Ashwin Ramesh Email & Phone Number

India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Conducted comprehensive financial analysis of data center operational costs, revenue streams, and profitability using PowerBI, SQL, and Python.• Prepared detailed financial reports and forecasts, leveraging advanced Excel skills and data visualization tools to support strategic decision-making.• Utilized PowerBI for creating visually appealing and informative dashboards, facilitating the interpretation of complex financial data.• Conducted in-depth financial analysis, monitoring and evaluating financial performance against budgets and forecasts using SQL and Python for data manipulation.• Prepared and presented accurate and comprehensive financial statements and reports for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.• Ensured timely and accurate filing of tax returns, staying updated on changes in tax laws, and collaborating with external tax advisors.• Managed relationships with exchanges and payment handling for vendors and exchanges, incorporating SQL and Python for efficient data management.• Gathered, organized, and prepared financial data for tax audits and assessments, maintaining meticulous records to support tax positions.• Oversaw the closure of financial books, implementing month-end and year-end processes with proficiency in PowerBI for reporting.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Had ownership of all process – AR/AP and recons. Responsible for consolidation and reporting of financials to management • Built screening process for new customer by using credit score & other verifications process.• Reduced $200k bad debt by identifying fraud & risk trends using various statistical analysis and came up with policy/SOPs to prevent bad debt from existing defaulting customers• Instrumental in pricing functions tailor made for each client. Responsible for all financial reporting too all stakeholders and investors quarterly.• Initiated and completed cross functional projects which reduced operational lead times by half and saved cost by 30% • Handled all states sales tax filing in the US • Took over all stakeholder reporting – management and investors • Management of Payment gateway Stripe and subscription billing softwares Chargebee, Bill.com. Became SME and knowledge centre• Launched new ticketing system called Monday.com for internal purpose thus improving operation efficiency and turnaround time for internal requests.• Lead the project Avalara tax integration from finance side thus making sure the tax collected from the customer meets US tax compliance law and is accurate as per county tax rates.• Started and encouraged process improvement within the function by adopting technical tools.• Increased revenue by assisting with operations management, sales and marketing efforts.• Develop calculated columns and measures using DAX in Power BI.• As Financial Analyst Created Dashboards Scorecards, views, pivot tables, charts, for further data analysis• Created developing dashboards and reporting visualization. Expert on creating multiple kind of Report in Power I and presenting it using Story Points.• Coordinated the collection and analysis of multi-year business-line projections to determine the organization’s annual operating plan.

Bengaluru Area, India

Applying payment schemes and tools knowledge of the Payment Operations, including investigations, processing and reconciliations processes.> Executed all payment transactions within the organisation such as FX transfers, Faster Payments, CHAPS, SWIFT & SEPA. Communicated directly cross functional teams to safeguard smooth financial operations through assisting with troubleshooting corporate and SME online banking platforms.> Liaised with clients to address concerns with accounts, such as with Fraud / AML blocks, and provide quick resolution.> Utilised knowledge and expertise to provide assistance to other teams in need, particularly with generating bank audit reports.> Managing the OFAC Payment Investigations across different schemes including FPS, BACS, SWIFT and SEPA> Onboarded Reconciliations process for the bank, monitoring internal USD accounts and tackling any discrepancies> Keeping high communications standard through our Payment Ops Associates and our clearing offices, to create a more efficient style of working between Payment Operations and the Payment Product team, especially during new launches.> Working on large scale automation projects, such as Payment Processing Automation, in order to cool down the hiring demand with the constantly rising volumes> Continuously working on new process onboarding, such as the clearing/cheque handling process, to remain compliant with all markets’ regulations during the bank’s quick expansion> Established promotion criteria for the Banking Operations team as well as implemented performance measurement tools to ensure KPI adherence> Heavy involvement in Payment Recovery, both for customer and bank error, and managing such incidents accordingly> Playing a key role in the Risk Management Framework and working closely with the Operational Risk and Credit Risk team to implement new tools and controls across different areas of banking operations