1. Sandeep Perumkulathu.
Ph: +91- 9962521403
E-Mail: p.sandeepnair@gmail.com
Objective:
Looking to leverage strong Finance orientation and experience for a rewarding career in
a dynamic international organization
Experience:
From Jan 18, 2010 working in Shell Business Service Centre, Chennai as
Specialist - Finance Operations
June-2, 2008 to Jan-8, 2010 worked as Team Lead – F&A with
Affiliated Computer Services of India Pvt Ltd
April 2006 to March 2007 worked as Executive - Finance & Accounts with
IBM Global Services India Pvt Ltd.
August 2004 to February 2006 employed with K.Venkatachalam Aiyer &
Co., Chartered Accountants - Palakkad as an Audit & Accounts Assistant
Completed CA article ship on June 2004
Area of Focus:
Finance & Accounting, Auditing, Management Information & Planning Analysis,
Financial Reporting.
Shell Business Service Centre – Chennai
A subsidiary organization of Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd, formed in 2008 as a captive
entity which provides end to end support of finance operations around the globe for
Shell’s business.
From March 1
st
, 2011 till date
Management Information Planning & Analysis
Business Area: Finance in Projects – Upstream Americas
Heavy Oil – Shell Albian Sands
2. Responsible to provide proactive and effective support to the Finance in Projects team of
Oil Sands, Canada
Handle a variety of financial/business activities related to Month-end close and
reporting. This includes posting of Manual Journal Entries (MJE’s)/ Accrual
calculation and postings; Monthly Business Reports; Dashboard updates, WIP
reports etc to state some of the activities.
Monthly Accruals on Mobile Equipment for Shell Albian Sands
Indirects Settlements Clearing Entries on Book closure
MJE’s – Adhoc’s
Preparation of Forecasts Vs Actual report and provide Variance Analysis
for both Capex, Opex/Feasex to Finance Managers
Preparation of Dashboard – Dashboard is the control document that shows the
Forecasts, Actuals, YTD, ITD and Budget information’s for Shell Albian
Update the Latest Estimates by closely working with Project Services
Preparation of reports for Budget over run
Preparation of Accountability reports for Finance managers
Preparation of LE vs. Actuals, Budget vs. Estimated actual completion for
Base plant, Infrastructure, Mobile equipment & Turnaround.
Reporting of LE’s to business by area (JPM, MRM and SAS)
Budget Analysis
Site wide reporting of Capital expenditure and forecasts
Timewriting of 5 locations
Cost Center reports to Finance Managers
SOAR updates
Send monthly cost reports to Department Managers to monitor movement of
key business indicators in their area of operation and providing them
commentaries and solutions.
Providing Accountability slides on the deviation between Plan, LE and Actual
results - validate the reasons by each of the key drivers
Engaging with the onshore partners by having brain storming sessions on
process improvements and implementation of new projects
3. Having hands on expertise on SAP Blue Print, Business Warehouse,
OFT, and Business Object.
Interpreting the month close financial results and highlights the priority and
issues when discussing with financial advisors
Preparing trend Analysis on a weekly OPEX expenses for various vendors.
From Jan 18, 2010 to Feb 28
th
, 2011
Business Area: Revenue Accounting – Upstream Americas
Shell Exploration & Production Company (SEPCO)
Portfolio: Mars/Ursa/Mensa Oil, MC 194 Oil & Gas and Enchilada Gas
Migrated the process from Houston to Chennai on a 3 months Transition to US
Responsible for booking $250M in Oil Revenue and $10M in Gas Revenue
Recording of Oil & Gas sales Revenue
Validating Oil Prices before booking revenue
Validating Gas prices before booking revenue
Prepare Invoices and send to Third party purchasers as well as Shell affiliate Co
Resolving pricing discrepancy if any in consultation with the Pricing Analyst
Processing revenue before the deadline to pay royalty to Office of Natural Resources
Revenue – A US governing body which regulates all the exploration and drilling in Gulf of
Mexico area.
Monthly classification of AR/AP balances – Classify balances as Non ageing,
Noncurrent and unanalyzed and provide proper explanations to management for SOAR
classification.
Responsible for operating 5 key controls
Revenue desk is subject to internal audit, audit by GRA and PWC. Provide proper
support to facilitate audit on these areas.
Providing inputs for Revenue Estimates
Preparing and sending Upstream Quality bank invoice to WI owners and pay the
invoices.
4. Preparing and sending gas balancing statement to working interest owners and settle
imbalances.
Flux analysis: Flux analysis between estimate to estimate revenue and estimate to
actual revenue and provide explanations for the variances if it exceeds $100K.
