Project Manager Internal Controls

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS DEEPA VASHISHT

Ottawa, Ontario

Contact: +613-***-****

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

PROFILE

A self-managed and result-oriented finance professional with 14+ years of experience with global companies such as Ericsson & Xerox to drive transformation, efficiency, process compliance, deliver reports & analysis for continuous business improvement. Experience in Reporting & preparation of financial statements, internal audits. Working on SOX control and ABC control in Ericsson. Effective communicator and excellent relationship building and interpersonal relationships. Extensive experience using MS-Excel, WORD & Power point, SAP, ICAT tool.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Reconciliations Preparation of Financial statements SOX Controls

Transaction Price Allocation i.e. 1 of the step of IFRS 15 ABC Control SAP Knowledge Analytics

Team Supervision

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Ericsson Global Services 2014 – Dec 2023 Project Finance Management (Project Manager)

Accountable for Market Area end to end cross function/process alignment, coordination and propose solution to mitigate risks.

Taking debrief calls with market area stakeholders for queries resolution/ SOX results/areas with scope of improvement in internal control and best practice sharing.

Execution of Internal SOX to mitigate financial risk & secures compliance.

Execution of Internal SOX related to Deal setup, contract setup, Perform Exception Based Planned Costs Validation, Check Net Sales and Cost of Sales, Perform Transaction Price Allocation as per step 4

Involved in drafting working papers for different internal controls, SOX sign off activities.

Involved in interaction with stakeholders on weekly basis and provide them updates in form of Dashboards, trends etc.

Ensure that the team is meeting internal policy and procedure requirements by being aware of the SOX key controls, risks and compensating controls in process flow and identifies changes in the operating and internal controls environment.

Involved in providing various cross trainings and sessions within and across the teams and Market areas on SOX, tools standardization and simplification.

Responsible for the preparation of ABC control reports and closure of objects

Responsible for the preparation of Analytics reports for the clients in trend form

Driving resolutions of various prolonged issues related to tools with support of data architects & IT team.

Responsible for the preparation of Dashboards in ICAT tool, Progress reports & Trend analysis.

Proactive analysis from various databases such as SAP, EBW, HANA to take appropriate actions

Weekly governance call with the regional stakeholders to review the trend and progress of the reports and help identifying the improvement areas.

Extensive experience using MS-Excel & Power point, SAP, ICAT tool, S2I tool

Having experience with Amperity CDP, and API connections, profile management, data lakes

Xerox Services 2009 – 2014 Analyst

Participated in remote transition team responsible for transition of Investment Fund Reconciliation Process.

Regular maintenance and updating of SOPs/Operating Instructions

Preparation of Annually, Monthly, Quarterly & Daily Investment Fund Reconciliation for major clients like GSK, Ford, Exide, DTCC etc..

Researching discrepancies on a central database called OMNI station and figuring out the reasons for such discrepancies.

Monitoring and analyzing the trend of variances on a month on month basis and documenting the same.

Ensuring resolutions to Cash and Share open items.

Communication & Interaction with the Client Team on weekly basis.

Coaching and mentoring new hires and other team members

Doing Audits of Coachi team

Drafting reports like TAT sheets, Dashboards etc

Preparing daily workloads for staff & coordinating the daily allocation of work.

Providing prompt and accurate information on individual performance

Developing plans and schedule deliverables, goals, milestones and revising as appropriate to meet changing requirements.

Team supervision and performance management.

Delivering the weekly status report to Higher Management.

Identify and communicate the improvement areas.

Analyzing the individual performance of the team and motivate them to perform even better.

Patni Computers System Limited 2007 – 2009 Executive

UK Trust Accounting is a Financial Month End Closing-Reporting process. The process involves preparation of annual reports for pension plans being managed by employers in UK. It also includes preparation of trial balance, balance sheets and closure of books of accounts. The annual reports are to be prepared in accordance to UK pension act, Accounting Standards and SORP.

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Responsible for the accurate and timely completion of financial statements Preparing vouchers, posting vouchers into relevant books of accounts, preparing final account.

Preparing reconciliation statements with banks and customers.

Analysis and reconciliation of cash accounts, ledger accounts, profit & loss accounts and balance sheets.

Conducting internal quality audits within the team in accordance to UK pension act, Accounting Standards and SORP.

Facilitate in conducting training and designing training methodology.

Identify trends and recurring issues that can be resolved by changing or improving processes.

Communication & Interaction with the Client Team on weekly basis. Preparation of weekly dashboard. Mentoring all the new hires which involve team presentations and walking them through the process documents.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVMENTS

Awarded with "Power Award" for excellent performance, high levels of initiative, ownership, and learning

ability in May 2020.

Received “Feather in Cap Award” for Scarborough client.

Received “Appreciation Award” for excellent team spirit.

Received “Eagle Squad” for outstanding contribution towards the business and the organization.

Received “Certificate of Achievement” for successful completion of five years in the organization

EDUCATION

PMP Certified from Institute of Project Management

Certified Financial Manager (CFM) from Centre for Financial Management, Bangalore..

Post-Graduation diploma in Business Administration (Finance) from Symbiosis University, Pune in 2008.

Foundation level in Company Secretary course from Institute of Company Secretaries

Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) from PGDAV College, Delhi University, New Delhi in 2006.

12th (Comm) from Satyawati School, New Delhi, C.B.S.E Board in 2002.

10th from Satyawati School, New Delhi, C.B.S.E Board in 2000.

COMPUTER SKILLS & OTHER TECHNICAL TRAINING

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP, ICAT tool, S2I tool, CaseWare.

INTERESTS

Listening to music, watching movies

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REFERENCES

Available Upon Request.

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