Vidhi Srivastava

Performed complete reconciliation for Citibank accounts associated with Intermediate Capital Group on a regular basis.

Coordinated with UK team to handle half-year and year-end audits solely from India.

• Improved team efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing innovative management strategies.
• Identified areas for improvement within the department, implementing strategic initiatives to address gaps in performance or resources.
• Developed strong relationships with stakeholders to facilitate smooth communication and project completion.
• Monitored cash intake and deposit records, increasing accuracy, and reducing discrepancies.
• Successfully conducted and completed the dry run testing for a new financial reporting application, subsequently deploying it to production.
• Automated the daily reconciliation process, resulting in a time savings of up to two hours.
• Independently managing stakeholder relationships and representing the team.

• Perform balance sheet substantiation through a process of reconciliation, investigation and resolution of exceptions. Independently performing detailed analysis on breaks, collaborate with multiple teams in multiple regions and drive resolutions in tight deadline.
• Involved in end to end Nostro reconciliation as well as control reconciliation. Investigating on breaks on various platforms such as Intellimatch, POETS, CTC and peoplesoft.
• Posting journals to clear the statement vs ledger breaks.
• Performing client money substantiation on daily basis, on basis of statements and ledgers.
• Keeping the record of all the breaks and journal Handoffs received from the line teams for any postings against nostro.
• As a process coordinator , managing and reviewing the team's deliverables and tracking there performance.
• Handling queries on daily basis from other teams such as settlements team, product control team.
• Working closely with risk oversight team to complete month end activities and sign off successfully.
• Perform and coordinate control testing per the defined schedule. Drive the start and end of the year process, define and drive the testing prior to the deadlines. Provide timely update on status to relevant business managers.
• Independently engage with regional leads, risk teams, finance, Product control functions in efforts to manage functional goals.
• performing sign off for the balances as an nostro accounts owner.
• Part of Intra month Balance sheet (IMBS) activities wherein we prepare balance sheet at a given date(around 3-4 dry runs in a year, performed 2 live runs in 2022).
• Monthly presentation of Reconciliation report, highlighting and aged /unsubstantiated / under investigations breaks to key stakeholders.
• Maintaining records of incoming and outgoing cash, process daily transactions, producing periodic financial account cashflow reports, Delivery of timely and accurate management information and cashflow statements.

• Perform timely and accurate reconciliations of balance sheet general ledger accounts.
• Perform analytical reviews of balance sheet movements by understanding business and accounting treatments, prepare accounting journal across Balance sheet.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly , annual and ad-hoc management reporting to stakeholders.
• Execute appropriate control checks throughout all financial accounting and reporting process.
• Respond to finance user queries and daily activity support to finance teams, working with stakeholders & technology team for resolution of the existing issues and queries.
• Review the SOP periodically, suggest process improvements to ensure process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure processes are consistently executed and adhere all procedures and policies.

• Perform financial accounting, controlling and reporting tasks with regards to assigned areas.
• Prepare financial reports on basis of daily foreign exchange rates, feeds and numbers.
• Reconcile existing transactions through cross referencing of incoming and outgoing ledger data.
• Collected and arranged financial information and entered details into reporting system.
• Manage critical month-end close deliverables and ensuring integrity of numbers, along with correct accounting treatment
• Prepare daily, monthly, quarterly, annual and ad-hoc reports, analysis of financial results and communicate to finance managers.
• Answering ad-hoc queries from stakeholders.

• Developed business, financial and analytical skills needed for career.