Jayarajan Kunnathoor
Finance/Accounts/Operations Professional
Summary
Forward-thinking team leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals. Successful background matching employees with roles for maximum performance. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement with a demonstrated history of 20 years in Finance, Accounts & Operations Management . Expertise in Procurement/Logistics/ Import-Export/ Inventory & Supplier Management. Possess good computer skills using different Microsoft Office suits, Financial Accounting packages like Tally, ERP SAP software.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Languages
Work History
Finance and Operations Manager
Artemis Life Sciences Group
Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo
11.2015 - 02.2022
- Heading a team engaged in Finance, Accounts, Operations & Inventory activities in HO and Branches in the country
- Managing Procurement & Import Operations – laisoning with shipping-lines/agents, ensuring timely delivery of shipments, follow-ups with forwarding agents, Banks, govt agencies on Import Licences & authorization importation, co-ordinate with Logistic team on shipment inspections, Documentations
- Laisoning with local vendors, suppliers, Insurance companies, Banks, Transporters etc
- Manage all accounting operations including Billing, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Revenue Recognition
- Investigate and resolve accounting issues from compliance point of view
- Support month-end and year-end close process
- Manage and comply with local, state, and central Government reporting requirements and filings
- Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
- Vendor purchase Management & Payment Tracking
- Overseeing daily business activities, improving overall business functions, training heads of departments, managing budgets, developing strategic plans and communicating business goals
- Entrepreneurial spirit and vision in directing business functions to assist our organization in maintaining relationships with clients, generating new business, increasing staff productivity, improving service, ensuring sustainability, and meeting business objectives
- Prepare monthly forecast, review and document deltas to plan, prior year, prior forecast and financial commit
- Perform ad-hoc bookings & margin analysis to identify trends and business insights
- Proactively communicate potential risks & opportunities, through variance, bridges & decision support analysis
- Develop and implement SOPs and controls
- Assist monthly preparation of Stock Statement and reconciliation of same with physical Stock
- Analyze monthly financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows) and effectively convey analysis to the team
Manager - Accounts & Operations
Omega Trading Company
, India
01.2013 - 10.2015
- Supervision of complete operations in entire state on Accounts, Purchase & Sales
- Heading a team of 4 members involved in Accounts & Inventory
- Dealing with suppliers, negotiation and procurement
- Complete procurement & Inventory management
- Constantly monitoring market, meeting new suppliers, comparing prices, negotiations etc
- Review the plans vs actuals on regular basis, in depth analysis of variance
- Continuous tracking of key financials and business metrics, accurate reporting and circulating the same to relevant stakeholders at requisite time intervals
- Develop deep understanding of business drivers and leverage that to create views for creating actionable plans
- Prepare financial information & analysis for business reviews with key highlights
Assistant Manager
Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd (Cafe CoffeeDay)
Bangalore, India
08.2010 - 12.2012
- Heading a team involved in Finance & Banking operations of Branches across India
- Fund Flow management and controlling all bank transactions across India
- Preparation of Cash Flow / Fund Flow / all periodical management reports
- Payments, Receipts, Vendor Payments, Auditing & Approval
- Dealing with Major Banks in India, discussions on availing OD facilities and other fund requirements
- Responsible for defining the appropriate liquidity quantum that the business should maintain and the composition thereof, that is, cash, bank facilities and so forth
- Manages the business’s gross debt portfolio through debt issuance and debt redemption, regularly updating the debt issuance
- In charge of negotiating terms with the business’s financial service providers such as banks and arranging acquisition financing as necessary
- Defines appropriate capital structures for business arrangements while keeping in mind the business needs, risk management taxation, accounting, and legal/policy requirements
- Takes part in documentation & preparation of information memoranda, business plans
- Manage the rolling annual Budget and provide accurate forecast to enhance accuracy of funding requests
Sr. Accounts Officer
GoGo International Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
02.2006 - 07.2010
- Handling Banking Department.
- Supervising Receipts & Payments, Interacting with banks, Fund Transfers
- Electronic Payment processing through Net banking, RTGS/NEFT.
