Surbhi Berry

• Responsible for reconciliation of Bank's Internal accounts - Settlement; Suspense, Reject and Office Accounts and cards settlement (VISA, MasterCard etc) and settlements of foreign exchange and derivative transaction on daily basis.
• Perform day to day treasury settlement operations for FX Bonds, Derivatives and Option and one-off transactions.
• Day to day management of Group Treasury's relationship with FSS (Finance Shared Services).
• Prepare the daily cash flow report used by our Treasury team, carry out the daily reconciliation and follow-up of unmatched items for all nostro accounts.
• Support Head of Treasury Operations with other administrative tasks aroundtheteam.
• World Wide Wallet (Travel Money Card) - Daily settlement in different currencies, daily reconciliation of all foreign currency settlement accounts.
• Merchant settlement – Performing daily reconciliations. Settlement operations, resolving issues, discrepancies, and addressing queries as they arise.
• Statutory Trust payments – Performing monthly Bank reconciliation for all Statutory Trust Bodies and pay interest to Statutory Trust Bodies: Solicitors, Real Estate and Conveyancers. The process includes reconciliation, preparation of ad-hoc reports, letters to Board and high value payments, all in tight deadlines. Interest re-calculations for accounts set up incorrectly.
• Responsible for everyday download and running of database, preparing journals, creating reconciliation supporting documents follow up and clearing items in the suspense accounts daily.
• Conducting investigation on rejected and unknown items and processes them to appropriate account.
• Ensure smooth day to day functioning and risk management by timely investigation and resolving of any variances.
• Monitor Bank's internal accounts and unidentified banking debits and credits, including those with invalidInformationformation and other in-transit transactions, through to their timely closure.
• Proactively review all overdue transactions and daily settlements between accounts using different payment systems
• Preparation of month beginning and month end financial processes and reconciliation approval process.
• Work pro-actively with other teams to investigate reconciliation issues and take actions to reconcile general ledger.
• Maintain Standard Operating Process documentation and File all related documentation for audit/trackingInvestigationstigation purposes.
• Provide accurate, meaningful, and timely daily reports and ad-hoc analyses leveraging various computer tools and technology.
• Assist the Finance department with the internal and external audits, including liaising with the auditors andProvidingproviding them with the required documentation.
• Regularly update the reconciliation procedures of various accounts on the support point portal of the bank.
• Handled RTM (Real Time Management) and AOM (Active Operations Management) responsibilities, Creating and updating work roster, organizing huddles for the team.
• Detail Procedure writing and assisting in process improvement and implementing the same.
• Build effective relationships with all peers, including all Managers and Points of Reference.
• Contribute to a strong performance oriented and value adding culture.

Fiscal Financial Control

• Processing of progress claims and, managing incoming/outgoing retentions.
• Maintain the credit control and procurement on-boarding process within the business
• Preparation of financial statements like Business Activity statement, Installment Activity Statement monthly & quarterly for 5 entities within the group.
  • Oversee month end and annual accounting processes
  • Assist & oversee accounts staff
  • Laise and assist external accountant
  • Prepare fortnightly and annual cash flow/cash position, aged receivables and financial reports.
  • Provide fortnightly and annual forecast/budget reports
  • Month end reporting including balance sheet reconciliations
  • Perform comprehensive financial analysis, forecasting and modelling of cost centre performance to date
  • Coordinate the annual tax return process
  • Coordinate the external audit and oversee statutory reporting
  • Hosting regular meetings to partner and discuss with operational management key inputs, outputs
  and KPI's.
  • Develop written accounting procedures for the operations staff and work with team to ensure proper implementation and compliance.
• Manage aged debtor and creditor ledgers.
• Manage company and project cash flow.
• Maintain up to date insurance register and ensure that insurance is maintained at all times at
  adequate levels of cover.
• Ensure that new asset acquisitions are insured and added to the insurance register
  • Ensure all registrations and permits for all vehicles and other heavy equipment are maintained and up
  to date
  Strategic Initiative Responsibilities
  • Creating new accounting/operations procedures to prepare and manage rapidly growing entity and the evolving business structure.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with key partners including banks, title companies, etc. that will
  support and grow the business
  • Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends.
  Payroll
  • Processing end to end fortnightly payroll for 46 employees including both hourly and salary staff.
  • Maintaining leaves and overtime accruals.
  • Strategically supervise, motivate and a lead payroll team of 2.
  • Reconciling the payroll accounts by resolving payroll discrepancies.
  • Payroll compliance processes including interstate payroll tax processes, sign off on all pay runs
  • Calculation of payment of all payroll on-costs including, superannuation, payroll tax, work cover, allowances & salary sacrifice benefits.
  • Pay as you go lodgement and annual payment summaries processing.
  • Producing forecast and margin reports for the business as well as preparing, reconciling and lodging
  single touch payroll
  • Systems: XERO, Excel, Pivot tables and VLOOKUP
  

