Buddika S. Ranasinghe

Experience

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  Chin Communications

  Dec 2017 - Feb 2018

  Project Intern

  - Assisted the team in conducting a market research project for a competitive analysis.- Presented business process improvement recommendations based on the findings identified.

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  McDonald's

  May 2019 - Aug 2020

  Crew Trainer

  - Performed cashier, inventory management and customer service duties.- Achievements: Crew Member of the year 2019 and promoted to Crew Trainer position to train new staff.

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  WNS Global Services

  Jan 2021 - Apr 2022

  Senior Operations Associate

  Performed quality review for 5000+ balance sheet reconciliations pertaining to more than 200 employees globally to ensure integrity of balance sheet accounts and accuracy of financial reporting. Other key duties:- Presentation of the monthly management accounts, variance analysis, dashboards and various MI’s for senior management. This was in accordance with IFRS, IAS and GAAP to evaluate financial position.- Review claims, premiums and general accounting reconciliations and maintaining an up to date schedule for each balance sheet item before submission.- Use of several financial databases and ERP systems such as Oracle Cloud, ARCS (Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud Service), Business Objects, Blackline and JIRA to investigate on unidentified balances, manage reconciliations and posting of journals. - Implementing and maintaining internal controls to ensure high levels of accuracy for all processes.- Providing auditors with the required financial and non-financial information, providing explanation for their queries along with the relevant supporting documents.- Preparation and posting of write off journals and calculation of provision. Show less

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  Asahi Beverages

  May 2022 - Oct 2024

  Finance Analyst

  Employed as a finance analyst in the Finance Services - Record to Report team and some of the key duties performed are;- Balance Sheet Reconciliations – Perform quality control for 1000+ balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accuracy and compliance to company policies and Australian accounting standards. Further optimize current balance sheet reconciliation policies and implement governance over the processes to improve the integrity of the balance sheet accounts for accurate financial reporting. - Accounting Journals – Implement initiatives to align journal entry process and reporting to accounting standards and company policy, driving the resolution of any issue that impacts financial reporting.- Accounting Processes Standardization - Analyze and implement solutions to simplify and improve current accounting processes and policies in the company. - Financial Systems – Develop in-depth knowledge of financial systems such as SAP, Dynamics & SharePoint to identify and fix any issues that impacts financial reporting. - Analysis & Reporting – Analyze data and prepare required reports to identify process gaps and communicate business results, delivering action plan for identified process improvement initiatives.- Audit Support – Provide required information related to relevant General Accounting activities for internal and external audit.- Business Process Optimization – Optimize and implement internal controls for all the financial processes that are currently being used in the R2R environment.- Bank Admin Activities – Maintain and update company user information held on ANZ Global, ANZ Direct and NAB connect to ensure right stakeholders are given access to perform their banking activities. - Business Partnering – Develop cross-functional stakeholder relationships to deliver shared objectives. Show less