Financial Accountant - (EMEA Reporting & Controls) at Gallagher (2025-04 – Present)
- Coordinated month-end reporting activities across five EMEA entities, delivering reconciled financial information and supporting schedules used by finance leadership to review regional performance and reporting accuracy.
- Partnered with Finance Business Partners to analyse actual cost movements, investigate variances and provide supporting insight into operating expenses, allocations and balance sheet movements, contributing to monthly management reporting and performance discussions.
- Prepared and validated journals covering accruals, prepayments, foreign exchange, intercompany transactions and cost allocations, ensuring financial results reflected underlying business activity across multiple entities and reporting periods.
- Maintained integrity of key balance sheet accounts through detailed reconciliation and investigation of unusual movements, supporting reliable financial reporting, audit readiness and effective month-end control.
- Produced weekly treasury and multi-currency cash reporting, providing visibility over entity-level cash positions, funding requirements and working capital movements across the EMEA portfolio.
- Supported regional cost allocation and recharge processes through IBM Planning Analytics and Cognos reporting outputs, helping ensure shared costs were allocated consistently and reflected appropriately within management accounts across EMEA and North American entities.
- Worked across SUN, Xero, JD Edwards and OneSource reporting environments to validate journal activity, reporting outputs and finance data transfers, supporting the accuracy of information used in management reporting and financial review.
- Acted as a key finance contact for selected EMEA entities during audit cycles, coordinating supporting schedules, reconciliations and responses to auditor queries.
Finance Manager at Galaxy IEC India Private Limited (2021-12 – 2022-12)
- Partnered with the Head of Finance and Managing Director on budgeting, forecasting and profitability reviews across 20+ concurrent projects, providing financial insight used to prioritise resources, evaluate project performance and support commercial decision-making.
- Produced project-level budget versus actual analysis across labour, material, subcontractor and logistics costs, helping identify margin pressures early and enabling operational teams to take corrective action before project completion.
- Managed cash flow forecasting and working capital planning across multiple project lifecycles, improving visibility of funding requirements and supporting timely supplier, payroll and project-related commitments.
- Prepared financial analyses, cash flow forecasts and borrowing facility schedules used in lender and investor discussions, supporting funding decisions and aligning liquidity planning with project delivery requirements.
- Introduced rolling forecasting, strengthened approval controls and improved vendor governance, providing management with earlier visibility of future cash requirements, project risks and expected financial performance.
- Supported the transition from spreadsheet-driven reporting to ERP-led finance processes, contributing to Tally and Busy ERP implementation activities covering procurement, inventory, attendance, expense management and financial reporting controls.
Senior Financial Accountant at Galaxy IEC India Private Limited (2019-12 – 2021-12)
- Produced monthly management accounts and project performance reporting, providing management with visibility over profitability, revenue trends, cost movements and working capital performance across engineering operations.
- Analysed month-on-month movements across key income statement and balance sheet accounts, helping management understand financial performance drivers, emerging risks and areas requiring operational attention.
- Supported year-end close and statutory audits through preparation of reconciliations, financial schedules and supporting documentation relied upon by the Head of Finance and Managing Director for external reporting and compliance activities.
- Improved reporting efficiency through Excel VBA and Power Query automation while documenting finance processes and controls to support ERP readiness, strengthening governance and reducing dependence on spreadsheet-based reporting.
Senior Audit and Tax Associate at CA Pracheta Deshmukh and Associates (2016-07 – 2019-11)
- Delivered audit, accounting and tax advisory engagements across SMEs, larger businesses, educational institutions and not-for-profit organisations, providing technical guidance on financial reporting, indirect tax compliance and evolving regulatory requirements.
- Prepared statutory accounts, managed audit assignments and represented clients during tax assessments, regulatory reviews and dispute resolution processes, helping resolve compliance matters and reduce potential tax exposures.
- Advised clients during the transition from VAT to GST, supporting indirect tax recovery, implementation of compliance frameworks and preservation of transitional tax credits during a major regulatory reform programme.
- Strengthened client compliance and tax-control processes by introducing supplier validation and indirect tax monitoring controls, helping reduce exposure to penalties, interest charges and disallowed tax claims arising from third-party non-compliance.
- Supervised and reviewed the work of four associates while developing filing timetables, review procedures and operating standards that improved delivery consistency, compliance discipline and client service quality.
- Contributed to practice growth through proposal preparation, client relationship support and recovery of long-outstanding receivables, improving cash collection and supporting the firm's commercial performance.
Financial Analyst at Lodha Developers Private Limited (2015-03 – 2016-06)
- Contributed to project cost reporting and expenditure analysis across large-scale real estate developments, supporting cost control, budget monitoring and management reporting activities.
- Supported financial control and reporting processes within SAP FICO through intercompany reconciliations, vendor account reviews, balance sheet analysis and expenditure processing activities.
- Reviewed expense approvals, sales incentive calculations and project-related expenditure against established authorisation frameworks, strengthening financial governance and cost accountability across operational functions.
Audit and Accounts Assistant at CA Satish K Kadam and Associates (2013-02 – 2015-02)
- Supported audit, accounting and compliance engagements for SMEs and owner-managed businesses, assisting with financial record reviews, reconciliations and preparation of supporting schedules.
- Assisted in preparation of statutory accounts, indirect tax returns and regulatory filings, developing a strong foundation in financial reporting, compliance and accounting controls.
- Contributed to client assignments involving bookkeeping reviews, tax compliance and audit fieldwork, supporting timely completion of reporting and regulatory requirements.
