Venkatarathnam Ramakrishna

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Talented Senior Operations Manager proficient in all areas of the Finance
7/4, 4th B Cross, Vivekananda Nagar,
& Accounting Process (PTP, OTC, RTR, Fixed Assets and Cash & Banking
Katriguppe Main Road, Banashankari 3rd
(Treasury). Adept at working with SAP methodologies to accomplish
Stage, Bengaluru, KA 560085
project milestones according to specific time frames. Able to use SAP,
Oracle, Pronto ERPs to complete work. Highly organized and detail-
oriented professional with 16 years of progressive experience in the field.
Skills

• Subject Matter Expertise in Finance &

Work History Accounting, Reporting &
Reconciliations.
Infosys BPM Limited - Senior Manager - Finance & Accounting
• Super User of SAP for 7 Years in FICO
Bengaluru, KA
module.
10/2015 - Current
• People Management - Hiring,
• Managing a span of 150 people covering Record to Report, Fixed Coaching, Mentoring, Appraisal
Assets, Month End closing & Income Tax Verification areas of Management & Attrition Management
accounting
• Managing the High Performing Teams
• Successfully migrated the Income Tax Verification process from • Experience in managing the Larger
Bangalore to Mysore Location a team of 25 people Teams
• Maintained an annual attrition rate of 15% against the organization • Best Service Delivery Manager
standard of 20% • Expertise in Transitioning and
• Implemented factory model / systematic approach to the key stroke transformation of Finance &
level activities thereby providing a savings of 9 resources amounting Accounting processes. So far have
$81000 completed 12 transitions from different
• Automated the HRA submission process in Income Tax and thereby geographies of the world.
providing a savings of 3 resources amounting to $27000
• Migrated a retail UK based client process from UK to India related to
• Expertise in controlling the attrition in
Procure to Pay and Record to Report, stabilized the process spanning to
the span of control
100 resources
• Managing R2R Teams supporting EMEA regions including the UK
comprising of 120 people who are involved in month end closing • Expertise in transforming the finance &
activities including Fixed Assets & Balance Sheet Account accounting processes through
Reconciliation automation & continuous improvement

• Expertise in framing and managing the

process controls & compliance related
activities
 • Expertise in managing the Risk &
Compliance related activities
Capgemini Business Services India Limited, Bangalore - Team Manager
Bangalore, Karnataka
12/2011 - 10/2015
• Managed a team of 89 people managing the Record to Report activities
for a third party manufacturing global client
• Managed the RTR teams supporting the APAC regions including India
• Attrition maintained at 15% annually throughout the tenure with the
organization
• RTR teams managed activities viz., Inter Company Reconciliations,
Funding & Forecasting, Accruals, Allocations & Prepayments, Month
End Closing, Fixed Assets Accounting, Statutory Reporting, Regulatory Transitions & Travel data:
Reporting, Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Also managed above similar activities for another third party media &
entertainment global client for the EMEA region covering countries - • 2006: Travelled to Benelux countries for
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium & Netherlands. the Fixed Assets Transition from IBM
• Implemented an excel based automatic reconciliation tool in the
absence of a reconciliation tool and provided soft savings of 10 • 2007-08: Travelled to Benelux, France,
resources Italy, Span, Portugal, Germany to
• Transitioning of the retail client process from EMEA and for the migrated FA process to Bangalore
manufacturing client from Australia & New Zealand location from IBM

Shell India Markets Private Limited, Chennai - Assistant Team Manager • 2010-11: Completed desk to desk
Chennai, Tamilnadu migration from US, Canada & Brazil in
06/2009 - 11/2011 Shell Shared Services
• Managed a team of 20 people performing the Capital Assets
Accounting process for Shell Upstream Americas - which included US, • 2012: Travelled to Germany, Austria for
Canada and Brazil R2R migration to Bangalore from
• Completed successful migration of process from sending business in Capgemini
US, Canada and Brazil to Chennai Shared Services Centre
• Completed Lean Six Sigma GB Certification
• 2013: Travelled to Australia & other
• Completed migration to SAP system from legacy system for
APAC countries to migrate R2R process
Downstream India process for the Fixed Assets Team
of a manufacturing company to
• Acted as SPOC for any Fixed Assets related queries for the Upstream
Bangalore from Capgemini
Americas and Downstream India regions
• Acted as Train the Trainer for SAP Fixed Assets Module
• Review of Depreciation Fluctuation Analysis for the Upstream • 2016: Travelled to UK to migrate R2R,
Americas P2P & OTC process of a RCL client to
• Review and approval of Balance Sheet Reconciliation for Fixed Assets India (Pune) from Infosys
range of accounts
• Performance appraisal of all the direct reports and sharing periodical
feedback
IBM India Private Limited - Lead - Finance & Accounting
Bangalore, Karnataka
02/2005 - 05/2009
• Joined as Fixed Assets Accountant
• Got rewarded with 3 promotions
• Migrated the Fixed Assets process from EMEA countries - Netherlands,
Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal &
Germany
• Acted as Single Point of Contact for the world’s 3rd largest Oil &
Energy client
• Participated as a UAT for the SAP migrations from Legacy systems
• Managed the Additions, Disposals, Transfers & Depreciation of Fixed Education
Assets for all the above regions transitioned.
1996
• Performed the FA Vs. GL Balance Sheet Reconciliations
University of Mysore, Crawford Hall
• Performed the review activity of FA GL reconciliations
Mysore, KA
• Traveled to European Major countries to transition and brought the
Bachelor of Commerce: B. Com
process to Bangalore Location
• Managed a Team of 10 people who supported Fixed Assets activities for
the EMEA regions listed above 2015
• Received Best Performer, Star of the Month, Top Talent, thank you Kuvempu University
awards during the whole tenure with IBM Shimoga, KA
• Also managed the Accounts Payable and Accounts receivable activities Master of Accountancy: M. Com
as a backup - as part of the factory model process
• Performed the Month End Closing activities which included -
performing & review of Depreciation Fluctuation Analysis
Certifications

Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt

Vivek Group of Hotels, Mysore - Manager - Internal Audit
Mysore, Karnataka
08/2004 - 02/2005 Current Compensation:
• Supervising day to day financial transactions in the organization
• Generating Management Information reports for submitting to the Top Cost to Company: Rs. 16,40,424
Management
• Performing the verification of Daily Cash and Daily Stocks
Variable Pay: Rs. 2,46,060

Chethana Book House - Accounting Supervisor

Mysore, Karnataka
03/2002 - 07/2004
• Overseeing all the finance & accounting related functions, generating
financial statements
• Involved in undertaking the filing of Tax Returns and MIS
 Hariharan & Company - Audit Assistant
Mysore, KA
08/1999 - 12/2001
• Headed the Audit team for audit of medium and large scale Public &
Private Limited Companies
• Organized pre audit discussions with the clients, drafted and finalized
the Audit program, conducted audit, drafted Audit Reports and
Director Reports
• Involved in organizing the pre audit discussions with clients.
• Instrumental in putting controls in place for several small organizations
thereby improving productivity
• Responsible for drafting requisite statements and Audit Reports