Mahesh Kumar Sarawagi

House No : 530, Sector 17-A,

Gurgaon - 122001

E-mail: maheshsarawagi@gmail.com Manager/ MBA Finance

Phone: +91 95825 29994

Objective

Looking forward for an opening in a managerial position, where I can utilize my leadership qualities along with knowledge and
skill sets to concatenate the personal as well as organizational growth.

Summary

 Dynamic, competent and result oriented professional with 7 years of experience in Finance Planning, Analysis
and Accounting in CPG, Retail and Telecom Industries
 Current Roles and responsibilities includes End to End ownership of 5 European entities (Swiss and Nordics) for
R2R Process (Reports to Records), which includes Fixed Assets accounting, maintenance of Bank clearing
accounts, Accruals, Prepayment, Intercompany Accounting, reporting and Reconciliations, Month end closing Journal
entry posting, Financial submission (Income Statement and Balance Sheet); Variance analysis etc
 Preparing the FMEA Report of the R2R Process
 Preparing the KPI figures
 Ensuring that R2R process is having “Zero Surprise Operations”
 Exposure to multinational accounting policies (Indian, European and US)
 Having experience of creating the Process maps for R2R area
 Proficient in grasping new technical and analytical concepts to utilize them in an effective manner for successful
execution of various projects. Equipped with strong collaboration, team building, interpersonal and communication
skills
 Facilitated by Genpact with “Business Leader Award 2013” for Ecolab Process.
 Received “Star of Shared Service Team award” by Client Ecolab.
 Rewarded with “Star of Shared Services” by Client Ecolab

Key Skill sets

 Green Belt (Six Sigma) trained and tested

 Lean trained, tested and certified
 Well versed with SAP R/3 application
 Fixed Assets Accounting (FAM Module)
 Well versed with MS Office (Visio, Access, Excel, Power point, Word etc)
 Well versed with Black line online reconciliation tool

Educational Qualification

 MBA Finance (2009-2010) from TASMAC (Bangalore) – affiliated to University of Wales, UK

 Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy Honors) (2004), GM Autonomous College, Orissa
 12th (Council of Higher Secondary Education, (2001), GM Autonomous College, Orissa
 10th (Board of Secondary Education, (1999), Government High School, Orissa
Professional Experience

Organisation : Genpact, Gurgaon

Client : Ecolab
Designation : Manager
From : Since Jul 2012 till date

Since Jun 2014 till Date:

End to End ownership of 5 European entities (Swiss and Nordics) for R2R Process (Reports to Records)
includes Fixed Assets accounting, maintenance of Bank clearing accounts, Accruals, Prepayment, Intercompany
Accounting, reporting and Reconciliations, Month end closing Journal entry posting, Financial submission (Income
Statement and Balance Sheet); Variance analysis etc

From Jun 2013 to May 2014 (1 Year):

Created and Lead the Fixed Assets COE (Center of Excellence) for Ecolab EMEA Region (14 European
Countries)

From Jul 2011 to May 2013 (1 Year and 10 months):

Lead the R2R (GLFA area) Account Transition for 2 European entities (Spain and Portugal)
Stabilize the End to End Process and successfully handed over the same to the subordinates

Primary role in the organization:

 End to End ownership of 7 European entities (Swiss; Nordics and Iberia) for R2R Process (Reports to
Records)
 SME (Subject matter expert) for Fixed Assets Accounting
 Part of SWOT team
 Preparing the FMEA Report of the R2R Process
 Preparing the KPI figures
 Ensuring that R2R process is having “Zero Surprise Operations”

Job Responsibilities includes:

 Ensuring End to End (E2E) responsibility for R2R (Records to reports) area for Swiss; Nordic Countries and Iberia
 Financial Submission (Income Statement and Balance Sheet); Preparations of Schedules, Balance Sheet Flux
Analysis along with Working Capital Analysis and variance analysis, FX exposure Report, Adhoc reporting etc
 Preparation of Statutory Projections
 Develop and manage effective working relationship in the organization and actively liaise with all stakeholders
 Handling and Leading Controllership Projects
 Closing reporting, journal entries for revaluation of Misc Assets and Liabilities; utilization and release of Accruals;
Prepayments, Intercompany Invoice recharges etc
 Balance sheet Reconciliation Review in Black line tool for all these entities like Bank, Fixed Assets, Inventory, Misc
Assets & Liabilities, Accruals, Fx Accounts, Intercompany Reconciliations, Prepaid Recs etc
 Fortnightly monitoring of all reconciliations account to investigate and close the Open items and unreconciled items
as per reconciliation policies
 Management and statutory compliance reporting and filling of process improvements
  Providing necessary support during various types of Audit (External and Internal) statutory audits, tax audits, other IT
audits along with Internal Controls
 To standardize the database and strive for process improvements for better controls and smooth functioning of
operations. Documentation of processes SOPs

Major Projects Handled during the working period:

 R2R Process transition and stabilization

 Creation and driving standardization and stabilization of Fixed Assets COE (center of excellence) across 14 EMEA
European entities
 Being part of SWOT team helped the Intercompany team in analyzing the highest value of Open Items to clean up
the aged Open Items and redesigning a new Reconciliation process to smooth the E2E Intercompany Process.

