Sankar Narayan S Email & Phone Number

Pune, Mh, In

Pune

GBS India head for Smith and Nephew a British multinational medical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is an international producer of advanced wound management products, arthroscopy products, trauma and clinical therapy products, and orthopedic reconstruction products.As a leader for India site, set up and scaled a diverse set of services from scratch that included Finance & Accounting,Procurement, Supply Chain, IT, Analytics, Service management and enterprise support processes, working with senior stakeholders on developing GBS strategy, Operating and Governance model. Built a diverse portfolio of services and established an efficient ecosystem of Quality, Continuous improvement culture, facilitating and leading digital transformation across functions,stakeholder management across business, establishing and administering people related policies and procedures, talent acquisition and management strategies. Employer branding, Statutory and regulatory compliance and other site related requirements. Set up policies and procedures for administration of the GBS site with a significant involvement in finance transformation and setting and scaling up other capabilities across multiple service lines such as IT, Global analytics COE, Procurement, Master Data Management, Service Management and other Corporate Support services.

Chennai Area, India

Spearheading set up and management of Finance & Accounting function in multi-location set up in India for one of the world's oldest and largest custody and investment management bank. Overseeing Global Finance and Accounting operations for US, EMEA & APAC covering end to end functions of Finance & Accounting that include Record to report, P2P, Portfolio accounting, Broker dealer finance, O2C, Consolidation, Investment accounting, regulatory reporting. Have been instrumental in establishment of F&A function bottoms up by setting up and scaling the F&A operations for multiple geographies that was high on complexity, significant on regulatory control. Responsible for P&L for F&A function, Transition, Service delivery, Risk management, Stakeholder management.Managed project related to HR transformation for a large client. that included developing approach, for core HR processes in a multi-center and complex environment with respect digital strategy, implementation and transition of HR shared services processes.Worked to create solutions for multiple client accounts in Retail, diversified business, Insurance, Finance and accounting for US, EMEA and APAC markets.

Chennai

Took a break after 20+ years of work to pursue other interests and passion. Helped creating content and tools for children with learning difficulties ( Dyslexia, Dysgrphia, Dyscalculya). Joined back Corporate life after a year and half of fulfilling experience.

Chennai Area, India

Providing leadership and management to the business and responsible for the day- to-day running of various department. Focused on developing programmes that deliver efficiencies and playing a leading role in the mobilization, development and implementation of robust operational processesKey Responsibilities• Managing multi-site ( India & Philippines ) delivery ( Operations) for large and complex business processes in Insurance and & US Benefits administration (Defined contribution)• P&L responsibilities• Establish and implement business policies, goals, objectives and procedures• People management/initiatives • Customer engagement & relationship management• Support Business development activities• Managing Contractual and Commercial Issues• Supporting business development activities for new business and mining existing businesses

Pune Area, India

Providing leadership and management to F&A controllership processes for large Clients based out of multiple continents US, UK & Australia• Responsible for delivery of end to end F&A processes for controllers organization for large clients.• Team of 350+ delivering F&A processes across multiple geographies spanning US, Europe & Australia• P&L responsibility • Manage and deliver on all key client matrices. • Create and manage budgets• Identification of mining opportunities and managing transition.• Manage Contracts and SOW• Developing relationship with key client contacts• Supporting RFI/RFP, making client capability presentations for new business.• People mentoring and driving people initiatives • Drive process and process excellence initiatives for the clients to delivery on productivity commitments.

Bangalore

Providing leadership & management oversight for US Defined contributions processes for large, medium and small markets high on domain knowledge and operational risk• Responsible for service delivery for US Defined Contributions global operations spread across multiple sites. Managing service delivery with minimum financial exposure on marked to market transactions. Establish, standard processes, consistent service delivery framework and flawless execution.• Financial Reconciliations• People management responsibilities across sites• Managing budgets and costs• Responsible for over 20000 plans across large, mid & small markets covering with an asset base of $ 90 Billion. • Sox controls and reporting.• Partner engagement & relationship• Creating and managing budgets• Perpetual evaluation of risk & controls• Responsible for statutory, internal, Sox & SAS70 audits• Incident management council to address operational/reputational risk• Business continuity

Bangalore

Started my journey managing Compensation and Benefits processes for some of the largest clients in India that include 11 GE entities, Unilever, and other clients.Lead the organizations foray into international operations. Responsible for setting up and creating end-to end F&A capability. Conceptualized structure, strategy and successfully created and adopted due diligence, transition, operational methodologies for managing programs.• Service Delivery Head for the Finance & Accounting SBU. Started proof of concept with a 5 member pilot team and established scaled and stable operations.• Client relationship and engagement• End to end responsibility of F&A, statutory compliance, Tax for domestic and US markets• Responsible for ensuring smooth transition, ongoing service delivery and growing the processes• Responsible for identification of processes for off-shoring and for identifying and implementing significant process improvements that include complete process redesign• Member of the management council• Involvement from pre-sales stage till contracting• Evolving policy framework for appraisal and career planning• Evolving policy framework for building and sustaining innovation

Bhubaneshwar Area, India,

Finance & Accounting controllership responsibility for the regions and multiple divisions. Responsibilities included finalization of accounts, statutory responsibilities, sales accounting, Receivable management, working capital management, Warehouse accounting & management, statutory, Internal audits. ISO Audits• Finalization of regional and branch accounts • Working capital management• Managing Indirect taxes ( Returns, Assessments, statutory obligations)• Evaluation of Internal controls and processes for Billing & Sales accounting processes.• Budgeting, Financial Reporting & MIS• assisting Monthly/quarterly/ Yearly Financial Closing.

Kolkata Area, India

I was a part of the controller’s office responsible for sales accounting for the dealership network and retail outlets across eastern region:• Responsible for sales accounting cycle which included order processing, invoicing, collections accounting and maintaining accounts receivable statements. Retail Accounting• Maintaining and controlling rate masters, discounts, sales schemes etc• Collections follow-up• Reconciliations of bank accounts• Setting and monitoring credit limits• Responsible for receivables analysis and reporting to regional management• Managing retail outlet and warehouse inventory which included reconciliation and fixing discrepancies• Coordinating with external and internal auditors for statutory audits

Ex-Pgdm Finance & Marketing, Finance

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting & Auditing