Arnab Ghosh Dastidar

CONTACT ARNAB GHOSH DASTIDAR -- Assistant Manager- Financial Planning & Analysis -House # 190, Sector –30, Faridabad 121003 SUMMARY https://www.linkedin.com/in/ arnab-g-dastidar-6a3b3917 SKILLS & CORE COMPETENCIES Analysis • • Financial & Variance Analysis Data & Trend Analysis • Cost Benefit Analysis • Budgeting & Forecasting • Margin Analysis • Financial Modelling Reporting A highly motivated & result driven individual with over 9 years of professional work experience into Reconciliation, Financial Reporting, Management Reporting, R2R, Financial Analysis, FP&A, Budgeting & Forecasting, Financial Modeling. A passionate professional with an eye for details, ownership & leadership qualities with track record of seamless deliverables. Looking for a challenging & competitive work environment to enhance my skills and contribute to the growth of organization. US B1/B2 Visa valid till August 2026. EXPERIENCE Assistant Manager – Financial Planning &Analysis Eli Research India Pvt Ltd, Faridabad • Managing 3 Portfolios (33 operating entities) with Revenue of $47MM & EBITDA of $13 MM. • Review of monthly financial statements, financial analysis, commentaries on major variance & preparing CFO deck. Perform deep dive analysis by comparing Budget/Forecast vs Actual monthly, quarterly & YTD to identify variance. Monthly activities include Revenue recognition, Margin Analysis (Gross, EBITDA, Net Margin) & Trend Analysis and Management Reporting. Working as business partner with operations team by providing insights & commentaries on financial performance. Quarterly forecasting of future results by comparing past trends for Revenue, COGS, Expense, EBITDA & Net Income. Monthly expense analysis and ratio analysis like solvency ratio, operating performance, margin, & trend analysis. Tracking month on month business metrics to identify trends & performance of each entities. Other addhoc activities include headcount reporting, Profitability Analysis & Cost Benefit Analysis. Part of few projects like Nursing Cost Analysis, Patient, Drug & Payer Analysis, template creation for analysis, SOP creation & update, coaching & mentoring team members. • • Corporate Dashboard • Financial Reporting • Month End Closing & Reporting • • Debtor & Creditor aging • Reconciliation Reconciliation – General Ledger Reconciliation, GL to SL, Bank, Cash, Intercompany, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation. May-18 to till date • • • • • Personal • Attention to details • Communication skills • Good IT knowledge • Presentation Skills • Problem Solving • Analytical Team Developer (Global Market Operations & Middle Office FF &O) BA Continuum India Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon • • Aug-14 to May-18 Restructuring process by understanding process flows, establishing control measures and framing workflow mechanism with process audits / checklists and trackers to ensure increased efficiency and output quality. Part of a migration process in August 2016 to Chicago for GPS. Got trained in Reconciliation and month end activities • PROJECTS • • • Cost Benefit Analysis Profitability Analysis Business Metrics • • • Handling the GPS process after migration, achieving highest matching percentage of 98.03%. Publishing daily manual dashboard in order to track Invoice Billed, Aged Outstanding & Payment released, and monthly MIS of settled trades & discrepancies in Atlantis & GPS (Electronic Platforms). Involved with Tech & support team to enhance reconciliation tool (UI-User Interface) to increase matching percentage. Helping team members with queries, sharing best practice and guiding them as a Subject Matter Expert. CERTIFICATION • SAP FI CO from Future soft in 2011. Financial Analysis Pro Degree from Imarticus in association with KPMG in 2020. • Senior Associate (Level 12, Sub Level1) Accenture Services Pvt Ltd, Noida • • ACHIEVEMENTS • • • Got awards from LOB in December 2015, January & August 2017 for handling critical activities and error free processing Got appreciation from client for learning and performing critical activity post transition. Part of a remote transition process from Krakow, Poland and handling Intercompany reconciliation successfully. IT & FINANCE CREDENTIALS • • Exposure in Oracle 11i, SAP, PeopleSoft, HFM, Power BI, GRS, UI, GMI, Intact, Planful Basic understanding of Accounting Standard. (US GAAP & IFRS) • • • Apr-12 to Aug-14 Worked for a Logistics company in Freight Management in Bank Reconciliation, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation, Journal Entries, Month End Closing & Financial Reporting Fixed Asset Accounting includes addition, depreciation, disposal of assets and posting journal entries and preparing monthly fixed asset schedules. Balance Sheet account Reconciliation Includes (Owned Account) like Transfer, Sweep, Bank Accounts, Accrued Income, Prepaid Expenses, Debtors and Creditors and substantiation of open items by working with AR, AP & IC teams. Month end reporting includes Advances, Payables, Receivable, INVAUDIT, ETAID, LAGE AR, LAGEAP, Profit Share Report, Consolidation Fees and Pending Approval Invoice Report & Lop to Report. Daily cash reconciliation, monitor & analysis of breaks and resolution of open items. Prepare monthly reconciliation schedule to highlight the breaks with commentary on actionable items. Associate Consultant (BPO -2) Capgemini India Pvt Ltd, Kolkata Aug-10 to May-11 • WorkedforCapgeminiNetherlandinIntercompanyServicesfromAccountsReceiv able&AccountsPayable.Involvedin remote transition process from Krakow, Poland. • My core objective includes Netting, Reconciliation of GL Accounts with Bank statement, Month end reporting & solving disputes from AP side, clearing intercompany invoice that are paid during ICS closure. (cash application & payment batch) • Getting agreements for all the intercompany entities, that includes sending statements, resolve disputes and receive payments Sending out the list of disputed and outstanding invoices to both customers and internal project/sales manager for resolution and payment updates. Reporting out the aging & escalation report to CFO for all outstanding invoices above 60 days & cash forecasts. • • INTEREST EDUCATION • • • ICSE from Julien Day School from Delhi Board (52%) 2001 ISC from Better High School from Delhi Board (62%) 2003 BCOM (H) in Accounts & Finance from University of Calcutta (53%) 2006 LANGUAGES KNOWN English, Bengali, Hindi Place: DelhiNCR ARNAB GHOSH DASTIDAR