Uttara Pitale

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About Uttara Pitale

Extensive accounting, budgeting and forecasting experience. Strong accounting skills and good understanding of GAAP. Experienced in Month end close, accruals adjustment entries and deep diving for close. Preparation of annual budget process, Monthly forecast analysis and special projects. AR, AP, Payroll, Journal entries and General Ledger accounting. Validate and analyze accounts to understand the why and communicate on the main variance drivers. Have also worked on bank reconciliations and internal account reconciliations. Advanced use of Excel- Pivot Tables, VLookup and Sumifs. Essbase, Oracle, Incorta, Quick books, OBIEE reports. Monthly forecasting - Conducted regular meetings with business partners, management, presenting monthly actual spend variances against budget and or forecast. Gather input from business partners to get accurate forecasting. Communicated if there is risk or opportunity in P&L accounts. Advised on ways to help expense accounts to come back to budget when possible with emphasis on forecast accuracy. Month end process – Key analyst for Plant operating accounts with excellent accuracy. Prepared accruals, researched variances and comments for month end financials against budget/forecast. Researched general ledger accounts to verify proper accounting and communicated effectively on the main drivers and highlight any major events. Provided input to business on ways to improve forecast accuracy and help stay within budget. Annual budget - Review with management and cross functional teams. Discussed YOY impact for short term and long term growth. Optimized budgets by deep diving into data. Identify any risks or opportunities and communicate the information to leadership. Monitored and reported on discretionary spending for construction and network departments. Monthly updates sent to department leaders showing the current month spending and full year forecast. Powerpoint deck sent with high level summary for leadership. Validated and approved jobs in Oracle and P2 construction jobs. Ensured the coding in Oracle followed the proper accounting principles and appropriate chart of accounts used. Verified P2 jobs for finance approvals after validation that the job is correctly classified as expense. Assisted other team members where needed and provide backup. Implemented simpler models/tools to business partners to streamline processes. Trained team members as part of cross training.