Laksan Yasaratne, Acma,Cgma,Cpa,Mba,Bsc Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

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Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom

✔️Redesigned FP&A function with Power BI for monthly management accounting, and improved rolling forecast accuracy.✔️Implemented KPI Dashboard reporting to enhance decision-making and save full-year SG &A expenses✔️Developed a 6-month cashflow forecast, and arranged fixed deposits, resulting in earning additional interest income via arranging fixed deposits. ✔️Prepared monthly management accounts, including profit & loss statements, balance sheet and cash flow statements, improving accruals accuracy.✔️Finalized annual financial audit with external auditors and sign off accounts with trustee board.✔️Quaterly VAT return filing in HMRC - MTD system and obtained tax credit refund.✔️Managed treasury function and worked closely with Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group for day to day banking operations and investment banking services.

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

✔️ Formulated strategic and long-term business plans (LRP) for a period of 2022-2025 to achieve USD 400M of group revenue.✔️Led group annual budget preparation, achieving USD 300M group annual revenue with 10% YoY growth.✔️Spearheaded operational systems implementation, process automation and digital transformation projects such as SAP S/4 HANA and Robotic process automation (RPA) using Ui Path within finance, reducing AP process cost of per invoice by 30%.✔️Evaluated NPV and IRR for USD 25M capacity expansion, completing the project in line with scope, time and budget goals.✔️Developed and maintained strong engagement with non-financial stakeholders during key projects such as the ERP implementation, improving NPS (Net Promoter Score) from 50 to 70.

Colombo,Srilanka

✔️ Developed costing module based on Overhead Absorption Rates (OAR) and increased annual contribution growth YoY by 5%- 10% range.✔️Implemented 3 3-month rolling forecast method and increased forecast accuracy by 5% within 9 months period. ✔️ Implemented the “Profit Centre” concept among the group to improve group YoY operational profitability growth by 5%.✔️Developed SAP-based KPI reporting system to drive both financial & non-financial KPI achievements✔️Implemented financial planning tools to analyse long-term financial trends, improving tactical decision-making and financial targets.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

✔️ Finalised weekly cash flow forecast to manage the cash flow and managed cash conversion cycle below 30 days.✔️Spearheaded a challenging Debt Restructuring Plan and improved working capital days by 10 days.through effective debtor collection, JIT (Just in Time) ordering and creditor days negotiation.✔️Developed group treasury strategy for 5 years with a compelling KPI dashboard, achieving 10% finance cost saving YoY.✔️Improved relations with suppliers through streamlined payment processes, negotiating early payment discounts and reducing overall procurement costs by 8%

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Low Cost Water Purification System Development Project

Inspiring and Grooming our Youth to Succeed in a Competitive Global Economy.

Coordinate, and arrange total logistic solution for Uniliver function

Acma Cgma, Management Accountancy

Member

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Merit Pass

Bsc (Physical Sciences), Chemistry, Physics,Applied Mathematics,Computer Science & Statistic

Activities and Societies: AIESEC local committee member

Certificate In Computer Application(Distinction),Certificate In English(Merit)

Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Assistant Prefect(2004), Senior scout at 10th Colombo Ananda College Scout Troop, Senior news editor & reader.