Devanjali Basu

Knowledge Purview Profile Summary
Finance & Account Operations
Accounts Payable/Receivables

Vendor Fulfilment & Management

Reporting & Documentation
Bank/Accounts Reconciliation
Cross-functional Coordination
Team Building


Personal Details
Date of Birth: 1st August, 1987
Languages Known: English, Bengali & Hindi
Address: C-6/6337, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 1110070
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Semi-Qualified Chartered Accountant and graduate from SRCC, Delhi with experience in Financial Management, Accounting, MIS Reporting, Accounts Payable, Ageing preparation, Accounts Receivable, Balance Sheet Finalization, Preparing Financial Statements, Ledger Scrutiny.
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Managed processing of Accounts Receivable (AR) invoices, billing and credit notes, reconciliation of customer accounts, credit analysis and follow-up on collections.
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Steered efforts in ensuring the Accounts Payable team are replying to all queries in a timely manner and all queries are dealt correctly
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Gained expertise in maintaining general ledger accounts by creating journal entries; reconciling accounts receivable; preparing monthly accruals and entries; analyzing and reconciling accounts payable ledgers
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Continuously evaluated reconciliation processes to identify and implement improvement initiatives geared towards streamlining existing processes and improving productivity through better utilization of systems
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Excels in maintaining excellent working relationship with external supplier ensuring smooth running of AP Department
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Experience in Accounting and Global Assurance Teams in Ernst & Young as a part of the global assurance team at Germany, Switzerland & Austria and Acquara as a part of the Global Accounting Team of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Technical Experience

MS Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
Software: SAP ERP, Ramco, Vantage, Fiori, Tally, Xero


Education
CA Finalist from ICAI, New Delhi
CA PCC (First Group) from ICAI, New Delhi in 2010 with 51.67%
CA PCC (Second Group) from ICAI, New Delhi in 2010with 52%
CA CPT from ICAI New Delhi, in first attempt in 2006 with 76.5%
B.Com. (Hons.) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University in 2008 with 63.52%
12th from Springdales School, New Delhi in 2005 with 92.5% in best of 4 subjects
10th from Springdales School, New Delhi in 2003 with 81.80%

Work Experience

Since May’19 with Weber Shandwick, Gurugram as Business Commercial Associate
Accounts Payable & Receivable cycle; managing the Accounts Payable & Receivable cycle & GL for the smooth operations
Accounts Receivable; enabling operations of the Accounts Receivable (AR) section with focus on ensuring efficient processing (payment allocation, reconciliation and month-end reporting) of company receivables through SAP and timely collection in accordance to company policies
Account Reconciliation; facilitating reconciliation of accounts receivable trial balances with the general ledger control account. Ensuring payments schedules by due date and Postings cheques after Reconciliation with Accounts ledger & supplier statements and performing reconciliation – Bank , Intercompany & General Ledger
Reporting & Documentation; gained expertise in ensuring accurate data management related to payment status and projected payment dates for forecast and other real-time reports. Generating weekly and monthly reports and analyzing AR data, providing analyses to management. Preparing outstanding ageing report and statement for Debit Balance & Unaccounted Documents
Data Management; ensuring documents data recorded with correct code after certification, allocation & verification (with invoice with accuracy and timeliness
Vendor and Client Management; maintaining vendor & client relationships, responding on inquiry & resolving financial issues correlating with project team
Settling supplier & subcontractor debit balance for PDC /Advance issued cheques
General Ledger; performing ledgers scrutiny with supplier/subcontractor SOA & keeping ledger balances up to date for monthly/quarterly & year-end closing. Posting JV entries after allocating Expenses & preparing schedule such as utilities, camp rent, office expenses and depreciation. Posting Adjustment entries in year-end closing
Auditing; Managing internal & external audit query & accomplishing documentation for audit compliance
Accounting Functions:
o Maintaining fixed assets register & stock management for account closing
o Assisting to accounts manager in Preparing Cash flow, Trial Balance, P& L & Finalizing balance sheet
GST; Preparing/Confirming GST data & reporting to Manger Taxation for each month GST Filing

Acquara Investment India Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram as Accounts Associate, Aug’18 – Mar’19
Tasks include Accounts Finalization, bank and credit card reconciliation reports, 3 way Goods Received Note (GRN) Matching, GRN Consumption, petty cash accounting , supplier invoicing and invoice posting in Ramco Software, MIS reports in Excel and power point, making of Cash flow statements, receivables and payables reconciliations, Inventory, payables and receivables ageing, Liaising with Dubai team for accounts closure, managing offsite team of 2 to 5 member in India and ensure prompt achievement of all deliverable targets, acting as a point of contact with onsite team of Acquara, handling day to day queries relating to financial matters

Healthhunt Digital India Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram as Finance Management Trainee, Apr’18 – Jul’18
Analyzed & filed financials of the company; prepared reports for filling investment proposals, accounting in Xero software, calculating and filing GST return 3B, daily invoicing among many others

Ernst & Young, Gurugram as Consultant, Dec’17 – Mar’18
Worked on contract in the Germany, Switzerland & Austria region for the Assurance service line. Tasks include checking mathematical accuracy and internal consistency of financial statements, reconciling figures from financial statements to trial balance and bank confirmations, using pivot tables and vlookup to extract financial information from raw files and linking them to financial statements and recalculation of financials.

N Sharma and Associates, Delhi as Articled Assistant, Feb’07 – Aug’10
Monitored variety of tasks such as preparation of:
o Statutory books of Accounts, Bank Reconciliation, Party Reconciliation and Consolidated Reports in compliance with time & accuracy norms
o Financial reports, charts, tables and other exhibits as well as day-to-day general ledger accounting entries. Summarizing current financial status by collecting information & preparing the balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports
o ROC compliance activities such as preparing and filling of Form 23AC, 23ACA, 20B, 23B, DIN
(Director’s Identification Number)
o Recording various intercompany transactions and cost allocations
Managed:
o Filing of Income tax returns, service tax returns, TDS returns and tax challans
o Preparation of Vouchers, bank reconciliation and bookkeeping on Tally for various individuals and companies