Manoj Sivadas

• Owned end-to-end financial reporting responsibility, covering statutory accounts, management reporting, and
project accounting.
• Led a full-cycle Oracle Financials EBS implementation, covering GL, AP, AR, Cash Management, Fixed Assets,
Inventory, Purchasing, Projects, Manufacturing (BOM and Routing), and SCM modules, from requirements gathering
and BPR through go-live and stabilization
• Oversaw project costing, milestone billing, revenue recognition, unbilled receivables, and unearned revenue,
proactively identifying contractual, financial, and margin risks and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Improved margin visibility through detailed analysis of WIP, yield loss, and overhead absorption
• Optimized inventory valuation and reduced SLOB exposure through tighter supply chain and forecasting controls.
Receivables management; reduced Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) from 1 10 days to 60 days, significantly improving
cash flow.
• Strengthened budgetary governance, MIS reporting, and executive dashboards, improving visibility into cost drivers,
profitability, and operational performance across manufacturing and project environments.
• Led annual operating planning, rolling forecasts, and cash flow management in close partnership with business and
project leaders, supporting strategic priorities and disciplined operational execution.O
• Played a key role in finance transformation and ERP-enabled process redesign, creating integrated financial and
operational workflows and enforcing robust internal control frameworks across the organization.
• Served as finance system owner, ensuring data integrity across ERP sub-ledgers and modules; worked closely with
internal and external auditors to support statutory and internal audits.
• Acted as a core finance team member during the Oracle-to-SAP system migration, ensuring continuity of financial
data, controls, and reporting.

• Led finance function covering reporting, costing, working capital management, and statutory compliance.
• Strengthened budgetary governance and MIS frameworks, enhancing transparency into margins, pricing effectiveness,
and key cost drivers.
• Drove detailed cost analysis and control across material, labor, and overhead, monitoring BOMs, routings, WIP, and
COGS to strengthen cost transparency across manufacturing and project operations.
• Implemented rigorous cost accounting and pre-emptive cost control mechanisms, leveraging BOM-driven analysis
and variance tracking to deliver ~20% margin improvement across manufacturing and project portfolios.
• Embedded cost and consumption controls at shop-floor level to prevent margin leakage.
• Supported executive leadership with detailed financial analysis and actionable insights, enabling informed, data-driven
decisions across manufacturing, supply chain, and project execution.
• Led development of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and cash flow projections, providing leadership with
forward-looking insights to support informed decision-making
• Improved project financial governance by introducing structured cost and margin review processes, strengthening
Sales-to-Operations handover and accountability across project lifecycles.