Pooja Sharma

Pooja Sharma Address: A210, Siddha Pines Rajarhat, Kolkata-700136 Contact: -- SUMMARY Experience: 12 years post qualification+ 3 years internship Cleared all the levels of Chartered Accountant Exam in 1st Attempt. Gained exposure and hold experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), budgeting, forecasting, Financial Modelling, Corporate Governance, Due Diligence, Risk Management, SEC reporting, Segment re-alignment, Preparation and analysis of Financial Statements and Footnotes, Management Reporting, Exposure of working in US GAAP, IFRS, Ind AS, Merger & Acquisition (M&A) projects, regular Month End Closure (MEC) including GL Close, Consolidation of foreign subsidiaries, credit analysis, project financing, Internal Audit, SOX and Compliance. Possess impeccable written and verbal communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills. WORK EXPERIENCE Organization and Tenure Indorama Ventures Global Shared Services Private Limited (May’20 – Till Date) Job Profile and Responsibility FP&A and Budgeting Manager  Heading the Accounting, Finance function of the Shared Service Operations  Partnering with entities CFOs and HR for Potential process and HC assessment to identify potential functions for offshoring.  Partner with senior management across different segments for development of business case  Presentation of reporting package to senior management and providing variance analysis  Involved in regular review of FTEs across different segments, regions, entities.  Preparation of fund flow and projected fund flow. Managing the funds effectively  Accounts finalization and working closely with auditors.  Have worked in Setting up the entire Accounting Process of the Shared Service Operations  Preparation of Chart of Accounts, cost centers and tracking and reporting cost as per cost centers  Providing robust modeling for labor arbitrage, project spending and project saving by different entities / segments and reporting to facilitate executive-level decision making Organization and Tenure Job Profile and Responsibility Worked with transfer pricing team on define the model of cost allocation and chargeback mechanism to multiple Service Recipient entities Senior Financial Analyst  Keysight Technologies International India Private Limited (May’14 – Nov’19) External Financial Reporting (EFR):  Involved in consolidation of foreign subsidiaries.  Preparation of P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Statement of Equity, Comprehensive Income and various footnotes  Analysis of Financial Statements and footnotes  Involved in SEC reporting (10Q, 10K, 8K)  Segment re-alignment at consolidation level and related reporting.  Involved in US Census Bureau Reporting FP&A:  Partner with senior management across functions for development of annual budgets, quarterly and monthly forecasts  Preparation, presentation and reporting packages for senior management focusing on Key Performance Indicators and detailing financial performance relative to plan/forecast.  Executing and monitoring month end close exercise by analyzing and reviewing Balance Sheet and P&L accounts.  Financial tracking and reporting of entire people/non-people cost across controllership organization.  Headcount/Attrition and analysis of detailed expense report  Providing robust modeling and reporting to facilitate executivelevel decision making  Monthly preparation of Bridges, Forecast, potential risk and opportunities review with management M&A/Data Migration:  Handled M&A projects and ensured smooth migration and stabilization  Consolidation of acquired entity pre and post migration  Successfully completed Internal Finance Mock and Data Migration Activity during the cutover period for the split off project named “Sapphire” Process & Policies:  Revenue/AR/Collections/DSO forecast at Global and Regional Level and providing walk through of the same  Prelim and post Monthly/Quarterly review of AR and C&C with management  Preparation of Trade/Non-Trade AR provision (Generic/Over 360/Specific)  Preparation of Actual and Potential P&L impact coming out from Trade AR (Provision/Bad Debt/Write-offs)  Involved in various critical business reporting operations Organization and Tenure Credit Analysis and Research Limited (CARE) - Credit Rating Agency (Sep’12 – May’14) Rakesh Ashok & Company (Oct’11 – Aug’12) J.M. Vyas & Company (Sep’07 – Mar’11) Job Profile and Responsibility Credit Analyst  Financial and Operational Analysis of various entities, preparation of rating notes, rationales and Press release for BLR and NSIC ratings  Financial Statement Analysis, future projections, SWOT, liquidity and sensitivity analysis  Analysis and discussion of the audit related issues with the operational audit team Manager  Internal Audits of Banks, retail chains and Concurrent Audit of banks  Conducted Statutory and Internal audit of various government, semi government and private organizations  Providing consultancy to the clients regards proper preparation and maintenance of books and accounts  Preparation of Project Report and CMA Data for various firms and companies  Financing under various government schemes to provide assistance to various small sector entities  Preparation of E-TDS Return, Service tax return and sales tax return of various firms and companies Article Assistant  Preparation and Finalization of Financial Statements such as Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss A/c and Notes on Accounts of various Companies and other assesses  Worked with team on audit of various banks and private organization APPRECIATION AND KEY ACHIEVEMENT           Green Belt Certified for execution of an idea for En-Cash project which brought capitalized saving of $600K and annual saving of $120K Exposure of working in OneStream (2 Years), Excel Add-in, Workiva (2 Years), Hyperion(5 Years), MicroStrategy(5 Years), Jira, Incorta (2 Years), Oracle(5 Years), Tally Worked as project lead on multiple Mergers & Acquisition project. Got appreciation and awarded for being a significant contributor in a project for business split off. Project initiation and implementation regarding reduction on P&L impact, due to creation of “Generic Reserve” Completed credit analysis for rating upgrades within aggressive timeline of 4 days. Completed credit analysis of a Large & Medium Enterprises (LME) within record time of 8 days. Revisions in TDS returns and presenting to Assessing Officer, leading to settlement and saving penalties. Passed all levels of CA Examinations in First attempt and Both Groups together. Secured 10th Rank in University of Rajasthan and 2nd Rank in Maharani College in B. Com Part-II PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION Course/Degree/Examination CA Final Professional Competence Course Common Proficiency Test CS Professional CS Executive Diploma in Information System Audit (DISA) Board / University / Institute The Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) ICAI ICAI The Institute of Company Secretaries of India ( ICSI) ICSI ICAI Percentage 53.75 % Year of Passing May 2011 51.33 % 78.00 % 52.88% June 2009 May 2007 Dec 2015 66.50 % 75.00% June 2011 Mar 2016 Board / University / Institute University of Rajasthan Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) Jharkhand Academic Council Percentage ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION Course/Degree/Examination B.Com. Senior Secondary Secondary 76.17 % 87.80 % Year of Passing- 76.80 % 2005