Anurag Mishra

ANURAG MISHRA PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY • Qualified Chartered Accountant with over 17 years experience in accounting, post merger integration, business finance, internal audit, process automation, project management, compliance and planning functions. Experience in setting up Finance Back Office in Bangalore. Extensive experience in FP&A functions with End to End Management. • Operations & Transitions experience with clients/partners in Asia, Australia, UK, Benelux & US across different time-zones ranging from PST, CET, IST & AEDT. • Winner of Multiple Talent Recognitions in IBM • Experience working as Controller for India/South-Asia for IBM Server X business. • Versatile experience in multiple sectors including IT Services, IT Hardware, SaaS, Telecom, Healthcare, HR Staffing with extensive exposure in operational, compliance, finance, supply chain, automation, best practices, audit & compliance. EXPERIENCE Director | 09/2018 - Current Skill Team Consulting • Virtual CFO/CFO Advisory & Management Consulting • Freelancing & Remote Gig Assignments including Consulting Services & Market Research • Managed HR Services, Recruitment Services, Payroll & Outsourcing Finance Director, 05/2021 - 02/2023 Nexford University Inc. - Washington DC, United States Headed the finance function for both US & UK legal entities including: • • • • • • • • • • • Accounting & Month/Year Close of Parent & Subsidiary Entities Cash Flow Planning & Projections Budgeting & Forecasting with 5 Year Plans Fund Raising - Debt & Private Equity Due Diligence Support Management & Investor Reporting Driving Sales Operations & Marketing to improve revenues; Higher conversion ratio Cost reduction initiatives; CAC & CRC review Strategic Initiatives; Special Projects for Management Audit, Regulatory Compliance with HMRC & various authorities in US & UK Secreterial Compliances, legal & drafting of agreements Remote Finance Consultant, 01/2016 - 06/2018 CROSSOVER - Austin, United States • Independent professional providing consulting services to Upland Software Inc., a US based listed company • This is a remote work assignment on CROSSOVER CONTACT Phone: - Email:- CORE SKILLS • Financial Planning and Analysis • Budgeting - Finance Strategy and Planning, Variance Analysis • Financial Modeling - Multi Year Projections with Forecasts, Key Metrics • Post Merger (M&A) Integration • Revenue Recognition & Accounting - Financial Accounting • ASC 606 Implementation & Guidance • Detection of Revenue Leakage & Risk Mitigation • Payroll Processing - US, UK, UAE & India • Corporate Taxation • Internal Audit & Audit Liasoning with Big 4's • Monthly Close Process, MIS Reporting • Process Compliance • Management & Investor Reporting • Special Projects from Management • Tax Litigations - Strategy with Legal Counsel • Pricing Strategy LANGUAGES • English Proficiency: Fluent • Role: Invoicing, Overage Calculation, Revenue Recognition, Pricing Analysis, MIS, Post Merger Integration, Transition of Acquired Entity Contracts Set Up, Vendor Analysis, Automation Finance Manager, 05/2014 - 02/2016 TASC Outsourcing • Back-office set-up, Payroll & Invoicing Process Transition, Compliance, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cost Savings, Cost Control, Productivity Improvement, Administrative work for India office and vendor management Finance Analyst, 03/2009 - 05/2014 IBM - Bangalore • Direct Tax Compliance, WHT Process Compliance, Litigations, Audits, Financial Planning & Analysis, Cost Control, Inventory Management, Productivity Improvement, Operations • Accomplishments: • Nominated Top Talent & Talent Spark in 2010 Assistant Manager, 07/2007 - 01/2009 Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited - Bangalore • Handling Finance & Accounts function with the key roles including: • Accounts Payable Function, Cash Reconciliation Internal & External Audits • Budgeting & Forecasting • Ledger Analysis, Management Reporting Sr. Executive, 07/2006 - 02/2007 Mphasis EDS Ltd - Bangalore • Finance Function for FSS Business Unit covering Contract Management • Revenue Recognition & Reporting • Budgeting & Forecasting • Comparision and Variance Analysis of Actual Revenue with Budgeted figures Management Reporting • Pricing for New Contract Proposals • Preparation of Monthly Scorecard, Utilisation Report, Operations Preview Liasioning with Auditors on queries Associate, 08/2004 - 11/2005 iGate Global Solutions Ltd - Bangalore • Handling end to end contract registration to revenue and billing covering Contract Management • Revenue Recognition & Reporting for NAM (North America) & consolidating for ROW (Rest of world) Revenue Process Documentation • Billing for Offshore Projects & Support for Other Business Units • Gross Margin Analysis for Contracts • Variance Analysis of Actual Revenue with Budgeted figures • Audit lead for revenue based queries (4 audits); Pre-audit methodology EDUCATION Bachelors in Commerce, Mar 2002 Dr. B R Ambedkar University - Agra • Hindi Proficiency: Fluent • Kannada Proficiency: Spoken Chartered Accountant, 2008 Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - New Delhi, DL Certified Public Accountant AICPA - United States Pursuing CPA from AICPA CERTIFICATIONS SQL REWARDS & RECOGNITION • Top Talent Recognition from IBM GPS 2010 • Talent Spark Recognition from IBM India 2010 • Best Customer Satisfaction & Delight from iGate Global Solutions 2005 COMPUTER SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • MS Office Applications, Sharepoint Google Suite SAGE Intacct Xero QuickBooks Salesforce Oracle BAAN - Inventory, Order Management & Billing System SAP - Ledger, Order Management & Billing System CRM Siebel - Opportunity Management Hubspot ChargeBee Hyperion (Formerly Brio) - For all ledger extractions Cognos BI Power BI PeopleSoft Financials Microsoft Dynamics 365 Web based Applications like Smartclouds, Net Meetings, Communities