GIRIJA RAJEEV

• Understand the key revenue, profit and cost drivers in the business, ensuring that risks & opportunities are highlighted and mitigated to promote internal & external growth.
• Focus and drive on working capital improvement / cash flows as per agreed targets.
• Prepare & review Monthly board pack, Group pack & other relevant reports.
• Manage, lead and develop the team and ensure quality reports are being delivered in time and financial best practices are being adopted across the business in compliance with all internal Control process & procedures.
• Ensure adequate performance targets & stringent financial controls are in place in line with the budget & KPI’s

Manage the entire Finance & Accounting, Reporting, controlling& MIS function of the Middle East (UAE, Saudi & Iraq) with a five-member team and advice & support management with proper financial tools & information to facilitate sound decision making.

Detailed Role

Financial Perspective

• Manage day to day functions of the department.
• Ensure error free Books of accounts complying with IAS.
• Consolidation of Group Financials: Assist CFO in consolidation of Middle East Financials &overall result analysis
• MIS: Prepare analyze & submit monthly financial reports in line with IFRS guidelines and submission of the same to corporate office & management within the deadline.
• Budgeting, Forecasting & controlling: Initiate, prepare, consult & compile the budget figures with various business units and perform further analysis with real facts prior to management discussion & approval.
• Cash flow & working capital management: Manage & maintain a positive cash flow & working capital for the entire region in line with current & forecasted cash flow.
• Review & authorize weekly A/c payable run.
• Credit Management & control: Ageing analysis of customer receivables on a regular basis and make sure critical over dues is being actioned accordingly.
• Process management: Regular review of various finance process for improvement & to streamline workflows.
• Contract management: ensure the contractual terms agreed are as per company policies & procedures especially in terms of payment terms & guarantees.
• Cost control : Evaluate the overall cost structure and suggest areas of cost reduction .
• Supervise annual audit (Internal & external)

Business Perspective

• Analyze & evaluate all business proposals & highlighting issues & areas of concerns to influence proper decision making & support the business to implement most competitive proposal.
• Regular review of business performance based on Benchmarks, KPI’s & recommend improvements for lower performing profit centres.
• Enhance financial awareness to the business managers and share the responsibility as an equal partner in new projects undertaken to improve the financial performance; financial service delivery on a pro-active basis.
• Actively support the business team in planning, budgeting & forecasting process.
• KPI’S - Agreeing & Assisting in setting of the financial KPI’s with department heads. Monitor the KPIs and influence decision-makers to continually improve KPIs at a departmental level.
• Make sure enough resources are budgeted towards financial targets.
• Review existing process & implement required changes to achieve effective PIP delivery
• Ensure optimum utilization of all available resources through regular review of process & procedures.
• Ensure that the performance and development of the team are managed in a
timely and effective manner.
• Review the business risk in a financial perspective and suggest measures for control.
• Main point of contact for the external auditors, Banks, suppliers& customers.

Managing the entire Accounting & controlling function of the Middle East (UAE, Oman, Bahrain & Qatar) with a seven member team. Assist Finance Manager in Planning, forecasting, Budgeting, Monthly Reporting, controlling & performance Management.

Detailed Role:
• Manage day to day Accounting function of the organization in compliance to tight deadlines.
• General ledger maintenance: Review & maintain reconciled general ledger for the preparation of management reports and make sure all subledgers ((A/P, A/R, Fixed assets & payroll) are reconciled & updated.
• Profit centre & cost centre accounting : Ensure all profit centres & cost centres are being updated & reconciled .
• Fixed asset management: Review & maintain the detailed asset Register as per company policies.
• Overdue Management: Review & authorize weekly Accounts payable run. Customer over dues are to be reviewed in a regular basis with specific action points for critical over dues.
• Project management: Analyze project cost & revenue to make sure all the projects are with an updated status in terms of revenue, cost & provisions .monitor WIP financing on project wise to ensure the prompt invoicing.
• Budgeting & controlling: Support business unit heads by providing accurate management accounting info for Budget plans & operation & pricing decisions. Work closely with various business units to ensure accurate & timely info for Budget Build up & related reviews. Participate in planning the objectives.
• Control & compliance: ensure all the routines & process in the departments are in compliance to internal control policies & procedures & industry standards .
• Treasury: Coordinate with group treasury for cash reserve & deal booking.
• Audit & other adhoc tasks: Responsible for clearing audit queries & related tasks for AFS.