COVER LETTER
Date:
Anoop Antony
Dubai-UAE
Dear Hiring Manager,
I am a highly successful, competent team member with a background of extensive hands-on Finance & Accounts
experience in key areas of interest to your company. My success has been both internal to the companies to which I’ve
contributed and external to clients and customers. I’d like to bring that success to the team where I would like to work.
I thrive on the pressure of a fast-paced environment. I am that rare team leader with both the creativity to envision the
big picture and the meticulousness to handle all the little details. I’ve more than proven my innovative problem-solving
abilities.
I have completed my MBA from Indian School of Business Management & Administration, B.Com from Calicut
University held on 2010 & 2005 respectively.
I am having 7.2 years of Experience in Accounts & Finance. I was recently working with SYMPHONY TELECA (US
based IT Service provider), Bangalore as a Process Lead, Prior to that I was with TESCO (Biggest Retailer in UK),
Bangalore as a Senior Accounting officer. Prior to TESCO I was working with XEROX (US based MNC), Bangalore as
Financial Analyst handling accounts for one of the Leading Automotive MNC in world. Prior to Xerox I was working
with CAPGEMINI (France based Technology & Consulting MNC) as an Accounting Executive India- Bangalore
handling accounts for world’s foremost FMCG manufacturing MNC.
Selected Achievements:
 SYMPHONY TELECA:
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Identified the wrong method of accounting revenue from many years and corrected.
Identified and reported the process gaps and scope of standardization
Identified the revenue leakage and taken measures to control the issue in future
Extra Miler Award & Spot Award for the process improvement
Best Team Award for being Team player and value addition.
Cleaned up 1.5Million balance in control account accumulated from more than 5 years
Automated processing of multiline invoices which saved Eight hours per week.
Eagle Squad Award for best performance and team player
Handled the migration of Vendor payment process from Barcelona to India and Bangalore to Kochi
CAPGEMINI:
 Certificate of appreciation for outstanding performance in training.
I have experience in SAP, Oracle Financials, Enterprise Financial system (XT), CLAN and expertise knowledge in
MS Excel, Power point and all MS Office tools as well. I am looking for a position where can I apply my skills for
further exposure and career growth.
Sincerely,
Anoop Antony
+0565864117
pa.anoop1985@gmail.com
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ANOOP ANTONY
(MBA –Finance & Accounts – Process Lead)
Mobile: +0565864117, E- mail ID: pa.anoop1985@gmail.com
Aspiring a career enhancement in finance and accounts domain preferably in reputed multinational retail, manufacturing, oil and gas or
financial service organization. Resourceful and knowledgeable about End to End Accounting, General Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, Accounts
Receivable, Accounts Payable and Vendor Payments and working knowledge in SAP, Oracle and XT.
Location preference: Anywhere in Middle East
Residential address
Flat No FF1, 1st Floor,
Al Madeena Building,
Near Al Gubaiba Bus station, Burdubai
Dubai-39282
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Career Objective
Highly skilled accounting professional, post graduate specialized in finance & Accounts over 7.2 years experience in multinational retail and
financial service organizations with significant exposure in financial Accounting, Revenue analysis, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable,
reporting and end to end accounting activities. Looking for a career enhancement in reputed multinational retail, manufacturing and financial
service organizations
Professional Highlights
 7.3 years experience P&L analysis, Balance Sheet reconciliation, Revenue accounting & analysis, Accounts Receivable, Accounts
Payable, MIS reports, Budgeting and Variance analysis. Experience in handling finance and accounts of World leading FMCG,
Automotive, Retail and IT companies.
 Detail oriented cost centre level variance analysis and balance sheet trend analysis
 Good hands on high level management reports and financial performance reports
 Ability to interact with all level of management and experience in handling third parties involved in the business
 Sound Knowledge and work experience of ERP systems SAP, Oracle, Enterprise Financials and Tally
 Expertise in all aspects of accounting, exposure of intercompany reconciliations and inter unit reconciliations.
 Knowledge of IFRS and GAAP
Selected Achievements
 SYMPHONY TELECA:
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Identified the wrong method of accounting revenue from many years and corrected.
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Identified and reported the process gaps and scope of standardization
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Cleaned up the back log invoices and created tracker to ensure the invoices approved and paid on time
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Identified the revenue leakage and taken measures to control the issue in future
 TESCO:
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Extra Miler Award & Spot Award for the process improvement
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Best Team Award for being Team player and value addition.
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Cleaned up 1.5Million balance in control account accumulated from more than 5 years
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Automated processing of multiline invoices which saved Eight hours per week.
 XEROX:
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Eagle Squad Award for best performance and team player
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Successfully handled the migration of Vendor payment process from Barcelona to India and Bangalore to Kochi
 CAPGEMINI:
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Certificate of appreciation for outstanding performance in training.
