Accounts Assistant - Future Connect Accountants - London, UK
(2024-10)
- Built VBA tools for first-line troubleshooting, resolving reconciliation errors, cutting processing time 40%.
- Completed end-to-end bank reconciliations across 10+ client scenarios, including foreign currency transactions.
- Prepared VAT returns across 4 UK schemes (Standard, Cash, Flat Rate, Retail), including reverse charge treatment.
- Processed full sales/purchase day book cycles, credit notes, and supplier/customer reconciliations.
- Applied full PAYE cycle payroll: gross-to-net, NI classes, statutory pay, and cumulative tax treatment.
- Reconciled Director's Loan Accounts, petty cash, and commercial card activity in line with HMRC guidance, ensuring accurate reporting and compliance controls.
Finance & Project Analyst - ClaySys Technologies - Kerala, India
(2022-08 - 2024-02)
- Built forecasting models tracking resource utilisation and run-rates to monitor workforce-related spend and non-staffing cost pressures across 5+ concurrent projects.
- Partnered with commercial teams to align forecasts with operational reality, lifting budget accuracy by 15%.
- Analysed revenue trends to help the commercial team optimise project pricing and margins.
- Delivered monthly budget vs actual reporting with variance analysis and commentary, explaining cost drivers and risks for projects with combined budgets exceeding $500K.
- Delivered monthly financial commentary and risk drivers (run-rate, cost-to-complete) to US HQ leadership.
- Delivered data-driven recommendations and decision support analysis for senior leadership, contributing to a 15% ROI improvement and informing investment prioritisation.
- Delivered GAAP-compliant financial reporting packages to the Controller and CFO.
- Conducted gap analysis and ad-hoc financial analysis to surface patterns in revenue trends and cost drivers.
- Maintained cost and revenue data integrity, supporting month-end close and strengthening financial control through consistent reconciliations and audit-ready reporting.
- Supported ad hoc business-case and investment proposal analysis by modelling scenarios, assessing risks/pressures, and translating cost drivers into clear recommendations for stakeholders.
Accountant - Gurudev Industries - Mumbai, India
(2020-06 - 2022-07)
- Supported month-end close for 500+ monthly transactions, posting journals, accruals, and prepayments.
- Accurately raised 200+ monthly sales invoices, partnering with the sales team for contract compliance
- Supported internal audit with deliverables, status reports and testing of control environments.
- Prepared reconciliations and lead schedules for 10+ control accounts, cleared to strict deadlines.
- Designed Excel control templates for the finance team, acting as reconciliation process lead.
- Managed AR across 50+ customer accounts, reducing DSO by approximately 10 days.
- Processed AP for 30+ suppliers including payment runs, reconciliations, and coding compliance.
- Produced weekly/monthly variance analysis and reports with movement explanations, highlighting cost drivers and control issues for senior review.
- Standardised expense coding across cost centres, improving audit readiness and budget compliance.
- Developed Power BI and Tableau dashboards and used SQL to track key financial/operational metrics
Accounts Assistant - UDS Group of Hotels - Mumbai, India
(2017-03 - 2018-07)
- Managed daily cash handling and banking reconciliations across hotel operations.
- Processed 100+ invoices monthly, maintaining accurate payables/receivables ledger records.
- Supported internal audit routines through account reconciliations and compliance documentation.
