Chief Financial Officer
Al Faleh Holdings
Total years of experience :26 years, 1 Months
Actively working with Chairperson and CEO on strategic matters.
Negotiation of Strategic partnership agreement to bring saving in royalty & other commercials. Feasibility study for expansion. Borrowings & Funds management.
Finance, Accounts, Established Budgeting & Control for multiple entities, Commercial control.
Supervision of purchase Function to ensure competitive pricing. Compliance.
Meeting investors to communicate on performance & plans.
Actively working with CEO on new initiatives. Financial Modeling & viability of new businesses
supported in investment decisions. Tender submission for BOT Projects.
Arranged Funding at competitive terms for projects minimized the risk & interest costs.
Strategic role - Prior to & post acquisition of company. Cash Flow control across projects.
Managing the Finance of Real Estate portfolio of sixteen properties (Multi-billion QAR)
Budgetary Control over rentals & property maintenance expenses (over QAR 350 million p.a.)
Finance & Accounts. Monitoring personal Equity investment (Multi-foreign currency).
Asset Management Company (Private Equity): (USD 2 Billion)
Finance & Accounts, Budgeting, MIS, Banking, Reporting to holding company.
Arranged funding at competitive rate to buyback the Funds Unit by AMC. Monitoring the credit facility and covenants. Direct & indirect taxes, Transfer pricing. SOX Compliance- Risk Management.
SAP system implementation & Accounting Manual.
Real Estate Fund:
Financial statement, MIS & Cash-flow, Arranged Bridge Loan at competitive rate, Co-ordination for Valuation of Portfolio companies/investments. Performance / NAV / MOC analysis.
Treasury function for 20+entities. (AMC, Funds, SPVs) (US$200Mn):
Comply with Treasury policy, Dealing MF Houses. Maximising yield & tax planning.
Head Finance: Pidilite Indust. Ltd, India's leading Adhesive Company. (Nov 09 - Mar 10)
Madura Garments - (India's premier Apparel retail company Rev - USD 200 Million)
Review of financial statements, Management reporting,
Capex control and evaluation, Control over cash & inventory across stores. Established Cash Management Facility & disbursement system. Achieved savings in Insurance cost by negotiating at group level, Improvement in Forex hedging policy, Strategic Financial Planning during financial crisis of 2008 implemented new initiative to improve liquidity and profitability.
Aditya Birla Chemicals Ltd - Rayong Thailand (Chemical Manufacturing company)
Supervised Finance, Accounts & Commercial control, Budgeting, MIS, Banking, Taxation,
Worked closely with technical team in analysing operational performance against budget, helped in cost control in raw material & utility costs. Evaluation of Capex schemes & monitoring its performance. Supervision of HR & Logistic function. Coordinator for SAP & IT Security.
Leading manufacturer of Soap, Palm oil (Refinery) and cooking oil & Ghee.
Preparation of Business Plan of three factories, Finance, Accounts, Budgeting, Costing & Banking.
Worked closely with technical team in Analysing operational performance & improved profitability.
Achieved Cost savings by specific study conducted i) Recovery of bye-product ii) Analysis of Process Loss and Utility consumption iii) Review of stock valuation systems. iv) Variance analysis
v) Identifying bottlenecking issues vii) Downtime analysis
Financial, Operational and Systems Audit
Review of operations and systems of various business functions with a view to control cost, comply.
with policy and effective use of resources and sharing best practices
Project Audit (a) Analysis of the costing at tender stage, cost variance & profitability audit.
(b) Subcontracting activity, Input output analysis - materials & labour. (c) Time management.
Systems audit of ERP modules and applications including review of functionality and controls.
Financial Management, Accounting, Taxation, Costing, Risk Management & Auditing,
Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI)