Accounting/Finance/ Analyst

SMITA BHATTACHARJEE

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PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

Finance professional with 7+ years of rich experience in Corporate Finance & Accounts, Audits nand Management Information Statement.

Expertise in business financial and strategic planning, reporting, budget development and management as well as KPIs, metrics, scorecards and various analytics.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication skills, with a particular emphasis on providing great customer service and building strong relationships with key stakeholders / BU Leaders.

Specialized area includes MIS, Business Analysis, Budgeting, Monthly Forecasting, BU Accounting & Finalizing with extensive knowledge in handling Taxation and Auditing related matters.

General Ledger Accounting, Month Closing activities, Audit MIS, Account Reconciliations, P/L & BS Schedules, monthly reports etc.

Avid learner with great work ethics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BIGGE (San Leonardo) - California)

(Bigge is a diversified equipment and project services company) Aug’15 to Sept’15

Staff Corporate Accounting,

Responsible for some Accounting functions, Financial Statements analysis/Variance analysis for OPEX, Sales Tax, FA utilization report review etc.

Core Mark International Inc. (South San Francisco- California)

(A Wholesale Service Company with more than 11 Billion revenue) July’15 to August

Staff Corporate Accounting

Responsible for Overall Accounting functions & other related Financial Statements for Benefits & other related accounts.

Month end process for benefit desk.

Preparation and posting of all accrual JE for all benefit accounts and other adjustments needed for that.

Connecting with required internal departments to collect the required data for the process.

Perform the processing of functional and benefits expense allocations, monthly accruals, amortization of prepaid expenses, fixed assets depreciation and recording of adjusting and reclassification journal entries, if necessary.

Accruals for ledgers (Medical for different regions like USA & Canada), Insurance etc .

Perform the processing of functional and benefits expense allocations, monthly accruals, amortization of prepaid expenses, fixed assets depreciation and recording of adjusting and reclassification journal entries, if necessary.

All other related schedule reporting as per GAAP .

SIMbiosys Mobile Solutions Inc. (Fremont - California)

( IT Co.Mobile Application Development & Training) May’15 to July’15

Jr Accounting Manager

Responsible for Overall Accounting functions & other related Financial Statements.

Overall revenue management, ageing analysis, client management, monthly billing cycle management.

AP processing, Cash Management, Regular bank activities. Cash Flow, Fund Flow related statement for monthly sales, purchase.

MIS for management, Margin analysis, Variance analysis and other ad hoc reports as per requirement by management.

Overall payroll process and related tax filling

Month end MIS & reporting of PL on business unit wise in agreed format.

Working on areas like PL, KPI (Key Performance Indicator),Cost Analysis Report.

Work closely with all other departments to streamline the process.

Preparation of Quarterly, Monthly reports for Management review.

Contract Review which included the review of Master Service Agreements & Statement of Work, highlighting exceptional clauses & risk assessment.

Used Quick book online for Payroll (By weekly), AR ( Invoice creation), AP ( Payment),Bank and all other related entries

IGATE Global Solution Ltd. Bangalore (HQ – Pittsburg)

(Market Leader in IT Services with annual rev of $1.1B) Dec’09 to Jan’13

Deputy Finance Manager – For service BU General Electric Co (GE), Media Entertainment Leisure & Travel (MELT), Infrastructure management services (IMS), Japan delivery.

Annual Budgeting & Financial planning– creating the annual budget for the business unit. Preparing rolling six months revenue and cost forecast at service line, region and vertical level

Monthly reporting and analysis and presentation of the business unit performance against budget and previous period for Revenue & Margin, review with corrective action and track the progress of the action plan, sending out Monthly Sales Flash, Monthly Business Review Deck, Quarterly Business Review Deck etc.

Operations of Business Unit – Actively involved in routine operations, revenue recognition process as per guidance (GAAP- ASC 605/985) & other related terms as per contract, facilitating the closure cost & margin management[1]

Compliance management – Review of the legal contracts, Statement of work, Master Service agreements (MSA) for financial terms.

Financial Advisor to Service BU around utilization, billable & productivity measurements.

Cost Control Management– Driving, monitoring and reporting of Corporate cost rationalization plan

MIS ERP support; working on BI (Business intelligence) layer for setting up MIS reporting. UAT for ERP system development.

Specific Initiatives.

GL Team Lead for US, Mexico and some other primary BU’s.

Annual & monthly accounting closing functions to finalize cost, revenue with related schedules and various analytics for financial statements.

Final Closing entries, Forex Related Entries, Inter Co. reconciliations, Share related Entries for related BU.

MIS required for audit, Tax related matter and others.

Presenting a true and fair view of the financial position of the company by way of timely preparation of annual reports ensuring analyzing the expenditure on a monthly basis to control expenses.

Responsible for auditing financial statements and footnote disclosures & supervising audit teams on engagements.

Took part in SEC reporting for specific areas.

Salarpuria Properties Pvt. Ltd.(Salarpuria Group ) Bangalore Sep’02-Jan’04

as Sr. Accountant in Finance & Accounts Division.

Finalization and Preparation of Financial Statements for all groups of companies.

Handling the complete planning & management activities for ensuring completion of internal, statutory and external audits within time and cost budget under Companies Act,.

Preparing tax plans and ensuring timely assessment and filing of direct & indirect tax returns, viz. Income Tax, Sales Tax, TDS in compliance with Statutory Tax Acts.

Drafting salary structure along with the calculation of tax liability of employees, etc.

Handling Company Law matters and ensuring compliance to the statutory regulations.

DPS Micrographics Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata Oct’99-Apr’02

as Assistant Finance Manager

Responsible for overall accounting function a group company

MIS for financial statements for auditing and management reporting

Ensuring that timely payments are made to / received from creditors / debtors.

Preparing periodical cash flow, fund flow related statements for Monthly Sales, Purchase, Budget, Plan, Cash Flow, Fund Flow Reports, Monthly Stock Report, etc.

Supervising the preparation of MIS reports and analyzing the same to provide feedback to the top management on business performance, viz. monthly turnover, profitability, turnover & quarterly comparison as per the requirement of management.

Developed a thorough concept of organization’s human resource systems, viz. their leave calculation process, billing hours calculation, overtime effort calculation, time management systems, etc.

ACADEMICS

Master’s Degree in Commerce (U.S Level Graduate) from Calcutta University in 1999 (U.S semester unit : 64.0)

Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (U.S Level Upper Division) from Calcutta University in 1997 (U.S Semester unit : 90.0)

Professional Qualifications

Chartered Accountancy (U.S Level Upper Division) from Institute of Chartered Accountant of India in 1998 U.S Semester Unit 38

Pursuing CPA Course (2015)

Professional Training

Article training in G.G.M & Co. in Calcutta during C.A course.

2 days corporate training on ISO 9002 at DPS Micrographics Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta in 2001.

6 months corporate training on computer fundamentals, Internet, networking, and some basic programming languages like Basic, COBOL, C, C++, etc. from IBM Education Centre, Kolkata in 2000.

Computer Skills

Accounting System: PeopleSoft, MS Office, Tally, QuickBooks, SQL query, Timberline/Sage, Hyperion Reporting.

PERSONAL DOSSIER

Work Permit: Green Card (Permanent Resident)

Address: 34440 Gove Terrace, Unit # 212, Fremont, California -94555

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