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Over a Decade of Progressive Leadership Experience in Finance & Accounting Shared Services Operation & Transformation which spreads across:> heading F&A operations across 2 sites in Pune & Chennai of 400+ employees comprising of Accounting, Reporting & Regional Controlling for 2 Regions (Americas & Asia) and Global RTP / AP, Global OTC / AR & Global MDM> heading & transforming e2e F&A operations team of 150+ employees comprising of ATR/GL, OTC/AR, RTP/AP, Reporting & Controlling and Market Intelligence> leading virtual teams across GSC sites for 6+ years> driving & supporting transformation agenda, process improvements, automation, value-adds and Control & Governance for 800 employee F&A department of 7 group Business Units across 3 GSC sites in India & China> transitioned and led a team of business process owners supporting & approving changes in SAP > partnering with HQ in 3 SAP ERP projects and gaining SAP expertise> coaching & delivering value-add projects worth above $5mn over the yearsI have been privileged to work & lead teams in 3 cities (Chennai, Pune & Chengdu) including 2 deputations in 2011 (Chengdu) & 2013 (Pune).My Specialties: Management, Leadership, Virtual team, Coaching & Mentoring, Transformation, Accounting, Finance, Governance, Control, Project management, Process Improvements, Service Delivery, Multi-tasking, Learning, Stakeholder / communication management, Supervisory skills, Six Sigma, Scorecard, Reporting, Dashboards, Analysis, SAP, System Implementation, Accounts Payable / RTP, Accounts Receivable / OTC, Inter company, In-house Banking, Process metrics, FinalizationMy Preference:Leadership, Coaching & Mentoring, Accounting, Dashboards, Analysis, Process Improvements, Challenges, Governance & Control
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General Manager And Head - Central Business ServicesV-GuardKochi, Kl, In -
General Manager / Head - Central Business ServicesV-Guard May 2021 - PresentKochi, Kerala, IndiaHeading Central Business Services - a new department - with accounting activities across AP, AR, GA & MDM towers for V-Guard
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Associate Director Level (On Contract)Fidelity International Dec 2019 - Apr 2021Gurugram, Haryana, IndiaProcurement Services - Consultant, Transformation Projects, Bridging Leadership Vacuum across processes & reporting/analyticsProjects like New ERP Transition support & Supplier Portfolio Optimisation -
DirectorSelf-Employed Apr 2017 - Nov 2019Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaExperience in multiple areas - Restaurants, Export/Import & Local tourism
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General Manager / Head Of Accounting Operations Pune/Chennai And F&A Site Lead Pune - DamcoMaersk Global Service Centres (India) Pvt. Ltd. Oct 2015 - Mar 2017Pune Area, IndiaHeading delivery of 400+ member Damco Finance & Accounting team across 2 sites in Pune & Chennai covering Global RTP & Global OTC teams catering all Continents / regions, Accounting, Reporting & Controlling for 2 Damco regions of Americas (both North & South) and Asia.In addition was also the Pune Site Lead for Damco FNA operations.Instituted new organisation structure for AP Team with 4 performance pillars, after delivering ~45% efficiency over 2 consecutive years, enabling -> the team to act as true global team-> by creating 'Pull' mechanism to manage volume spikes across the globe-> simplified communication matrix for stakeholders across areas/regions-> end to end ownership and control over AP process in Shared ServicesCentralised AP Controlling as a CoE team under one manager for optimal AP process, driving business metrics globally & working capital control and best practice sharing across all regionsDesigned and rolled-out ‘Engagement model’ to ensure consistent and continuous communication of the strategy, objectives, results and status of programs/initiatives to senior management and key stakeholders -
General Manager / Head Of Finance & Accounting - Apm TerminalsMaersk Global Service Centres (India) Pvt. Ltd. Aug 2013 - Sep 2015Pune Area, IndiaHeaded Delivery & Transformation of 150+ member APM Terminals Finance & Accounting team covering RTP, OTC, MDM, ATR, Reporting & Controlling and specialised services including IT financial management & Market Intelligence.Key Achievements: # In Deputation, managed the team undergoing critical transformation of structure/process/delivery, including the consolidation of FNA process in one GSC site, being the third leader in the same year 2013.# Strengthened the governance in the team within 2 months thereby gaining business partner consent to manage & transform the team in long term.# Transformed APM Terminal FNA team into a highly engaged team within a year by reducing attrition from 58% in 2013 to 16% in 2014 which helped in business/service continuity# Designed & implemented the team structure to scale up for high-end accounting delivery in future, which included the creation of Regional Accounting Manager & Chief Accountant roles in GSC# Piloted end to end transitions with increased ownership over accounting in GSC for the first time# Successful turn-around of cost reduction & increase in business partner satisfaction score over the year, in comparison to prior year# Contributed a value-adding idea of $7mn to impact the bottom-line via working capital saving# Developed IFS ERP Super-users for the first time in GSC thereby creating platform for developing Centre of Excellence# Initiated optimisation of ERP for the first time to eliminate local practices and transform to use the ERP as an ERP instead of database# Of the many first-times and foot-prints left, e-learning was yet another area where self-learning courses were created
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Global Business Process Improvement Lead - F&A For 7 Group Business UnitsMaersk Global Service Centres (India) Pvt. Ltd. Oct 2011 - May 2014Chennai Area, IndiaManaged 3 different portfolios of Transformation / Improvement and Process Ownership.Portfolio 1: Global BPI Lead managing a virtual team of Green Belts & Super-users for F&A with focus across 3 GSC sites in India & China for 7 different Business units delivery team of 800+ fteDrove Value-adds, Process Improvements, Automations including Off-the-Shelf automation softwares, Internal Governance & managed Compliance & Reporting of FNA processPortfolio 2: 'Business Process Owners' with global process ownership of F&A process for Damco in SAPPortfolio 3: Regional BPO for Damco EuropeKey Achievements:# Travelled to Manila in 2012 for Opportunity Assessment of FACT OPS to decide on best Process Alignment in GSC.# Apart from managing multiple portfolios, successful delivery of results & value-add, also undertook an additional responsibility of a challenging deputation in 2013 to manage APMT F&A team as Delivery Lead from Pune GSC.