Core competencies and skills
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Revenue Accounting & Budgeting
Accounts receivable & Cash application
Accounts & Bank reconciliation
SAP, Oracle 11i , Enterprise Financial(XT) & Tally
Financial reporting skills
 P&L and Balance Sheet analysis
 Detailed Revenue/Cost analysis
 MIS & KPI reporting
 Schedules & Management packs
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Accounts Payable & Vendor Payments
General ledger & Journal entries
Inventory management
Audit assistance
Expert in MS office (Excel, Power point, access
etc)
 Trend/Various analysis
 Aging reports
 Month end & year end closing
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Tools used for Financial Reporting : SAP, Oracle11i, Excel
Personal Competencies
 Reputation for investigating and resolving issues and constantly striving for process improvement
 Highly motivated and enthusiastic, proven ability to learn and master new skills quickly and thoroughly
 Adaptable to change and respond to challenges with confidence, determination and focus
 Independent, ability to prioritize and manage time effectively, ability to work autonomously and as a team player
 Remarkable ability to review, verify accuracy of data with strong analytical and problem solving skills
 Ability to interact with all level of management and third parties with Good telephone and e-mail etiquette
 Self motivated, Positive thinking and trustworthy individual with strong ethics and integrity
Education Qualification
 MBA • Finance & Banking (78%) • 2010| Indian School of Business Management and Administration, • Bangalore, Karnataka
 B.com • Commerce (68%)• 2005| Calicut university • Calicut, Kerala
 Summary of Experience
Company Name
Location
Symphony Teleca (US based MNC)
Tesco HSC (UK based MNC)
Bangalore-India
Bangalore-India
ACS(Xerox-US based MNC)
Bangalore-India
Capgemini (France based MNC)
Bangalore-India
Industry
IT & Financial Service
provider
Retail- Finance KPO
IT & Financial Service
provider
IT & Financial Service
provider
Designation
Duration
Process Lead
Senior Accounts Officer
1.7 Year
2.2 years
Financial Analyst
1.8 years
Accounts executive
1.9 years
Symphony Teleca (a HARMAN Company)
Designation – Lead Finance & Accounts
1.7 Year Jan 2014 to Jul 2015
Symphony Teleca is a US based MNC which supplies software services to the mobile communications industry with a
focus to helping clients manage the global convergence of software, the cloud and mobility. Present in over 35 countries
with almost 7000 employees.
End to End Accounting
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Analyze the Revenue accounts by conducting cost centre variance analysis, performance of actual against the budgets analyzed on
monthly basis
Summarize financial information’s and prepare different MIS reports regarding Revenue accounts and balance sheets to support
decision making purposes.
Investigate in detail in case the balance in accounts are not justified with supporting documents and resolve it on priority basis
 Assist internal controls and compliance auditors, external auditors to conduct their internal and external audits
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Interpreting Agreements with customers, Customer set up, creating sales order, booking different kind of revenue and allocates
receipt of payment from customer with invoices.
Accounting intercompany transactions, performing intercompany reconciliation and reporting the Balance.
Issue of credit note and liaising with customer for irregularities and non-payment.
Booking of Accrual and posting various journals during month end to ensure the completeness of closing of books.
Accountings of third party cost and matching with the corresponding revenue from customers.
Creating and maintaining chart of Accounts for the project Accounts.
Accounting of revenue from Fixed Fee projects and T&M projects based on the completion/milestones.
Preparing monthly Balance Sheet reconciliation.
Maintains various ledgers, journals, registers and other fiscal records.
Classifies revenue and posts to various accounts as required.
Co-ordinate with controller on accounting matters.
Handling customer queries prepare AR Aging report and follow up with the project managers for unpaid invoices.
Review and approve Vendor invoices after matching with the revenue booked.
Interacting directly and presenting reports to Group CFO and Global Revenue Head.
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TESCO HSC
Designation – Senior Accounting Officer
2 Years 2 months Jun 2011 to Aug 2013
Tesco is the UK's biggest chain of retailer, 3nd largest retail chain in the world it has over 2500
stores in UK and total 5,500 of stores in 12 countries such as South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Turkey and India. Tesco has more than 6 different retail store formats offering a variety of services for food and non-food products includes
banking, insurance.
Accounting & Reconciliation
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Review of Balance Sheet Reconciliation of Sub ledger to General ledger for different Accounts and reporting to the In-Country team
and calculating the provision based on the aging report and MEC of Accounts.
Issue invoices, classifies revenue and posts to various accounts as required.
Handling the Petty cash and other receipts and applying customer payments with invoices and booking of Accruals
Handling customer queries, Monitoring customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities.
Handle accounts receivable process of rental income from tenants occupied in Tesco non residential properties.
Consolidate rent receivables and prepare aging reports on weekly basis shows aging of the debt to be paid by tenant for occupation
of non residential properties.
Interact with Sales team to research customer account issues, investigate and resolving customer queries.
Investigate in detail in case the balance in accounts are not justified with supporting documents and resolve it on priority basis.
