Regional Controller
Clariant Singapore Pte. Ltd
Total years of experience :10 years, 11 Months
Asia
•Strategy development and implementation
•Supports management in developing strategies, business plan and performance measurements
•Helps developing financial plans, objectives and forecasts, breaking down targets within BU
•On request, participates into strategic projects (acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring)
•Support, advise and challenge for BU management
•Provides advice to management on operational business steering
•Analyses BU performance and proposes gap closing and corrective measures
•Monitors financial resources of BU (incl. Capex and NWC)
•Operational business controlling
•Prepares and analyses management information on rolling business performance
•Reviews feasibility studies and Capital Appropriation Requests for investments; conducts financial analysis
•Supports BU with ad-hoc analyses and queries (e.g. margin analyses, product group analyses)
•Project assignments
•Acts as a trainer of the central reporting system (Eureka)
•On request, supports BU and CLN-X projects (CCE, CPS)
•Worked on various M&A projects
•Interface to other controlling groups
•Act as interface with Global BU Controlling, Corporate Controlling
•Actively cooperates with regional and local controlling groups
Asia
• Similar tasks as current position with a different Business Unit
Global Finance
* From Dec’15 to Feb’14 - As a consultant for Advanta Seeds JLT
•Handling the Finance function of Advanta with the core team. Responsibility include :
•Consolidation of financials of Advanta with its subsidiary worldwide.
•MIS and Business review of all global subsidiaries of MIS. Report and analyze financial data including Monthly Income Statements, weekly sales report and other statutory reports.
•Business Planning for India and all subsidiaries overseas.
•Banking, Treasury and Forex management which include managing foreign currency exposure through loans, capital etc.
•Managing holding company investment into subsidiaries abroad.
•Keeping a good control on the investments made in our subsidiary by way of corporate guarantee, loans, preferential shares, equity shares and its accrual of interest etc.
•Manage foreign currency exposures including investments i.e. loans, capital, current account transactions and SWAP transactions
Proven ability to improve operations, impact business growth (sales, profitability, COGS) and maximize profits through achievement in financial management, internal controls and efficiency improvements
•Displayed Excellence in Consolidation of accounts and MIS of 13 Subsidiaries spread across the globe.
•Displayed excellence in investigating & understanding key business issues behind the numbers and providing clear, concise and timely analysis & recommendations to the senior management.
•Exposure in identifying/adopting emerging trends & addressing industry requirements to achieve organizational objectives & profitability norms.
•Worked with the team to adopt the latest changes in Revised Companies Act
Worked on Contract basis with M/s Pramod Goyal & Associates and handled the Balance Sheet Preparation cum Internal Audit of “Municipal Corporation, Ajmer
(Final) - Passed in
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Ist attempt – 49th Rank
Ist Attempt)
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