Avinash Vanamu Kumar

Curriculum-Vitae Avinash Vanamu Kumar Email ID:-Mobile: - /- OVER ALL EXPERIENCE: Domain experience in F&A Operations in (P2P) Accounts Payable, Record to Report (R2R) processes General Ledger Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, US Payroll Accounting and fair knowledge in IFRS and US GAAP Accounting, SOX Audit and Compliance, also Sourcing and Procurement support functions process like Contract and Supplier Management, Staffing Management 15yrs+ in F&A - Operations (MNC’s - GENPACT, ACCENTURE, IBM and INFOSYS) 4 Onsite F&A Processes Knowledge Onsite-Transitions from USA, Singapore and Australia SAP and Oracle hands on experience in user-end production 3yrs Article-ship from CA firm – Luharuka & Associates, Hyderabad EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Post-Graduation in Masters of Commerce (M. Com) from Osmania University, Hyderabad Graduation in Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) from Osmania University, Hyderabad Completed 3yrs CA Article-ship in Luharuka and Associate CA firm Hyderabad (Aug’99 to Oct’02) School and Intermediate in Commerce from CBSE (10+2), Hyderabad TRAININGS COMPLETED IN QUALITY, CONTROLLERSHIP AND OPERATIONS: SIX Sigma Training (DMAIC- DEFINE, MEASURE, ANALYZE, IMPROVE AND CONTROL) Controllership and SOX Compliance Training Comprehensive 80hrs British Council English communication – “Project Communic Care” Performance Management Operations Management Data Analytics COMPUTER AND SOFT SKILLS: MS Office, Power BI, Dynamic charts and dashboard, Advanced Excel and VBA Macros Software/Tools: Blackline, ReconNet (Reconciliation Tool), JIRA ERP: SAP R/3 FICO (end user), FOCUS (GUI), People Soft People: Collaboration, facilitation, training, skills development, team building PERSONAL INFORMATION: Father’s Name: V K Swamy (Retired Indian Air Force personnel) Date of Birth: 11th April, 1978 Place of Birth: Hyderabad (Native) Passport status: Holding valid Passport (Had Visa for USA, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia) Currently supporting family business in Real Estate industry and Interior decoration handling Sales and Marketing department, project completion, Contract negotiations, Customer relationship building, Sub-Contract management etc. (DEC 2017 to till date) [Previous Employers] >>>> Worked with Growing Retail Excellence and Technology Pvt. Ltd. (FMS Solutions holding company, LLC) as Director and Senior Manager – F&A Operations (JUN 2016 to NOV 2017) – (Location – Hyderabad) Job Profile: Manage India Business Operations team of 50+ people for General Ledger Accounting (R2R), Accounts Payables (P2P) and IT projects for US Retailer Clients process. We were serving more than 300 US retailer clients with back end office support in Accounting services and IT developments. Key Responsibilities: Managing and responsible for India back office operations and deliverables Review/preparation of Month end close work, Work papers, Journal entries and cover letters of key clients, Cash Flow Statement, Income Statement and Balance Sheet Forecasting and Planning – Initiated rolling forecasts consolidation to one set of planning templates to support budget and forecast dashboard Annual appraisal of Managers and working on their career development program Quarterly and Annually Business meeting on annual goals and the achievements Managing HR, IT Admin, Accounting and IT-QA testing projects departments Working closely with on-shore Directors/Managers for identifying transition work and planning Support global EPR conversion and upgrade of legacy systems (Applications) Annual external audit and periodic internal audits Worked with INFOSYS BPO as Process Lead – F&A Operations (AUG 2012 to JUN 2016) – (Location – Pune) Job Profile: Managed team of 14 & business operations for General Ledger Accounting (R2R), Fixed Asset Accounting and Invoice Assurance & Validation Process (P2P) for US Retail Client Key Responsibilities: Handling activities of GL, AP and MIS Reporting for business services of US Retail Client Review/Preparation of Journal entries during month end close Review/Preparation monthly Accounts Reconciliation for P&L and Balance Sheet accounts and maintain aging tracker for other