Prepare Early Warning Wire to management if the flux after tax exceeds $1Million
(Warning wire is an information tool send to Top Management to inform about fluxes
exceeding $1M)
Validating ORRI Fluxes and providing explanations for the variances
Make sure all the queries/ Adhoc’s requests from Finance in the Business are properly
dealt with.
Reporting Structure: Directly reports to Senior Team Manager
ACS of India Pvt Ltd - Cochin
Handling Travel & Expense Reporting of ACS’s client- CHRYSLER
Joined as a Senior Analyst – F&A responsible of Travel & Expense Team
Migrated the process from US on a one month transition
Successfully trained the entire team of 5 FTE’s
Received Monthly Award for Best performer in September 2008
Promoted as Team Lead – F&A in July 2009
Key Responsibilities are:
• Approval of Expense Reports which are under Accounting Review subject to
Corporate Process Guidelines (Business Travel and Expense Reporting Policies)
• Audit & Review of expense reports greater than $7000 and Random Audits
• Preparation of Expense report for Chrysler Employees who went for Business
travel
• Corporate American Express Credit Card reconciliation
• Investigate Amex card activities and put employees under “Must Audit”.
• Flag & identify employees for 100% audit - For Violating Corporate Process
Guidelines
5. • Handling Trouble Tickets and Resolving issues of Employees related to T&E
(Help Desk)
• Daily reporting to Chrysler management on Exception reports
• Pulling various reports using Cognos Tool and Concur Analysis Tool
• Clearing unreconciled cash advances
• Separation of Employees – Preparation of Final Expense Reports
• Preparation of Metrics on a monthly basis
• Make sure that 100% TAT is achieved at the month end.
• SLA compliance & Reporting - Presenting Metrics on Weekly Calls
IBM Global Services - Bangalore
Handled one process for IBM’s Client - BP related to Accounts Payable
- Joint Interest Billing (JIBS)
The job entails working on SAP along with web based application JIB link and
responsible for the following:
• Responsible for Joint Venture Accounting for Client Partner Operated
activities
• Validate capital & expense data prior to processing payments
• Main portfolio includes scrutinizing the Joint Venture invoices and processing for
payments. Activity also includes Accounting for Cash calls, Cash
Advances, Capital Expenditures, Land Revenue and Royalty
receivable from partners.
• Responsible for preparing weekly and monthly metrics
• Prepare reports on short payments
• Clearing short payments
• Prepare monthly reconciliations
• Providing back up to the Accounts Receivable Team in the case of Land
Revenue and Accounts receivable
K.Venkatachalam Aiyer& Co., Chartered Accountants Palakkad
Work experience in:
6. Financial and Management Accounting
Preparation of Books of Accounts, Profit & Loss Account, Balance sheet and
Cash flow statements.
Audit (Including Internal Audit),
Taxation and Finalization of Accounts,
Cash Budgeting,
Management Services
Educational Background:
• CA Inter (The Institute Of Chartered Accountants of India) - MAY 2004
• B.Com (University of Calicut)-APRIL 2000
Academic Records:
Qualifications Marks obtained
(% Of marks)
Board /University
/Institution
Month & Year of
passing
SSLC 483/600
(80.5%)
Board of public
examinations,
Kerala
March, 1995
PRE-
DEGREE
345/500 (69%) University of Calicut March, 1997
B.COM 1059/1600
(66.19%)
University of Calicut April, 2000
CA Inter 50% ICAI May, 2004
Achievements:
Completed an SD-DMAIC project on Overtime Tracking tool in SharePoint with a
potential savings of CAD$9.5M
7. IT skills:
Reporting Tool MS-Word, MS-Excel , Cognos – IBM Tool ,
Concur Analysis Tool, BW Reporting Tool
(Business Warehouse), Operations Forecasting
Tool,
Presentation Tool MS Power Point
Communication Tool Lotus Notes, MS-Outlook, Sametime,
Communicator, Instant Messenger
Accounting Tool Oracle – P2ES,Blueprint-SAP,Tally,JIB Link,
Concur, Web Based Applications , AR/AP
Database
Interests:
Cricket, Movies, Music and Travelling
Personal Profile:
Father’s Name K Satheesh Kumar
Date of Birth 30 April 1980
Languages Known English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil
Passport Details
US VISA – B1/B2
N0199982 Old Passport(F 3258821)
Date of Expiry 05JUN2018
About Myself Positive, Dedicated and Works efficiently
towards reaching the goals set. Also a vital
Team player and Effective Motivator
Strengths: I consider myself familiar with Finance & Accounting Aspects. I am also
confident of my ability to work in a team. Good in inter-personal, communication and
team leadership skills. I can adapt to any computerized environment including ERP
systems.