Management Six Sigma

MONICA D’SILVA

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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

MBA with approx 9 yrs of work experience in Financial Planning Analysis & Reporting, Project Accounting, Reconciliations, Balance Sheet Reviews, Month End processes, Procurement & Finance Controlling, Vendor Data Management & Control, Receivables Data Management & Controlling, Receivables & Procurement Process Design Development & Set up, Credit Controlling & Collections & SOX Audits.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Controller Receivables - March 2010 to Present - Nokia Siemens Networks India Pvt Ltd

• Global Specialist responsibility for Receivables Management within NSN.

• Monthly maintenance and closing procedures and ensuring data quality and integrity of balance sheet values.

• Maintain and develop financial reporting systems together with respective business owners and IT.

• Participating in receivables related process developments and continuous enhancement of the reporting processes.

• Preparation of monthly global ageing analysis of receivables (process updates, manual updates and corrections follow-up)

• Develop, maintain and provide user support in case of any clarifications on Receivables.

• Training the various financial & non-financial teams on receivables and speeding up the cash collection process.

• Checking the internal control points set to business processes are actively used and controlled (both from business performance and internal control point of view)

• Supporting the development of policies and procedures to ensure reliable financial data.

• Coordinate the issue resolution of the reporting related topic with the different stakeholders.

Controller Purchasing - March’06 – March 2010 - Nokia Siemens Networks India Pvt. Ltd

• Overall planning and reporting of process activities for a specific area with focus on OPEX, Program Charging, CAPEX, HC, Tangible Assets, Account Payables, Account Receivables Inventories and Obsolescence Provisions.

• Managing and continuously improving the planning and reporting process.

• Analyzing the results available to support decision makers.

• Checking that the control points set to business processes are actively used and controlled (both from business performance and internal control point of view).

• Maintaining reporting & planning tools (structures, hierarchies etc.) to ensure continuity and quality (for example in organization changes).

• Preparing financial and management information (KPIs as defined in NSN Purchasing Controlling guideline and others) in timely manner to Head of Unit F&C, Region & Sub-region F&C.

• Preparing periodical standard reporting within respective Global Procurement function and related region to support fact based decision making

• Ensuring compliance with NSN Global F&C controls, tools, processes, and accounting principles, incl. SOX compliance and internal control systems (vendor selection, price errors, etc.)

Team Lead - Mar03 - Mar 06 - Hewlett Packard Finance Operations

• Independently handled team of 8 members.

• Monthly reporting of Cost and Revenue relating to Projects to Asia Pacific Controller and Finance team as well as preparing analysis of the Project movements and flux in the P&L and B/S Accounts.

• Accruing revenue and Costs for projects that are unbilled, deferral and amortization of costs, recognizing revenue and Costs on a monthly basis for support contracts with different customers within the HP reporting timelines.

• Timely reconciliation of balance sheet accounts related to Account receivables, Payables, Revenue Deferrals and Cost Amortizations and accurate reporting of the balance sheet items such as escalatables, open reconciling and reconciling items in the account reconciliation tracking tool.

• Provide subject matter expertise on assigned systems or areas.

• Develop new procedure documentation in support of new process, products or system enhancements. Identify and recommend staff training needs in response to process changes

• Periodically identify customer needs. Regularly / continuously translate these needs to process specific measurable & help process achieve greater Customer Satisfaction.

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS:

• Trained in Quality Tools Six Sigma & Six Sigma Methodology. (Green Belt Certified from Hewlett Packard)

• Internal Auditor’s Training program conducted by the Bureau Veritas Quality International @ Hewlett Packard

• Underwent training in Presentation and Interpersonal skills conducted at Siemens.

• Underwent the Advanced Negotiation Skill Training at Siemens.

SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE

• Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Basic Access.

• Working Knowledge on SAP FICO and BW.

EDUCATION

Currently pursuing CMA from Institute of Management Accountants, USA.

MBA in Business Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Bangalore, April ‘09 -April ’11, GPA 3.5

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