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Project Manager & Bpo - Sap ProjectsMaersk Global Service Centres (India) Pvt. Ltd. Oct 2010 - Oct 2011Chennai, IndiaSAP ECC6 Technical Upgrade (Oct'10-May'11):Supported the upgrade from ECC6 from GSC acting as a partner to CENFINBPO in testing of various SAP transactions by managing a dedicated team of 8 experts & by procuring service of experts from other teams across GSC sites. As only BPO ('Business Process Owner') responsible for IHB (In-house bank) ensuredtesting & valid performance of the business critical area of vendor payments and reconciliationSeago Go-live (Apr'11-Oct'11):Managed the Seago (a new liner company focussing on Intra-Europe trade in MaerskLine) go-live in SAP ERP by managing performance of 2 teams, of which one team was responsible for SAP blue-printing (including KDS) and second for SAP testingKey Achievements: # Drove the team to the extra mile to document key improvements of the upgrade & shared with FNA teams to scale up the knowledge level of SAP ERP.# Played an active role in "Process validation / Organisation alignment" workshop in CPH
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F&A Bpi Manager In China (Interim / Deputation)Maersk Global Service Centres Jun 2011 - Aug 2011Chengdu, ChinaManaged the BPI team in Chengdu GSC on deputation for a interim period of 2 months during the important period of GSC transformation from site based into process based structure, while simultaneously managing the Seago project from the team operating in Chennai GSCKey Achievements:# Initiated best practices sharing across GSC's by encouraging / forming forums for subordinate/peer level interaction across sites.# Contributed a key idea to Balanced Scorecard by integrating IPO metrics with Hypothesis testing
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Migration / Account Manager Finance & Accounting - Germany ClusterMaersk Global Service Centres (India) Pvt. Ltd. Jul 2009 - Sep 2010Chennai, IndiaMigrated end to end finance & accounting activities from Europe and managed it for the third biggest cluster of Maerskline in 2009/2010.Also managed two key activities of 'MaerskLine' (Period End & Technical Accounts Reconciliation) successfully in the team, despite the technical challenges and delays due to high volume.Key Achievements:# While 'red to green' in control dashboard was the focus, turned the bottom-line of an entity from red (continuous loss) to green (profit) during migration by understanding the 'Transfer Pricing' nuances & also by managing the 'Exposure' risks and fund settlements.# Suggested few procedures to minimise exposure risk and to reduce the inflated balance sheet which was approved and implemented as global procedures# Only accounting team to develop 5 SAP period-end specialists within a year, who inturn supported other country accounting teams during contingencies.# Led and completed a Green Belt project in inter-company process; sustainable improvement made by building control within SAP.# In addition to being an account manager, acted as project manager in supporting SAP Server Migration of Maersk to a new service provider in a different location by managing a virtual team in testing SAP transactions, including few new modules for GSC like SSP module.# Extended voluntary support to another leader/team in fixing up 'Incorrect Liner Balance Sheet balances' for an entire quarter by coaching the team, managing stakeholder & suggesting corrective solution which was implemented.
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Team Leader - F&AMaersk Global Service Centres (India) Pvt. Ltd. Nov 2007 - Jun 2009Chennai Area, IndiaLed 2 teams of different dynamics.First led 'Payment Clearing Centre' focussing on 2 key activities Vendor Payments & Bank Reconciliation for multiple regions / entities (all 40+ entities managed from Chennai).Second team was 'Nam Project' focussing on piloting multiple new activities in GSC for One Region/Cluster.Key Achievements:# Automated bank reconciliation in SAP thereby saving 20% of efficiency# Gained the confidence of senior management within a year to manage & pilot many first time activities in GSC (like PO creation, GR/IR, Vendor & TEM credit card reconciliations) even before E2E migrations was started in GSC# First PO by any Maersk GSC was created by my team for Damco in 2008.# Drove the team to go the extra mile by performing GR/IR reconciliation not directly in scope of the team and for the first time after go-live, the oustanding items could be exported in Ms-Excel 2003.
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Team Member - F&A (Ponl / Maersk)Maersk Global Service Centres (India) Pvt. Ltd. Aug 2005 - Oct 2007Chennai, IndiaWorked across 4 different teams in 2 Shipping companies P&O Nedlloyd and Maersk using 2 different ERP's Peoplesoft & SAP.Key Achievements:# From lack of 'Ctrl+C' knowledge of computers, became an expert in designing queries in Peoplesoft ERP to pull any required data from Tables directly within 6 months# Also within a year designed multiple Ms-Access databases across FNA teams by self learning.# Proven multi-tasking & time management in the very first year of job by managing 'regular day-classes' of my post graduation for a whole year along with the full-time job in Maersk.
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Secured First Rank In The Department / Batch
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Don Bosco Matriculation SchoolSecured 90% In Higher Secondary
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