Fixed Term Contract - Financial Accountant - (EMEA Reporting & Controls) - Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited, UK - UK
(2025-04 - 2026-04)
Insurance, Risk Management and Consulting
- Improved the quality and reliability of month-end reporting across five EMEA entities by investigating complex revenue, FX and intercompany variances, strengthening financial controls and supporting accurate financial reporting in a SOX-controlled environment.
- Delivered commercial finance insight across entities in the UK, Ireland and regional EMEA by partnering with Finance Business Partners on revenue, costs and balance sheet reporting, providing budget-to-actual variance analysis and management commentary that improved visibility of financial performance.
- Improved revenue governance and forecasting accuracy by redesigning the contract-to-billing process, introducing structured revenue trackers, automated billing schedules and proactive reminders, optimising Minute Dock project structures with user-based billing rates and budget controls, thereby reducing billing errors, improving revenue visibility and supporting timely revenue recognition throughout the reporting cycle.
- Introduced a weekly accrued revenue true-up using Salesforce pipeline data alongside finance reporting, enabling earlier recognition of new business movements and improving visibility of approximately 3-4% of monthly revenue activity before period end.
- Enhanced working capital and intercompany control by managing quarterly recharges across EMEA and North America using IBM Planning Analytics and ERP data, identifying historic allocation issues and reducing outstanding intercompany balances by 35% through coordinated follow-up with regional finance teams.
- Reduced aged receivables and strengthened working capital management by redesigning the mid-month AR reporting process, introducing ownership tracking with Client Service Directors and contributing to the recovery of around 80% of balances aged over 120 days.
- Enhanced finance systems integration by validating ETL data migration processes, source-to-target financial data mappings and opening balances between Excel, SUN Systems and Oracle JD Edwards, enabling the reliable integration of newly acquired entities into the Group reporting environment.
- Strengthened financial governance and audit readiness by maintaining complete supporting evidence for UK and Ireland VAT, creating a centralised SharePoint repository for contracts, invoices and expense documentation, and coordinating reconciliations, audit evidence and technical responses for Deloitte Internal Audit and EY External Audit across assigned EMEA entities.
- Identified opportunities to simplify recurring finance activities by replacing manual email-based data collection with Microsoft Forms, using Microsoft Copilot to streamline documentation tasks, and introducing Scribe to improve process documentation and knowledge sharing across the finance team.
- Delivered a controlled month-end close by coordinating journal timetables through Monday.com and preparing complex accrual, prepayment, FX, intercompany and cost allocation journals across multiple EMEA entities, supporting timely and accurate financial reporting.
Finance Manager - Galaxy IEC India Private Limited, Mumbai, India - Mumbai, India
(2021-12 - 2022-12)
SME – Engineering Services
- Redesigned project reporting by integrating budget, actual and forecast-to-completion data across approximately 20 concurrent projects, improving project cost visibility, enabling earlier identification of cost overruns and supporting more reliable revenue recognition and commercial decision-making.
- Strengthened liquidity planning by implementing bi-weekly project and corporate cash flow forecasting, providing the financial visibility that supported c.£500k of project funding, secured an additional c.£100k banking facility and reduced financing costs through lender negotiations.
- Transformed the quality and timeliness of financial information by leading the finance workstream of an enterprise-wide ERP implementation, centralising project documentation, reducing invoice processing time from 10 to 3 days and strengthening project cost reporting, payment controls and statutory compliance.
- Reduced tax and compliance risk by leading statutory, GST and tax assessments, recovering c.£350k of input tax credits, resolving 6 of 8 outstanding assessments and reducing regulatory exposure by 90% through strengthened financial governance.
- Established a stronger financial control environment by standardising finance procedures, introducing structured approval workflows and leading a team of up to eight finance professionals, improving reporting consistency, accountability and audit readiness.
Senior Financial Accountant - Galaxy IEC India Private Limited, Mumbai, India - Mumbai, India
(2019-12 - 2021-12)
SME – Engineering Services
- Improved GST reconciliation controls across 100% of vendor transactions, improving input tax validation, supporting the recovery of previously unclaimed input tax credits and reducing exceptions identified during statutory and GST assessments.
- Automated high-volume balance sheet reconciliations and month-end reporting using Power Query, VBA and advanced Excel, reducing manual reconciliation effort by approximately two working days each month while improving reporting accuracy.
- Reduced audit delays by standardising reconciliation schedules and support documentations, across statutory, tax and GST/VAT audits, reducing aged audit queries by 50%, lowering repeat information requests and improving audit turnaround.
- Strengthened procure-to-pay controls by introducing structured invoice validation and payment review procedures, reducing delayed payment interest and supplier late charges by approximately 60% (c.£10k annually) while improving supplier relationships.
Senior Audit and Tax Associate - CA Pracheta Deshmukh and Associates, Mumbai, India - Mumbai, India
(2016-07 - 2019-11)
Chartered Accountants
- Supported 50+ SMEs through India's VAT-to-GST transition by validating tax mappings, reviewing ERP tax configurations and resolving transitional input tax credit issues, enabling uninterrupted statutory compliance following the country's largest indirect tax reform.
- Represented clients during VAT, GST and income tax assessments, resolving regulatory queries through detailed reconciliations and technical submissions, contributing to the successful closure of 8 out of 10 outstanding tax assessments.
- Introduced compliance calendars, reconciliation trackers and standardised working papers across audit and tax engagements, reducing missed statutory filing deadlines, improving audit preparedness and minimising repeat information requests from auditors and tax authorities.
- Expanded the firm's advisory relationships by identifying additional service opportunities, onboarding new clients and mentoring three junior associates, contributing to approximately 15% year-on-year growth in professional service revenue.
Financial Analyst - Lodha Developers Private Limited, Mumbai, India - Mumbai, India
(2015-03 - 2016-06)
Listed – Real Estate Developer
- Supported the implementation of SAP FICO by validating vendor and finance master data, reconciling migrated balances and resolving data exceptions before system go-live, helping improve data accuracy and support a controlled ERP transition.
- Reviewed project costs, operating expenditure, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting financial documentation against approved budgets and authorisation matrices, investigating posting differences to improve the accuracy of month-end reporting under IND AS.
- Performed financial statement consistency checks, indirect tax validations and transaction reviews, maintaining accurate accounting records and preparing audit support schedules for statutory reporting within a large listed real estate environment.
Audit and Accounts Assistant - CA Satish K Kadam and Associates – Mumbai, India - Mumbai, India
(2013-02 - 2015-02)
Chartered Accountants
- Supported audit, accounting and VAT engagements for diversified portfolio clients by reviewing transaction-level records, preparing reconciliations and statutory working papers, building a strong foundation in financial reporting, regulatory compliance and audit documentation.
