Financial Analyst Accounts Payable

MANJUNATH ARIKERI CHIPPE

Mississauga ON Canada

Email: *********.***@*****.***

Contact: +1-416-***-****

Professional Summary

Senior Professional, Business Finance and Accounts A versatile and dynamic professional aspiring to leverage outstanding knowledge and splendid experience in the field of Accounting, FP&A, and Auditing, and provide strategies for achieving corporate goals.

Core Competencies

• Financial Planning and Analysis • Project Finance

• Ledger Accruals • P&L Analysis

• Finance Operations • Inventory Management

• Budgeting and Forecasting • Taxation

• Strategic Planning • Credit Control Management

• Data Analysis • Revenue Forecasting

• Receivables and Payables Management

• Month and Quarter end closing

• Audit and Compliances

• Reconciliation

Academic Details

Certified Public Accountant

Ontario Canada CPA

Currently, pursuing the course.

Corporate Finance Analysis and

Modeling

Berkeley University Online

Berkeley University

Master of Business Administration

Manipal University, India – 2010

Equivalent to Canadian Executive Master of

Business Administration as per WES credential

evaluation and authentication report.

Bachelor of Commerce

Bangalore University, India – 2004

Equivalent to Canadian Bachelor’s degree, three

years as per WES credential evaluation and

authentication report.

Professional Certification

• Finance Management, National Security Exchange, India – 2010

• Financial Modelling with Advanced Excel

• Comprehensive Excel VBA Course

• Power BI Training, March 2019

Computer / Technology Skills

Accounting packages Microsoft Business Intelligence, Accpac, Dynamic AX, Quick Books, Creative Solutions, Peachtree, SAP,

Brio, Oracle Finance Analyser, R12, and Hyperion

Tax packages Lacerte, ProSeries, Drake, ATX Tax

Other software Excel VBA, SQL, RDBMS

Roles and Responsibilities

CANADIAN RED CROSS (Mississauga, ON)

Duration March 2021 to till now

Designation Finance Manager-Commercial Operations

Roles and

Responsibilities

• Business partnering with Philanthropy and Prevention business units.

• Working with the Business team to develop the annual budget, projections, and reviews.

• Prepare and present yearly budget and affordability study to the leadership team.

• Prepare business models for Philanthropy and Prevention & Safety business units.

• Prepare and present monthly and quarterly dashboards for CFO and CDO.

• Prepare Society-wide dashboards for Operation VPs.

• Coaching and working with the team.

• Red Cross training and course price and cost review.

• Working on CRM database to setup a new finance reports.

• Leading business development call on new learning platform.

• Leading from finance on Capital Campaign in Red cross. CANADIAN RED CROSS (Mississauga, ON)

Duration Oct 2015 to March 2021

Designation Sr Financial Analyst

Accomplishments

• Created a planned-giving model for the target estates pipeline.

• Developed 10yrs and 5yrs trend analysis in Power BI dashboard.

• Transitioned from traditional zone-level budgeting to program-level budgeting and forecasting.

• Developed new BI360 templates for Philanthropy, P&S, and other business units.

• Worked with VP of finance and developed 5yrs International Operations requirement budget file.

• Developed complex $10M monthly giving investment model.

• Developed cost of fundraising report and current appeal dashboard with spending.

• Handling $100M budget.

Roles and

Responsibilities

• Handle month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial activities.

• Monthly budget/variance report to Philanthropy business directors.

• Business partnering with Philanthropy business unit.

• Trust analysis report review with business directors.

• Work with the program finance team to develop the annual budgets, projections, and monthly variance reviews.

• Handle budgeting and forecasting cycle for Philanthropy and P&S business units.

• Prepare and present yearly budget and affordability study to the leadership team.

• Analyze the feasibility of new investment.

• Prepare business models for Philanthropy and Prevention & Safety business units.

• Publishing current appeal status on a weekly and monthly basis.

• Create a business unit dashboard using Power BI.

• Prepare and present monthly and quarterly dashboards for CFO and CDO.

• Prepare Society-wide dashboards for VPs of finance.

• SME for all Power BI reports in Philanthropy and Prevention & Safety BUs.

• Gifts status and allocations bi-weekly review with business directors.

• Reallocate expenses based on the nature of spending.

• Prepare ad hoc reports.

• Support VP of Finance with Power BI and BI 360 provincial reports. ERP Systems Accpac, MS Dynamics, MS Business Intelligence 360, MS Power BI. ANZ INDIA PVT LTD

Duration Feb 2015 to Apr 2015

Designation

Business Manager

(Worked on contract with ANZ India from BSS Consulting) Roles and

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire finance cycle, business planning, and execution of the ANZ Learning and Business Solution and Change (BSC) departments.

• Forecast quarterly cost and revenue for ANZ learning and BSC groups.

• Overall, in charge of finance and accounting for ANZ line of business.

• Prepare and present yearly budget and affordability study to ANZ executive team.

• Create a new methodology for the ANZ Learning division for cost recovery from all ANZ divisions for 2016.

ERP Systems Oracle R12, Hyperion and MS Office 2010. CISCO INDIA PVT LTD

Duration Oct 2013 to Jan 2015

Designation

Financial Analyst

(Worked on contract with Cisco from Pyramid Consulting) Roles and

Responsibilities

• Streamline open PO accrual and urgent payment process in CSTG.

• Provide analysis on standard cost and pricing of the product.

• Pass necessary general entries for monthly and quarterly close.

• Work with vendors on resource cost negotiation.

• Creating new purchaser orders, reviewing vendor invoices, and approving invoices for payment.

