Darshan has over 15 years of experience in business analysis, project management, and financial roles. He has a track record of successfully transitioning financial processes like billing and revenue from the US to India for multiple clients. Currently he is handling billing, revenue forecasting, and project management for over 150 customers as an Assistant Manager at LiquidHub. Previously he held senior roles at IGATE and Oracle where he managed projects, ensured accurate revenue recognition, performed financial reporting, and administered contracts.
1. DARSHAN
House # 2, M.T.S Compound, Whitefield, Bangalore. Mob: 9741588700
Email: Darshanin23@gmail.com
Highly accomplished Senior Business Analyst with a verifiable track record or managing complex projects and
exceed expectations. Practiced in clarifying business requirements, performing gap analysis between goals and
existing procedures/skill sets and designing process and system improvements to increase productivity and reduce
costs. Extensive experience in the implementation of Financial Accounting, CRM, and Partner Management
systems for financial service firms. Strong interpersonal skills, highly adept at diplomatic and facilitating
discussions and negotiations with stake holders. Recognized project management skill, consistently deliver
complex, large scale projects on time. Additional areas of expertise include:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ASSISTANT MANAGER – BILLING & REVENUE (Finance Shared Services) August’ 15 – Till Date
LIQUIDHUB INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, Bangalore.
Responsibilities:
• Have been part of process transition, Traveled to US for three months to Setup Shared Services
Team in Bangalore for Revenue and Billing Process
• Transitioned shared service (Billing Process) from USA to India.
• Transitioned shared service (Revenue Process) from USA to India
• Traveled to Philadelphia, New York USA for process transition for Foundry9 Customer
• Understanding and transitioning the billing/invoicing process.
• Training people in India on the work transitioned.
• Streamlining the process, by providing ideas and implementing them.
• Handling billing and delivery issues, resolving them so that invoices get paid before the due date.
• Reviewing timesheets of employees and approving or rejecting them.
• Timesheet follow-up with the employees.
• Preparing daily, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly updates/reports and trackers.
• Have been Handling Billing and Revenue for more than 150 Customers.
• Generating more than 250 invoices on every month.
• Forecasting revenue for all the clients at company level
• Generating different types on invoices depending upon Client requirement, like Weekly Invoices,
Biweekly invoices and Monthly Invoices.
• Creation of Project and extension of project through Change Request.
• Handling end to end activity Creation of project, extension of project, Billing & Revenue
recognition, closing project.
• Working with Delivery Team to make sure Revenue and Billing are recognized on time for project.
• Worked on New Application Testing for Billing (Financial Force, OpenAir)
SENIOR EXECUTIVE July’12 – July 2015
IGate Global Solutions – Technologies Private Limited.
As an IGATE CX Rep, I am responsible for representing and acting as the primary contact/liaison for the
Contractor Exchange within a specific Operating Unit/Entity. My primary areas of focus are: Contractor
Procurement, CRM, Vendor/Supplier Management, Establishing Vendor Relations, Contractor Relations,
IGATE Policy and Legal Facilitation, Payment & Billing, Contractor Metrics and Reporting,
Communications & Marketing.
C&HT Contractor Exchange Rep – Contractor.
2. The Contractor Exchange (Cx) is a procurement team that is dedicated to helping IGATE get the right
contractor resources with the right skills, at the right time for the right price. The vision of the Cx is to
increase transparency and management of project team contractors, while monitoring subcontractor and
contractor spend.
Revenue Controller:-
• As a Revenue Controller, I am responsible for ensuring Time & Material and Fixed Price & Fixed
Monthly Billing contract revenue are recognized accurately as per the statutory requirement
• Milestone/Percentage of Work completion analysis are performed and updated at regular intervals
for Fixed Price Project.
• 100% control over accurate revenue recognition and there is no revenue leakage before
accounting book closure.
• Analyze Budget Vs Actual Revenue and indicate the reasons for such variance and the nature of
issues.
• Ensure Unbilled Revenue / Deferred Revenue (Unearned) /Revenue at Risk also called as WIP
are controlled and maintained at minimum variations.
• Responsible for following FP, FMB and T&M Projects UBR (Unbilled Revenue) with Delivery
Managers and make sure everything is cleared monthly.
• Ensure revenue queries are addressed/resolved with accuracy and on scheduled time to the
management and other concerned stakeholders.
• Works on RAR Report (Revenue at Risk) with Delivery Managers to make sure revenue for the
quarter is achieved.
• Works with Business finance team on Budget creation for project and make sure budget is
flowing accurately into project.
Financial Reporting & MIS:-
As a part of Financial Reporting, I am responsible for presenting overall revenue number to
management Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly along with reasons for up and downs in the revenue
numbers for my Controlling SBU.
Accounting Book Closure:-
• As a Revenue Team Lead, I am responsible for accounting books closure as per Financial
Calendar.
