
Timeline
About me
Vice President/Team Lead (FP&A) | CIMA-CGMA|, Warsaw Poland at NatWest Group
Education
The chartered global management accountant (cgma) - aicpa & cima,
-Cima's cgma qualifiedCima cgma qualified (aicpa & cima)
-The chartered global management accountant (cgma) issued by aicpa & cima international bodies.Narsee monjee institute of management studies
2005 - 2007Mba\pgdm (finance & banking) banking, corporate, finance above 75%Delhi university
1997 - 2000Bachelor of commerce (b.com.) hons accounting and finance second devisionDelhi university
1997 - 2000Bachelor of commerce (b.com.) hons. accounting and finance second devision
Experience
Hangro foods (nirula’s group of restaurants & hotels)
Jul 2000 - Dec 2002AccountantKey Responsibilities: Was responsible to prepare monthly Food Cost report to measure whether or not the production is at par with standard cost, if not a detail report around the factors contributing more towards variance for MIS reporting. Preparation and filing of Sale Tax & TDS return. Had also been indulged in booking keeping activity (making journal entries & preparation of manual vouchers) Was handling Inter Branch accounting (goods transferred from one branch to another) Had done stock audit to validate the closing stock figure (monthly \ Quarterly) Was actively involved in P&L and balance sheet finalization for individual branches. Show less
Genpact
Jan 2003 - Sept 2010Finance managerDesignation (Finance Manager): Experience 7.83 years with GENPACT (Jan-2003 to Oct-2010) GE Global Banking HQ Process (Pilot Batch) : (Feb 2007 till Oct 2010)Key Responsibilities: Team Management: was actively involved with the Hiring Group to build a new team as per the remote transition requirements. Cash Management: Ensured cash activities had been transitioned without any knowledge gab and completed the same in a timely manner. Closing and Reporting : also transitioned the closing and reporting piece to Genpact site and ensured all manual\accrual journals should be booked on time, sub-system feeds(AP, T&L, IBS, AR) should be interfaced to GL and closed in a timely manner, tax model should run perfectly fine for monthly as well as quarterly reporting. FP&A\Management Reporting: had also been providing the cost analysis to functional leaders for monthly estimates\pacing as well as for their budgeting \ session planning activities. Team Annual\half yearly appraisals: had also been responsible for annual\half yearly appraisals of the team.[On site assignment at GE Money HQ (Stamford USA)] Implementation of SSS (Star) AP platform: Travelled USA (business site) during Sep 08 and ensured the successfully implementation\conversion of SSS (Star) AP platform (Oracle 11i Platform) from old IVIS legacy platform for GE Money HQ business. GE Consumer Finance: Non Sufficient Funds (NSF) Process Jan ’03 till Feb’07 (4 + years) Key Responsibilities: Handling business\customer escalations for GE Credit Card business. Was actively involved in various productivity projects of GE Cards Services for automation\digitization. Open item research (Write off’s working): another key responsibility was to ensure the timely resolution of open items (unresolved cases) in order to reduce the overall write off (loss) exposure for the business. Show less
Accenture
Oct 2010 - Jun 2012Level dAccenture (Noida) : Was Leading CEVA Logistics RTR Process at Level “D” (Oct 2010 to June 2012) Had been leading a small RTR team for CEVA Logistics UK business comprising following activities: Successful Transition : Ensured a smooth transition of RTR process from CEVA Logistics UK region to Accenture Noida location. Cost Analysis (Overhead Analysis) : was analyzing cost transactions if they had been hitting the right cost centre’s and should be in sync with budgeted amount. If not identify the reason of variance and report to management accordingly. Accrual & Pre-Pay working : Based on daily cost analysis was also providing the basis for monthly accruals and prepay journals to be booked before the month- end. Inter Co. recharge invoices : Preparing inter co. recharges invoices for different regions and reconciling them on monthly basis. Payroll Split\Transfers : performing payroll cost split\transfer based on monthly headcount movement from one business to another or outside. Updating Balance Sheet Reconciliation Pack : had also been responsible for timely and accurate updation of monthly balance sheet reconciliation pack for managerial review. GL Month end activities: was also responsible for smooth and timey closer of General Ledger on a monthly basis. Fixed Assets & Depreciation working : ensuring all assets movement like additions, disposals, transfers and sale off should be booked within turn around time. Weekly depreciation run should be performed on time. Customer\SLA reporting : Had been the sole owner to report process SLA’s on a weekly basis. Team management (Mentoring & Coaching) : Motivating team to achieve common business\process objective. Doing their annual\bi-annual appraisal, coaching and mentoring them to prove their potential. Lean\ Quality initiatives : also motivating team to bring new productivity or automation ideas to bring cost advantage or to enhance controllership. Show less
