Finance, Accounting & Audit Professional.
Sudip Raul
Responsible for and taking ownership
and custodian of all
Processes/Procedures, Internal control
and risk management, Ensuring SOP
compliance, directly and indirectly,
related to Revenue, Expenses, GOP, and
Customer Experience across the
organization.
Over 8 years of Experience in Financial
Management, Internal Controls,
Financial Risk assessment and
management, formulations of
Policies, Designing SOPs, compliance
assurance and driving PROFITABILITY
growth.
 Having strong pre-opening
expertise and Start-Up
experience.
 Develops a trusting and
effective business partnership
with property owners by
understanding the
management contract, the
owner's perspective, and
return on investment (ROI)
expectations.
 Adequate working
knowledge Operating Soft
wares SUN, IDS,
, OPERA PMS.
 Ability to design and
implement Internal Financial
Control, financial/Cost control
policies, Instituting internal
checks & Balances and
control system in addition to
statutory compliance
assurance.
Assistant Manager Finance
B.COM, PGDM (Finance)
Post Graduate Diploma Management (Pursuing)
Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research,
Mumbai, India
Specializations: Finance / Financial Management, International
Business, Business Strategy, Corporate Laws, Business Ethics.
B.Com (Graduate Degree)
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Specializations: Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Taxation,
Business Laws, Economics.
Currently Employed with Grand Mercure
Mysuru as “Assistant Manager Finance” Location Mysuru, India 5star
Luxury, 146 keys
Heading the entire Team as No. 2 position in Finance Dept.
reporting to Director of Finance & General Manager.
Responsible for:
- Financial closing and Reporting, Tax regulations and
statutory payable compliances
- MIS reporting and review, Implementing cost control
policies
- Budgeting, budgetary control, and variance analysis
- Setting up new processes, internal control systems, and
procedures at Pre-opening resorts
- Ensure the authenticity of all Purchase Orders and
substantiate before approvals are obtained
- Identification and evaluation of organization’s risk areas
and oversees the development of annual audit plan
- Implementation of SOPs and ensuring adequate
adherence across business units
- Overall supervision of the Organization’s day-to-day
functioning of the Accounts and Finance operations
 including MIS, Audit, Taxation in compliance with the Indian
Accounting Standards
- Vendor Management & evaluation
- Procurement/Inventory Management
- Responsible for tracking the policy decisions taken by the
government and their impact on the business.

WORK EXPERIENCE
CONTACT
Address
N/D-30, Jagatpur,
Netajipally,Kolkata,
Ibis Hebbal Bangalore (Unit of Interglobe Hotels Pvt Ltd.): Assistant Finance
WestBengal,India
Manager
PIN - 700159
Location: Bangalore, India. 156 Keys (Preopening)
www.accorhotels.com
Mobile Number:
+91 9804570157
June 2022 To Nov 2023
Email:
sudipraul001@gmail.com - Ensure that Finance teams are providing timely month-
end/periodical closing and all other required management
reports.
- Safeguarding Owner’s/Organizational Interest (GOP) from
PROFICIENCY IN IT SKILLS the hotel property and at the same time ensure the Brand
value is retained for the customers being a brand hearted
User employee.
Software Programmes Exp
(Yrs) - Helps Process Owners to understand opportunities for
process improvements.
Microsoft Office
12 - Work with the Finance Managers/General Manager to
(Word/Excel/PowerPoint) provide full and accurate forecasting and budgeting
OPERA 6 proposals within the hotel.
SUN Accounting 5 - Asset Management and Control - Prepare capital reviews
Symphony 3 as required by the Management.
IDS (Accounting/MM/POS) 3 - Responsible for Credit control - Leads the Credit meeting bi-
Tally Accounting 4
monthly and Chairs the Monthly Revenue meeting with Sales
Team and General Manager.
Micros 4
- Develop best practices - financial accounting and control
Material Control 5
procedures and continually review the process and
procedures to maximize profitability and customer
experience.
- Ensure the balance sheets are a fair reflection of the assets
and liabilities of the hotels.
- Manages Cash Flow of the Hotel.
- Assist Heads of the Department to improve their financial
awareness and provide them with relevant financial
information for their operations.
- Drive the Bottom-line figures (GOP) and at the same time
extend support for Revenue Maximation.
- Oversee all audits – Internal & Statutory and cooperate with
the Lead Auditors till Finalization of Balance Sheet.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS - Recommended, initiated, and successfully implemented
the Go-Green initiative in the Hotel resulting in energy
P&L Management / Balance- conservation.
Sheet Preparation
Indian GAAP/US GAAP
Reporting Compliances / Risk
Mitigation / Process Transition
Transition Management
GOP / Profitability Analysis
Internal Financial Controls
Cash Flow Management
Internal Audit / Internal Control Hilton Embassy Golf Link and Hilton & Hilton Garden Inn
Streamlining Accounting functions Manyata Tech Park (Pre-Opening): Cluster Accounts Payable
and operations Executive – Finance & Accounts.
SOP Compliances
Fixed Asset Management Location: Bangalore, India – 619 Keys in Total
Financial Reporting / Taxation /
VAT / GST
Procurement Management /
Vendor Management / Price Dec 2021 To June 2022
Negotiation.
- Leading the payable section of Accounts department for
SOFT SKILLS Hotels Division. Pre-opening of New Projects, Hotels, and
Problem Solving
new Food and Beverage outlets.
Decisiveness - Setting up Finance and Accounts functions,
Empathetic Implementations, and Adherence of SOP. Preparation of
Excellent Communicator reporting models.
Analytical & Intuitive
People Management - Ensuring the authenticity of all accounting entries across all
Self-motivated having Persuasion Skills hotels.
- Overall supervision of the company's day-to-day
HOBBIES functioning of the Accounts and Finance functions
including MIS, Audit, Taxation, Corporate affairs, etc in
Wild-life watcher compliance with the Indian Accounting Standards.
Fitness Freak - Monitoring Budgets and reviewing variance analysis.
Travel Enthusiast - Responsible for tracking the policy decisions taken by the
Movie Buff government and their impact on the business.
- Overseeing the process, monitoring, and approval of all
Payables and Receivables.
- Interface with the internal and external auditors as the
SPOC for efficient management of the Statutory, Tax &
Internal Audits as a part of Corporate Governance

