RAMNATH SUNDARAM Education: MBA Financial Management (UK)

Email: Ramnath28@live.com
Phone: 07745603275

PROFILE
A highly proactive & focused professional, results-driven & tenacious, who demonstrates high
standards of drive & dynamism to achieve objectives within time-sensitive deadlines. 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. An articulate, confident & outgoing
communicator at all levels, who uses good listening ability & empathy to establish rapport &
stabilize interpersonal relationships.
WORK EXPERIENCE – SYNOPSIS
Strong 14 Years of total experience.
Lead & managed large teams & optimized performance. (Largest team managed – 80)
Extensively involved in strategizing Credit & Collections processes.
Decision making roles for credit & collections processes.
Ability to present, discuss & evaluate decisions at Executive levels.
Worked in leading multinationals such as, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Accenture, IBM &
Primark (now Thomson Reuters).
KEY SKILLS
 Finance – Account Receivable & Trade Credit Management.
- Managed Collections, Credit, Customer database & receivable accounting for India, US,
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand business environment.
- Period-end AR closure procedures, provisioning reserves & effecting bad debt write off.
- Liaise with Finance Directors (FD’s) for each business unit on cash performance.
- Liaise with Sales–GM’s for support in Cash inflow & augment dispute resolution efforts.
- Preparation of & deliver to Cash targets, DSO forecasting & provisioning forecast.
- Prepare reports for FD’s on forecast vs. actual period end Cash, DSO & Provisioning.
- Present to senior finance leaders in quarterly finance reviews and balance sheet reviews.
- Driven compliance of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations & SAS 70.
- Involved in analysis of financial statements & provide business commentary.

 Transition & Business Transformation

- Successfully transitioned collection process from offshore client location (Australia,
Malaysia).
- Prepared business continuity plan for credit & collections functions.
- Involved in due diligence for finance transformation project.
- Worked with solutions team on setting up credit & collections related service level
agreements with end customers & showcasing the business during client visits.
- Implemented ERP system for Small & medium size business for US customers.
 Personnel/Client Management
- Delivering training to multi-disciplinary teams to ensure desired standards of
performance, efficiency & output are met.
- Coaching, Mentoring & providing feedback to team members.
- Prepared career planning to subordinates.
- Business analysis & customer/end-user training.
- Vendor management – Liaison with vendor, bill verification & approving payouts.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree in Business Administration ‘MBA in Financial Management’ from the University Of
Luton, United Kingdom, 2003.
[Specialized in Financial Decision Making & Strategic Management Accounting. Dissertation topic was
“Developing Strategy through Performance Measurement – A Balanced Scorecard Approach” for a Technical
Support department in a software development company.]

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.

Detailed CV
CAREER HISTORY

Dell International Services (Dec 2009 – Sep 2010) visit – www.dell.com

Senior Area Manager – India Collections
Managing receivables from large enterprises & SMB customers across India.
Quarterly ~$200M-$250M of Accounts receivable which is ~80% of Qtr revenue.
Responsible for the Cash Collections & provide inputs to credit management queries.
Involved in key decision making, policy setting, stakeholder management & SPOC for
country leadership escalation.
DSO forecasting & management to ensure DSO is within acceptable industry standards.
Manage a team of 40 members through 6 Area Managers.
Hewlett-Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd. (April 2007 – Dec 2009) visit – www.hp.com
Country Collections Manager – India
Tasked with managing 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.
The KRA’s were decreasing DSO, maintaining a high cash inflow, minimise dispute & bad
debt write-off.
Report to regional credit & collections director & dotted line to India CFO.

IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Nov 2005 – April 2007) visit – www.ibm.com
Operations Manager – Order-to-Cash for Dunn & Bradstreet, IBM Client
The client is a 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.
The 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.
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd. (Dec 2003 to Nov 2005) visit – www.accenture.com
Team Lead – AR Accounting, Collection & Credit (APAC- ANZ, SG, MY, IN, TW, TH, PH)
The client is a global company, 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.
Achievements:
- Exceeded targets consecutively for 8 months.
- Won team spirit award for commendable contribution to team building & team performance.

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.

Functional Consultant – Technical Support.

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.

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.
Achievements
Aided management in formulating & implementing performance based OT &
bonus schemes.

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.

Nov 2001 to Aug 2003

Worked in two UK organizations (University of Luton & William Hill Organization), job
responsibilities ranged from customer service, handling huge amounts of cash, analysis of
statistical data & speaking to respondents of telephonic interviews. These jobs were undertaken
while pursuing the MBA course.

OTHER INTERESTS- Listening to music, reading fiction & keenly follow international cricket.

REFERENCES - Will be provided as & when required.

Contact: 13 May Gardens, Wembley, London - HA01DU
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