• End of Month and General Accounting
  • Reconcile bank and credit card accounts
  • Prepared and reviewed monthly financial statements for six companies within the organization
  • Analyzed and explained variances between budgeted and actual data
  • Weekly reconciliation of account payable, general ledger accounts and allocation of tax codes
  • Reconciled bank accounts to the general ledger
  • Prepared account analysis for all balance sheet accounts
  • Recorded the acquisition, sale and depreciation of fixed assets
  • Manage and oversee timely and accurate month-end completion

Human Resources

• Coordination of the end-to-end recruitment process including advertising, screening candidates, interviewing and reference checking
• Coordination of the onboarding process including drafting letters of offer and employment contracts
pertaining to relevant awards and legislative requirements.
• Coordination of the induction program and process for all new employees
• Ensure compliance and legislative issues are addressed and updated
• Assist in coordination and maintenance of all training records including expiring licenses,
qualifications and client inductions for all employees
• Maintain the HR systems and ensure that any record keeping and filing is completed to a high-quality
standard
• Develop and maintain strong and positive relationships with employees

• Providing assistance in response to complaints, performance issues and grievances Implement HR strategies, policies and practices.
• Ensure the management of training and development plans and programs in accordance with company policies and guidelines.
• General HR administrative tasks as required

Accounts Payable/Receivable

• Preparing month end accruals, Journals.

Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
• Preparing month end financial reports.
• Performing and maintaining timely Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Function.
• Preparation of aged receivable & payables report.
• Assistance in the monthly management reports including commentary on variances.
• Completion of G/L reconciliations.
• Dealing with accruals and pre-payments

Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.

Payroll

• Processing end to end weekly and fortnightly payroll, including setting up new employees, terminations, allowances, deductions, updating details, adjustments, role changes, reconciling pay
  run, loading bank files and reporting.
• Calculated payroll deductions by accurately using XERO and processed payroll to meet preset requirements.
• Deliver accurate and compliant calculations for workers compensation, payroll tax and superannuation.

Tax Returns/ Financial Statements

• Managing diverse clients i.e. Individuals, Individuals with Investment Properties, Sole Traders, Partnership,
  Trust, Company, Superannuation Funds Tax Returns
• Review of bank transactions and ledger data including balances and reconciliations to ensure all
  transactions coded appropriately
  • Calculation of anticipated tax liabilities
  • Preparing of Business and Installment Activity Statements Returns including Calculation of GST related
  liability or refund.
  • Final preparation & lodgment of the Activity Statements
  • Preparing Fringe Benefit Tax Returns
  • Preparation of income tax returns including schedules required and
  • Inputting income from all sources including salary, dividends, and trust distributions
  • Identify all offsets/rebates to which clients are entitled
• Calculating Depreciation and Capital Gains
• Maintaining Fixed assets register and depreciation/amortization schedules.
• Preparing financial statements (Income statement, cash flow statement & balance sheet) for
  company, Trust & SMSF's.
• Preparing P&L accounts and cost analysis.
• Preparing TPAR Report. (Taxable Payable Annual Report).
• Analysing financial statements to provide commentary and advice on business and taxation issues.
• Liaising with taxation authorities (including Australian Taxation office) in relation to client's taxation
  issues.

