Group Finance Manager
Aujan Group Holding
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :27 years, 8 أشهر
Group Finance Manager & Head of Shared Services- Aujan Group Holding, Dubai
Leading Diversified Group in Beverages, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Hospitality, Mining, Industrial supplies & Investments. Partner with Coca Cola in soft drink segment.
Responsibilities includes Financial and Strategic Planning, Group Treasury management, Group Shared Service, Cash flow, Financing, Investments, ERP and Financial Systems & Controls Implementation, Financial Accounting & Audits, Tax, Budget, Financial and Business Modelling, Variance analysis, Compliance, Payroll, AP & CSR.
Core responsibilities include managing treasury, cash flow, banking, escrow accounts set up, RERA audits & legal compliance, planning & budgets. Overseeing AR, Collections, AP processes, including identification of solutions and improvements in the existing processes.
Responsibilities: MIS, policies & procedures. • Consolidation, US GAAP & IFRS. • AOP, Budgeting, •MIS. • Audits. Setting up the finance function for Mauritius, Pakistan & Egypt operations and monitoring the reporting progress. •AR, AP, payroll & general administration. Sarbanes & Oxley (SOX) related control implementation for its Gulf, India, Pakistan, Egypt and Mauritius (EMEA) operations.
Associated with A F Ferguson & Co., one of the Indian member firms of Deloitte, as Assistant Manager in its Audit division at Mumbai. Firm provides Audit, Tax, Advisory and Management & SOX consultancy services to some of the multinationals and India’s most prestigious and well respected business houses.
Period: August 2004 to March 2005
Essential responsibilities includes but not limited to:
• Finalizing the accounts of various clients with tax planning etc.
• Representing clients in various income tax assessment matters including block assessments, hearings, appeal matters etc.
• Manage staff, planning, organizing, directing, and monitoring of audit operations including assisting in the training and evaluating staff, taking corrective actions to address performance problems.
• Manage the audit staff in conducting interviews, reviewing documents, developing and administrating surveys, prepare summary memos and working papers.
• Manage the performance of audit procedures including identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing and analyzing evidence, and documenting client process and procedures.
• Manage the identification and evaluation of the organization’s risk areas & provide major input to the development of the annual audit plan.
• Communicate the result of the audit and consulting projects via written reports and oral presentation to the partners and management.
• Communicate with the managements regarding the discrepancies and advise to take the remedial actions.
• Drafting audit reports, review reports on financial statements and appeals related to direct tax..
• Develops and maintain productive client, staff & management relationships.
Firm: Mumbai based Chartered Accountants firm rendering services in the field of Statutory Audits, Tax Audits, Bank Audits, Management & Operational Audits, Internal audits, System Evaluation & Implementation, Project Finance, Direct taxation, Company law and other professional services can add value to the clients business.
During the article ship period and there after with M/s V.K.Beswal & Associates, Mumbai, conducted and finalized audits of various Limited companies, partnership firms, trusts etc. in different industry segments and quite conversant with income tax matters
Period: September 1996 to November 1999
Position last held: Asst. Manager (Accounts & Audits)
Secured 46th Rank in India in CA intermediate examination