Conduct Accounts & bank reconciliations on monthly basis, weekly basis to keep robust controls on the balance sheet accounts and
perform month end and year end general ledger closing activities, posting journals for accruals, deferrals and variances.
Handled the Migration of Accounts Receivable process from Czech Republic to India.
Ensure the quality of the process and working on Process Improvement measures for the overall process.
Performing Quality check for the day to day Accounting and presenting Monthly QC Report to the management.
Preparing Weekly production report and Monthly KPI, other management reports and presenting to the in-country.
Meeting SLA and management performance standards and prepared Standard Operating Procedures and Process Maps.
Automated multi line invoices and created tracker for meal voucher invoices which saved eight hours per week.
Interacting with In-country team on behalf of the team and ensure the smooth flow of the process and handling the issues.
Consolidate all balance sheets in a form of control summary to compare and explain the balance in different point of time, highlight
the issues with resolution for resolving it.
 Assist internal controls and compliance auditors, external auditors to conduct their internal and external audits.
ACS, A Xerox Company
Designation –Financial Analyst
1 year 8 months
Oct 2009 to Jun 2011
ACS is US based MNC which is now acquired by Xerox Services provides information technology services as well as business process
outsourcing solutions to businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Present in over 180 countries with almost 140,000
employees.
Client Handled: General Motors (GM) – General Motors is one of the leading Automotive Company in world based in USA.
End to end accounting activities
 Review Accounts payable payment schedule on the basis of invoices received for release the payment on weekly basis.
 Handled the migration of P2P from Barcelona to India and Bangalore to Kochi.
 Process and review vendor invoices and other supporting documents to release vendor payments
 Conduct bank reconciliations in definite intervals in a month and posting journal entries to correct the balances in cash and bank
account .
 Vendor reconciliation and verifying the vendor master data in case of payment rejections.
 Reviews and processes expense vouchers, invoices, and other fiscal documents for payment
 Preparing Payment proposals and payment run within the deadline to ensure the payment to vendors on time.
 Booking of express payments, special payments and manual payments on time.
 Maintains various ledgers, journals, registers and other fiscal records.
 Account clearing of customers, vendors and other account
 Perform month end and year end general ledger closing activities by preparation and posting journals for accruals, deferrals and
variances
 Liaise Co-ordination with other departments like AP, Intercompany, AR and Treasury to ensure all the invoices which are due is
getting paid and Handling Audit queries
 Preparing monthly KPI of different types of payments and reporting to the client.
 Prepared FMEA for the process, Standard Operating Procedures and Process Maps.
 Maintaining the quality report for the team, error log file and productivity of the team members and giving the training to new
team members and conducting cross training to other departments.
 Leading the team so that there is smooth and quality movement of the given work, attend management meetings to discuss the
issues and improvements
 Account clearing of customers, vendors and other account
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Perform month end and year end general ledger closing activities by preparation and posting journals for accruals, deferrals and
variances
CAPGEMINI
Designation -Accounts executive
1 year 10 months
Dec 2007 to Oct 2009
Capgemini is a France based MNC, one of the world's leading providers of consulting, technology
and outsourcing services. Present in over 40 countries with almost 180,000 employees, the Capgemini group helps its clients transform in
order to improve their performance and competitive positioning.
Client Handled: Unilever PLC - Unilever is the world’s foremost FMCG manufacturing MNC based in UK
End to end accounting activities
 Process and review vendor invoices and other supporting documents to release vendor payments
 Sound Knowledge in Invoice Analysis, Invoice Posting, Invoice Parking, Checking Purchase Order Budget and quantity as per the
invoice.
 Processing PO and Non PO invoices and reviewing the invoices processed, handling queries from Vendors and frond office
regarding payment.
 Conduct bank reconciliations in definite intervals in a month and posting journal entries to correct the balances in cash and bank
account
 Carry out balance sheet reconciliations and analyzes the balance with available supporting documents in other systems and sub
ledger balance
 Responsible for oils and chemicals inventory management and control includes, record inventory inflows and outflows,
distribution to various units and preparation of Inventory reconciliation
 Manage accounts receivables of intercompany related expenses and raising debit notes or credit notes to collect receivables
 Control accounts payables of different inter units, responsible for identifying and analyzing the nature of payments and booking it
in various accounts
 Arrange different MIS reports and aging reports related to customers, vendors and other related accounts
 Liaise across various inter companies and inter units and resolving queries related to incoming and outgoing payments
 Account clearing of customers, vendors and other account
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Flat# FF1, 1st Floor, Al Madeena Building, Near Al Gubaiba Bus Station,
Burdubai,
Dubai - 39282
Parayil House, Manikkadavu Post,
Shanthinager, Kannur District,
Kerala -670705
29th May 1985
Male
Christian, RC
Indian
Married
+91 9742178164
H0336243 - valid till -17-September-2018
English, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil
Reading, music and travelling
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the above information are true and I will prove it as and it requires.
Date:
Place: Dubai
Anoop Antony
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