Gautam Singh

• Strategic Leadership & Financial Governance: Rose from Individual Contributor to Finance Manager, reporting directly to
the Founding Partners/Directors to drive financial decision-making through budgeting, forecasting, and financial health
analysis — while single-handedly running the entire finance and accounting function for Indias largest trekking organisation
for 7.5 years before building and leading a team of 3 direct reports.
• Corporate Structuring & Compliance: Spearheaded and executed the organisations conversion from a partnership firm to a
Private Limited Company end-to-end, liaising with internal auditors, company secretaries, MCA, and ROC — while
maintaining ongoing statutory compliance and financial statement integrity.
• Scale & Operational Backbone: Supported the companys 3x growth since 2019, managing timely payments to 300+ staff,
vendors, and stakeholders daily across remote Himalayan operations, and partnering with a 400+ member Operations team
to make Finance the operational backbone of the business.
• Technology-Driven Impact: Drove measurable business results through digital transformation — introducing low-code
automation (Google AppSheet), onboarding payment orchestration platforms like Juspay, and lifting customer payment
success rates from ~60% to 92% over three years.
• Cross-Functional & HR Ownership: Took primary ownership of payroll and HR operations for 200+ on-roll employees and
400+ contract staff (salaries, reimbursements, onboarding/exits, group insurance), introducing dedicated payroll and
insurtech platforms to streamline the function.
• Versatility & Organisational Depth: Demonstrated rare cross-functional range — leading treks, contributing to content/SEO,
supporting vendor negotiations, and aiding client conversions — giving a ground-up understanding of the business that few
finance leaders possess.

• P2P Reconciliation & Compliance Ownership: Managed reconciliation of Vendor Liability, Accruals, Inventory and Non
inventory Accounts within R2R General and Statutory Accounting at HP Inc., ensuring adherence to Accounting Policies and
SOX Audit compliance requirements, while cross-referencing supporting documentation in SAP ERP to maintain audit-ready
records.
• Cross-Functional Coordination & Process Improvement: Drove timely liability payoffs and accurate ageing of liabilities by
coordinating across Operations, Controllership, and LTS teams, while contributing to team workflow efficiency, knowledge
sharing, and process automation initiatives at a Fortune 500 global enterprise.

• End-to-End Financial Operations Management: Owned the complete accounting cycle for the firm — general accounting,
cash flow management, payroll processing, receivables/payables, and bank reconciliations — while ensuring expenditure
control through revenue and cost trend analysis to recommend budget levels.
• Compliance, Reporting & Supply Chain Coordination: Prepared and presented financial statements per applicable reporting
frameworks, managed GST and TDS compliance while representing the firm before tax authorities, and coordinated the
order-to-dispatch cycle including purchase requisitions, supplier management, and periodic inventory stock-taking.

• Audit & Financial Management: Led the Audit Engagement Team for 2 years across various firms, public and private
companies, while preparing projected financial statements, analysing budgets and variances, managing
receivables/payables and bank reconciliations, and handling day-to-day accounting and office administration.
• Taxation & Statutory Compliance: Managed end-to-end tax compliance including Income Tax filings for companies and
individuals, VAT/Service Tax/Excise Duty returns, and represented clients before Income Tax Authorities and Tribunals to
resolve assessment discrepancies.