No 11 Sunleigh Road,

Alperton, Wembley
RAMNATH SUNDARAM London - HA0 4LS
Email: Ramnath28@live.com
Phone: +44 (0 )7745603275

FINANCE PROFESSIONAL/SENIOR MANAGER – FINANCE, RECEIVABLES, BUDGETING & REPORTING

Budgeting | Forecasting | Receivables | Dispute Resolution| Credit Control | Reporting | Finance Transformation

Executive Summary
• Strategic Accounts Receivables.
• Credit Consulting.
• People Management.
• Business Analysis.
• Financial Data Analysis.
• Costing and Budgeting.
• Customer Escalation Management.
• Financial Transformation Initiatives.
• Business Leaders Engagement.
• DSO Forecasting.
• Cash Posting & Credit Note Management.
• Deduction Management.
• Disputes Management.
• Senior Level Engagement.
• Business Continuity Planning.
• Period Closure & Reporting.
• SAP – FICO
Professional Experience
• Energetic & Innovative A highly Proactive & Focused Finance
Professional with 14 years of diverse experience in leading edge
Information Technology – hardware, software & services industry,
ITES and Financial database organisations
• High Achiever in terms of meeting and exceeding management
expectations in turning around critical process and bring about
linearity in results.
• An Articulate, confident & outgoing communicator at all levels,
who uses good listening ability & empathy to establish rapport &
stabilize interpersonal relationships.
• Analytical & meticulous, combines’ attention to detail with the
ability to generate effective solutions, in response to pressure &
time constraints.
• Committed to team ethos, a supportive team player, with
extensive skills in leading, motivation & mentoring.

Senior Area Manager – India Collections in Dell International Services (Dec 2009 – Sep 2010)

Dell International Services is a captive arm of Dell Inc. Dell Inc is an American multinational information
technology corporation. They are leading manufacturers of personal computers, servers, data storage
devices, network switches, software and computer peripherals.

- Managing receivables for Dell India Pvt Ltd. from their large enterprises & SMB customers across India.
- Portfolio size of quarterly ~$200M-$250M of Accounts receivable which is ~80% of Qtr revenue.
- Responsible for the Cash Collections & Provide inputs to credit management queries.
- Key decision maker, setting debt policy, managed stakeholders & the SPOC for leadership escalation.
- DSO forecasting & drive to bring down DSO as per Corporate directive.
- 2nd Level manager of a team size of 40 members through 6 Area Managers.

Country Collections Manager – India in Hewlett-Packard India. (April 2007 to Dec 2009)

Hewlett-Packard India Sales Pvt Ltd is the subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company USA, who is an American
multinational and now one of the worlds’ largest Information Technology Companies. HP provides IT
Hardware, Printer and IT services.

- Managed the Accounts Receivable portfolio for HP in India.

- Responsible for the Cash Collections from Top Tier customers within the country.
- Lead a team of 15 Collections portfolio managers.
- Work with various divisions of the organization to streamline billing & collections process.
- Decreased DSO & maintained a high cash inflow, minimise dispute & bad debt write-off.
- Reported to regional credit & collections director (Australia) & dotted line reporting to India CFO.

Operations Manager – Order-to-Cash in IBM Global Services India (Nov 2005 – April 2007)

IBM Global Services is a part of IBM, which provides outsourced business solutions to its clients. These
services are in the space of order to cash, record to report and purchase to pay.

- Worked for the client D&B who are well renowned credit rating & investment decision service provider.
- Responsible for collections for US & Ireland region & order to Invoice process for UK Market.
- Manage a team of 80 personnel through 7 assistant Managers in the areas of collections, dispute
management, inbound customer support, order to Invoice & collection support services.
- KRA’s were meeting & exceeding client SLA, manage expectations & deliver quality services to the end
customer of the client.
- Minimise attrition & maintain business continuity on the project.
- Report to regional & global leadership of the client.
- Involved in client visits & showcasing key achievements to potential clients.
Team Lead - AR Accounting, Collection & Credit (APAC) in Accenture Services (Dec 2003 to
Nov 2005)

Accenture is a consulting company which also provides IT enabled services and Business Process
Outsourcing services.

- Worked for the client NCR, which operates in the financial self-service/data warehousing & point of
sale equipment vertical.
- Responsible for AR accounting, collections & credit for APAC region.
- Managed a team of 7 collectors & helped optimize cash inflow to the client.
- Report to regional & global leadership of the client
- Ensure Accenture Service agreements are met at all times.
- Experiences in Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, audit preparations & compliance.

Technical Support Analyst - Icode Software Private Ltd. (2000-2001)

A multinational software company with headquarters in Fairfax, USA, developer & marketer of business
integration software that included integration of high-end e-commerce, with back-end operation
functionality.

- A significant role, tasked with the streamlining of clients business, including the implementation &
migration from the legacy systems for clients primarily based in the USA, which included providing
training & support to end-user.

Group Leader– Primark India Pvt Ltd (1997 – 2000)

A multinational, currently merged into Thomson Reuters, providing financial profiles, fundamental
analysis & stock performance information relating to 24,000 publicly traded companies in 50+ developed &
emerging markets.

Group Leader (1999-2000)

- Tasked with the analysis of Annual Reports, Proxies, Quarterly Statements & varied sources of company
information, together with project co-ordination on an ad hoc basis, involving extensive understanding
& application of UK & US GAAP. Tasked with achieving production targets for assigned group.
- Liaison with offices in the UK & Ireland relating to technical queries.
- Weekly & monthly analysis of production & quality figures.
- Coordinating with the library department for tracking flow of documents.
- Keep the enthusiasm & motivation levels by positive encouragement.

Corporate Analyst (1997-1999)

- Involved in the fundamental analysis of Annual reports & quarterly reports of publicly traded companies
in the United States.
- Investment analysis including analysis of Revenues, EBITDA & Earnings per share, calculating book value
& year-end weighted average shares.
- Analytical profile building of company’s performance & building narrative description.
- Actively involved in quality circles, which discussed quality matters relating to the database.
- Worked on special projects relating to IPO, ADR/GDR issues.

Accounts Assistant (1995-1997) Worked with Chartered Accounting Firm.

- Vouching, Preparation Bank Reconciliation Statement, Preparation of Trial Balance. Finalization of
accounts up to Balance sheet.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree in Business Administration ‘MBA in Financial Management’ from the University Of Luton
(now University of Bedfordshire), United Kingdom, 2003. [Specialized in Financial Decision Making &
Strategic Management Accounting.

Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Bangalore University, 1995.

Currently Pursuing CIMA programme (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants), UK; appearing for
CMGA exam in May 2011.