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PERSONAL DETAILS
Name

: PRADEEP SARAVANA (CIMA)

Date of Birth

: 23-10-1984

Address
603202
Phone

: A 506, Safaa Apartments, GST Road, Urapakkam, Tamil Nadu

Email

: prdpsrvn@gmail.com

: + 91 72 999 50042

Profile

Nine years of accounting experience in Banking, retail, Hospitality and FMCG sectors.
Demonstrated the
Ability to work independently and lead diverse teams to new levels of success in a customer
focused and
Highly competitive environments. Works with Tally, Sage & MS office packages.

WORK EXPERIENCE
2012 May Present

Working as the Accountant for Indian operations of Screenline

PVT Ltd, one of the largest Fabric embellishment companies in
South east Asia.
- I am responsible for financial planning and reporting of the
Indian Subsidiary. The Indian subsidiary currently consists of
two plants.

2007 Jan 2012 March

Joined Caf Spice a medium sized Restaurant group in London

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as an Accounts Assistant and later became the Assistant

Accountant.
- Was responsible for maintaining purchase ledger, sales ledger,
and other accounting journals. Reconciled bank, creditor and
supplier accounts on a weekly or monthly basis to ensure
control over those areas. Prepared annual budget and cash flow
forecasts.
- Devised and implemented a number of cost reduction
strategies. Cost savings were made in different areas of the
business. Savings in staff cost was the most prominent with an
18% reduction YOY.
- Conducted training for kitchen and frontline staff on Better
service with
Lower cost.
- Presentations for Business heads and Bank representatives
conducted on business Strategy to strengthen their support
during tough economic conditions.
2009 May 2012 March

Joined Tesco, the largest supermarket chain in the UK as a Team

leader and in this role my duties include.

Managing a team who act as the single point of contact for

all product and service related queries while providing a
superior service. Each staff member handles a range of
diverse jobs.

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Supervise the efficient prompt and courteous handling of

customer queries, correspondence and Deliveries always
delivering a consistently high level of service.

Taking every opportunity to generate income for the

business through sales and cross sales. To better support
this, promotional activities are conducted and meetings are
held with other store managers in the area and visits are
made to local competitor stores.

Provide timely updates to the corporate centre on

performance data. This includes information on sales,
operational pricing tactics, wastage and staff cost.

Motivated the team to achieve success in Mystery

shopper, an independent assessment of the efficiency,
effectiveness and service standards. Our store has been
among the best in the group for the last 2 years.

Built a culture within the customer services team to ensure

customer satisfaction and loyalty to the store enhancing the
levels of customer service within and outside the store.

Contribute in staff development and morale. Analyse staff

training and providing assistance to provide an outstanding
customer service.

2006 May - 2007 Jan

Functioned as a Banking Assistant at Finance Department
American express .

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- Was the point of contact for all financial related queries of

American express cards in the bank.
-Maintained and monitored all the financial records of
American express operations in srilanka. Prepared the annual
departmental budget.
-Prepared monthly MIS for the top management including the
finance director.
- Was part of the project team in creating a bank wide system
development project.
2005 Apr 2005 Sep
6 months Internship at Ernst & Young to understudy Auditing,
Accounting & Stock control. In this role process improvements
were identified recommendations were shared for an effective
operation of clients.
-Was part of a team which audited one of the largest insurance
companies in the country. Conducted the Inventory count of a
leading manufacturer of electrical and other technology related
products.
EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

Professional

: CIMA (UK) (FTC - London)

Part qualified ACCA (UK)

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Territory

: Diploma in Computer Studies at American College

Of Higher Education (Honors - ACHE Sri Lanka 2003)
Secondary Mathematics and physics from
University of New South Wales, Australia (Distinction)

Secondary

: Completed G.C.E Advanced Level Examination (Mathematics

Physics & Chemistry) at Trinity College Kandy held in 2004.

References
Available upon request.

I do hereby certify that the above particulars furnished by me in this application are true and
accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Pradeep Saravana
February 2015

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