Sr. Director - Head of Finance

• May 2023 - Present

Sr. Director - Finance Controller

• Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

Responsible for managing the entire finance function of the corporate entity reporting to group CFO. Transitioned the process from a 3rd party in CA, USA to shared service center at Bangalore. Responsible for recruitment, training, and performance management of the team. Developed a robust month end close and reporting process. Flux Analysis and commentary on P&L, Budget vs Actuals with commentary and rolling forecast. Devise purchase and T&E policy, managed Accounts Payable… Show more Responsible for managing the entire finance function of the corporate entity reporting to group CFO. Transitioned the process from a 3rd party in CA, USA to shared service center at Bangalore. Responsible for recruitment, training, and performance management of the team. Developed a robust month end close and reporting process. Flux Analysis and commentary on P&L, Budget vs Actuals with commentary and rolling forecast. Devise purchase and T&E policy, managed Accounts Payable, receivables, payroll, monitor and review supplier/employee expenses and payments. Coordinate with auditors and tax consultants to finalize the financials and tax returns. Oversee MEC, transfer pricing calculations and allocate charge backs to group companies from India Share Services and intercompany billing and capital reconciliation. Liaising with various department heads to gather information required for department level budget, consolidation of BU budgets and prepare Annual Operating Plan. Managed consolidated planning & reporting using Oracle PBCS / SmartView interfacing with NetSuite. Implementation of US GAAP ASC 842 lease, ASC 810 Consolidation, manually consolidated 25 plus entities, and ASC 805 Business Combinations.

Finance Controller

• Sep 2019 - Apr 2022

Finance Controller

• Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

Controller of India BPO operations, reporting to Corporate Controller / CFO. Responsible for Financial reporting and MIS. Preparation of Annual operating plan, rolling forecasts and ensure profitability in line with plan. Variance analysis for project budget vs actual. Provide inputs to management on project resourcing to ensure margin targets are met. Transfer pricing cost model and related documentation Audit co-ordination; worked closely with auditors for… Show more Controller of India BPO operations, reporting to Corporate Controller / CFO. Responsible for Financial reporting and MIS. Preparation of Annual operating plan, rolling forecasts and ensure profitability in line with plan. Variance analysis for project budget vs actual. Provide inputs to management on project resourcing to ensure margin targets are met. Transfer pricing cost model and related documentation Audit co-ordination; worked closely with auditors for finalizing. Tax and statutory compliance. Cost control measures, buy or lease decision making. Vendor negotiation. Overseeing the accounting in NetSuite, revenue recognition, project level P&L review. MEC – Revenue recognition, accruals, depreciation, amortizations, project level P&L review. Interacting with various stakeholders on deliverables.

Finance Manager

• May 2016 - Jan 2018

End-to-end accounting, Month End Close Financial reporting, providing business insights to Regional CEO. Annual Operating Plan Tax & Transfer Pricing Audit co-ordination

Manager

• Dec 2014 - May 2016

Controller role - Managed a team of General Accounting & Inter Company accounting for Honeywell. Resource planning &, work allocation. Stakeholder (client) management Dashboards / MIS /Metrics and Decks for regular business updates to all stakeholders Review and approve journals Review of reconciliations, open items tracking / reduction. Process stabilisation, transformation and automation Conducting annual performance appraisal of direct reports, determining their… Show more Controller role - Managed a team of General Accounting & Inter Company accounting for Honeywell. Resource planning &, work allocation. Stakeholder (client) management Dashboards / MIS /Metrics and Decks for regular business updates to all stakeholders Review and approve journals Review of reconciliations, open items tracking / reduction. Process stabilisation, transformation and automation Conducting annual performance appraisal of direct reports, determining their rating, monitoring their individual development plans, with an objective to partner in their professional growth program. Show less Controller role - Managed a team of General Accounting & Inter Company accounting for Honeywell. Resource planning &, work allocation. Stakeholder (client) management Dashboards / MIS /Metrics and Decks for regular business updates to all stakeholders Review and approve journals Review of reconciliations, open items tracking / reduction. Process stabilisation, transformation and automation Conducting annual performance appraisal of direct reports, determining their… Show more Controller role - Managed a team of General Accounting & Inter Company accounting for Honeywell. Resource planning &, work allocation. Stakeholder (client) management Dashboards / MIS /Metrics and Decks for regular business updates to all stakeholders Review and approve journals Review of reconciliations, open items tracking / reduction. Process stabilisation, transformation and automation Conducting annual performance appraisal of direct reports, determining their rating, monitoring their individual development plans, with an objective to partner in their professional growth program. Show less