Organisation : Pierian Resource Square Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad

Client : TATA TELE SERVICES LIMITED
Role : Team Leader (Financial Analyst)
From : Since April 2010 till Mar 2011

Primary role in the organization:

 Leading 5 member Fixed Assets team, handling various functionalities such as preparation of MIS reports, handling
statutory, tax and internal audits, with respect to the same
 Direct reporting to the higher levels of management (Associate Vice-President and Vice President) with respect to
fixed assets
 Taking ownership of the fixed asset process of Tata Tele Services Limited for the South India finance circle (Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Chennai and Kerala)
 Taking Care of Billing process of Tata Tele Services Limited

Job Responsibilities included:

 Handling revenue accounting, and MIS reporting for various categories of call services such as Post- paid; Prepaid
and Roaming services (GSM and CDMA) (Trend analysis and Variance analysis)
 Release of creditor outstanding ageing report and debtors ageing report
 Bad debts computation as per the policy; and monitoring the same
 Management reporting and adherence to statutory compliance
 Completion of all statutory quarterly audits, internal audits and other IT audits
 Standardize the database and strive for process improvements for better controls and smooth functioning of
operations. Documentation of processes SOPs

Organisation : TITAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED – Manufacturing and Retail Industry

Role : Officer Accounts - Fixed Assets
From : Nov 2005 to Sep 2008

Primary role in the organization:

 Core member of the Fixed Assets team, handling various functionalities such as preparation of MIS reports, handling
statutory, tax and internal audits, with respect to the same
 Helped Watches, Jewellery, Eye-plus and Precession Engineering Division of Titan Industries in doing investments in
 Fixed Assets at various company owned showrooms and plants
 Remittance of Statutory Compliances: Service Tax, VAT, entry tax, returning of bill of entries of imported materials to
bank, even includes preparation of statement for capital subsidy benefits.

Job Responsibilities included:

 Monitoring the capital expenditure budget and ensuring that investments were done as per the prescribed
budget limits.
 Calculation of estimated depreciation
 Analysis of CWIP and capital advances accounts and aging reports at the end of each month and reporting the
same to the senior management.
 Posting of provision entries relating to capital items, AMC and software contracts.
 Vendor complaint resolution.
 Coordinating with procurements and projects teams to ensure smooth launch of retail stores.

Major Projects Handled during the working period:

 Played an active role (from corporate office, Bangalore) in procurement of fixed assets, to set-up the Roorkee watch
assembly unit and Jewellery plant at Dehradun

Academic Project Done (Dissertation)

Topic : Role of MACD and Stochastic Oscillator on Investors Buy and Sell Decisions
Strength : Individual
Objective : To assess the current trend of investments and the tools used for the same
To examine the factors influencing the decision makings of Investors Investment
To assess the importance of MACD and Stochastic Oscillator on the Investors decision making

Achievements

 Recognized by “Employee of the Quarter” from Tanishq Team during the 2nd Quarter of 2006 for active
involvement in setting-up of the Jewellery Plant at Dehradun and also for playing a major role in Fixed Assets
procurements for various Company owned boutiques all over India
 Recognized by “Moment of Fame Award” from Watches Team for an active involvement in setting-up of Roorkee
Watch Assembly Unit, Uttaranchal
 Recognized by “Moment of Fame Award” from IT procurement team for the active and timely processing of huge
procurements of IT proposals for all the divisions of the Organization
 Visited Singapore branch office for helping the department to complete the annual audit within 8 working
days (as per the deadline provided by the TATA Group) for FY 2006-07
 Received Bronze awards in Genpact (twice)
 Received Silver award in Genpact
 Received Star of Shared service Team from the Client Ecolab
 Received Star of Shared service from the Client Ecolab
 Awarded with Spot Awards (from Genpact) for creating wow moments for the Organization, by understanding a
process and making it harmonized across 14 European countries; which was unable to be understand by the Ecolab
Team since its migration to SAP in year 2007-08
 Facilitated by Genpact with “Business Leader Award 2013” among the entire account of Ecolab
Computer Skills

 Worked as an end-user support function member on SAP R/3 ERP package (FICO modules) for the Corporate
Finance Department
 Worked as an end user power function member on SAP R/3 ERP package (FICO module) at Corporate Finance
Department.
 Having working knowledge of MS-Office software package (Visio, Access, Excel, Word, Power-point, including
Advanced Excel)
 Working knowledge of Quest software (Toad software of Oracle)
 Well versed with Info-brain (Steve Tap-3 editor) software
 Well versed with Tally Accounting Package
 Well versed with Black line online Reconciliation tool

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 04th July 1984

Languages known : English, Hindi, Marwari, Oriya
Sex : Male
Passport Status : Available
Hobbies : Reading Financial Dailies, Journals & Yoga
Notice Period : 3 months
References : Available on request