NEVILLE SALDANHA
E-Mail: nevillersaldanha@gmail.com; nevonair@hotmail.com;~ Contact: +91-9673338870
Seeking senior level / middle level managerial position for in Finance and Accounts, Internal audit
department, corporate taxation etc with a Company/organization
Professional Synopsis
 An astute and result oriented professional with 24 + years of experience in Process Management, Operations and
Customer Service and Team Management. Proficient in managing & leading teams for running successful Process
Operations & experience of developing procedures, service standards for business excellence.
 Demonstrative excellence in planning, migrating, transitioning and managing several successful processes in line with
technology updating.
 Auditing, Taxation & Financial operations with diverse industries operations involving determination of objectives,
design & implementation of systems, policies & procedures to facilitate internal controls.
 Resourceful at maintaining relationships with clients to achieve quality product and service norms by resolving
their service related critical issues. Demonstrated excellence by evaluating / enhancing performance of team against
the set targets, doing need based promotion planning and providing valuable feedback for improvement.
 Comprehensive experience in implementing systems for preparation, maintenance & finalization of statutory books of
accounts & financial statements for firms and private limited companies including P& L Account & Balance Sheet, etc.
ensuring conformance to time, accuracy as well as accounting systems, procedures & standards.
 Core expertise in Accounting and Finalisation. Experienced in implementation & transition of Accounting & Financial
policies & procedures, commensurate with the requirement of business. Managing and guiding team to achieve desired
goals. Good communication, interpersonal analytical & problem solving skills.
Other Key Skills
Strategy Planning/ Budgeting
 Identifying key business drivers and coordinating monthly business
reviews with functional heads to ensure achievement and bring improvement in
various KPIs. Working on budgets and conducting variance analysis to
determine difference between projected figures & actual expenditure and
implementing corrective actions with functional heads. Preparation of Monthly
Management Accounts viz. Profit Centre analysis , Cash Flow statements ,
Variance Analysis of operational cost and specific Management reports
 Institutionalizing the system to monitor the weekly and monthly revenue
and expense trends. Ensuring compliance to the agreed terms with internal
customers.
 Create, coordinate, and evaluate the financial programs and supporting
information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning and
product cost analysis and cost reduction.
 Supervision and financial control of all financial transactions, Finalisation of
monthly, quarterly and annual financials, statutory compliances and MIS
reporting.
Financial Management and Planning
 Developing accounting systems/procedures, internal control and reporting
systems to ensure seamless operations.
 Arranging funds(short term/Long term) for company from Banks, Financial
Institutions for Projects and working capital requirements and dealing in
financial arrangements(FDR’s/LC’s-Inland or Import/,BG-Inland/Export, Buyer’s
credit etc.) at the minimum cost to company.
 Dealing with banks for Day-to day operations, Monthly/Qtrly. Compliances (QMS, FFR, DP (Drawing Power), Stock
Audit etc.), Renewal/Enhancement of Term loans facility/Working Capital requirements.
Skill Set
Process Transition
Process Management
Operations Management
Business Excellence/ Business
Continuity
Process Improvement
Training/ Skill Development
SLA Management/Escalations
Employee Engagement
Customer Service
Coordination
Team Management

 Managing funds & disbursement of funds, thereby monitoring equipments/fixed assets purchase.
 Appraising financial statements and establishing a management reporting function including Cash B udget for W.C
monitoring.
 Identifying financial risks and opportunities for the growth of the organization. Appraising the Cost Efficiency of each
OPEX expenditure & discussion with various vertical head to reduce the cost as per optimization
 Export/Import outward inward remittance(s).
Accounting / Operations
 Administering the preparation & maintenance of statutory books of accounts and reconciliation statements for
ensuring compliance with time and accuracy norms.
 Reviewing the operations, implementing SOP’s with the help of cross functional Business heads.
 Presenting a true and fair view of the financial position of the company by way of timely preparation of annual reports
ensuring compliance with regulatory accounting standards.
