SUMMARY:

Experienced Finance professional with strong business acumen and financial process consultancy experience focused on internal control assessments, operational audits, finance audits, financial reporting & analysis and project management. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge to conduct compliance audits and financial data analysis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Skills: Project Management, Data Analysis, Business Case Preparation and Development, Trained in Sarbanes - Oxley Act (2002), Leadership Development, Team Building, Underwent training in Business Analysis

Tools: Hyperion Planning, Microsoft Office Professional applications, MS VISIO, MS Access

ERP: SAP

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Accounts Receivable Specialist

• Partner directly with insurance providers on outstanding claims for final claim resolution
• Manage and communicate the status of insurance claims with the team and the external client
• Assist Claims Supervisor and/or external client to generate customized analytics reports using Hyperion Planning reports

Confidential, Alpharetta GA

Data Processing Analyst

• Generated daily, weekly and monthly reports from SAP for metrics dashboards reviewed by senior management and customers
• Prepared weekly multi-vendor reports using SQL queries and SAP to be reviewed by both internal and external customers
• Analyzed customer service history reports and provide recommendations to senior management
• Prepared ad-hoc service history reports for various customers from SAP and MS Access using MS Excel

Confidential

Assistant Manager - Controls and Compliance

• Controls Migration Team Lead to review and test the design and operational efficiency of internal controls (including ERP System related application controls) in the financial processes at the time of migration to ensure standardization across processes and suggest remediation action to process owners
• Assessed risks and tested user access controls
• Engaged in Onboarding training in SOX methodology and Migration methodology

Confidential

Consultant - Management Assurance Services

• Analyzed the financial processes of various international clients to help document and analyze the inherent risks and controls complying with Sarbanes Oxley Act, by mapping financial flows of the organization and assessing internal control effectiveness
• Assisted in reviewing documentation of client’s internal controls and validated existing controls to assess control operating effectiveness
• Assessed risk of key business processes and prepared audit plans and specific audit programs
• Tested user access controls in SAP
• Tested the identified controls (including ERP System related application controls) for adequacy and appropriateness with respect to various risks pertinent to the financial processes by strategically applying the best practices to strengthen the internal control framework. Recommended changes in the existing processes to the management in a timely manner
• Led the migration of financial reporting process for various clients spread across Asia, Middle East and Africa

Confidential

Executive Finance Analyst (Business Process Facilitation)

• Provided monthly customer and project-specific profitability analysis as well as prepared detailed reports for direct review of the VP Finance and VP of the business unit
• Assisted in preparing monthly budget projections using Hyperion Planning for business unit
• Assisted in the assessment of various invoice management and billing systems and presented the areas of improvements to senior management
• Awarded Appreciation for Excellent Contributions made towards Process Improvements in Finance Department for
• Processed invoices and monthly billing activities
• Prepared and finalized employee travel expense reports
• Led functional training efforts for non-finance staff members

Confidential

Executive Taxation and Accounts Specialist

• Analyzed and prepared Income Tax returns for North America customer accounts
• Led book keeping, financial analysis and reporting efforts for North America customer accounts
• Served as lead member of the team for developing tax return reconciliation module