Experience

Moneris Solutions

• India
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Mar 2015 - Present

  1. Key business user resource for the Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP system; day-to-day operations including:• Develop standardized internal and externals reports/dashboards and chart of accounts for all Moneris entities.• Establish and maintain monthly processes to manage hierarchical data including capturing new data, cost centre and general ledger account additions, deletions and changes.• Liaise with IT to troubleshoot issues, on bug fixes and enhancements.• Run/analyze controls within the Microsoft Dynamic AX system.• Create and maintain shared sites for document sharing (Share Point).2. Provide support and training to end users of Microsoft Dynamics AX at all sites (including business users for elements that impact the other parts of the business)• Establish and maintain documentation on procedures to ensure consistency and to assist with cross-training. • Create FAQs for business users to help answer user questions.3. Identify process and reporting requirements and opportunities to improve the financial systems and financial reporting. Prioritize and implement best practices related to ERP and financial reporting.4. Actively participate in the design of the Finance ERP to facilitate required reporting in the future.5. Work with multiple cross-functional teams including corporate accounting, subsidiary accounting, FP&A, Treasury, HR, to implement the requirements of each department and provide centralized output for end users.6. Assist in the analysis, design, development and implementation of new reports and system enhancements.7. Test and perform quality assurance on new processes and application changes. Show less

• • Nov 2006 - Mar 2015

  1.Develop and maintain effective forecasting and monitoring models for analysis of key operational and functional performance. 2.Responsible for monthly financial reporting process, including:•Review of all expenses incurred during the month; liaise with business partners and operation groups to obtain relevant data and ensure all financial information are complete, accurate and timely.•Preparation of monthly variance analysis and commentary of financial results; discussing results with business partners and operation groups to identify issues and implement strategies to mitigate financial risks •Provide detail root cause variance explanations and highlights business opportunities and risks.3.Responsible for develop and create the detail quarterly/annual shareholder and Board financial presentations.•Develop graphs/charts which provide valuable and meaningful insights of business performance vs. quarterly/annual plan and strategic goals.•Maintain and continuous improvement of the board presentation package.4.Support the development of the annual operating budgeting with high quality, detailed planning and analysis work.5.Responsible for supporting internal/external auditors during the year and the year-end audit.6.Lead and assist in process improvement initiatives as required to provide financial and business expertise.7.Provide appropriate coaching to operation groups on how to access and interpret financial and statistical information and reports. 8.Responsible for preparing detail monthly Provision for Losses Analysis to the operation groups and executives team.9.Responsible for maintaining; preparing and distributing monthly cost center reporting through Microsoft SharePoint site.10.Proactively undertake/participate in ad-hoc projects. Show less



ICI Paints

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • 2005 - 2006

  1. Verified and ensured the accuracy of the franchisee billings.2. Reconciled monthly franchisee sales from the POS system to the general ledger. Investigated any variances and document the finding. Recommended any actions/processes to correct the problem. 3. Ensured the franchisee fees are calculating accurately and provided monthly detailed reconciliation reports to management teams.4. Maintained franchisees’ chart of accounts and provided analytical support to franchisees stores and the franchisee department.5. Responsible for processed and managed monthly franchisee PAP (Personal Approve payment) payments and monthly misc. franchisee adjustments. 6. Provided timely banking reports to all corporate stores and the operations teams concerning vary types of deposits make by the stores.7. Reconciled daily store deposits to the general ledger and investigated the overage and shortage account for each store.8. Worked closely with the store personnel, the operation and the head office teams; and the banks to resolve banking issues and reconcile the deposit discrepancies between the store closing report and the general ledger.9. Provided timely report for any banking variances and anomalies to the operation teams and the loss prevention department. Assisted loss prevention manager with in-depth store audit. 10. Performed monthly bank account reconciliations. Show less

• • 2000 - 2005

  1. Participated and monitored CYW VAX migration to BPCS project. Ensured the project is completed in a cost effective and expedient manner with minimize disruption to the business. Ensured all the historical data are converted correctly and all the migration processes are properly documented and stored.2. Provided timely detailed and accurate reporting in sales, margin and contribution per sales representatives and regions to the Commercial Sales department.3. Assisted Commercial Sales Administrator developed and managed yearly sales and margin plans for each of the sales territories.4. Responsible for reconciling and investigating of variances in 2 physical inventory counts per year for CYW stores.5. Completes and issues of the monthly ICI Financial Reporting “BlueBook” to provide VPs and GMs with improved, faster and consistent information.6. Participated and assisted in the internal and external audit for ICI Paints businesses to achieve a satisfactory rating.7. Actively participated and assisted in annual budgeting & planning process.8. Responsible for maintaining, administrating and reconciling the ICI Customer Volume Rebates program.9. Worked with IT department to develop automatic journalization for franchisee billing adjustments.10. Provided analytical and accounting support to the franchisee stores and the franchisee department. This involved generate general ledger, trial balance and financial statement for each individual franchisee on a monthly basis. Show less

• • 1995 - 2000

  1. Organized, performed the biannual store inventory counts for all corporate stores; and reconciled the count result within one month of the count date.2. Responsible for preparing and analyzing the inventory plans and turns by stores.3. Monthly inventory analysis; including investigation of variances and anomalies and issuing of various inventory tracking and slow moving reports.4. Coordinated and issued the monthly Store Financial Reporting package “BlueBook”; and ensured that work day 4 deadline is achieved on a monthly basis.5. Assisted in the annual budgeting and planning process for the store divisions. This involved preparing detailed budgets at individual store level along with separate budgets for the regional managers and the store management teams.6. Tracking and reviewing the actual performance of 120 sales representatives to plan; and issued weekly and monthly detailed analysis reports to the management teams.7. Processed journal vouchers affecting franchisee aging, bad debts, shrinkage and various other provision accounts and timely reconciliation’s of the same.8. Completed in-depth analysis for various key accounts from internal control.9. Managed a smooth transition from the exiting POS system to the EPIC system in the Glidden business.10. Participated and assisted the Store Reporting Manager in analysis new initiatives undertaken to improve business processes via Inventory Management Project and Improvements in the Reporting Processes. Show less