• Review exceptions report and get it rectified from the support team in order to ensure accurate
revenue is recognized before closure.
Statutory Audit:-
• Preparation of Revenue ARP (Analytical Review Procedure) and analysis of increase/decrease in
revenue on account of Bill Rate change, Volume change & Utilization.
• Revenue Audit Schedules for both statutory and internal Audit requirements as per India GAAP.
Finance Integration:-
• As a Revenue Operation Lead, I am part of successful finance integration of acquired businesses.
• We work on end to end in Revenue Assurance Team.
Discount Entries:
• Have worked on discount calculation on Customer wise as well as Project wise.
• Have passed Manual JV’s for discount projects and Customer.
SLA Report(Service Level Agreement Report):
3. • We Prepare SLA Report which captures Actual Revenue for current month for FMB & SLA
Project types.
• We also estimate revenue for the quarter through SLA Report Customer wise.
SENIOR PROJECT ACCOUNTING REVENUE ANALYST Sep’07 – Jun’12
ORACLE CORPORATION
Maintain tight control over strategic direction, Support resources effectively, and ensure the projects are completed
on time and within budget. Project Accounting connects project activities with company financials, provides
extensive reporting capabilities, helps ensure accurate accounting and billing processed throughout project life-
cycles, and streamlines time and expenses management.
• Monitoring and Evaluating the projects and its related queries
• Locate resources for problem resolution and design best-option solutions.
• Reviewing and evaluating the projects reports according to the monthly billing dates and finding
out the work in progress and producing an end of week spreadsheet to the Line of Business.
• Automate invoicing processes and ensure accuracy with flexible billing options, including billing
by cycle or by percentage complete on a project, and by creating comprehensive billing histories
for customers
• Setup and track profitability, utilization, and realization of projects with customized revenue
recognition, account integration, and the project or budget configuration that’s fits your needs.
Responsibilities:
• Assess revenue associated with invoices not approved and dispatched to customers within 1
month of revenue being recognized and back out revenue
• Book the revenue (or loss) for the month based on the difference between the cumulative revenue
already recognized and the percentage of completion times the fixed price amount.
• Conducting Meeting with Operations Directors, on Key process indicators on improvement and
analysis.
• Working on Key process indicators, which help to determine the productivity and capacity.
• Complete Month End Reconciliation’s
• In charge of US Federal, Public Sector Projects & Retail Projects.
• Fund and baseline approved projects.
• Prepare & Validate Credit Memos Generations & Rebills
• As a Revenue Controller, I am responsible for ensuring Time & Material and Fixed Price contract
revenue are recognized accurately as per the statutory requirement
• Ensure Unbilled Revenue / Deferred Revenue (Unearned) /Revenue at Risk also called as
WIP are controlled and maintained at minimum variations.
• Responsible for tracking DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) and maintaining it as low as possible.
• Report Generations ,Interface of Revenue to GL & Invoice to AR & Revenue Reconciliations PA
with GL
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR
ORACLE CORPORATION
Contract administration is the process of ensuring the contractor; supplier, consultants, or services providers’
performance meets the key contractual obligations efficiently and effectively possible. It is the administration of all
actions after award of a contact that must be taken to ensure compliance with the contract.
• Contractor administrator is responsible for ensuring that all contracts provisions are adhered to,
ensures the quality, documents non performance facilitate problem resolution, coordinates actions
with procurement and get in touch with legal when necessary.
• Closely involved in development of the request for Bids/Proposals, helping to define the scope of
the services, contractor’s qualifications and contractors specifications.
• Involved in pre contract administration process, including negotiations.
4. • Obtaining a historical perspective of the creation of the contract and helping the management in
taking the decisions, especially in case of disputes.
• Reviewing the SOW review on the Oracle Standard and Non-Standard Contract
• Performing ETR on the Customer contract.
• Review bids from other firms for conformity to contract requirements and determines acceptable
bids.
• Coordinate work for sales department with production and shipping department to implement
fulfillment of contracts.
ACCOLADES:
• Received Best Performer award for Seven times in my tenure of 5yrs.
• Appreciated by the Line of Business from Global consulting and NAC.
• Worked on Oracle R12.1.1 R12.1.2 and R12.1.3 Apps Testing
• Part of Quality Audit team to make sure 100% quality is achieved.
• Worked for various Business Analysts and handled more than 50 cost centers.
• Nearly maintained and worked on 600 projects on a monthly basis.
• Worked on YOUREKA ideas for the process improvement
• Maintained 100% quality in the process
• Received award for Migration to Oracle.
• Received R&R Award for the outstanding performance in the quarter.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
Bachelor of Commerce, Bangalore University
Pre-University, Sri Sathya Sai Boys College Alike, Bangalore
SSLC, Ujjval Vidyalaya, Bangalore
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK
Financial Force Testing
DECLARATION:
I hereby declare that all the information mentioned above is true to the best of my knowledge and ability.
Darshan M