Pooja D'Souza Email & Phone Number

Greater Bengaluru Area

1. Responsible for financial strategy, co creating the business plan, building financial models, and working capital management. 2. Part of the core leadership team in curating product strategy, business visioning, planning and implementing agile project management in the company. 3. Created insightful financial dashboard reports, and benchmarked financial performances monthly to aid in timely decision making.4. Build strong cross functional relationships with product, and technology, to provide clear communications across the entire company. 5. Handled compliances on accounting, taxes, and legal requirements for branches in USA, New Zealand, Canada and India.6. Lead People management & culture by empowering ‘local’ business areas, with a‘globally focused’ lens to ensure high levels of people experiences in the company.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Responsible for overall financial planning, financial health of the organization, and compliance with all statutory regulations.• Conceptualized and developed the service costing strategy for MAD. Enhanced the fundraising strategy by packaging fundraising proposals for various impact services, based on funding potential. • Developed the Management Information Systems, and provided solutions on fund management with a business-partner mindset collaborating with Vertical Directors. • Set up the online accounting and financial management system to introduce automation resulting in significant cost-saving efficiencies and easy accessibility to reports for leadership.. • Developed a risk management framework to manage financial and compliance risks, and conduct evaluations for cost-saving opportunities. • Prepared grant applications proposals for international and national corporates, HNI’s and grant funders with proposal value ranging from INR 50 lakhs - INR 10 crores • Managed internal audit, annual audit, tax audits and funder audits• Leading, and mentoring a remote networked finance team of 26 team members

Qatar

• Development and implementation of accounting policies and guidelines creating a strong financial management culture.• Coordinating the annual budget process for the university incorporating sufficient analysis and risk assessment. • Monitoring and reporting of the University’s financial position and preparing management accounts and analysis for the university’s leadership team. • Enabling monthly forecasts for department budgets ensuring accountability with the organization• Developed strong working relationships with departments to assist meeting operational strategy goals. • Costing of budgets for research grant applications as well as monitoring, financial analysis and reporting of ongoing research grants awarded to UCL Qatar• Manage the accounts receivables and accounts payable function of the department. • Manage the annual compliance audit for the university.

-Accurately administered payroll using Genesys -Administered Accounts payable functions, process purchase orders and payments, managed vendor accounts utilizing QuickBooks.-Performing budget analysis of University research grants.-Point of contact with Qatar Foundation, Main campus Washington, D.C. and various sponsor organizations on student accounts. Interaction with over 200 students on billing, collection and financialaid or scholarship inquiries utilizing Banner Accounts Receivable system- Preparing financial reports, Bank reconciliations and maintaining a KPI analysis of billing collection trend within the receivables.

Recruitment-Talent Planning-Talent Marketing-Talent Induction-Talent SelectionMembers Development :- Goal setting sessions- Coaching and Education- Arraning Training and Mentorship sessions - Creating Performance appraisals- Conducting Membership Review- Creating a Rewards and Recognitions system - Engage in Leadership Development conferences and link development opportunities. - Conferences managementTransition:- Knowledge Management within AIESEC - Building Transition Plan for members

Certified Management Accountant

Ba, Economics&Sociology

Economics and Sociology

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