Neha Kurani

A deliberate career break to spend time with family and relocate to the Netherlands. During this period, I began learning Dutch and explored practical applications of AI, developing new skills while staying engaged with emerging technologies and their applications in business.
Took part in local sustainability and circular economy initivatives.

Worked on the system redesign project to reduce Qlikview refresh time by almost 40%.

- Delivered fully compliant, audit-ready IFRS17 and segregated fund guaranteed risk capital reporting system on schedule.
- Built and maintained Power BI dashboard and review workbooks, saving 4 hours per review cycle.
- Developed SQL based data validation checks to resolve reporting inaccuracies.
- Worked on QlikView redesign project to reduce refresh time by 40%, drafted BRD and source to tar

- Managed the global staff cost budget, monthly forecast and reporting for a workforce of 10,000+ across 48 countries, analyzed by country, office, department and cost centre.
- Built cost and scenario models to evaluate restructuring and staffing options across North American offices identifying opportunities that reduced costs by 20%. Used the model for staffing for JVs and new businesses.
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- Provided critical insights on monthly trends and variances of staff cost and headcount to global department heads to track the performance of their departments.
- Facilitated effective floor planning across two shared service offices by reporting weekly changes in headcount, removing a recurring operational bottleneck for facilities and HR.
- Validated data quality of time and attendance data du

- Managed the month-end payroll accounting close for 10+ countries, and resolved inherited discrepancies to strengthen financial controls.
- Served as a super user for testing and implementation of Microsoft Navision and ensured smooth adoption across 20+ users
- Led the implementation of a single global payroll provider (Safeguard), coordinating parallel runs and validating payroll outputs with

- Presented monthly variance analysis reports to the management for 9 business units including the retail division.
- Successfully managed debtors amounting to USD 2.3 million.
- Liaised with heads of departments to communicate their sales targets for the quarter and analysed challenges in achieving the same.
- Coordinated with the head office in Muscat and assisted with the daily accounting and m

Led audit teams for statutory audit of public and private limited companies across 4 industries.
Independently handled tax audits and other tax compliance services.
Actively interacted with clients on tax consultation and filing of Income Tax Returns.
Prepared financial statements of companies and filed statutory documents to the Registrar of Companies.

Modules:
Financial mathematics, Business Economics, Statistics, Models, Advanced & Applied Statistics, Mortality, Contingencies, Finance and Financial Reporting, Business Awareness and Critical Thinking

Business law, Business economics, Environmental Studies, Finance Accouting & Auditing, Operational Research.

Sep 2022

May 2026