- Reconciliation of Bank Accounts and Reporting.
- Cash flow & other MIS reports as required by the management
- Entries related to Export Realization, Import Payments, Duty Drawback
- Ensuring that the payments of invoices are completed within a timely manner and in accordance with payment terms
- Keeping track of every transaction
- Responsible for ensuring timely monthly closure of books
- Preparation of all audit work papers, including complete analysis of expense, revenue, assets and liabilities
- Preparation of financial statements, consolidated in excel as per applicable accounting standards
- Responsible for MIS analysis
- Prepare dynamic financial models, reports and presentations to support data-driven recommendations, financial feasibility and new business initiatives
- Develop analysis that delivers qualitative and quantitative information, including analysis of internal performance
Accounts Officer
Eshwari Textile Processing Pvt, Ltd
Bangalore
01.2002 - 01.2006
- Looking after overall Admin and accounts
- Monitoring of Bank balances, fund transfers
- Reconciliation of Debtors & Creditors
- Dealing with statutory returns
- Assisting internal/external auditors with queries
- Continuously seek to improve the quality and efficiency of these reports, including enhancing financial analysis models and streamlining analysis
- Analyze market data and industry reports, maintain a database of analyst reports, articles and other materials of interest
- Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks
- Develop financial models, conduct benchmarking and process analysis
- Conduct business studies on past, future, and comparative performance and develop forecast models
- Identify trends, advise the company and recommend actions based on sound analysis
- Track and determine financial status by analyzing actual results in comparison with forecasts.
Accounts Officer
B.I.S. India Pvt Ltd
Surat, India, India
03.2000 - 09.2002
- Branch Accounting – Updating Cash and bank entries on daily basis
- Preparation of various statement, reports and forwarding to HO on timely basis
- Monthly preparation of Salary, PF, ESIC & other statutory statements
- Reconciliation of bank accounts
- Reconcile transactions by comparing and correcting data
Accountant cum Faculty
APTECH LTD
, India
12.1998 - 02.2000
- Assisting the Accounts and Tax manager in a variety of business roles
- Balance sheet reconciliations and Salary entry and reconciliation
- Conducting Theory & practical classes of Basic Computer Skills.
- General ledger entry including accruals and prepayments
- Dealing with statutory returns
- Assisting internal/external auditors with queries
- Assisting with sales / purchase ledger duties, cash books and payroll
- Communicating clearly and effectively with the accounts team
- Quarterly management accounts preparation
- Assisting in the preparation of year end accounts for clients.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
Calicut University
04.1994 - 04.1997
Diploma in - Information and Systems Management
Aptech Computer Education
05.1997 - 05.1999
Java, Visual Basic and Ms Office Applications Certificate in Web Application Programming - undefined
NIIT
Skills
Cost control and reduction
Financial analysis and reporting
Staff Management
Supply Chain Management
Management information systems
Budgeting and forecasting
Data analysis
Purchasing and procurement
Month-end reporting
Account Reconciliation
ERP Systems Expertise
Vendor management
AP and AR management
Hobbies
- Reading
- Travelling
- Driving
Timeline
Finance and Operations Manager
Artemis Life Sciences Group
11.2015 - 02.2022
Manager - Accounts & Operations
Omega Trading Company
01.2013 - 10.2015
Assistant Manager
Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd (Cafe CoffeeDay)
08.2010 - 12.2012
Sr. Accounts Officer
GoGo International Pvt Ltd
02.2006 - 07.2010
Accounts Officer
Eshwari Textile Processing Pvt, Ltd
01.2002 - 01.2006
Accounts Officer
B.I.S. India Pvt Ltd
03.2000 - 09.2002
Accountant cum Faculty
APTECH LTD
12.1998 - 02.2000
Diploma in - Information and Systems Management
Aptech Computer Education
05.1997 - 05.1999
Bachelor of Commerce -
Calicut University
04.1994 - 04.1997
Java, Visual Basic and Ms Office Applications Certificate in Web Application Programming - undefined
NIIT