Sakshi Gupta
Sutton,Surrey
Summary
Accomplished finance professional with expertise in budgeting and forecasting (FP&A), SOX compliance, and business analysis. Proficient in financial and regulatory reporting, IFRS & GST, and adept at team and stakeholder management. Skilled in ERP systems including SAP, Oracle, Xero, Net-suite, Concur, and Salesforce. Demonstrates strong competencies in accounts payables & receivables (AR, AP), P&L & balance sheet analysis, system implementations such as GL and SAP, agile methodologies, and auditing. Committed to leveraging analytical skills to drive financial efficiency and compliance within dynamic organisations.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work history
Finance Officer
E&G Ortho Limited
London
2024.04 - Current
- Developed comprehensive budget forecasts to enhance organisational cost efficiency.
- Implemented cost-saving measures, reducing unnecessary expenditure.
- Streamlined accounting processes and timelines through effective policy implementation.
- Prepared accurate tax statements, ensuring timely submission to HMRC.
- Optimised budget allocations to improve financial efficiency.
- Facilitated smooth payroll processing via diligent record maintenance.
- Ensured compliance with standard accounting practices in all operations.
- Prepared monthly reports, account reconciliations, and financial statements.
Senior Financial Analyst
British Telecom India Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon, India
2018.12 - 2023.06
- P&L Management: Managed month, quarter, and fiscal year -end close process including detailed analysis of P&L preparation of journal entries, reconciliations with accurate & timely reporting of financial decks
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Handled one of the biggest contract of organization which included monthly submissions of outlook & budget, providing detailed variance analysis of actual vs budget along with commentaries needs to submit to senior management for financial decks
- Consolidation of decks (budget submission and commentaries) on vertical level and presenting to senior leadership
- Preparation of long-term Budget plan for 5 years and highlighting key insights & risks leading factors Implement best practices in forecasting methodologies resulting in improved accuracy
- Stakeholder Management: Worked with cross functional teams (commercial, GL, billing, operations) to align on business objectives and help in long & short terms strategy and financial accuracy
- Handling 10+ Stakeholder for different contract at a time of different Geographies and different verticals
- Audit, working capital regulatory compliance and other achievements: Collaborated with auditors during annual financial audits, ensuring smooth audit process (mostly big 4's)
- Handling of Change management process through various stakeholders for managing additional requirements beyond the scope
- Managed working capital, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory to optimize cash flow and conducted in depth analysis of balance sheet, identifying opportunity to improve liquidity and reduce costs
- Single handedly managed one of the biggest contract in BT worth 100+million
- Led the project for standardization of practices across organization
- Business Analysis and Leadership: Requirements Gathering for various contracts, project managers, internal & external stakeholders to create requirement documents (BRD)
- Working with Financial stakeholders for their system related requirements on business planning activities, Budgeting, for casting and P&L analysis
- Leading the project to Implement best practices in forecasting methodologies resulting in improved accuracy (SAP implementation)
- Functional support in IT projects implementation, UAT and other phases of the project
Finance Manager
Myntra Jabong India Pvt Limited
Gurgaon, India
2018.07 - 2018.12
- Lead team of 7 people to perform analytical review on all formats of reporting with focus on trend analysis and ratio maintenance for computing variance of expenses of Current vs Actuals.
- Valuation of inventory as per US GAAP.
- Computation and building inventory against purchases and accounting for COGS against sales.
- Reconciliation & Reporting of Actual physical inventory with financials.
- Handling of GST Registrations, GST Returns, Direct Tax compliance.
Chartered Accountant
RS Jhalani & Co
Delhi, India
2017.10 - 2018.07
- Direct & Indirect Taxation (Income Tax & GST) Compliance for clients.
Global Deputy Manager- Finance
Zscaler India Pvt Ltd
Chandigarh, India
2017.02 - 2017.10
- Lead team of 5 people to handle operations of Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Fixed Assets, General Ledger (GL), Financial Analysis.
- Played business analyst role to give requirements on GST implementation into IT system.
Assistant Finance Manager
Aircel Limited
Gurgaon, India
2014.12 - 2017.02
- Handled a team of 3 people.
- Implementation of the internal controls matrix and preparations of Risk Control Matrix (RCM), Internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting (IFCR) and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures).
- MIS reports for vendor ageing and provide analytical view of the outstanding balances and IFRS Implementations.
Accounts Officer
Allied Nippon Ltd
Ghaziabad, India
2013.04 - 2014.11
- SOX Compliance, Budgeting, Forecasting, P&L Reporting.
Statutory Auditor
SS Kothari Mehta & Co
Delhi, India
2012.01 - 2013.03
- Statutory & Internal Audits
Education
Chartered Accountant - Accounting & Finance
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
India 2005.05 - 2011.11
IFRS Certification -
ACCA
UK 2018.04 -
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Finance
Rajasthan University
India 2005.05 - 2008.03
Company Secretary Intermediate - Law & Company Matters
Institute of Company Secetery of India
India 2010.05 - 2011.11
Skills
- Budgeting & Forecasting (FP&A)
- SOX Compliance
- Business Analysis
- Financial & Regulatory Reporting
- IFRS & GST
- Team Management & Stakeholder Management
- ERP - SAP, Oracle, Xero, Net-suite, Concur, Salesforce
- Accounts Payables & Receivables (AR, AP)
- P&L & Balance Sheet Analysis
- System Implementations – GL, SAP
- Agile Methodologies
- Auditing competencies
Timeline
Finance Officer
E&G Ortho Limited
2024.04 - Current
Senior Financial Analyst
British Telecom India Pvt Ltd
2018.12 - 2023.06
Finance Manager
Myntra Jabong India Pvt Limited
2018.07 - 2018.12
IFRS Certification -
ACCA
2018.04 -
Chartered Accountant
RS Jhalani & Co
2017.10 - 2018.07
Global Deputy Manager- Finance
Zscaler India Pvt Ltd
2017.02 - 2017.10
Assistant Finance Manager
Aircel Limited
2014.12 - 2017.02
Accounts Officer
Allied Nippon Ltd
2013.04 - 2014.11
Statutory Auditor
SS Kothari Mehta & Co
2012.01 - 2013.03
Company Secretary Intermediate - Law & Company Matters
Institute of Company Secetery of India
2010.05 - 2011.11
Chartered Accountant - Accounting & Finance
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
2005.05 - 2011.11
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Finance
Rajasthan University
2005.05 - 2008.03