Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Accomplishments
Custom
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Lilly Rodrigues

Lilly Rodrigues

London

Overview

5
5
Languages
19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

System Accountant/Finance Systems Analyst

Vdanny Consulting
London
01.2026 - Current

· Partnered with finance and IT teams to resolve migration reconciliation, address system issues, transfer supplier data, and conduct UAT testing; trained end-users for system adoption, enhancing operational efficiency.

· Led the transformation of a volume of 2,000+ monthly manual accounts payable invoice process to an automated supplier self-service solution that enabled direct invoice submission, business approval and quick supplier payment; reduced manual intervention and improved end-to-end process efficiency and data integrity, as well as reduced DPO turnaround time by 75% from 30 days to 7 days.

· Generated £200k+ revenue and reduced cost per invoice by 70-80% (£10-£15 to £2-£4) by streamlining processes and optimising workflows.

Finance Professional

Santander Bank
Milton Keynes
06.2022 - 12.2024

· Consolidated and streamlined monthly financial management information reporting across Retail, Treasury, and corporate sectors (cross-business partnering), reducing delivery times by 25-40% (2-3 business days) while maintaining a zero-error rate.

· Managed intercompany reconciliation for 150+ UK and UK/Spain legal entities, reducing intercompany variances by 30% through root cause analysis using Oracle and reinforcing financial controls.

· Streamlined financial reporting processes, accelerating delivery by 15% while consistently meeting regulatory and statutory deadlines.

System Accountant

Coventry School Foundation
Coventry
12.2021 - 05.2022
  • Deliveredhigh-priority financial reports and ad hoc analyses directly to the Director of Finance, ensuring executive leadership had accurate data for strategic decision-making.
  • Improved the monthly reporting cycle by 60%, successfully collaborating with the head of finance to redesign management reports that cut the delivery process from 5 days to 2 days.
  • Resolved an 11-month legacy bank reconciliation backlog in I-finance within 2 weeks by clearing longstanding discrepancies and misallocations, enabling the timely submission of statutory accounts.
  • Supported budgeting and financial performance analysis across departments, contributing to informed financial planning and resource allocation.
  • Organised training and onboarding for 30 institutional budget holders on the new I Finance system, ensuring 100% user adoption within 1 month and minimising post-launch support tickets.

Management Accountant

Masdar Energy
Abu-Dhabi
07.2019 - 12.2019
  • Prepared monthly management accounts and operational performance reports, enhancing decision-making for power generation business.
  • Partnered with operations and engineering teams to monitor production costs, analyse cost variances, and support cost control initiatives.
  • Improved invoice processing and payment cycles by 40%, strengthening supplier relationships and cash flow management. Delivered cost control, forecasting, and financial insight
  • Contributed to month-end close by preparing balance sheet reconciliations and accruals, facilitating timely financial analysis.
  • Supported inventory and stock accounting through reconciliation of spare parts and maintenance inventory, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting.

AP/AR/Treasury/Senior Accountant

General Electric International Ops Co.
Abu-Dhabi
03.2008 - 12.2017
  • Successfully reduced AR ageing POD to less than 30 days from 2 years via regular calls, meetings, and follow-up with the customer’s channel of escalation.
  • Contributed to achieving a 74% net promoter score (NPS) by building strong relationships with customers and the business through proactive communication and support.
  • Managed over 25 treasury accounts with $200M in annual electronic fund transfers and checks, ensuring accurate and timely transactions.
  • Played a key role in SSS, Oracle, and SAP implementation by developing CRP templates, buy setup templates, payable setup, KYC screening and source-to-pay. Likewise, provided supplier data and spend costs.
  • Identified and resolved accounting discrepancies, generating over $200K in savings and implementing a streamlined regional petty cash policy.
  • Achieved savings through a cleansing project in collaboration with the HR team, which recovered the mobile phones, SIM cards, insurance cards and company cars of employees who left the company.
  • Captured $5 in savings per invoice through consolidating invoices for car rental and telephone suppliers and reducing the number from 500 to 50. The initiative likewise lessened costs for the processing team back-charged to GE.
  • Spearheaded regional AP and system process standardisation, which increased accurate and efficient cost analysis by integrating details on employee cost centre and chart of accounts. This enabled the AP team to book costs accurately in the right profit centre, cost centre or business function and business leaders to quickly analyse operational costs.
  • Optimised liquidity management by introducing a cross-entity cash pooling mechanism to sweep end-of-period surplus cash, effectively reducing borrowing costs and generating consistent interest yield.
  • Organised and carried out month-end, quarterly and year-end processes.

Education

MSc Accounting & Finance Management - Accounting & Finance

Coventry University
Coventry
2021

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Finance

Mangalore University
India
1997

Skills

  • Financial reporting
  • Accounts reconciliation
  • Process automation
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Stakeholder management
  • User training
  • Budgeting support
  • Invoice processing
  • Cash flow projection
  • General ledger accounting
  • Time management
  • Financial analysis
  • P2P/R2R/O2C
  • Shared Services
  • Auditing
  • Team Leadership
  • Training & Development
  • SOX controls
  • FP&A support
  • SQL/Power BI
  • SAP/Oracle
  • Advanced Excel

Languages

English
Hindi
Konkani
Kannada
French (beginner)

Accomplishments

  • Generated £200K+ annual cost savings through invoice-processing optimisation, reducing cost per invoice by 70–80% (£10–£15 to £2–£4) through automation, streamlined processes, and reduced manual intervention.
  • Accelerated invoice processing by 75%, reducing turnaround time from 14 days to 3 days through redesigned routing, approval, and logging workflows.
  • Reduced intercompany variances by 30% across 150 legal entities by leveraging Oracle to identify root causes, resolve complex discrepancies, and strengthen financial controls.
  • Accelerated financial reporting by 15%, improving reporting efficiency while consistently meeting regulatory and statutory deadlines.
  • Resolved an 11-month bank reconciliation backlog in just 2 weeks, clearing longstanding discrepancies and enabling the timely submission of statutory accounts.

Custom

  • Group Reporting, Consolidation & Intercompany Reconciliations (IFRS, US GAAP)
  • Month-End / Year-End Close & Financial Control
  • Balance Sheet Integrity & Reconciliations & Clean-Up Projects
  • FP&A Support, Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Audit Readiness, SOX Controls & Compliance
  • Process Improvement & Financial Reporting Frameworks
  • Treasury, AP/AR, Working Capital & Cash Flow Management
  • Team Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement (Finance & IT)
  • Data Migration, UAT Testing, Validation & Systems Testing

Timeline

System Accountant/Finance Systems Analyst

Vdanny Consulting
01.2026 - Current

Finance Professional

Santander Bank
06.2022 - 12.2024

System Accountant

Coventry School Foundation
12.2021 - 05.2022

Management Accountant

Masdar Energy
07.2019 - 12.2019

AP/AR/Treasury/Senior Accountant

General Electric International Ops Co.
03.2008 - 12.2017

MSc Accounting & Finance Management - Accounting & Finance

Coventry University

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Finance

Mangalore University
Lilly Rodrigues