 Handling the preparation of various reports as per the requirement, highlighting abnormalities against the Annual
Operating Plan, projected Income Analysis, cash flows, positive- negative deviation analysis.
 Played a pivotal role in ensuring the implementation of:
o Accounting practices & policies in the newly expanded capacities with a view to ensure timely and correct
financial reporting.
o Process Implementation as per procedure prescribed for the industry in line with the statutory and legal
requirement.
 Preparation of monthly results and annual accounts of the company considering all local laws (local accounts) and
corporate policies (group accounts).
 Preparing:
o Monthly/ quarterly profitability forecast and fund flow statements.
o Daily closely watched numbers (CWNs) report containing key performance indicators (KPIs) providing ongoing
performance analyses of all critical functions
o Monthly Management Accounting & Appraisal Report (MAPA) containing business related KPIs and monthly
business highlights giving analysis of deviations from plan, highlighting achievements and concerns of the month
and likely impact thereof on the future profitability.
 Reviewing existing service levels in the sections of channel & payables section & Ensuring timely and accurate channel
accounting & bank reconciliation.
 Establish and maintain accounting practices to ensure accurate and reliable data necessary for business operations.
Ensure the implementation and improvements of accounting and controlling procedures as well as all other relevant
procedures relating to the financial management of the company. Initiate improvements of Controlling and Accounting
systems including ERP systems.
 Supervision of financial department including all functions such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank
operations, fixed asset management, etc. Recruitment, training and evaluation of Finance personnel.
Tax/ Audits/ Risk Management
 Assessment of Income Tax scrutiny cases, Sales tax & excise cases and filing of quarterly returns. Coordinating
activities for filing all the statutory returns.
 Dealing with insurance companies for securing all assets of company and follow procedure till settlement of claims.
 Coordinating with external auditors for the financial audit; Evaluation of internal control systems, Effici ent
management of internal audit team by identifying key areas to control, finalizing scope for audit, Controlling audit
procedures/reports with a view to highlight shortcomings/variations & implement corrective actions.
 Interfacing with taxation authorities for timely filing of TDS, VAT, Excise Duty, Service Tax and filing of various Forms,
Returns etc. required under various Statutes.
 Liaising with various regulatory authorities e.g. Department of Telecom, DGFT, Excise, Customs, Sales Tax authorities
in launch phase to secure registration and statutory compliance.
Migration, Implementation & Transition
 Understand the need of the business and utilize the skills and the resource for migrating or implementation of new
system or procedures and policies.
 Seamless Transition, Process Documentation for new process coming in.
 Analyse the areas to be outsourced by client and lay down the process with the flow charts along with the controls.

Others
 Negotiation with the suppliers for Capital goods purchases. Implementation of end to end projects.
 Vendor development activities, making procurement manuals.
 Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, special analysis, and information reports.
 Analyze cash flow, cost controls, and expenses to guide business leaders. Analyze financial statements to pinpoint
potential weak areas. Develop and implement finance, accounting, billing, and auditing procedures.
 Reconciliation of Advances of vendors, payment to vendors, Cash, Bank, Rental deposit Accounts, GL balances, Inter
Company accounts, TDS of contractor.
 Overseeing project financing activities entailing designing, implementing, measuring and monitoring policies and
procedures for Project Accounting and Controls.
 Preparing MIS reports to provide feedback to top management on financial performance, viz. fund management and
aging analysis. Ensuring that all expenses at the end of the month accounted properly viz. Adm. Bill, Projects Bills
and other expenses and provision.
 Preparing and maintaining MIS reports for the future use by the top management and all the respective role and
responsibilities as per the designation.
