Imesha Narangoda (ACMA, CGMA)

Experience

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  HSBC

  Apr 2014 - Feb 2015

  Personal Banking Advisor

  • Identified customers’ financial requirements and assisted them with solutions.• Ensured the chosen financial solutions are provided to the customers within the agreed time frame.• Experienced in handling and maintaining customer details.• Experienced and trained in handling dissatisfied customers.

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  Millennium Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd

  Mar 2015 - Feb 2016

  Intern - Treasury

  • Prepared and coordinated cheque payments and Telegraphic Transfers to local and foreign suppliers of Millennium Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd and its subsidiaries and ensure those are delivered on due days.• Raised Receipts by identifying remittances to the bank.• Prepared Monthly Bank Reconciliations.• Dealt with corporate banks for day to day operational matters and requirements relating to card loading for travel purposes.• Assisted Group Head of Treasury by providing financial information to make working capital related decisions in managing payments and receipts.• Involved in new ERP system development discussions and UAT Sessions along with the senior management. Show less

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  WNS Global Services Sri Lanka

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2022

  • Managed Aviva Life & Pensions Offshore Finance Project Team which was responsible for merging the finance processes with the acquired company of the client & remote transition of the same.• Identified finance processes which can be offshored, presented analytics to WNS Senior Management as well as the client & coordinated formalities in bringing in new processes.• Performed staff appraisals, decided on performance ratings for the direct reports, monthly one-on-one feedback discussions & provided them with career growth plans in the company, supporting them with areas they could further improve themselves in, and recommended in-house training programs.• Implemented strategies to enhance employee engagement at WNS from wider team aspect by gathering all associates in the business unit and getting them involved with different activities which in return helped them groom themselves & reach their full potential. Show less • Managed Aviva Life & Pension Ireland Offshore Financial Reporting team of six members. The team was involved in preparing month-end Journals, Balance Sheet Reconciliations and Management Accounting Reports.• Reviewed and signed off the month-end ledger position of the accounts which the team owned to be accurate and prepared the monthly Workstate.• Engaged & assisted the direct reports to achieve all KPI’s, through effective coaching, performance management & developed career progression through internal development programs.• Implemented strategies to enhance employee engagement at WNS from wider team aspect by gathering all associates in the business unit and getting them involved with different activities which in return helped them groom themselves & reach their full potential.• Ensured that all deadlines & SLAs are met within the stipulated time frame. • Prepped high-level system feed checks & other management information reports & flagged any anomalies.• Liaised with the client on daily activities & conducted monthly service review meetings.• Ensured successful delivery of any project, programme or activity by engaging with an individual, group & organization that will be affected by a programme. Show less • Managed a high risk process area and prepared Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Income Statement Analysis for the same.• Prepared manual journals to record provisions, accruals, and other ledger adjustments.• Reviewed Debtors and Creditors Reconciliations.• Monitored the Team Mailbox and managed rosters to address the queries received. • Represented the Finance team to support implementing new business process changes initiated by the Customer Experience Team.• Assisted the Team Manager with various team related activities including administration work.• Mentored and trained new recruits in the team on key processes and systems. Show less • Prepared Debtors and Creditors Reconciliations, Income Statement Analysis, Manual Journal Analysis and Tax Analysis reports.• Oracle EBS Admin role including Opening and Closing ledger periods.• Performed Data Integrity Checks and was responsible for running Oracle EBS interface programme to pull month-end system feeds from Datawarehouse to the ledger.• Recorded monthly fixed assets depreciation, revaluation of financial instruments, accruals, bad debt write-offs and other manual ledger adjustments.• Handled policyholder tax control accounts and assured timely tax filing to the Irish Revenue by liaising with the Group Tax team and provided the finance sign-off. Show less

  • Assistant Manager - Operations

    Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Assistant Manager | Lead Associate (Team Lead) - Operations

    Jul 2019 - May 2021

  • Lead Associate - Operations

    Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Senior Associate - Operations

    Mar 2016 - Apr 2018
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  WNS GLOBAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

  Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

  Deputy Manager - Operations | Assistant Manager - Operations

  • Assisting the Ireland Finance team of Aviva Life Insurance Company in designing sustainable finance functions between onshore & offshore teams that delivers the highest quality reporting possible. • Suggesting/ implementing proper risk & quality controls for the reconciliations & other processes performed by offshore Ireland Finance team.• Assisting the offshore team in adapting to the changes required for the new IFRS17 standard & other finance strategic changes.• Representing the Finance team in solving business process matters along with Customer Experience & IT teams.• Assisting the Head of Financial Reporting & Senior Financial Reporting Manager with various reporting related tasks including Magnitude reporting & Solvency II reporting.• Liaising with external auditors to facilitate audit requirements. Show less

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  WNS Global Services Netherlands Cooperative U.A.

  Jun 2023 - now

  Deputy Manager - Operations

  • Assisting the Ireland Finance team of Aviva Life Insurance Company in designing sustainable finance functions between onshore & offshore teams that delivers the highest quality reporting possible. • Suggesting/ implementing proper risk & quality controls for the reconciliations & other processes performed by offshore Ireland Finance team.• Assisting the offshore team in adapting to the changes required for the new IFRS17 standard & other finance strategic changes.• Representing the Finance team in solving business process matters along with Customer Experience & IT teams.• Assisting the Head of Financial Reporting & Senior Financial Reporting Manager with various reporting related tasks including Magnitude reporting & Solvency II reporting.• Liaising with external auditors to facilitate audit requirements. Show less