Gurbir Kaur

Finance and Accounting enthusiast with over 7 years of experience in Financial Reporting, Trade Management, Project Accounting, and P2P (Procure-to-Pay). Expertise in collaborating with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to drive business transformation. Proven ability to lead initiatives that enhance processes and improve financial performance. Skilled in executive reporting, data analysis, and implementing process enhancements to optimize financial operations and support strategic decision-making.

• Invited by the UK business twice to work with the process excellence team for process diagnosis and process mapping to create a structured process for pricing.
• Received Business impact award in 06/01/23 for being the first individual for being part of UK transition and post success, now we have more than 56 roles currently being transitioned from UK to India.
• Recognized by the UK Finance Director for successfully completing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and clearing both internal and external audits, ensuring compliance and financial integrity.
• Received multiple commendations from the UK CFO and Finance Director for reducing pricing deductions from 20MM to 800K, demonstrating strong cost control and financial impact.
• Nominated multiple times for effectively clearing the pricing backlog and structuring the pricing process, contributing to improved operational efficiency and accuracy.
• Led the automation of the BO creating process for the IBM team by collaborating with automation teams using Python and Power BI, saving 600 hours annually across 3 customer accounts.
• Received smile award from UK finance director for clearing a backlog of 7.5M in less than 1 month.
• Transitioned Trade spend process for small and mixed sized (more than 20+ customer) from PepsiCo Canada to PepsiCo India solely.
• Validated, reconciled, and approved more than 80millions of deductions in less than 6 months.
• Let the automation of invoicing activity which involved manual and tedious steps, resulting in saving 120 hours yearly.
• Transitioned GMO activity from Deloitte Switzerland to Deloitte India.
• Transitioned WHT activity from Deloitte Switzerland to Deloitte India.
• Managed team and workload in the absence of Senior analyst.
• Led the Automation for multiple activities like Billing instruction Template, Debtor Master list, Engagement reporting and Timesheet Drafts in Deloitte.
• Received a smile award as acting as an owner for trade spend review for first quarter from the finance director.
• Received smile award for detecting duplicate payments, saving around 1.70million CAD.
• Received multiple smile awards from the management for transitioning, stabilizing, and processing the deductions.
• Rewarded twice with 'Outstanding Performance' at Deloitte in 2020.
• Received 3 Shout-outs at Deloitte.
• Rewarded twice for 'Star Performer', at Capgemini in 2019.
• Received positive feedback from multiple clients.