Anku Chaddha
Victoria,Canada
Summary
Accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in financial control and reporting, notably at Barclays Bank PLC. Excelled in internal audits and leveraging database tools like SAP P11 and Oracle Hyperion RACE. Proven track record of enhancing financial accuracy and efficiency, demonstrated by automating reports to save 25 hours monthly. Skilled in strategic financial analysis and adept at driving process improvements.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant
Devon Properties
Victoria, British Columbia
10.2023 - Current
- Prepare monthly reporting packages for management review.
- Analyze and interpret balance sheets and income statements and provide financial/management reports as requested.
- Review and record journal entries at month-end, including accruals, prepaids, etc.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts, and prepare reconciliations for the corporate business.
- Working on projects to onboard new business, budgeting, leasing invoice preparations to recoup costs and ensuring successful onboarding and completion
- Assist with the preparation of the year-end financial statements and schedules for external review audit.
- Assist in the development of financial forecasts and budgets while also providing regular analysis and recommendations to the benefit of the business.
Manager, Financial Control
Barclays Bank PLC
Noida, India
11.2018 - 08.2022
- Finalizing and closing accounts in General Ledger monthly for Loans and Deposits
- Reviewing and substantiating monthly management reports and financial statements of Balance sheet and Profit and Loss statement through variance analysis
- Working on reform projects for the bank, onboarding of new banking systems and implementing the financial flow to the SAP platform.
- Worked with Finance business partners on budgeting and forecasting of income and expenses,
- Reviewing quarterly Statutory submissions and FINREP submissions for European Banking Authority with IFRS requirements
- Supporting in external audits and internal audits
- Analyzing and providing approvals for New Products introduced in the market
Assistant Manager
Barclays Bank Plc
Noida, India
09.2012 - 10.2018
- Supporting Barclaycard and Corporate Financial Control piece of work based out of India by close books of accounts
- Posting adjustment journal entries and reconciliations
- Preparing variance analysis with detailed reasoning and documentation
- Preparing credit card statistics for British Bankers Association, Master card, and Visa and created efficiency by saving 25 hours each month through automation
- Analyzing Director's credit card expenses and giving insight into spend patterns which is also reported in the Barclays Annual report
Sr. MIS Analyst
American Express
Gurgaon, India
08.2008 - 08.2012
- Single handedly managing MIS(Bonus calculations based on productivity and efficiency metrics) for India/JAPA Market Corporate Operations for Credit Cards ( approx 120 FTEs) for senior management reporting
- Preparing Bonus basis performance measures decided by management
- Coordinating with HR and Finance and providing them with required reports like- Attrition, Unit Cost Report, Incentive payout, Budgeting report
Education
Masters - Global Management
Royal Roads
Victoria, BCMA - Economics
Bachelors - Commerce
Skills
- Financial Control and Reporting
- Internal Audit
- Database - SAP P11
- SAP BW
- Oracle Hyperion RACE
- Oracle Essbase
- Financial statement review
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with the team on several Structural Reform projects within the Barclays bank to achieve desired Regulatory requirements for the bank.
- Transitioned to a new version of SAP technology by leading the Project migration in the team to move the c 40b client portfolio to the updated platform in Barclays.
- Client appreciations for successfully closing technical system issues saving 11m loss for the bank in Barclays.
References
Available on request
Timeline
Senior Accountant
Devon Properties
10.2023 - Current
Manager, Financial Control
Barclays Bank PLC
11.2018 - 08.2022
Assistant Manager
Barclays Bank Plc
09.2012 - 10.2018
Sr. MIS Analyst
American Express
08.2008 - 08.2012
Masters - Global Management
Royal Roads
MA - Economics
Bachelors - Commerce
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