Vigneswaran G

Experience

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  Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Jun 1996 - Feb 2003

  Senior Audit Assistant & Articled Clerk

  Significant Accomplishments:• Played a key role in manipulating accounts for Search and Seizure Cases under IT Act• Assisted in various special audit cases namely Trusts, Government Hostel, Schools, Corporate, Partnership & Individuals Tax Audits u/s 44AB• Conducted income analysis & income head allocation, Income Tax computation & detailed documentations of the same• Steered internal audits and statutory audits for corporates namely banking companies, insurance companies, private companies, partnership firms, proprietorship, finance companies as well as non-profit organizations Show less

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  Reliance Communications

  Mar 2003 - May 2007

  Zonal Operations Manager

  Significant Accomplishments:• Contributed in receipts and collection management in WWEs and hard collection management with Collection• Agencies for more than 120 days bucket• Played a key role in special transactions in SAP such as demo, damaged and price protection for vouchers and handsets transactions in SAP for credit note analysis• Rolled-out postpaid/prepaid monthly physical stock taking in ERP• Implemented SAP R/3 Module from Tally – Reliance InfoComm• Conferred with Best ZOE Award thrice for collections achievement Show less

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  Direct on PC ltd (Currently Swift Nigeria Ltd)

  Mar 2008 - Feb 2012

  Financial Controller

  Significant Accomplishments:• Implemented Fixed Asset Module in ERP that included identification of Base Station Asset (BTS), classification and codification at Direct on PC Ltd.• Designed and implemented various reports in ERP as per day-to-day operation requirements• Introduced revenue analysis as per Billing Software vs Accounting Software• Gained knowledge in banking operations like opening of Form M/Form A and LC, bidding for FX remittance, extension of LC, OD facility fund management, OD interest audit, reconciliation of OD Funds on a daily basis Show less

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  Redington Gulf

  Apr 2012 - Jun 2019

  Manager Finance and Accounts

  Key Result Areas:• Acting as TB Owner for distribution/service/EPZ companies, which includes monthly accounts finalization - PGGM confirmation, vendor/customer/GL accounts, bank reconciliation, monthly closure of service and distribution books for PGGM reporting• Conducting and providing internal audit observations; engaged in conducting cash, inventory and compliance audits• Monitoring accounts receivable and payables, credit limit setting; ensuring AR balances are maintained within DSO Days and allocated properly• Adhering to statutory compliance of local tax laws; ensuring full compliance with regard to VAT, Customs duties, NSSF, TDS, WHT and other applicable statutory compliance• Administering import and export clearance transactions in liaison with clearing agencies• Supervising bank reconciliation as well as monthly cash flow planning• Preparing OPEX and CAPEX budgets• Engaged in business support activity in planning cycles and identifying appropriate risks and opportunities in achieving the financial performance targets• Reviewing and updating key underlying assumptions; driving and supporting the preparation of annual budgets and thereby supporting appropriate resource allocation• Preparing accurate and timely monthly & quarterly business review; supporting monthly P&L reviews and monitoring financial targets; coordinating & consolidating business review for the business/region along with planning the calendar• Tracking expenditures of all line items by various cost centers & analyzing the spends to assist in forecasting for various cost centers & preparing cost center reports to be shared with various cost center owners• Formulating annual budgets and conducting variance analysis to determine difference between projected & actual results and implementing corrective actions• Evaluating internal control systems / procedures, preparing audit reports with a view to highlight the shortcomings and implementing necessary recommendations Show less

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  HCLTech

  Jun 2019 - now

  Key Responsibility Area• Managing Employee Expense Claim Processing Division with the team size of 20, handling $15Mn monthly reimbursement across 120 entities Spread over 45 Geo Locations.• Monitoring Claim Life Cycle within SLA, Consistently Maintain 93% TAT for Claim Submission to Disbursement. Ensure to meet Claim Processing / Accounting / Payment Functions are in Sync to meet TAT.• Automated various BAAT in Travel Management System for Advance Processing and enable various Controls in Claim Application system – for overlapping Claims/ Travel Vendor information for Validation/Automated various Special Country Policies • Automations done in SAP for– Claims Auto Accounting/ Auto Clearing of payments. Working on Travel Allowance Provision for Special Countries.• Ensure the Employee reimbursements are in Compliance with Law of the \and. Liaison with Local SPOC and Policy Team to make necessary changes in the Applications Implement various Internal checks to ensure policies are strictly adhered. • Timely & accurately Reporting various MIS Reports and Variance Analysis for CFO Review on Claims/Advances/ SSD Cycle Time Data. • Timely Closure of Internal Audits (CAAS) / ITAC Audits (Protiviti)/VAT Audit (BSR -KPMG) and Statutory Audits (EY) as per the Schedule agreed with Controllers.• Preparation and Validation of Month end provision Activities Closed by the Last date of the month, Qtr & year for Allowance Cost and Ticket Cost for 120 Entities.• Maintain and Clearing all open items in Non Trade Vendor GLs /Payable GLs / Control Accounts / IC Accounts /Advance GLs / Purchase Card and Corp Cards Are Settled and Cleared by Month end for Book Closure.• Ensure all Corp Card Holders accounts and paid and accounted on time. Show less

  • Senior Manager - MSFT-Biz Ops - Finance

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Finance Operations Manager

    Jun 2019 - now