Financial Accountant/Analyst

Role in Finance and Planning/Management

June 2006 ˇV May 2008 (2 years): Financial Accountant/Analyst
Organisation: IBM India
Dept: Global Business Services
Role: Accounting, Forecasting, MIS reporting,Financial and Variance Analysis & People Management
„«Prepare division wise P&L account, Journalizing cost and expense transfers, accruals, expense bookings
„«Inter Company Accounting
„«Reconciliation report on cost and expense accruals, Sub-contracts
„«Preparation of Spending Road map and Fall plan for the year
„«Forecasting Monthly and Quarterly division wise spending
„«Providing a quarterly Performance View (PV) of spending to the regional manager
„«Preparation of Monthly and Quarterly division wise spending reports for IBM UK, Ireland & South Africa
„«Monitor/track the movements in each of the spending elements and investigate the variance and report to the manager with a detailed analysis
„«Analysis of all spending elements and assisting the Sector Finance & Planning Leads with the cost/expense control mechanism
„«Prepare monthly dashboard summarizing the Actual spend against Budgets and provide analysis of variance to the regional CFO and Sector leads
„«Computation of Over/Under Absorption and cost apportionment to each sectors on a monthly basis
„«Liasoning with the UK Finance team on a regular basis
„«Handling a team of 2 members and being the direct focal point to the UK team
„«Adherence to deadlines
Projects Handled: Was at IBMˇ¦s UK headquarters to move certain core Finance projects to Bangalore
Handled the quarter close from UK headquarters


Jan 2003 ˇV May 2006 (3 years 5 months): Research Analyst/Quality Control Coordinator Organisation: Thomson Reuters , Bangalore.
Department: Estimates
Jan 2003- May 2006: Worked as a Research Analyst involving research, analysis of financial statements and updating earnings estimates of companies incorporated in US, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Promoted and worked as a Quality Control Coordinator for Estimates dept. involving end-to-end resolution of queries within the organization and across the globe, quality audit of Estimates data at production and product level, preparation and consolidation of quality reports, training etc.

Sept 2001 ˇV Dec 2002 (1 year 4 months): Accounts/Audit Executive
Organization:D.B. Karkera & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mangalore.
Designation :Accounts/Audit Executive

Qualification: PGDBA, B.Com, C.A. (Inter)
2008 ˇV Post Graduate in Business Administration (PGDBA) from Symbiosis Institute of Distance Learning, Pune with specialization in Finance Management
2002 ˇVC.A. Intermediate Group 1 from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
1998 ˇV Graduated in Commerce from Mangalore University

ERP ˇVSAP Financials
Reporting Tools ˇV BRIO, Hyperion, Essbase and SQL based voucher processing system
MS Office ˇV Good excel knowledge, Power point, MS ˇV Word and MS - Access
Lotus Notes, MS Outlook
Accounting Package - Tally