Accounts Payable Data Visualization

DEEP RANA

PROFESSIONAL SUMMERY deep.rana****@gmail 973-***-****

Visionary and technologically sophisticated professional with 6 years of experience in Finance. Skilled in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting complex financial and operational data to drive business decisions and improve efficiency. Expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting. Proficient in data mining, statistical analysis, and data visualization techniques. Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with a track record of delivering valuable insights to support strategic decision-making. Seeking to leverage combined expertise in financial and data analysis to drive business growth and success.

EXPERIENCE

Samsung Electronics America, Ridgefield, NJ 08/2024 - Current

Financial Analyst-HRFA

Coordinate the preparation and review of budgets, financial analysis, variance reports, and ad hoc reports.

Build and maintain financial forecast dashboards to track estimated savings and key financial metrics.

Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for finance/accounting requirements, including forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and cost-benefit analysis.

Partnered with business unit heads and operational leaders to drive strategic priorities, financial performance, and process improvements across multiple zones.

Provide financial support and leadership for global finance teams, supporting forecast cycles, variance analysis, and consolidation activities.

Prepare and communicate various weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, building dashboards.

Drive automation and process improvement initiatives in forecasting, vendor onboarding, and reporting, aligning with transformation objectives.

Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies, ensuring proper coding and reconciliation in the accounting system.

Conduct impactful analyses on facility expenses related to sub-lease agreements.

Partner with department heads to understand needs and requirements, ensuring effective vendor relationships.

Working closely with Accounts Payable and vendor management department to define, standardize implement, and monitor AP and vendor on boarding processes and procedures that drive efficiencies, ease of use, with end-to-end transparency, and an excellent user experience.

Identified risks and opportunities affecting gross margins, implementing controls to minimize slippage.

Coordinated internal control audits and collaborated with external auditors, ensuring compliance and timely resolution of findings.

Track vendor performance metrics and support governance activities in performance and financial management.

Facilitate communication between stakeholders and vendors, ensuring compliance with business needs.

Develop and maintain strong working relationships with vendors, tracking deliverables and contractual obligations.

The Briad Group, Livingston, NJ 01/2023 – 07/2024

Financial Analyst/Senior Accountant

Provide financial analysis and reporting for management on major capital and O&M cost drivers.

Collaborate with personnel to control and manage costs, forecasting performance against goals, plans, and budgets.

Oversee accounts payable functions, including verifying and processing invoices, and cutting checks in a timely manner while maintaining strong vendor relationships.

Prepare and review month-end, quarterly, and full-year forecast/reports, including executive reporting packages, monthly financial close packages, and quarterly management meeting presentations.

Manage receivable-related tasks, including account master management, credit checks, credit line, and security management.

Performed complex financial and budget analyses to determine requirements and justify requested funding.

Used relevant financial technology to generate reports and recommended courses of action to upper management.

Collected data from other divisions to support quarterly forecasts.

Developed and implemented financial models to analyze complex information and assess the health of the organization.

Responsible for maintaining the general ledger, preparing journal entries, and reconciling accounts.

Reconciled claims and supporting operations with timely and accurate project closeout data.

Prepared monthly financial statements and reports.

Analyzed financial data to identify trends and potential areas of improvement.

TCS, Edison, NJ 10/2020 - 10/2022

Financial Business Analyst

Collected data and developed detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and create revenue, profitability, and expense forecasts.

Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends, and potential areas of improvement.

Conducted scenario-based financial risk assessments and advised on improvements for regulatory compliance.

Performed complex financial and budget analyses to determine requirements and justify requested funding.

Document and understand data needs of finance system requirements, which may include procure to pay, fixed assets, revenue recognition, cash and financial close.

Conduct and coordinate financial, product, market, operational and related research to support strategic and business planning within the various departments and programs of the client group.

Infosys Ltd., Basking Ridge, NJ 02/2020 - 07/2020

Business Analyst

Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.

Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.

Performed gap analysis to identify areas of improvement.

Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.

Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.

Ross International, Clifton, NJ 01/2018 - 1/2020

General Accountant

Support and participate in the monthly financial statement close process for Business Unit or functional area, ensuring accurate and timely recording of financial transactions.

Analyze and review financial statements and variances, consulting and liaising with operating unit finance personnel on accounting issues.

Provided comprehensive accounting support to company by managing functions like payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and business expense processing.

Reported financial data and updated financial records in ledgers and journals.

Reviewed and processed client electronic payments and checked deposits.

Interact with internal and external auditors, Controller's Group, and Business Units as required.

Prepare, review, and analyze account reconciliations, ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley control requirements.

EDUCATION

Mumbai University

Mumbai - 05/2016

MBA: Finance

Mumbai University

Mumbai - 03/2014

Bachelor of Commerce and Accounting: Accounting

Harvard Business Online: - Leading with Finance- October 2022

Chartered Market Technician L1: - July 2025 Candidate.

Life and Health Producer: - License #300-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deep-rana-430a69215

SKILLS

Knowledge of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Software

Excel/Financial Modeling, Timberline, Sage300, SAP, Tableau, Salesforce, Lawson.

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