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Heshara De Silva

Heshara De Silva

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem,VBR

Summary

Proficient finance controller with expertise in general accounting, financial closings, cost analysis, and regulatory compliance. Aspiring for a career in a well-established firm that continually refines my talents and allows me to play a dynamic part in achieving the organization's goals while also providing professional growth and sufficient opportunities to study and improve competencies in my field.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AP-Accountant

Donaldson Europe BV-Leuven
07.2024 - 10.2024
  • Handling Accounts Payable-Accountant role of the Donaldson Europe BV-EMEA region.
  • Validating & reconciling invoices with holds in Oracle against the purchase orders for the EMEA region, ensuring compliance with procurement policies & resolving discrepancies efficiently.
  • Collaborating with shared services, business units & suppliers to follow up on unsettled advances, ensuring timely application of pre-payments in Oracle and maintaining accurate financial records.
  • Validating PO-based invoices in OneVue (AP automation with OCR) platform.
  • Systems Use- Oracle E-Business Suite, OneVue-(AP automation with OCR)
  • Short Term Fixed Contract

Executive – Finance

Cinnamon Red
02.2021 - 09.2023
  • Handling Accounts Payable role of the Cinnamon Red-Colombo.
  • Improvements for review and controls related to Accounts Payable role.
  • Handling E2E process of month/year-end closing of accounts.
  • Performing vendor payments schedules on time while managing the future cash flows.
  • Ensure a high level of accuracy and completeness of financial transactions and clearing of GL's (Improvement to internal controls and matter review)
  • Preparing monthly provision & amortisation schedules by checking suspense & active accounts.
  • Coordinating with the cost controller and purchasing regarding the PO process and GR/IR account, as well as being involved in product-based costing.
  • Monitoring daily Bank Reconciliations & giving instructions for uncleared transactions.
  • Performing shadow role of the General cashier while handing petty cash payments, reimbursements, Spot cash counts of the hotel outlets.
  • Maintaining vendor master records and implemented all vendor payments through Slip/CEFT/ TT payments.
  • Preparing monthly VAT schedules in order to submit to Inland Revenue Department of Sri Lanka.
  • Performing Foreign Currency payments subjected to With Holding Tax (WHT) liaising with the bank & Inland Revenue Department of Sri Lanka.
  • Liaison with external/internal auditors and providing necessary details.
  • Holding the Assistant Treasurer position of the welfare society of Cinnamon Red-Colombo & maintaining financial records related to the welfare society.
  • Volunteering for events organized by John Keells Foundation.
  • Systems Use - SAP-FICO, CITi / HSBC bank portals
  • Volunteer for events organized by John Keells Foundation.

Executive – Quality Assurance

Infomate(PVT) Ltd (John Keells Group)
11.2018 - 02.2021
  • Performing quality checks for financial transactions processed by other processors in ERP such as SAP for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Asset Accounting & General Ledger.
  • Performing quality checks for supplier payment runs in the SAP for JKH group clients.
  • Handling document reversals in SAP.
  • Generating daily & monthly management information reports (MIS).
  • Preparing monthly performance reviews for the JKH clients and internal employees.
  • Conducting internal audits and suggesting/implementing process improvements.
  • Analyzing and preparing Ad-Hoc MIS reports for management discussions for internal, JKH group stakeholders
  • Preparing presentations on monthly performances for operations meetings.
  • Preparing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) reports for internal and Rural BPO units for the use of Top-Management.
  • Training & Co-ordinating team members including Rural BPO units on financial transactions in the SAP/OKLO ERP systems.
  • Performing cycle testing for document management system when there are changes or new implementations to the system.
  • Participated for process review meetings with respective business units and internal stakeholders.
  • Conducting weekly meetings with internal stakeholders on quality related matters.
  • Played a key role in conducting team building activities for outsource units and took part in organizing staff engagement activities, etc.
  • Participated for the Infosec Challenge-2019 which was conducted to improve employee awareness on ISO:27001 security policies and got the Team Runner-up place.
  • Active member in CSR initiatives and volunteered for several eye camps held in 2019/20 and “Kala-Polā” in 2020 organized by John Keells Foundation (JKF).
  • Systems used - SAP-FICO , OKLO, BpoMate
  • Participated for the Infosec Challenge-2019 which was conducted to improve employee awareness on ISO:27001 security policies and got the Team Runner-up place.
  • Active member in CSR initiatives and volunteered for several eye camps held in 2019/20 and “Kala-Polā” in 2020 organized by John Keells Foundation (JKF).

Finance Intern

Hatton National Bank PLC
05.2016 - 11.2016
  • Worked in the Banking services Department and handled payments of Fixed Assets, Stationery etc.
  • Processed fixed asset & stationery payments using Finacle core banking solutions.

Education

Master of Management - Data Science

Hasselt University
Hasselt
06-2025

BSc. Business Management - Project Management Specialized

National School of Business Management
Homagama,Sri Lanka
04-2021

Diploma in Information Technology - E-Commerce

ESOFT Metro Campus

Diploma in IT - International

ESOFT Metro Campus

Skills

  • Process Improvements
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Annual planning
  • Taxation & Compliance
  • Communication and Interpersonal skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Team Play and leadership
  • Time Management
  • Project Management
  • Internal Auditing
  • Cash Flow/Treasury Management
  • Tutor-Accounting & Mgt
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Journal entries
  • Payment scheduling
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP systems proficiency
  • Tax compliance
  • Cost accounting

Certification

Belgium Driving License – Category B

LANGUAGES

Sinhala (Native Language)
English (Second Language) – Professional-IELTS-B2 Level-Test No-22LK010453DSE012A
Nederlands A2-Completed

Timeline

AP-Accountant

Donaldson Europe BV-Leuven
07.2024 - 10.2024

Executive – Finance

Cinnamon Red
02.2021 - 09.2023

Executive – Quality Assurance

Infomate(PVT) Ltd (John Keells Group)
11.2018 - 02.2021

Finance Intern

Hatton National Bank PLC
05.2016 - 11.2016

Diploma in Information Technology - E-Commerce

ESOFT Metro Campus

Diploma in IT - International

ESOFT Metro Campus

Master of Management - Data Science

Hasselt University

BSc. Business Management - Project Management Specialized

National School of Business Management

References

Mr.Kris Nouwen

Regional Controller-Finance

Donaldson Europe BV,

Research Park Zone 1,

Interleuvenlaan 1,

B-3001 Leuven,

Belgium

+32 498 46 06 39


Mr.Shamil Perera

Head of Finance,

Cinnamon Red-Colombo,

59, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha,

Colombo-03,

Srilanka

+94 712 78 04 47

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES

  • SAP-FICO
  • MS Office(Excel, Powerpoint, Access)
  • Power BI
  • Financial Reporting Tools
  • MS Project
  • OneVue-CRM
  • Knime Analytics
  • Online Banking Payment Portals
  • Oracle

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