGNOS for reporting & consolidation.

Report writer and admin controllership for ERP.

Organizational Experience

Since Nov’17 with Terrabit IT Consulting (part of Terrabit Networks group) as Regional Finance Controller - Asia Pacific.

Terrabit conducts its operations from Malaysia, Singapore, India, Australia, Middle East & Hong Kong.

Role:

Direct Reporting to CEO.

Responsible for the finance, corporate, secretarial & legal affairs of the Group companies in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore & Malaysia.

Ensures group accounting activities & financial close process are performed in the most effective & efficient manner, sets target for the team members & provide the necessary coaching to further optimize performance.

Development & implementation of internal controls, process management & improvement, policy & procedures for all geos companies

Carrying out the treasury function to improve the operation activities

Ensure all group entities stricty adherence & compliance to group standard accounting policies, standardization of group policies, alignment of reporting format & accounting procedures.

Capital restructuring of all entities including introduction of Employee Stock Option in the organization

Prepare financial reports, budgets, cost reports and financial forecasts on a regular basis.

Oversee the work of the Accounting and the Budget and Management Reporting staff.

Mentor Accountants for purposes of ensuring that their accounting and analysis duties are done properly.

Ensure accuracy of accounting treatments and journal vouchers processed by the accounting team.

Correspond with the senior management regarding any financial decisions that are made.

Manage the preparation of the official annual report of actual funds, transfers, and expenses.

May’16 to Nov’17 with Global Indian Education Sdn Bhd (wholly owned subsidiary of Global Holdings Pte Ltd., Singapore) as Commercial & Financial Controller- Malaysia

Role:

Reporting to Country Director Malaysia Operations with functional reporting to Group Finance Controller.

Responsible for day to day finance & business operations for Malaysia Geography

Preparation of Business Model for expansion, business plans for the geo with yearend forecasting

Feb’12 to May’16 with Global Indian Holdings Pte Ltd., (Singapore + India) as Senior Manager-Corporate Finance

Role:

Reporting to Group Finance Controller (based out of Singapore); heading shared service function for the group from India

Controlling Global Revenue Operations of the organization; reporting monthly flash revenue and future forecasts to the management

Performs periodical consolidation of group financials for 23 companies & reporting MIS pack to the management as per IFRS

Preparation of Group’s annual budget with mid year forecast & timely projections & to be finalized with the Board of Directors

Involved in preparation of weekly dashboards, monthly accounting packs, annual board decks & annual leadership summit decks to the management.

Heading the back office finance operations entailing vendor/employee accounting, bank reconciliations, centralized customer invoicing for Singapore, Malaysia, Middle east, Japan and India

Forecasting cash inflow and outflow and tracking with actuals

Performing undertaking of external audits; preparing annual accounts statements both for standalone and group books.

Focusing on improving productivity, profitability and value creation through business insight by providing strong financial leadership

Conducting tests to check financial information and systems & responsible for detecting & protecting from forensic accounting

Establish appropriate control and feedback mechanisms on cost; to influence the department to take corrective action on all material deviations from the budget

Track business performance on all tactical decisions and highlighting issues & areas of concern to influence corrective actions

Managing functions pertaining to finance automation

Handled books of accounts for Japan & MENA geographies as well.

Highlights:

Played a key role in completing the Global ERP implementation in the organization

Promoted to Senior Manager in first year of appraisal.

Led Finance transformation and spearheaded Finance automation & business process re-engineering drives using varied applications and ERP packages

Built high-performance teams across the globe and regularly achieved excellent results by enabling, empowering & motivating team members to outperform even stretch targets

Sep’09 to Feb’12 with Headstrong (now Genpact Company), Noida as Deputy Manager (Finance)

Role:

Reported on the financial statements to the management as per IGAAP & USGAAP

Performed undertaking of external audits as well as prepared annual accounts statements (Both Tax Audit & Stat Audit)

Keeping a control over the treasury function of the organization with hedging and fund management

Handling the statute areas for both Direct & Indirect Taxes

Improved/ established systems in the areas of fixed assets control

Presented the Monthly India Review for Company performance with the budgets & trends before management

Highlights:

Bagged “Year 2010 Order of Merit” Award for exceptional performance & commitment to quality in the Finance Domain in Headstrong

Received “Cause for Applause” Award in Q2’2010 for achieving an extra mile in Headstrong

Promoted to Deputy Manager from Assistant Manager in first year of appraisal cycle.

Mar’07 to Sep’09 with Patni Computer Systems Limited (now IGATE Capegemini), Noida as an Assistant Manager (F&A)

Role:

Screened new projects, conducted feasibility studies & prepared project reports to assess viability of projects on financial grounds; set up Patni Computers first SEZ in India with a GMP cost of INR 178 crores including import of Capital Goods and Piecemeal capitalization; handled assurance of all statutory compliances wrt Direct and Indirect taxes. Also involved in Business transition from STP to SEZ.

Led team which is involved in understanding and implementing the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to the concern

Administered the finalization of year-end financial and quarterly accounts statements as per both USGAAP & Indian GAAP in an ERP environment

Coordinated with Company Secretary to ensure compliance of company law matters

Furnished statutory documents/forms in relation to taxes as per mandatory enactments

Ensured the compliances for STPI and SEZ were met well on time

Presented monthly operating review to the corporate with cost reduction and control achieved at the location at Patni

Conducted the complete piecemeal capitalization of SEZ project in Patni Computers

Highlights:

Awarded with the “Excellent Performance Star” in the year 2008 for outstanding contribution for Noida SEZ set up in Patni Computer Systems Limited

Previous Experience

Oct’05 to Feb’07 with Mahle Filters Systems India Ltd., Gurgaon as Management Trainee

Articleships

Jun’02 to Jun’05 with J.K. Jain & Co., New Delhi/ S.K. Mittal & Co., New Delhi

At J.K. Jain & Co.

Conducted Statutory Audits, Interim Audits & Tax Audits for all kind of manufacturing concerns

Performed Audits for Partnership Firms, Charitable Trusts AND Educational Institutions

At S.K. Mittal & Co.

Conducted:

oStatutory Audit for Automobile & Locomotive Industry like DD Motors, DM Gears, Karan Engineers, Otec Explore Oil

oAudits for Banks like IOB and OBC

oStatutory Audit for Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Northern Region and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)

Participated in the Concurrent Audit of Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi

Education

CA from ICAI in 2005 <First attempt; both groups>

B.Com. (H) from Delhi University with First division in 2003

Diploma in IFRS Implementation

Pursuing MBA from University West of Scotland (2019)

IT Skills

Working knowledge of ERP SAP, Oracle, Sage Accpac, RAMCO HRMS and PeopleSoft

Membership

An active member of the Indian Chartered accountant Association, which works in spreading and clarifying the technical details of the chartered accountant profession.

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 10th December, 1982

Languages Known: English & Hindi

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