Financial Account Manager

• Mar 2012 - Nov 2014

Controller for Enterprise Services projects and corporate IT equipment leases. Controller for Enterprise Services projects and corporate IT equipment leases.

Financial Analyst

• Jan 2010 - Aug 2011

Financial Reporting for Archon, a 100% affiliate of Goldman Sachs Inc specialising in real estate projects, real estate backed loans, distressed loan portfolios and development projects. Analysing the existing systems, automating process using MS - Excel macros (VBA). Financial Reporting for Archon, a 100% affiliate of Goldman Sachs Inc specialising in real estate projects, real estate backed loans, distressed loan portfolios and development projects. Analysing the existing systems, automating process using MS - Excel macros (VBA).

Sr. Executive - Corporate Finance

• Jun 2007 - Jan 2010

Treasury - Overall management of funds for Aircel Group companies, providing funds required by different branches. Investing surplus cash in fixed deposits or mutual funds based on the returns, exposure and timing. Recommend liquidation of investment to meet expenditure. Preparation of cashflow forecasts and funding plans for top management. Extraction, analysis and reporting on industry subscriber and revenue data. Accounting for treasury transactions in SAP. Coordinating… Show more Treasury - Overall management of funds for Aircel Group companies, providing funds required by different branches. Investing surplus cash in fixed deposits or mutual funds based on the returns, exposure and timing. Recommend liquidation of investment to meet expenditure. Preparation of cashflow forecasts and funding plans for top management. Extraction, analysis and reporting on industry subscriber and revenue data. Accounting for treasury transactions in SAP. Coordinating accounts payable (AP) to main vendors / suppliers as per PO or contract terms. Training, supervising and monitoring the performance of Management Trainees. Actively participated in planning & documentation of INR 800 crore fund / non-fund facility from SBI. Show less Treasury - Overall management of funds for Aircel Group companies, providing funds required by different branches. Investing surplus cash in fixed deposits or mutual funds based on the returns, exposure and timing. Recommend liquidation of investment to meet expenditure. Preparation of cashflow forecasts and funding plans for top management. Extraction, analysis and reporting on industry subscriber and revenue data. Accounting for treasury transactions in SAP. Coordinating… Show more Treasury - Overall management of funds for Aircel Group companies, providing funds required by different branches. Investing surplus cash in fixed deposits or mutual funds based on the returns, exposure and timing. Recommend liquidation of investment to meet expenditure. Preparation of cashflow forecasts and funding plans for top management. Extraction, analysis and reporting on industry subscriber and revenue data. Accounting for treasury transactions in SAP. Coordinating accounts payable (AP) to main vendors / suppliers as per PO or contract terms. Training, supervising and monitoring the performance of Management Trainees. Actively participated in planning & documentation of INR 800 crore fund / non-fund facility from SBI. Show less

Finance Executive

• Aug 2006 - Jun 2007

Consolidated Financial Reporting, Foreign revenue, SAP Migration Consolidated Financial Reporting, Foreign revenue, SAP Migration

Audit Assistant

• Nov 2004 - Aug 2006

Statutory & Tax audit of Listed, private & partnerships Statutory & Tax audit of Listed, private & partnerships