• Understanding Job Description and Job Specifications from the Service Delivery Manager
• Managing End to End Recruitment for clients that includes, screening, Interview scheduling with
• Client, co-ordination, feedback collection
• Working with the hiring manager and Sourcing team to close the requirements within the given time
• Preparing, sending, follow-up of On-boarding paperwork for all consultants according to US Tax Terms (W2, C2C & 1099)
• Initiate background and drug test and monitoring results in order to ensure candidate fit to company
• Responsible for legal documents like I-9, W4, W9 Agreements
• Contacting employees to resolve any discrepancies or incomplete documentation, perform orientation by answering questions relevant to paperwork
• Conducting Orientation for new hires
• Leveraging support from the new employee's manager and team to facilitate a support network for the new employee
• Responsible for Hardware arrangements for employees both from Client side & our side that includes
• Laptops, EVO Tokens, responsible for requesting GPS Trainings & account access of new hires, assist employees in activating E-Token
• Managing Onboarding SLA Tracker for India, UK & US Employees
• Working with employees as first point of contact in resolving IT Issues
• Redirecting problems to correct resource and escalating the situations that require urgent attention
• Assisting employees regarding time-sheet submissions
• Representing company in IT external vendor support governance call every Month & addressing IT
• Issues being experienced by employees, maintaining IT Tracker India, UK & US Employees
• Carrying out Off Boarding Process/Termination and preparation of termination/ experience letters, relieving letters
• Responsible for recovering company assets, keeping track till it reaches back to us/client, getting confirmation afterwards
• Providing and executing USA Payrolls (W2 Bi-weekly and monthly employees, Corp
• To Corp
• And 1099
• Contractors) through US Centric Payroll Package and Indian Payroll
• Ensuring computation of salary structure as per tax planning benefits for company and employees
• Maintaining a documented system of accounting and HR policies and procedures and assisting in formulating budgetary and accounting policies
• Medical Benefits Coordination & 401K follow up.

• Handling Team of 32 People
• Providing supporting function and reporting to our department in Australia
• Daily Production Call with Client for solving day to day queries
• Handling all Process Related Reports SLA Report, Throughput Report, Outstanding
• Reconciliation
• Report & Oldest Item Report
• Preparation of Dashboard, Scorecard (Month End Activities)
• Provide MIS reports to both internal and external users within a respectable time limit
• Client Management, ability to handle complex client/escalation management
• Verify data accuracy maintain computerized database and all MIS Reports
• Communicate results of analysis and reporting in an effective manner through a variety ofmedia including e-Mail, PowerPoint, Excel and Word Documentation
• Maintain all reports as per established systems & responsible for the analysis of thereports prepared
• Identify through analysis areas for improvements or any short fall against plan
• Also Working as a Team Coach for the Team and Handles New Hire Orientation, Training
• Plans, Error
• Report, Customer Assist Report, Australian Culture & Superannuation Training

• Trained on eight sub processes
• Auditing and investing monthly client contributions
• Ensuring the correct tax calculations for every transaction processed
• Allocating particular units in clients account after investing money in market
• Preparing clients account statements as per their request
• Processing and refund of payments
• Managing Bank reconciliation of various client's account
• Preparing quarterly unit reconciliation and member reconciliation statements
• Processing and reviewing daily administration jobs
• Provide training to team members
• Assign work Allocation to team members
• Quality check to the team members so that 100% accurate work can be provided to clients
• Working on reconciliation report and payroll processing
• Prepare SLA & KPI reports and monthly review for higher management
• Team Development with processors and performance tuning Initiatives
• Responsible to the client for the job processing and reviewing as per standards set & ensuring errorfree and timely delivery of task assigned
• Handling monitoring and process improvement
• Coordinating with the different client teams through screenshare, calls and emails to ensure smoothfunctioning of the process
• Managing development procedures for Management Information system
• Update Various trackers like priority tracker, Onload Tacker
• Update Sop as per process requirements

• Setting up pension accounts for retired person or persons meeting their retirement/preservation age for super
• Transfers all funds and holdings from PSP/GIP APP account to new pension account
• Ensuring the proper Pension calculations for every transaction processed
• Ensure all data uploaded correctly and in accordance with established reporting frequency
• Maintaining and updating the update/change tracker
• Maintaining business relationship with clients to achieve quality standards by resolving training related critical issues
• Communicating with onshore team regarding various discrepancies