Royal bank of scotland
Jul 2012 - Jan 2020Royal Bank of Scotland (Since July 2012 till now) : Process Lead (AVP, Grade 7)Natwest Markets (NWM) & Natwest Holding (NWH) Finance Control (Since July 2012 till Now)Key Exposures/Responsibilities:Month end close process: Ensuring timely processing of all standard and adhoc journals (income\expense accruals, inter co. adjustments etc.) to ensure timely closure of general ledger All source system breaks (Invalid combination, BEP, Cash breaks etc.) should be corrected to facilitate source system closeManagement and statutory reporting: Responsible for monthly flash reporting (NII/Non NII and TPA movements and related commentary) Managed Supplementary Data Packs (SDP) Reporting (all monthly/quarterly/annual SDP’s (like RES1, ICO1, ACFV, ADV3 etc.) Balance sheet substantiation & other misc. activities: Balance sheet substantiation (BSS) activities, ensuring all balances are adequately challenged via reasonable enquiry process, reconciled and substantiated for monthly sign off. Clarity submission: ensured timely submission of ledger book/CC/WBU’s over Clarity platform attestation platform basis BSV assurance standards. Was also responsible for inter co. reporting, in order to identify related inter co. breaks, initiating follow-up with counterparties, providing commentary & adequate supporting, doing adjustments to resolve these breaks. Deal level provision working was getting prepared to identity any under/over-provision deal for related adjustment Ensured all SOX controls are effectively managed. All audit queries (internal/external both) have been responded for their timely closer Had successfully contributed towards HFM (Hyperion) reporting platform conversion for RBS reporting segment. Lean certified and was rewarded with 4 lean awards for continuous improvement and new idea’s implementation. Show less RBS Corporate Banking (FC) : Commercial & Private Banking (July 2012 till March 2015)Key Responsibilities:~ Being a part of finance control team, need to ensure timely closer of books for CIB (Corporate Institutional Banking) segment ~ Have also been leading the inter co. process and reconciliation for CIB segments :~ Provide support for balance sheet substantiation and statutory audit.~ Have also been involved to provide consistent support for FINREP Project and also to adhere with new IFRS requirements. ~ Like ADV3 & 4 SDP’s on advances: where Advances are suppose to be classified at respective sector level (Real State, government, power, Lease, Financial institutions etc.) and also explaining their quarterly movement ~ FVAC SDP: calculating the fair value of the advances basis their maturity, S&P rating, credit spread etc. ~ Preparation of supplementary data packs (SDP’s) from statutory reporting perspective to meet their requirements (like assets & liabilities classification, maturity analysis, Res1&2, STB1, Bank1, ICO1 etc.)~ Have successfully contributed towards HFM (Hyperion) reporting platform conversion for RBS reporting segment.~ Flash reporting: identifying the monthly movement on income/expense lines and updating the commentary accordingly.~ Lean certified and have also been rewarded with 4 lean awards for continuous improvement and new idea’s implementation. Show less
Process Lead (AVP) Associate III
Apr 2015 - Jan 2020Finance Manager
Jul 2012 - Mar 2015
Natwest group
Jan 2020 - nowVice President/Team Lead (FP&A)
Jan 2024 - nowAssistant Vice President/ SME
Jul 2022 - Jul 2024Senior Product Controller at Natwest Market, Warsaw Poland
Jan 2020 - Aug 2022
Licenses & Certifications
Six sigma greenbelt tested \lean certified from cardiff
Mar 2014
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Rakesh SinghAward details during profession career - Mar 2014 Within RBS, One best performance on Inter co. Process and four lean awards for process improvements. Accenture sumit Award 2011 for productivity idea. Sliver Award 2009: For the successful implementation of SSS (Star) AP platform for GE Money HQ business . Best project driver for business 2006: for timely completion of business initiated automation\digitization projects. Service Excellence Award 2004 & 2005: Exhibited consistent performance through out the year, which in… Show more Within RBS, One best performance on Inter co. Process and four lean awards for process improvements. Accenture sumit Award 2011 for productivity idea. Sliver Award 2009: For the successful implementation of SSS (Star) AP platform for GE Money HQ business . Best project driver for business 2006: for timely completion of business initiated automation\digitization projects. Service Excellence Award 2004 & 2005: Exhibited consistent performance through out the year, which in turn helped the process to maintain the desired Sigma Level and also helped in timely resolution of exception items. Best Achievement Award 2004: Rewarded with Best Achievement Award – 2004 by Mark Begor (President/ CEO GE consumer finance) for implementing a creative solution within GE Cards Services led to additional revenue of $ 500 K pa). Show less
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