Shankar Chinnasamy

About Shankar Chinnasamy

Financial Analyst with overall 8+ years of experience in finance planning and analysis, fixed assets & Accounts payables processes in Energy/ ITES industries skilled at increasing productivity through effective cost analysis and financial report management. Proactive self-starter with track record of initiative, personal responsibility, ownership of work and reputation for making things happen Creative, dependable and enthusiastic with proven track record in improving efficiencies and reducing cost Excellent interpersonal, managerial, team-building, analytical and presentation skills Ability to work against tight deadlines and work under pressure while being detail oriented and retaining accuracy of information Exposure to ERP packages – SAP, Business Intelligence, Excel Macro Flexibility in working extended hours to support special business requirements (month-end close, audit, etc.)

Experience

1. Finance Analyst

   Shell

   Aug 2011 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Evaluate a company’s financial situation periodically by providing various MI reports. Analyzing the P&L & Balance sheet of Petrol stations and assisting the Business.Successfully Migrated Fixed Assets activities and stabilized the process along with team membersMain Responsibilities:• Month End Close - Reviewing financials on a daily basis during the month -end and solving the disputes by passing Journals and maintaining the Pnl reports• Analyze the variance between Actuals Vs Plan/Latest estimates and provide commentaries to the business• Preparation of monthly/ Quarterly Latest estimate• Planning and Budgeting activities that support clients in the accurate forecasting of operational outcomes in financial terms• Automated various MI reports specific for Country and for entire region • Primary focal for Asset class, GL Account mapping & Data Quality Standard• Handling end to end FA accounting [ Project creation – Disposal ]• Analyzing AUC/ WIP accounts by preparing ageing report • Preparing Asset Verification report and ensuring that all the assets are verifiedHighlights- Automated many reports through macros- Focal for proving flash commentaries for Pnl and Cash flow statement or entire region- Super user for BI4 Automation project (implemented various reports in Bi4)

Education

• Cheran Matriculation - Karur

  High School, Accounting and Finance

  2002 — 2004

• St Josephs College Arts Science

  Bachelor's Degree, Accounting and Finance

  2004 — 2007

Skills

• • Application/ Tools- Ms Office ( Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Access, Outlook)
• Accounts Payable
• Sap Erp
• Microsoft Excel
• Team Management
• Fixed Assets
• Variance Analysis
• Sap
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Reporting
• Accounting
• Sap R/3 ( Asset & Ap Module )
• Financial Analysis