Ajitha Mary
Finance Controller
London
Summary
Skilled finance analyst/controller bringing 12 years of experience working with various organizations. Proven leadership and successful in leading teams in achieving financial goals. Accomplished in working with executive leaders to develop business, financial and growth strategies.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Finance controller
03.2023
- Closing the month end reporting cycle accurately
- Management of payroll & commissions
- Preparing budgets & forecasts to support the strategic planning process
- Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations
- Leadership: Managing an excellent team responsible for financial processing, reporting and compliance
- Balance Sheet monitoring
Interim Management Accountant
Servicing Stop Ltd
04.2022 - 01.2023
- Maintain the Cashflow forecast
- Weekly preparation of KPI’s and daily flash report
- Ensuring all month-end processes
- Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations
- Maintaining the fixed asset register
- Daily and weekly bank reconciliations
- Variance analysis- PNL and Balance sheet
- Quarterly VAT returns
- Working with auditors for financial statements
- Assist the CFO in maintaining an effective control environment
Intercompany Accountant
MUNDIPHARMA
12.2020 - 02.2022
- Intercompany reconciliation
- IAC billing
- Intercompany mismatches
- Creating customer invoices
- Transition of Europe IAC to UK
Accountant
GEM ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING SERVICES UK
10.2019 - 12.2020
- Cash Flow reporting and forecast
- Revenue Reporting
- Operating Expense Analysis
- Bank reconciliations
- Preparing budgeting and planning
- PNL analysis
- Producing Management accounts
- Assisting with VAT returns and preparing VAT reconciliation
- Produce accurate accruals, prepayments and other month end journals
Senior Analyst
Johnson & Johnson Middle East
11.2013 - 12.2018
- Reporting: Monthly, annual and as required, both to Group Accounting for consolidation purposes and within the business in relation to future and achieved results
- Audit Liaison: Lead re annual audits and tax compliance
- Variances analysis, actual vs budget
- Manage Intercompany
- Balance Sheet recon for internal and external audit
- Performed analysis of current and past trends in all areas of Revenue, COGS and operating expenses
- Intercompany Pricing – Collaborate with pricing team and involve in transfer pricing
- Business partnering – Forecasting and Budgeting
- Managing AP and GL process in collaboration with local and EMEA
- Leading Shared Services
- Maintain general ledger of the reporting company – ensure all journals are posted by the team
- CapEx Projects including IT, HR and Business
- HR finance support- for Employee Payroll and Benefits and employment costs and overheads
- Manage fixed asset module
- Global Tax warehouse reporting for the reporting company aligning with US GAAP
- Assisting Senior finance manager with budgeting and business
Intercompany Accountant
Johnson & Johnson Middle East
03.2008 - 11.2013
- Intercompany Recharges – cluster countries cross-charges aligning with respective country directors
- Process intercompany FX and execute revaluation
- Intercompany Reconciliations and confirming balances with counter party
- Hedging: Forecasting foreign currency
- Resolving out-of-balance disputes timely and taking preventive actions
- Preparing salary/commission reports for the sales representatives, compensation depending on the sales
- End to end ownership of the intercompany process across the region
Financial Analyst
Accenture
02.2007 - 02.2008
- Conducted financial research and analysis for high net-worth individuals
- Monitored and analyzed financial, statistical and operational data trends
- One point contact for the team leading the client issues
- Consolidate financial data and materials for key leadership meetings
- Delivering GL reconciliation to internal clients on deadlines
- Assisted clients with personal and corporate tax issues
- Training team with Internal policies and accounting standard
Accounts Receivable-Analyst
Accenture
02.2006 - 02.2007
- Calculated commissions for negotiators per quarter
- Timely advice to the Finance Department for initiating appropriate actions in Debt Collection
- Lead monthly meetings with directors to analyze outstanding AR and provide financial recommendations
- Preparation of Collection Schedules and updating the management
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and Mathematics, Accounts
Bharathidasan University
M.Sc. - Accounting and Finance
University of Northampton
Pursuing ACCA
Professional Certification
01.2021 - Current
Skills
Finance Analysis
undefinedAdditional Information
Acheivments
Johnson & Johnson
- Platinum Encore award for Corporate and PWC audit Gold award for Transformation Project for implementing non-erroneous finance process with aligned SOP
- Received Gold award for interfacing local system to centralized system Gold Award for moving Pakistan entity reporting to Middle East successfully and helping in business partnering the merger and acquisition process.
- Awarded for successfully transferring the Finance and accounting process to Prague COE team.
- Received Platinum award for implementing Intercompany Process as per the Global Policies Key Achievements Awarded for moving the process from UK to India from clients
Accenture
- Received award from UK clients for being quick leaner and taking over the process effectively Has been selected in the fast track career development and been under the monitoring of leadership team
- Established procedures for monitoring collection process Rewarded by Business Director for reducing AR ageing
Volunteer Work
Care Home: As a volunteer, you have the opportunity to help the staff with their work with the residents. Payroll assistance and VAT/Tax assistance. Monitoring employee hourly pay and assisting with social work paperwork.
Certification
SIX SIGMA
Timeline
Assistant Finance controller
03.2023
Interim Management Accountant
Servicing Stop Ltd
04.2022 - 01.2023
Pursuing ACCA
Professional Certification
01.2021 - Current
Intercompany Accountant
MUNDIPHARMA
12.2020 - 02.2022
Accountant
GEM ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING SERVICES UK
10.2019 - 12.2020
Senior Analyst
Johnson & Johnson Middle East
11.2013 - 12.2018
Intercompany Accountant
Johnson & Johnson Middle East
03.2008 - 11.2013
Financial Analyst
Accenture
02.2007 - 02.2008
Accounts Receivable-Analyst
Accenture
02.2006 - 02.2007
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and Mathematics, Accounts
Bharathidasan University
M.Sc. - Accounting and Finance
University of Northampton
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