Ramesh A.

Ramasamy
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mail:rr669b1e@westpost.net
Career Objective:
To be part of an organization that holds high values. Elevate professional knowl
edge in the process of adding value to the organization and to always exceed exp
ectations and to head finance team. Meticulous with extensive experience at a mu
ltinational company and big four accounting firms.
Strengths:
* Leadership skills with ability to motivate a team.
* Good team player.
* Excellent communication, inter-personal and presentation skills.
* Strong analytical skills.
* Ability to work in extreme pressure environments with highest level of commitm
ent.
Experience Summary:
Comprehensive experience of 12 years achieved, of which 4.5 years in corporate a
nd the rest in audit firms, both international and domestic firm.
Current Employment:
From February 2007: Associated with Deloitte & Touche LLP, San Jose as Audit Sen
ior, involved in audit finalization of semiconductor industries, telecommunicati
on, software and venture capitals in and around the Silicon Valley. My responsib
ilities and experiences are as follows:
* Expertise in auditing all accounts including those of high risk such as soft w
are revenue (ASC 985-605-15), hardware and other revenue, inventory costing and
valuation, common stock valuation, options valuation and accounting for options
(ASC 718-10), and accruals and other asset reserves.
* Working knowledge in business combinations, complex capital structures, multip
le element revenue recognition, and variable interest entities.
* Served as supervising senior on preparation and review of Forms 10-Q, 10-K of
a medium size public company in fables semiconductor segment and supervised the
interim and final audit. Audited inventory and coordinating audit work at two in
ternational locations, being primary contact.
* For each of the engagements this year, led team planning meeting which include
s market, business, and accounting updates, discussions on risk assessments, pro
posed controls approach, and proposed audit work plan. Challenged prior year ass
essments in order to increase effectiveness and efficiency, maximizing firm meth
odology. Responsible for staffing, maintaining budget, and managing fieldwork.
* For each client, evaluated accounting processes concluding on operational effe
ctiveness. Prepared and presented process control recommendations to improve ope
rational efficiency, address areas of financial statement risk, and better contr
ol the flow and security of data.
* Acted as the senior on the initial public offering preparing comfort letters f
or and S-1 SEC filings.
* Audit of large Venture Capital firm for 2 financial years.
* Managed, supervised, and evaluated 1-4 staff per engagement.

Past Employment Data

November 2002 to January 2007: Worked with OfficeTiger Database Systems India Pr
ivate Limited, Chennai, India, a subsidiary of OfficeTiger LLC (Currently RR Don
nelley & Sons Company, NYSE registered) based out of New York, as the Assistant
Vice President - Finance reporting to the CFO in New York for all the MIS report
s and Vice President in Chennai, India on daily operations of the Company. Joine
d the company in Nov 2002 as a Consultant and then as Finance Manager from Janua
ry 2003. The company is a Business Process Outsourcing unit with wide range of c
lientele in UK and US. The key responsibilities encompass the following:
* Recruited and build a strong finance team of 15 people for book-keeping, payro
ll processing, management of accounts payable and to take care of all other dail
y operations.
* Ensuring adequate transaction and accounting controls exist for all the legal
entity of the group.
* Maintain rigor and rhythm in the timely accounting of transactions and reporti
ng of the same within agreed timelines like weekly and monthly MIS reports. Enga
ged in consolidation of the financials of its international subsidiaries for mon
th end and year close process. Practiced the strict time lines as required by th
e senior management.
* Qualitiatively analyze the financials to support the management with the profi
tability of each and every service line of the company in general and by custome
r in particular. Was also engaged in preparing the costing for new customers.
* Preparation of annual plan, forecasts for the group.
* Successfully led the finance team to implementation of Great Plains (GP), a Mi
crosoft Business Solution system and migration of data from legacy system (Quick
books) into GP. Generate reports using FRx, a reporting tool.
* Ensure appropriate statutory compliances relevant for the business.
* Successfully lead the team to process payroll in-house for ~6000+ employees' m
onth-on-month without any delay.
* Interact with the auditors for completion of various audits within deadlines.
June 1998 to April 2001: Assistant Audit Manager in M/s Fraser & Ross, Chartered
Accountants, a member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International (DTT), worked i
n their India and Singapore offices.
May 2001 to October 2002: Audit Manager in M/s S.R.Batliboi & Associates, Charte
red Accountants, a member firm of Ernst & Young (E&Y), reporting to the partner.

Accomplishments from June 1998 to October 2002:

* Involved in leading the team to successfully complete the audit.
* Co-ordinate with the management to get information and update them on the prog
ress
* Preparation of financial statement under International Accounting Standard of
these local and multinational companies.
* Due Diligence Review of many companies for various requirements.

Education:
Chartered Accountant - Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant
s of India, 1997
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), Bharathidasan University, India,1990.
Registered student member of California Board of Accountancy.
P.S:References will be provided on request.