Sameer Ghatwal Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Mh, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Heading Order-to-Cash, Disbursement and MIS function of Creative & Media group.• Responsible for timely completion of activities as part of the Order-to-Cash (O2C) function – Client billing, Collections support and Cash application accounting in timely manner• Manage the team performance and ensures delivery of timely output as per the defined SLAs• Monitor and measures the performance of the business process • Improve the business process flow on a continual basis utilizing leading industry practices • Help Team Leaders set policies and procedures for the O2C & Disbursement process• Act as a key contact person for all external groups (IPG network agencies, customers, tax & regulatory authorities) which affect / are affected by the O2C & Disbursement process• Assist team in trouble shooting and decision making• Budget staff / resources, expenses and bad debt• Review & supervise disbursement process, see to it that no payments are made violating AP process.• Vendor payments are on-time and accurate.• Queries are resolved and communicated timely• All supplier accounts are reconciled to supplier statements, with anomalies cleared timely• Debit balances are reported and cleared on a regular basis• Produce effective qualitative and quantitative metrics reporting to measure efficiency and effectiveness of function and staff• Assist agencies with month-end reporting process• Manage client and external audit process when necessary• Ensure processes operate within the Group’s Sarbanes Oxley programme and Standard Policy• Identify changes to long term resource needs and implements appropriate actions• Ensure role alignment of individuals• Identify, assess and select resources• Facilitate performance assessments and conducts feedback sessions• Determine and adjust team and individual performance measures• Support decisions related to monetary and non-monetary compensation / rewards within established guidelines

Kurla

Working as SDL (Service Delivery Leader) for Projects Vertical.◦ Responsible for overseeing accounting activities of R2R and O2C and the maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger and financial report preparation. ◦ Sign-off of Account reconciliation with the reconciliations team.◦ Monthly, quarterly and annual closings◦ Scrutiny of GL & Balance sheet review◦ Support the budgeting & forecasting process. ◦ Production of monthly management deck. ◦ Review/prepare standard journals and related activities including recharge journals.◦ Discuss SLA performance and address customer issues and escalations. ◦ Exposure to the quality tools like six sigma, lean, etc. ◦ Review of schedule for BP, BR, FD, Buyers Credit, LC

Navi Mumbai

Designing and implementing systems & procedures; supervising the consolidation of group accounts and preparation of financial statements.Formulating finance and operational budgets and continuously tracking performance against the same by real time MIS systems and taking corrective action on observed deviations.Coordination with pre-sales team for submission of RFP. Working out various Pricing / revenue Models. Preparation of Transfer Pricing agreements for transactions with subsidiaries.Complete control over Tax compliances for various entities. Follow-up on status of assessment and refunds. Work with Consultants to get appropriate and timely Withholding tax orders (u/s 197). Management of queries from Vendors/clients. Annual tax computation of various entities, TP audits, and inter-co billings.

Mahape

•Preparation of Annual Service wise and Country wise Budgets and monitoring thereof.•Month wise monitoring of the budget & productivity monitoring of the various projects.•Tracking Revenue of different programs.•Preparation of monthly Project wise P&L.•Variance reporting at division and program level.•Costing of various prospective & existing services.•Coordinating with pre-sales for RFP & commercials.•Devising different revenue models.•Preparation of various MIS reports.•Preparation of Incentive plans for Operations staff and ensuring accurate disbursement.◦Faciliated to introduce Performance Liked incentive policy to CRE / Team Leaders, which helped in reduction in absentiseem & increase in productivity.•Budgetary clearance for all expenditures.•Preparation of Transfer Pricing agreements for transactions with subsidiaries.•Owner of Invoicing Procedure and timely delivering Invoices to end-Customer.•Finance department representative for COPC compliance.•Monitoring the Forex advances issued to Employees and to ensure that the same are settled within timelines.•Monitoring Debtors and preparation of monthly collection plans, coordinating with countries CFO for collection follow ups.

Mahape

Mumbai

Treasury Function: -•Managing of day-to-day treasury.•Coordination with Corp Finance for funding issues.•Arranging & settlement of foreign currency for Employee traveling outside India.•Liaison with Bank for Foreign Inward/ Outward remittance.•Negotiating Rates with Banks for FIRC / ORM •TDS Working, getting certificate from CA.•Making arrangement of funds, processing & accounting of such payments.•Arrange BG/LC's / EMD as per requirement received from various dept.•Maintaining FDR’s, calculating Interest & accounting of the same.Accounts Payable: -•Scrutinizing all Bank Payment vouchers of HO.•Coordinating with Branches for vendor/ operational payments.•Approving / Passing of Bills.•Tracking & controlling payments of Foreign Networks Service Provider.•Implementing ISO Quality policies in the DepartmentMIS :-•Monthly EIS, Project wise performance report.•Daily / Weekly / Monthly requirement of fund.•Monthly Actual Receipt & Payment.•Inward / Outward foreign remittance.•Monthly FDR / EMD status•Project Payments & Financing•Quarterly Project Completion Report.•Capital Expenditure pending for Capitalization Report.

Mumbai, Nasik

◦Administered Depot And Branch Accounting, Collection & Payments Targets, taxation etc.◦Handled accounting & finalization of Biscuit Manufacturing Co, Investment Company, Charitable & Beneficiary Trusts and Directors Personal Accounts

Kalyan, Mumbai

Conducting Internal, Statutory & Tax Audits of Companies, Schools, Trusts, Partnership firms, High Networth IndividualsLiasioning with Income Tax & Sales Tax Deparment.Attending Cases with IT & Sales Tax Department.

Book Keeping & Finalisation of various entities such as, Individual, HUF, Schools & Trusts, Companies and Partnership firms.Tax Computations.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance, First Class

Articleship

B.Com, Commerce

Ssc