Hima
Lead – Financial Controls Assurance
- Role
- Lead Financial Controls Assurance at Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Hima
Chartered Accountant with 9 years of professional experience in Controls assurance and…
Experience
Lead Financial Controls Assurance
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
Jun 2021 — Present
Managed the full audit lifecycle with a focus on financial risk mitigation and controls effectiveness. • Delivered value by identifying critical financial impacts, leading to a couple of unsatisfactory and need improvement over 2024 and 2025. One of the major findings had a global effect of EUR 141 M, which caught the attention of external auditors in 2024.Key Achievements & Initiatives:• Spot Award (Q1 2025) for identifying a high-impact financial finding during a closing review, which contributed to controls strengthening and prevented misrepresentation of financial statements for Dec 2024.• Identified financial impacts in multiple audits, leading to two reviews rated \'Unsatisfactory\' and one review rated \'Needs Improvement\' in 2024, all with global financial implications, with most remaining reviews rated ‘Adequate\'.• Process Automation: Reduced effort by 75% through implementation of automation initiatives in reporting of existing recommendations’ progress to entity’s executive committee and sampling activities for recurring process reviews.• Team Efficiency: Designed and maintained a crisp and time-efficient NFA tracker tailored for weekly stand-up calls. Owned and maintained the domain knowledge repository, capturing learnings and process-specific nuances.My role consistently demands attention to detail, financial acumen, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to translate findings into meaningful business recommendations.• Implemented two automation initiatives, reducing reporting and sampling efforts by 75%.• Improved team efficiency by taking ownership of progress tracking of recommended actions and maintaining the domain knowledge repository.
Education
Emmanuel missionary school
High School
1998 — 2004
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Chartered Accountancy Final
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Chartered Accountancy
2009 — 2015
Rishi Vidyaniketan
Ssc
2004 — 2008
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