• Drive vendor consolidation project for entire Cisco Technology Group

(CSTG).

• Manage the line of business budgeting activities for 2015 and create new financial models.

• Analyze variances from the established budget and report to the management with reasons on a monthly and quarterly basis as per US GAAP.

• Weekly review of Opex and headcount-related issues with business managers/directors.

• Present budget, affordability, and payables to CSTG director.

• Participate in target costing activities to create products that meet predetermined price goals.

• Compile key business metrics and report them to the management.

• Perform additional analysis and provide reports for ad hoc requests from the management.

ERP Systems Oracle R12, Hyperion, Essbase and MS Office 2010. CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR INDIA PVT LTD

Duration April 2012 to April 2013

Designation Senior Financial Analyst

Roles and

Responsibilities

• Discuss the weekly open PO report with the management and approve as per the management decision and budget allocation.

• Weekly review of operation and finance-related issues with business directors.

• Active participation in the Hyperion implementation and testing.

• Establish and maintain metrics in Hyperion and Brio ERP systems.

• Forecast and maintain P&L for all Cypress divisions.

• Prepare average selling price report and product margin for Cypress Memory division.

• Prepare and discuss the quarterly capital budget report with the business.

• Maintain and approve travel budget and travel requests based on the approved budget.

• Track and prepare amortization schedule for all IP and royalty contracts and pass necessary accounting entries.

• Analyse variances from the established budget, and report to management on a monthly and quarterly basis as per US GAAP, with reasons.

• Work with the HR team to hire new candidates for the finance team. ERP Systems Oracle R12, Hyperion, Essbase, Brio and MS Office 2010. ORACLE INDIA PVT LTD

Duration Mar 2010 to April 2012

Designation Senior Financial Analyst for Worldwide Operations. Roles and

Responsibilities

• Weekly analysis for AP, AR, and PO reports.

• Forecasting and reviewing age payments.

• Single point-of-contact to resolve product price, vendor payments, and other finance and accounts-related issues.

• Manage the Worldwide Operation line of business budgeting activities.

• Move and manage chart of accounts from Sun Microsystems to Oracle post-acquisition.

• Weekly review of purchase price variance with VP of operations and the implement best price.

• Review product cost updates with business and accounting teams.

• Prepare commodity cost-saving reports and review with business directors on weekly basis.

• Participate in month-end and quarterly closures activities as per US GAAP.

• Co-ordinate with vendor on new product cost and review inventory on weekly basis.

• Review weekly forecast with the finance director and upload new forecast in Hyperion ERP systems.

• Preparing journal entries for any re-class from supply management to other LOBs.

• Travel to the US to attend the business meeting, and discussion on internal processes and priorities.

Awards

• Spot award for moving all chart of accounts in a very short duration.

• Customer Star award for moving all reports of Sun Microsystems to Oracle format without disturbing the business contingency.

• Most Valuable Player award for taking up roles and responsibilities of three FTE roles and displaying 90% accuracy in actual vs forecast. ERP Systems Oracle R12, Hyperion, Essbase and MS Office 2010. IBM INDIA PVT LTD

Designation

and Duration

• Financial Analyst – Oct 2008 to Mar 2010

• Senior Process Executive – Oct 2007 to Oct 2008

• Process Executive – May 2006 to Oct 2007

Roles and

Responsibilities

Financial Analyst

• Manage the Spare Parts Operation line of business for India and Sri Lanka.

• Review spare parts cost and inventory on weekly basis with business.

• Calculate the weighted average cost for spare parts and update the price list on weekly basis.

• Analyze parts consumption patterns and suggest business about parts investments.

• Review contract with the vendors, and plan parts purchase and storage place in India and Sri Lanka.

• Review and validate warehouse vendor invoices and release payments.

• Forecast headcounts (FTE vs Vendors) for India and Sri Lanka.

• Perform business control audit and maintain compliance reports related to spare parts operation.

• Monitor physical inventory count and reconcile on monthly basis.

• Handle all invoice and payment process-related queries.

• Prepare and pass accruals on a monthly and quarterly basis. Senior Process Executive and Process Executive

• Visited client site (London, U.K for 30 days) to get trained and move Accounts Payable and Query Resolution process to India.

• Handle full cycle of accounts payable for client.

• Review and validate authenticity of invoices as per terms and conditions.

• Solve queries on old invoices.

• Prepare team efficiency report and discuss with management.

• Process urgent payments as per the client’s request and post invoice on SAP.

• Add new vendors to SAP.

Awards

• Outstanding Performer award from UK client for solving aged invoices and payments.

• Thank You award in recognition of good team player.

• Outstanding Performer award from VP of IBM India F&A for smooth transition of process from UK to India.

• Team Achiever award for query resolution process and handling vendor calls.

• Top talented award for outstanding performance in 2008.

• Delivery Excellence award for efficiently working with Boston consultancy for increasing employee efficiencies there by reducing the cost.

ERP Systems SAP, Essbase, Brio and MS Office 2010. METIS FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING OUTSOURCING

Duration Dec 2004 to May 2006

Designation Senior Executive

Roles and

Responsibilities

• Prepare payroll and general accounts for US clients

• Reconcile vendor statement

• Update vendor bills in ERP system

• Reconcile bank, vendor, credit card, and petty cash

• Prepare and maintain transactions for hotel vendors in the US

• Handle accounts payable

• Update bank transactions

• Prepare form 1040 and other US tax forms

ERP Systems

Quick Books, Creative Solutions, Peachtree, Lacerte, ProSeries, Drake, and ATX Tax

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