Amala Jolly linkedin.com/in/amala-jolly
■ Career history: Business Unit Controller - Corporate Finance & Controllership, Thomson Reuters, India Deputy Manager - Audit & Assurance, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, India Assistant Manager - Audit & Assurance, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, India ■ Education highlights: MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Chartered Accountant, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, India Bachelor‘s Degree, Commerce, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
■ Nationality: Indian
■ Languages:
Tamil (intermediate) Hindi (intermediate)
Malayalam (native) English (native)
■ Career achievements: Took over complex unstructured activities of the demerger of Financial and Risk (F&R) business in India worth $50 million which was part of $20 billion global demerger. Led the valuation exercise and filed the returns within the timeline to avoid significant penalties. Proactively identified a prior calculation error, securing a $5 million refund before the demerger transition agreement expired. Spearheaded finance automation initiatives to remove redundant work, streamline workflows and bring efficiency. Collaborating with tech teams, automated 30 processes/ reports by turning ideas into algorithms. Trained 100 colleagues across APAC and EMEA regions, enabling them to leverage the automated processes to potentially save 12,000-man hours per annum. Post-acquisition of a legal technology company, the books were migrated into SAP with accounting issues. Took over the enterprise resource planning (ERP) transition, handling unfamiliar ERP and legal entity. Transitioned the books, resolving all issues. Auditors signed off the accounts, aiding early audit completion and preventing penalties.
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