Amit Daga, Finance manager

Amit Daga

Finance manager

Finance House

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
20 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 5 Months

Finance manager at Finance House
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since September 2018

FH is a non-banking financial institution. It offers a complete & comprehensive range of products ranging from Personal Loan, Corporate Finance, Credit Card etc. FH is regulated by the Central Bank of the UAE & listed on the Abu Dhabi Exchange
 Lead the business finance function, which involves Management Reporting, Budgeting & Performance management.
 Monthly closing for management books after performing all checks, reconciliations and in compliance with all policies.
 Providing monthly pack to the management, business & cost centers on financial performance & health of business.
 Conduct and lead the monthly business review meetings by presenting the meaningful information in clear, concise and summarized manner to narrate performance with leading & lagging indicators with areas to focus on to meet targets.
 Enable waterfall analysis on Risks & opportunities to help business in visualizing the targets & gaps by providing clear visibility on the current run rates along with estimated future income flow to achieve a more realistic forecast.
 Drive a disciplined cost culture with cost intelligence that allows the management team to tightly manage controllable costs
 Budget preparation based on discussions with business head/ operational stakeholders aligned with business strategy.
 Analyzing audit requirements & validating process, implementing recommendations for process improvement.

Senior Finance Manager at Landmark Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2015 to August 2018

Group is involved in retailing of apparel, footwear, electronics, hotels, home improvement, baby products, restaurants, mall management etc. Its annual Turnover is more than $5 Bn. They have operation more than 1000 outlets in 20 countries
 Responsible for consolidation of financial reports for MENA region with revenues in excess of AED 500 Million.
 VAT implementation, assessment & compliance in UAE & KSA along with process changes, operating model and IT System
 Developed Group Reporting Pack for all business segments which will provide all KPI at one place with Current, PY & budget comparison in numerical and graphical form with comparison between any number of units and regions with one click.
 Provide strategic decision support to management through analyzing trend, risk, opportunities & key business drivers.
 Innovative & bring out novel ideas to accelerate both top & bottom-line growth with capacity utilization, new line of revenue
 Lead financial control processes to ensure all controls are effective & issues are highlighted & resolved in timely manner.
 Partnering with Business heads to meet financial targets & flag risk/issues on a timely basis along with financial Impact.
 Preparation of monthly Performance Packs for business heads covering trends, variance analysis, volumes/margin analysis
 Monitor tracking mechanism of overheads' costs for influencing appropriate action & maximization of business objectives
 Feasibility analysis of all new ventures, Club Opening and third party agreement
 Involved in extensive business planning, five-year business projections, Cash flow planning, feasibility analysis

Business Controller at KGK Group
  • Hong Kong
  • June 2014 to June 2015

KGK Group is a Billion Dollar organization founded in 1905. It is a leading Global business house in the B2B Segment of Diamond, Jewelry, Gemstones, etc. Its Headquartered out of Hong Kong with a global presence across the globe.
 Analyzed risks for business lines and formulated Risk & Control Matrix based on Risk Assessment to ensure whether key controls exist to mitigate the risks identified and the magnitude of risk tolerance for acceptance.
 Participated in management meetings on a concurrent basis to discuss emerging issues impacting existing internal controls, regulatory framework, accounting / auditing standards and provided appropriate suggestions on areas of key concerns
 Drafted & harmonized the Accounting Policy of over 110 companies as per IFRS (spread across 20 countries worldwide).
 Consolidation of financial of Group as per IFRS along with eliminating & reconciliation of group Companies Transactions.
 Reviewing financials for each company as per local accounting standards and amending it to as per IFRS.

Assistant general manager finance at Adhunik Group of Companies
  • India - Kolkata
  • November 2011 to June 2014

Adhunik Group has a chain of value-added products including carbon and alloy steel billets, auto-grade steel rolled products, rounds and flats, TMT bars, wire rods, sponge iron, pig iron, Ferro manganese, Silico manganese products etc.
 Experience in leading and managing end-to-end process development and transition with experience in initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & controlling processes for P2P, O2C & R2R.
 Set-up Centralized Shared Service Centre at Adhunik for development of Daily dashboard, Monthly MIS, Budgetary Control, Cash Flow Planning, Central Sales Tax, Orders, Debtors and Branch related activities
 Designed and Implemented Debtors tracking, Sales Tax Forms tracking & Logistic tracking system into SAP.
 Closely interaction with Production, Logistic and Marketing for timely delivery of material to customers.
 Sale order approval after reviewing Cost Benefit analysis, Payment history and overdue.
 Designed and Implemented several Reports into SAP related to Debtors and Logistic for simplification of job.
 Interacting with Legal team and take necessary legal action against disputed Customer and do settlement

Finance Manager at Bharti Enterprises
  • India - Delhi
  • April 2010 to November 2011

Bharti Enterprises is one of India’s leading telecom group in the globe. Group has 14 companies under his umbrella including Telecom Giant Bharti Airtel. I was part of Comviva Technology Ltd. who is the global leader in providing mobile solutions.
 Prepared Financial Statements and Consolidation of Group Companies as per schedule-VI of Company Law
 Leading the Statuary Audit & Preparing the Audit Plan with auditors & ensuring the timely closure for the same
 Preparation of variation report between standard and actual cost also between budget & actual
 Within 3 Months I did 50 Projects approval from Reserve Bank of India & Authorized Dealer at Bharti.
 Preparing all documents for foreign payment & foreign receipt like Letter for bank, Form 15CA etc.
 Preparing documents for Project approval from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) & Authorized Dealer (AD)

Finance Controller at ABB Limited
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2007 to March 2011

ABB is a global leader in power & automation technologies with history of 120 yrs. Company employs more than 150, 000 people & operates in more than 100 countries. It helps his customer to use electrical power efficiently to increase productivity
 Supporting Division CEO & Division CFO of ABB in Business function
 Generate detailed MIS for presentation to the company board and senior management of ABB
 Consolidation of Monthly/Quarterly/ annual Financials of the division as per US-GAAP
 Publishing, Analyzing and Monitoring KPIs and productivity at a Business Unit level in different parameters
 Controlling the Projects & Responsible for Project cost control, profitability check & financial review activities

Audit Manager at B.Narayan & Associates
  • India - Kolkata
  • December 2003 to January 2007

B. Narayan & Associates. Kolkata CA - Articleship/ Training Dec 03 - Jan 07 B. Narayan & Associate’s is one of the leading CA Firm at Kolkata. My exp. in firm includes 3 Yrs. Articleship

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Symbiosis Institute of Business School
  • April 2012
Master's degree, Business Finance
  • at Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India
  • April 2008
Master's degree, Business and Finance
  • at Institute of Company Secretary of India
  • June 2007
Master's degree, Chartered Accountant
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • November 2006
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Calcutta University
  • January 2004

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Specialties & Skills

Controlling
Strategising
Cash Flow
Budgeting
ACCOUNTANCY
ADVERTISING
AUDITING
AUTOMATION
BUDGETING
CASH FLOW
BUSINESS PLANS

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
  • Member
  • November 2006

Training and Certifications

Diploma in Business Finance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2008
Certified in Mutual Fund (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2005
Certified in IFRS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2009

Hobbies

  • Cricket