CAREER OBJECTIVE
A Dynamic Individual with over Eight years of experience, seeking a challenging position to utilize my knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of Audit, Accounting and Finance that offers professional growth, whilst serving my organization in best possible way with sheer determination and commitment.
Professional Qualification
Associate Member of CA-Sri Lanka (Associate Chartered Accountant - ACA) PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
KPMG- SRI LANKA
KPMG Sri Lanka provides audit, tax and advisory services to help client organizations negotiate risks and perform in the dynamic and challenging environments in which they do business. Position Employment Period
Assistant Manager – Tax and Regulatory From June 2018 to date Senior Tax Analyst From August 2017 to May 2018
Key Responsibilities
• Assist clients in formulating the most appropriate Transfer Pricing policy including restructuring Business models.
• Evaluate and report clients in relation to compliance with Transfer Pricing regulations, and provide suggestions to improve documentation to clients.
• Provide guidance to subordinates on performance of their duties and review their work.
• Conduct in-house training to subordinates and peers.
• Preparation of Transfer Pricing documentation in line with the Sri Lankan transfer pricing regulations for many multinational companies engaged in Manufacturing, Retail, Banking, FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Garment industry etc.
• Undertake benchmarking and economic analyses for various types of transactions.
• Assist clients in preparation of documents to submit to the Department of Inland Revenue. WNS GLOBAL SERVICES (PVT) LTD
WNS is a Sri Lanka’s one of the largest leading BPMs which provides variety of services including Accounting and Finance solutions to leading Clients across the world in a wide spectrum of industries.
Position Employment Period
Assistant Manager – Operations From October 2016 to August 2017 Lead Associate – Operations From June 2015 to September 2016 Certified and Chartered Accountant (Secondment to UK and Ireland)
From January 2015 to May 2015
Senior Associate – Operations From September 2013 to December 2014 Associate – Operations From August 2012 to August 2013 Miss Niroja Rajanayagam – ACA
No. 25/2B, Subodharama Road, Dehiwala
Date of Birth: 09th of May 1989
Tel: +947********/+941********
E-mail: ******.***@*****.***
Key Responsibilities while serving in Management level
• Reviewing and Approving General Ledger Journals and Reconciliations.
• Identified and investigated variances to financial plans and forecasts by interpreting financial results.
• Managed high volumes of financial activity in a fast-paced, risk-based corporate environment.
• Managing a team to ensure the assigned monthly financial tasks by the client is completed within deadlines.
• Assisting and guiding the team with investigations and BAU activities.
• Providing governance & SOAP reports to onshore senior management.
• Ensuring the flow of effective communication, within the WNS hierarchy and with the Client.
• Exhaling expertise on process awareness, investigation sense and excellence in communication, providing assistance to team.
Key Responsibilities while serving in Associate levels
• Preparation of Financial Accounts / Reports and Critical Balance Sheet based reconciliations for the onshore client.
• Posting Monthly Journals and Ad-hoc journals for accruals & prepayments.
• Review and verification of the Balance Sheet accounts to ensure the validity of the balances.
• Preparing and maintaining General Ledger Accounts / preparation of budgets for the main control accounts in order to decide on acceptable fluctuations monthly and yearly and commenting /substantiating variances.
• Preparation of audit schedules for full year and half year and assisting on the external audits carried out by M/s Price Waterhouse Coopers UK.
• Conduct monthly service review meetings with a diverse group of stakeholders ranging from Senior Managers, SBU heads and external auditors to discuss various reports and any foreseeable challenges.
• Preparing and analyzing Management Information Reports and flagging any anomalies.
• Ensured that all deadlines/service level agreement were met within the stipulated time frame.
• Been on a migration project to Ireland & England to bring down the finance process to Sri Lanka.
• Performed the process and reconciliation in the model office in England to ensure finance process can be migrated to Sri Lanka.
• Providing an update to Senior Management on the migration plan including documentation, issue identification & issue resolution.
KPMG- SRI LANKA
KPMG Sri Lanka provides audit, tax and advisory services to help client organizations negotiate risks and perform in the dynamic and challenging environments in which they do business. Associate – Audit and Assurance From April 2011 to August 2012
• Planning, conducting and finalization of audits of financial statements of many types of organizations operating in various industries including manufacturing, Plantation, trading & Service sector.
• Drafting audit reports, preparation and reviewing of managements letters pointing out areas of improvements in the internal control.
• Performing and reviewing work in other audit related engagements such as, Solvency test engagements and other special purpose engagements.
• Coordination with the audits supervisor, manager and the partner
• Gained thorough knowledge in Revenue, Cost of Sales, Expenses, PPE, Cash &Cash equivalents, Debtors management process, taxation, Procurement & suppliers' management process, Inventory management process etc.
• Familiar with Sri Lanka Accounting Standard (LKAS) & Sri Lanka Auditing Standard (SLAuS)
& familiar with ERP systems.
• Handled E-Audit and provided training to new provided extensive training to the team members.
• Preparation / review of financial statements, auditors’ reports to the members and other reports in accordance with relevant standards and legislations.
• Providing guidance to other members of the audit team on the performance of their duties and review of their work.
SKILLS &EXPERTISE
Proficient in LKAS & SLFRS and SLAuS
Familiar with ERP systems -Oracle (ERP) & SAP
Familiar with E-Audit, CAAT softwares
Sound Knowledge in MS Office - excellent skills in advanced MS Excel
Certified Competency Based Interviewer
Certified Trainer
References will be available on request.
I hereby certify that the above information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Niroja Rajanayagam