CEO

• May 2018 - Present

Group Reporting, Accounting & Controls - Operations - Sr Manager

• Feb 2016 - May 2018

* Successfully transitioned financial reporting activities of entire Unilever group, from London to Bangalore * Responsible for delivering the consolidated Unilever Group Balance Sheet (100+ countries)* Globally leading the financial controls operations for Make-to-deliver (Inventory) process

Global Manager - Financial Controls

• Aug 2012 - Jan 2016

*Setup of a global controls service centre in Bangalore, which is responsible for monitoring Financial Controls of Unilever worldwide, through use of Analytics, SAP, SAP GRC & allied technologies (complete controls chain) *Responsible for ensuring financial controls health for Record to Report process *Service Delivery Manager for North America & parts of Europe – covering 25% of Unilever* Modeled and convinced Big4 audit firms to rewrite their audit methodology and delivered a 30% savings on audit fees* Successfully piloted a new holistic model on Control Analytics – involving Operational Controls, Forensic Accounting, Master Data, Access Controls and various other transactional analytics. Show less

Sr. Manager Assurance - Finance Operation

• Mar 2011 - Jul 2012

*Responsible for all Assurance activities for SBSC Chennai, with around 1800+ Finance Operations Staff, managing around 800+ SOX & Key controls and to establish a robust internal control framework. *Triple hatting with Assurance Leadership role, GRA Centre Manager & Leadership team role & Global GRA focal point for Shell Trading process. *Major responsibilities include Stakeholder management, Reporting on MI GRA, Quality review of all controls tested, to ensure 100% Design effectiveness and 95% Operating effectiveness & managing a direct team of 11 reportees and indirect team of 18 GRA personnel. Show less

Finance Controller

• Oct 2009 - Jan 2011

Oversight on areas of Finance, Accounts, Corporate Legality, Managing Audits, & various stakeholders Oversight on areas of Finance, Accounts, Corporate Legality, Managing Audits, & various stakeholders

Assistant Manager

• Feb 2005 - Oct 2009

Led and managed multiple clients in various projects, including Outsourced Finance controllership, Internal Audits, Financial modelling, ERP feasibility study, SOP preparation. etc As an outsourced Finance Controller for the world’s leading sportswear brand, my specialties included, * Leading the finance team in their daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual closing activities. (also involved ensuring appropriate closure of SD, MM, Asset and FI CO modules) * Performing monthly, quarterly and annual reporting to the Holding company. * Responsible for statutory, tax, transfer pricing and VAT audits * Managing SAP implementation project (as Super user for FICO module) * Developing various tools and templates including assessment questionnaire for Perpetual Inventory cycle counts. * Leading a team of KPMG experts involved in preparing a Finance Operating Manual for various processes including Inter Company Services, Product Costing (in SAP), Accounts Payable/ Receivable, Management Reporting etc Other landmark assignment was, being responsible for the SOX assignment-Accounts Payable process for the world's leading automobile major. This process accounted to around 4800 Million$ and the scope of work involved documentation review, remediation review, test of design, test of operating effectiveness and providing training/ support to handle external auditors Show less

Intern

• 2001 - 2003

As an intern, handling and being core team member of Statutory Audits, Tax Audits, Collateral Audit, Business Case/ Feasibility Report, Payroll Helpdesk, etc. As an intern, handling and being core team member of Statutory Audits, Tax Audits, Collateral Audit, Business Case/ Feasibility Report, Payroll Helpdesk, etc.