Entrepreneurship Experience
INFOSYS BPO LIMITED, Pune as Assistant Manager Since May, 2013- Present
BODHI GLOBAL SERVICES Pvt. Ltd. As Manager Finance from June, 2011- May, 2013
COMPTEL NETWORK SYSTEMS INDIA LTD., Pune as Manager Finance from April, 2003 – March, 2011
PAPYRUS PRINTING & PACKAGE PRODUCT, Nagpur as Manager Finance from Jan, 2002 – Feb, 2003
KUMAR PROPERTIES PRIVATE LTD., Pune as Senior Accountant from June, 2000 – Dec, 2001
MATRIX PAGING (INDIA) LTD., Pune as Senior Accountant & Administration from Aug,1996 – May,2000
AVINASH CONSTRUCTIONS, Pune as Accountant from Dec, 1993 – July, 1996
J. P. GUPTA & CO. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, Nagpur from
Article ship Aug 1987 – Aug 1990
Audit Clerk Sep 1990 – Mar 1991
• Mapping business requirements and coordinating in developing and implementing processes in line with the pre -set
guidelines.
• Monitoring the overall functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate measures
to maximize customer satisfaction level.
• Identifying root causes and effectively implementing corrective actions. Undertaking responsibilitie s of removing
unnecessary procedures in process for efficient functioning.
• Ensuring uniformity in the process understanding at the organization’s end.
• Mapping client’s, identifying improvement areas & implementing measures to maximize customer satisfacti on levels.
Ensuring continuous interaction with the customer to make sure that area of concern can be worked upon for
improved service levels.
• Reviewing Account’s performance against contractual metrics (like Service Levels, Handle Times, Quality Scores,
CSAT Scores, etc.).
• Transition of Record to Report process – UK and Denmark
• Seamless operation from Transition – Parallel Run – Go Live – Steady State
• Reporting on SLAs, KPIs & PIs to internal & external stakeholders and trouble shooting
• Improve the operational systems, processes and policies in support of organizations mission
• Co-ordinating between the process and the support services
• Play a significant role in long-term planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence.
Development of individual program budgets
• Monitoring the invoicing to the clients. Cost reduction
• Executing service standards and guidelines that serve as benchmark for excellent service delivery thereby
contributing towards ameliorated service revenue generation. Preparing & presenting various weekly/monthly MIS
reports pertaining to process and productivity.
• Setting up targets, SOP & SLA, setting and maintaining CTQ (Critical to Quality) / CTP (Critical to Process) targets
and involved in planning for the process. Managing multiple processes including mortgage and End 2 End service, etc.

Accomplishments
 Seamless Record to Report Transition for client AkzoNobel from existing service provider HP.
 Project – Steady State in 2 months, No Escalations and Back-up created for all the functions in 2 months
 Process improved – introducing Macros in reporting to collate and compare the data
 Team Quality Checks - 100% accuracy
 Designed MIS report –Helped in Overheads Reduction with comparison of numbers for 3 years by plugging unwanted
overheads.
 Designed Project Costing Variance Report – Estimated Project Cost v/s Actual Project Cost
 Implemented Tally (ERP 9) – Full utilization – Accounting, Payroll, Challans & Returns (Taxation, PF & PT), Balance
Sheet as per new format ROC,MCA XRBL, TDS Certificates (Form 16 & 16A)
 Attained goal of Profits Making Branch in two years of taking over as Manager Finance.
 Designed Project Accounting to monitor project efficiency
 Plugged financial leakages in the major project Power Grid Corporation (Fiber Laying)
 Identified the excess use of available manpower and channelized the same in other required activities there by
reducing the man hours resulting in reduction in manpower cost.
Academics
PG Diploma in Business Management (ICFAI)
C. A. Inter – Group – I (1989)
B. Com – 1987 March – Ness Wadia College – Pune
IT Skills
 Operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2003.
 Package: Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007, Tally 9.2.
 Accounting Package worked in –
o SAP
o Tally (Ver. 4.5 to ERP 9), Skyline (Oracle Based Construction Software)
o In-house ERP Oracle Based Accounting Software
 Adapt to any business environment and formulate policies and procedures to attain desired the organizational
goals
Trainings Attended
 Project Management
 Time Management
Personal Profile
 Date of Birth: 24th August 1966
 Fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi
 Raviraj Greenaria, Flat no. 107, S. No. 131, , Hadapsar Industrial Estate, Pune – 411013