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Niket Bang

CA, CS
Mumbai

Summary

Over 12 years in Country Controllership for US GAAP and IFRS Financial accounting and reporting with strong organizational skills.

Currently leading a team which is involved in exploring implementation of AI tools to automate repetitive tasks across different teams.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Legal Entity Controller- Team Lead

Accenture
10.2017 - Current
  • Gained knowledge in using Power BI to automate, standardize and simplify monthly Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Revenue Report, Intercompany, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable & Blackline Reports.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems across different controllerships teams, currently working on Power Automate one of the Microsoft Apps for sending out emails in specific format on weekly basis, by reducing manual intervention.
  • Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and learning new concepts quickly, efficiently. Motivating team to adapt and leverage Power BI and other tools in Month end closing activities.
  • Delivering core financial control activities including balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation ledger close and fulfillment of all statutory regulatory and management reporting requirements relating to different global stake holders in timely and error manner per US GAAP for US & Canada entities.
  • Monitoring of high risk prepaid & accrual GL Accounts, amortization of signing bonus, purchase obligation, including monthly review of all account reconciliations in blackline tool and journal entries.
  • Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with senior management and auditors during reviews and audits to ensure full cooperation from accounting staff and compliance with all qualified requests to maximise operational efficiency and robust control environment.

FP&A & Legal Entity Controller- Senior Associate

Agilent Technologies
10.2011 - 09.2017
  • Conducted and presented to senior management Competition analysis on business segment with different financial parameters. Completed journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis to prepare quarterly financial documents and general account management.
  • Created and distributed Revenue Reports to different division owners for tracking regional revenue in contrast with Plan, Forecast. Reviewed company specific revenue recognition processes I.e. Emerging Issue Task Force (EITF).
  • Developed and Supervised accurate, efficient, and compliant completion of monthly financial reporting packages which included- Detailed Financial Management (DFM), Natural Account Financial Statement (NAFS), key business metrics dashboards.
  • handled USGAAP & Local GAAP Audit for Japan, Taiwan and Korea
  • Reviewed processes and procedures to optimize USGAAP & Local GAAP Audit for Japan, Taiwan and Korea audit process.
  • Introduced internal controls to monitor critical areas of financial control and devised "Japan Demo Inventory register" corrective actions to address risks or deficiencies.

Articleship Trainee

M/s Kalani & Company
05.2008 - 09.2011

Major Assignments Accomplished:

A. Statutory cum Tax Audits

· Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd., Mumbai Nuclear Power Plant

· Saraswati Global Limited, Jaipur Carpet manufacturing & Export

· Crown Tours Limited Tour & Travel Services

· Shekhawati Shiksha & Samajik Vikas Sansthan Education Society

B. Tax Audits

· Udaipur Minerals Syndicate Development Pvt Ltd. Trading in Marble Powder

· Apurva Vinmay Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad Cemented pipes manufacturing

· Shakuntalam Colonizers Pvt. Ltd, Jaipur Real Estates business

C. Internal Audits

· Birla Corporation Limited, Chittorgarh Cement Industry

· A Infrastructure Limited, Ahmedabad Fibre Sheets & Bricks manufacturing

· Apurva Vinimay Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad Cement pipes manufacturing

Education

Chartered Accountant -

ICAI
04.2001 -

Company Secretary -

ICSI
04.2001 -

B.Com -

Rajasthan University
04.2001 -

Skills

    Power BI Dashboards

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Achievements

  • Awarded with Encore 2022 for Corporate Functions' Core Value Creation Award for fostering & brining our core values to life.
  • Recognized in Accenture for recommending and leading the automation of “preparation of Sign-in Bonus register” by that 4days process reduced to 15mins in month end close.
  • Rewarded for implementing the automation BOT for BI/BDA updates in SAP helping the elimination of manual work for the supplier set up team which benefited Accenture India & Global Teams.
  • Received the great going Award in Agilent for the Automation Project of “Japan Demo Inventory register” for both businesses i.e. EMG (2.5 days' process reduced to 50 minutes' process) and LSCA (3 days' process reduced to 3hours process).
  • Part of “Sapphire”-spin off project of Agilent Technologies into two different companies and “UNO”- migration project from ORACLE to SAP in which modified some business reports from Oracle's Essbase to SAP's Smartview and HFM.

Timeline

Legal Entity Controller- Team Lead

Accenture
10.2017 - Current

FP&A & Legal Entity Controller- Senior Associate

Agilent Technologies
10.2011 - 09.2017

Articleship Trainee

M/s Kalani & Company
05.2008 - 09.2011

Chartered Accountant -

ICAI
04.2001 -

Company Secretary -

ICSI
04.2001 -

B.Com -

Rajasthan University
04.2001 -
Niket BangCA, CS