Senior Finance Manager - FP&A & Accounting

Naresh Tapiavala, CPA, MBA

**** **** **, *****, ** 75025

***********@*****.*** - 972-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

●A self-motivated, detailed and result-oriented senior finance professional with strong FP&A and accounting experience.

●A proven ability to improve processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness.

●Excellent technical, analytical, problem-solving, multi-tasking, and time management skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Finance Manager (Account Controller), Atos, Irving, TX (10/2016 – 05/2026)

●Performed monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial close by preparing and reviewing complex journal entries for accruals, reclass and deferral.

●Recognized Revenue complying with ASC 606 for fixed, T&M, milestone, cost plus margin and POC based revenue.

●Seved as a primary business financial partner to non-financial service partners. Supported them in tracking, analyzing, and controlling cost by detailed analysis of direct cost (reviewed vendor invoices with purchase orders and Goods Receipt) and indirect cost.

●Reviewed Purchase Request for Capex (ROI and NPV), Opex,, and Lease cost (Financial or Operating Lease under ASC 842) for coding, and classifications. Worked with shared service group in India and Mexico to issue PO.

●Reported and presented Flux analysis (month over month and Year over Year), Variance Analysis (Actuals to Budget and Forecast), head count and Profit Improvement plan.

●Set up new customers, profit center, cost center, project, WBS and Fixed Asset (Addition, disposal and modification) in SAP – Hana S4.

●Reconciled Deferred Revenue, Vendors payable, pre-paid, and other balance sheet accounts.

●Prepared annual Budget and rolling forecasts/outlook (Rallies) for a customer account (Project). Loaded budget and forecast in Essbase and ARMS tool.

●Prepared and presented variance analysis (Current month actuals with forecast and budget). Explained key drivers (root cause analysis) of variances and suggested remedial actions.

●Served as primary contact for internal/external Auditors and shared services like payroll, tax (Sales tax and property tax), Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Purchasing.

●Supervised and mentored one Financial Analyst.

Sr. Accounting Advisor, NTT Data (Dell Services), Plano, TX (04/2011 - 10/2016)

●Prepared Budgets, forecasts, and outlook.

●Analyzed actuals by customers (Hospital contracts), and projects, and prepared variance analysis.

●Reviewed capital expense request (CER) and service(work) order request (SR), prepared purchase requests based on quotes received from vendors, and reviewed POs, GRN, and invoices for payment approvals.

●Reviewed customer contracts to determine billed, unbilled (WIP-POC and non-POC), and deferred revenue. Prepared revenue and cost accrual/deferred entries.

●Set up projects/WBS/cost centers and fixed assets and reconciled Balance-sheet accounts.

●Financial reporting - Financials, backlog, deferred, unbilled and consulting revenue, CAPEX, gross spending (POC), deferred assets impairment analysis, AR aging, COGS and headcount.

●Worked as a Senior Business Analyst with Tenet Healthcare (Baylor & Scott Hospital) under Staff Augmentation contract with Dell Services.

●Participated in migration of PeopleSoft to Oracle Accounting system, developed SOP and audited invoices and revenue for SOX compliance.

Accounting Consultant, Financial Additions, Dallas, TX (03/2009 - 04/2011)

●Fossil Inc. - Prepared journal entries and reconciled gift card, P Card, and warranty accounts.

●Heartland Automotive (Jiffy Lube) - Assisted in preparation of budgets. Analyzed and reconciled Balance sheet accounts. Accrued utilities and real estate taxes for 402 retail stores.

●Vitro Packaging - Reconciled intercompany accounts in Mexicans and US currencies.

●1st Global - Audited post conversion 401(k) balances of recordkeeping systems. Reconciled balance- sheet accounts. Prepared revenue recognition entries.

●Securus Technologies - Managed and reconciled revenue-based commission payable accounts. Reviewed commission contracts.

●Orix USA - Tracked management and leasing fee cash flow of bankrupt property management Company.

Sr. Accountant, Xerox Corporation (ACS Inc.), Dallas, TX (05/2008 – 01/2009)

●Performed month-end close and consolidated accounts of foreign subsidiary companies.

●Reconciled and analyzed balance sheet accounts including multiple inter-company accounts in multiple foreign currencies.

●Prepared quarterly forecasts. Analyzed financial statements for preliminary review and variance reporting.

●Managed and revamped commission payment process. Improved the timing of commission payment from more than six months to 2 months and saved commission payout by 10%.

●Prepared various month and quarter end reports for management.

●Set up projects, WBS, customers, vendors, cost centers, and GL accounts.

●Participated in conversion of MAS 90 to JDE One World accounting system. Researched unusual transactions and validated outputs.

Accountant III, Prime Therapeutics LLC, Irving, TX, (12/2006 – 05/2008)

●Performed month-end close for prescription distribution centers in Texas and New Mexico.

●Evaluated and enhanced reconciliation process, which resulted in reduction in backlog and accuracy of receivable, inventory and cash account reconciliations.

●Improved inventory reporting process using Monarch data extraction software which resulted in increased accuracy, control, and timeliness.

●Performed monthly financial analysis by location, and product. Coordinated with internal resources to analyze revenue, margin, and SG&A. Explained variances.

●Assisted in forecasting volume, labor cost and expenses. Prepared financial models for shipping cost and vendor selection.

●Prepared monthly flash report showing both financial and operational information.

●Trained, developed and reviewed work of accounting staff. Provided input into hiring and performance evaluation.

●Served as a point of contact for external year-end audits.

●Developed, analyzed, and reported KPI such as number of prescriptions, average price and cost per prescription, shipping costs, labor efficiency and operating expenses.

Sr. Accountant/Staff Accountant, JPM Chase (EMC Mortgage), Lewisville, TX (06/2001 – 12/2006)

●Reconciled and analyzed the inter-company accounts. Researched, followed up, escalated and resolved reconciling items in a timely manner and prevented recurrence of such items in future. Reduced reconciling items aged over 30 days by 99%.

●Teamed with Internal Audit to develop documents and implement internal controls to ensure compliance with SOX requirements. Assisted in quarterly SOX compliance assessment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

●Spreadsheet - Excel (Advanced) and Google

●Financial Accounting Systems – SAP/HANA S4(Nessie), JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Great Plains, and Oracle.

●Financial reporting systems – Hyperion Financial Management (Essbase), SAP- Business Object, OCIE, XTND, Assure Net (Trin Tech).

●Analytics – SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud), Oracle BI

●Servicing systems - Mortgage Servicing system (MSP), SBO 2000, WITS, Rx Express,

Sales Force, CRM.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

●Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

●Chartered Accountant (Inter)

●Master of Business Administration (MBA), Hofstra University, Concentration in Finance.

●Master of Commerce, Maharaja Sayajirao University, India, Concentration in Accounting.

●Bachelor of Commerce, Maharaja Sayajirao University, India, Concentration in Accounting & Auditing.

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