key accounts Validate and Process Non-PO Invoices for Payments for more than 45 key suppliers (monthly spend $34M AUD approx.) Support financial controller of business in pulling OPEX reports and working on key accounts in research and analyze for incorrect accounting and reporting schedules during month end Performing Comparison of standard/budgeted with actual expenses account to show up correct and true accounting SLA, Risk and Governance pack reporting for Business services on monthly basis Handling escalation calls and emails (Internal and External Stakeholders) Establish and maintain close relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholder ensuring compliance with business Key Achievements: Successfully completed onsite knowledge acquisition from Sydney, Australia to Pune, India Won R&R Awards directly from client for Performance Excellence in process management Extra miler Award for maintaining 100% SLA consistently for more than 6 months in 2014 Worked with ANTHELIO Business Technologies (CONJOIN Group) as Assistant Manager – F&A Operations (NOV 2010 to APR 2011) – (Location – Hyderabad) Job Profile: Handle General Ledger Accounting, Fixed Asset management for upcoming new process Worked with IBM DAKSH as Assistant Manager – F&A Operations (NOV 2008 to NOV 2010) – (Location – Bangalore) Job profile: Handled General Ledger Accounting, Fixed Asset management process to support US and Canada region client The Home Depot business units which is 1st largest home improvement retailer company in US Key Responsibilities: Managed a team size of 19 people for General Ledger and Fixed Asset Accounting Review and sign off of regular and Ad-hoc journal entries during month end close Review and sign off of monthly Accounts Reconciliation and maintain aging tracker for key accounts Preparation of MIS reports to client like, SOX Depreciation Report and Basis Point Analysis using SAP BI/BEX tool, Roll forward for Fixed Assets (Quarterly and yearly), Impairment Analysis Key Achievements: Award winner for maintaining Zero Attrition during peak level of deal’s attrition Official communicator for Home Depot (off-shore) business unit Involved in developing web based Close Monitoring Tool (JIRA) for tracking and reporting month end close tasks to client and internal management Given productivity release of 2 FTE's to client and management with 100% backup on Worked with ACCENTURE as Team Lead F&A Operations (JUN 2007 to SEP 2008) - (Location – Chennai) Handled General Ledger Accounting, Fixed Asset process and Payroll accounting for Microsoft - APAC region, which is 3rd party client for Accenture India Key Responsibilities: Handled a team size of 2 members for GL Accounting, Fixed Assets and for two subsidiaries Cash forecasting, budgeting, P&L analysis, MIS reporting as month end task Key Achievements: Successfully completed onsite transition visit to Singapore to implement General Ledger and Fixed Asset Accounting process back in India with a period of 35 days Received Zen Master Award for displaying excellent team lead skills at process level Worked with GENPACT as Process Developer/Team lead (MAR 2003 to JUN 2007) – (Location – Hyderabad) Job profile: Handled of General ledger accounting and Fixed Asset management process for Cadbury Schweppes client Key Responsibilities: Handled a team size of 4 members for General ledger accounting fixed assets Review and sign off for all the standard and Ad-hoc entries before posting in SAP Successfully completed onsite transition visit to New York, United States to implement US PAYROLL PROCESS in India for a period of 2 months Alone successfully transitioned the US PAYROLL Process (Payroll Distribution System and Treasury billing process) to India, and implemented the functions from India Process New hires, Transfer, Termination, Manual Check Calculations, Stop Payments/Reversal Record relocation, third party sick pay and processing of year end transactions Key Achievements: Received Bronze Award for good performance at work level Received “VALUED TAEM MEMBER AWARD” for the year 2003 from the US payroll leader and GE India Business leader for tremendous performance Received “TEAM EXTRA MILER AWARD” for the month of May’2003 AVINASH VANAMUKUMARDate: