Prashant Maheshwari

Experience

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  Pramod Harishchandra Laddha & Co.

  May 2000 - Sept 2009

  Senior Audit Assistant

  Starting as junior audit assistant for statutory Bank audits & audits of non-corporate assesses. Nurtured as an accountant indirectly for various clients of the firm with skills of various accounting systems from transaction recording to finalization of profits & closure of books. Been a trainer for clients on developing understanding of accounts & for subordinates to carry out accounting and auditing functions. Solution designer & implementer for computer based accounting systems. Coordinator & negotiator to and for clients to respective government departments. Supervisor to team of 7 audit assistant & 3 accountants. Major involvement in activities of rectification, reconciliation & financial & statutory reporting. Show less

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  Infosys BPO

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2009

  Process Specialist

  Role: Transition Consultant Project Description: A Live Project: Transitioned AP/AR/GL/FP&A of Linklaters to Infosys- A Global Perspective -Process Design for Accounts Payable, General Ledger & FP&A-Conducting various phases of transition â Pre-transition, Transition and Post-transition Process design and process re-engineering-Finalize technology plans; work with Technology manager to create a customized technology solution for client’s business, UAT and system testing. -Responsible for assessing processes and recommending solution / potential for migration-Solutioning: Facilitate the Client and Operation team to design & implement the end state solution during parallel and Go live stages steady.-Involvement in various projects required by the group from inception to implementation -Identify, recommend and priorities required changes in processes and/or systems across the Global Financial Services in projects of different sizes-Work closely with a wide variety of stakeholders on each project under AP/AR/GL/FP&A Show less

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  Linklaters

  Dec 2009 - Nov 2011

  Global General Ledger Process Specialist

  Process Specialist I served as an Acting Lead in the finance project - record to reporting activities including functions of AP/AR/GL/FP&A. I participated in implementation of the changes in co-ordination with the functional in charge. I participated in 3 onsite transitions from London, Moscow & Paris offices, & 1 offsite transition from Lisbon office of the client's General Ledger process. I managed & supervised 8 transitions of General Ledger Process from Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Madrid, Luxembourg, Brussels, Antwerp, Milan & Frankfurt offices of the client and 1 transition of FP&A process from London office. I generated cost center reports from SAP R3 & SAP BW (BEX) and prepared cost center transaction reports from SAP R3. I also led a team of 14 qualified & semi qualified members performing GL operations for 20 locations, 29 company codes and supervised 1 qualified team member for reporting function of London, Dubai & GHO. I successfully accomplished 2 Lean Sigma Yellow Belt Projects as Project Lead & 1 Lean Sigma Yellow Belt Project as team member; developed and evaluated standard operating procedures and process flow map. Show less

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  AXA Business Services Pvt. Ltd

  Feb 2012 - Oct 2016

  As an Assistant Manager I was responsible for Investment / Fund accounts management including validation of purchases, Mark to Market recording through OCI, redemptions, impairment analysis, realized gain/loss booking as per US & UK GAAP, Bank reconciliation, Accrual accounting & analysis of Legal Expenses and other P&L items, reviewing intercompany settlement, reporting analysis of Exchange Rate & FX impact on Balance Sheet & P&L at consolidated books of accounts. I also analysed accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports, statutory and non-statutory reporting, internal / SOX / PWC audit compliance. I developed and documented record keeping and accounting systems. I created appropriate internal controls and accounting procedures in line with industry good practices. I maintained a system of policies/ procedures for imposing an adequate level of control over finance department activities. Show less I worked as a Senior Specialist for Alliance Bernstein (US based Investment Management Company – subsidiary of AXA Group). I oversaw the investment accounting, reconciliations & reporting, general accounting, intercompany accounting, reconciliations & reporting. I was instrumental in FX rate upload, reconciliation; prepared Adhoc reports & investigation on assignments given by accounting controller. I served as a Member of Brainwave, Risk, ISO, Fun at work – Transversals and conducted awareness for process, domain knowledge, Lean Sigma, Risk & ISO. Show less

  • Assistant Manager

    Aug 2014 - Oct 2016

  • Senior Specialist (Process Lead)

    Feb 2012 - Jul 2014
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  A.P. Moller - Maersk

  Oct 2016 - now

  • Functional Product Owner - Material Master

    Nov 2021 - now

  • Business Process Owner - OTC & MDM L&S

    Jul 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Regional Receivables Manager - APAC

    Mar 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Finance Controller - Working Capital APAC Region

    Oct 2016 - Mar 2018