Accomplishments:

- Initiated and Set Process/SOP for Bills Payable (Creditors)and

strategically designed and implemented processes to
continue forward.
Ibis Gurgaon (Unit of Interglobe Hotels Pvt Ltd): Finance Executive,
Location: Gurgaon, India. 214 Keys.

Nov 2020 to Dec 2021

- Entire Finance & Accounts functions of the region and

Project Expansions/Renovations.
- MIS reporting and review. Implementing cost control
policies.
- Joint accountability with the Corporate Financial Controller
for the smooth interaction with HO Finance ensuring an
effective cross-departmental Working relationship between
the two teams.
- Budgeting, budgetary control, and variance analysis.
- Setting up new processes, internal control systems, and
procedures at Pre-opening resorts.
Identification and evaluation of organization’s risk areas
and oversees the development of annual audit plan.
- Implementation of SOPs and ensuring adequate
adherence across business units.
- Work closely with the Internal Auditors and statutory
auditors to provide the information they require to carry out
their audits and do the audit planning and bring to their
attention's issues of concern or interest.

Ibis Kolkata (Unit of Interglobe Hotels

Pvt Ltd.) – Accounts Receivable Executive, Location: Kolkata,
India. 184 keys.
Jan 2019 to Nov 2020

- Supporting to internal finance team in improving and

maintaining adequate financial controls and reporting
standards.
 - Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance &
Accounting functions, all statutory compliances of the
resorts.
- Responsible for monthly/Qtrly/Half Yearly and Year-end
year closure and reporting.
- Prepares audit agendas, checklists, worksheets, and
databases to obtain evidential matters during the audit by
keeping confidentiality and business secrets of the
organization.
- Implementing advanced audit concepts and techniques in
analyzing fiscal operational systems and introducing
administrative policies and procedures to improve internal
control systems.
- Identification and evaluation of organization’s risk areas
and oversees the development of annual audit plan.
- Communicating audit results and consulting assignments
through written reports and oral presentations to resort
management, Operation Head, and Chief Financial
Controller.
- Ensuring the internal control system is adequate, functional,
and in adherence to organization standards, SOPs,
regulatory requirements, and corporate policies.

Vedic Village SPA Resort – Accounts Executive,

Location: Kolkata, India. 326 keys.

Feb 2017 to Jan 2019

- Cash Flow & Funds Flow Statements. Revenue & Expenditure

Statement required by corporate Management.
- GL review, Revenue & expenditure reconciliation, Periodic
expenses analysis.
- Preparation of Monthly Reports - Sundry Creditors & Sundry
Debtors Statement, Outstanding & Statutory Liabilities
Statement, in line with Book-keeping knowledge and
accounting standards.
- Periodic review of debtors with debtor's age-wise analysis
report and keeping control over debtors with proper BTC
follow-up.

Reviews analyze and present financial data, including revenue

projections and expenditure reports, to determine funding
requirements.