Financial Analyst Accounting

ANITHA DHANASEKARAN

No.**, JC Swathy Plaza, Ponniammanmedu, Chennai- 600 110 • +91-988**-***** • adcrow@r.postjobfree.com

Qualifications Summary

Detail-oriented Finance Profession with background leveraging Chartered Accountancy credentials and hands-on experience in audits, quantitative / statistical analysis, budgeting, forecasting, Financial reporting and accounting.

Provide robust modeling and reporting to facilitate executive-level decision making.

Strong analytical skills; support operations through analysis of key performance indicators and trends.

Consensus-driven communicator; liaise across various business units and promote organizational success.

Rapidly adapt to new technologies and possess expertise with MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and broad range of statistical software.

Core Competencies

Financial Planning

Internal Audit

Corporate Finance

Performance Optimization

Effective Communication

Relationship Management

Concept Implementation

Financial Accounting

Documentation & Reporting

Professional Experience

Chartered Accountant D Anitha & Associates, Chennai, India 2/2018 Present

Sole Proprietor of Chartered Accountants firm with strength of 8 members. Attest statutory audit and tax audit of private companies, firms and Individuals. Handle internal audits of various sectors like Supply chain, Health care units, Manufacturing units, Retail units. Advice clients on tax planning and represented before tax authorities. Book keeping and other process outsourcing. Develop finance models with financial projections, cash flows and IRR.

Spearheaded internal control system for INR 75 million company, identifying key risk factors and deploying internal controls.

Financial Analyst – FP&A Ford Motors Private Limited, Chennai, India 8/2016 1/2018

Developed financial models for budgeting and forecasting and key business decisions like buy or hire. Consolidated and analyzed monthly results, forecasts and budgets in alignment with business functions and overall business strategies. Compiled and reviewed complex data to assess multimillion-dollar spend of business units. Developed comprehensive reports, abstracts, and charts to present data and guide business strategies. Supported month close activities of business function.

Improved operational efficiency of business function through implementation of streamlined process flow and controls.

Achieved 99% forecasting accuracy of business functions by establishing new forecasting tracking and management reporting system.

Contributed to 11% of total cost savings by developing strategic recommendations for management.

Specialist – Financial reporting Shell India Marketing Private Limited, Chennai, India 1/2015 7/2016

Prepared Financial Statements and Consolidation as per GAAP. Performed IFRS transition. Established robust financial controls in the process. Compiled and reviewed audit supporting documents. Coordinated with business controllers and business functions for statutory and internal audits. Performed variance analysis of financial statement and submitted report on the movements of business drivers to management and external auditors. Presented data and risk assessment of investments to drive investment strategies. Performed ad-hoc analysis and reporting.

Supported major decision making of the company by submitting Consolidated Financial Statement of a 10 subsidiaries on ad-hoc request.

Contributed to 25% of total cost saving of a company by submitting report on IFRS transition.

Senior Financial analyst Ramco Systems Limited, Chennai, India 6/2012 1/2015

Lead 10 members and 4 business partners remote implementation team. Handled functional implementation of cloud ERP. Evaluated client needs and advised pricing strategies for customizations. Trained the non-finance users on functions of ERP. Performed root cause analysis of system issues and assisted on fixes.

Assisted independently to technical team for development of new module in ERP (process costing).

Finance Intern Kandan & Nambi, Chennai, India and R.Bupathy & Co, Chennai, India 7/2007 3/2011

Handled Internal audits of various sectors like manufacturing, service and non-profit organizations. Assisted partners with financial analysis, risk assessment and preparation of financial statements. Submitted MIS reports on statutory compliance and internal controls to partners. Automated templates in MS excel for various process handled by client with basic error checking mechanism.

Educational Background

Masters – Chartered Accountancy (Major – Finance) – 2012 The institute of chartered accountants of india, Chennai, India

Bachelors – Bachelor of Commerce (Major – Accounting) – 2010 University of madras, Chennai, India

Actively pursuing Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

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