PRASAN GUNASEKARA

Reporting to Regional Director of Finance – South Asia

● Perform the duties of Statutory compliance & led the business transformation to incorporate the business in Sri Lanka as part of the global sell off the Spreads category by Unilever

● Achieved competitive, profitable, and responsible growth in the business (Doubling the size of the business whilst improving the GM% by 1600 basis points over the 3-year time span)

● Responsible for Cash Flow, Treasury, working capital management and delivered 105%+ (EBIT to Cash) cash flows from business operation in consecutive 03 years

● Track lead for successful implementation of SAP Hana

● Business Coordinator and process owner of the Corporate Banks (HSBC/SCB), Department of Inland Revenue, tax advisers, Statutory auditors, Customs, and other Regulatory bodies

● Responsible for FP&A(Jul2018-Dec2019) and functional overhead budgets management

Reporting to Head of Finance Business Partner-Customer Development

● Responsible for Business partner audits and compliance

● Responsible for stability of Unilever Distributors financial position and drive Return On Investment agenda to ensure proper controls are in place in end to end secondary distribution process

● Responsible for Unilever distributor financing scheme whilst handling corporate banking process and partnering with local and global banks

● Proactively support to drive business profitability through producing/drafting financial insights to maximize the returns on trade investments whilst driving channel/customer profitability

● Analysed ‘promotional programs', ‘join business/marketing plans' performance beforehand with a recap after completion, leading to new and improved marketing plans and strategies.

Unilever Sri Lanka - Reporting to Head of Debt and Recoveries

● Led the Global credit policy and company cash collection process

● Responsible for debtor aging and hygiene of the balances

● Responsible for customer exposure, credit limits, credit insurance and collaterals

● Drive key initiatives: Cheque warehousing process, Distributor financing operation and customer claims process

● Responsible for intercompany and export receivables

● Responsible for order to cash(O2C) corporate and statutory audit compliance

Unilever Sri Lanka Limited - Reported to Finance Manager

● Controllership of monthly general ledger transactions and month end closure for the group

● Responsible for quarterly financial reporting(v100/v105) and local and global reporting

● Responsible for statutory audits and corporate compliance for the group of companies

● Responsible for group's balance sheet hygiene and compliance

● Responsible/coordinator for dividend declaration and royalty/concern loan remittances

Unilever Sri Lanka - Reported to the Head of Tax

• Completed and filed returns with tax departments at local, state and federal levels.
• Maintained complete records of client tax returns and supporting documentation in secured areas.
• Prepared tax returns, extensions, tax planning calculations and write-ups for organizations and entities.
• Responsible for differed tax, corporate tax filling and accounting
• Coordinator for revenue authority audits and tax compliance