Mukesh Agarwal, Head Finance and Accounts

Mukesh Agarwal

Head Finance and Accounts

Aditya Birla Group

Location
India - Kolkata
Education
Master's degree, Chartered Accountant
Experience
11 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months

Head Finance and Accounts at Aditya Birla Group
  • Thailand - Saraburi
  • My current job since July 2022
Commercial and Finance Head at Indorama Koland Fertilizers and Chemicals JSC
  • Uzbekistan - Qoqon
  • October 2019 to June 2022

MIS, Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance analysis, project accounting, account finalization, auditing, handling procurement, statutory compliance, Secretarial compliance, cash flow management etc

Finance Manager at Sameer Agriculture and Livestock (K) Limited
  • Kenya - Nairobi
  • April 2019 to September 2019

Vendor management

Sr Joint Manger Finance and Accounts at Asian Consumer Care Private Limited (Dabur Bangladesh)
  • Bangladesh - Dhaka
  • December 2016 to April 2019

• Supervising full spectrum of accounting activities eg. GL, AP, AR etc in SAP
• Preparing monthly sales flash report
• Annual budgeting and quarterly rolling forecasting
• Monthly MIS reporting, Cost-Revenue (GC) Analysis, Budget variance analysis
• Actual vs Budget overhead variance analysis cost centre wise i.e. corporate, factory and S&M
• Circulating fixed overhead report and Adpro spent summary every month
• Preparing Quarterly Brand wise P&L
• Month end closing of accounts and reviewing provision and prepaid schedule
• Generating vendor ageing, debtors ageing, inventory report and suggest necessary action
• Supervise and direct secretarial work related to board meetings and board resolutions
• Preparing financial statements
• Evaluation of project based on cost benefit analysis to arrive at its financial feasibility
• Supervise audit related activities and implement & reduce audit observations
• Assisting CFO on Quarterly review presentation to senior executives and Board members
• Managing monthly primary Trade scheme in SAP
• Ensuring compliance with statutory requirement
• Executing monthly standard cost run
• Reviewing product costing facilitating price fixing
• Handling foreign remittance to auditors and group companies
• Periodical reviewing and clearing of clearing accounts like GRN, SRN
• Renewal of Licenses & Agreements
Highlights:
• Monthly MIS reporting within 4th from 7th of the following month. This has become possible with the proper allocation of month end activities among the team member.
• Statutory compliance by ensuring consistent TDS and VAT deposit within due date. Before, these were deposited by the end of the following month resulting in non compliance with statutory requirement.
• Liaised with bank and encashed bank guarantee when customer failed to make the payment

Assistant Manager (Accounts) at SICIE LDA
  • Angola
  • April 2015 to April 2016

• Supervising full spectrum of accounting activities (daily, quarterly) eg. GL, AP, AR etc in SAP
• Preparing monthly sales flash report
• Preparing Annual budget and Quarterly forecasts
• Preparing various MIS like Monthly Profitability Report, Cost-Revenue (GC) Analysis, Budget variance analysis
• Carrying out actual vs budget overhead variance analysis cost centre wise i.e. corporate, factory and S&M
• Preparing Quarterly Brand wise P&L
• Preparing financial statements
• Ensuring timely closing of monthly accounts and preparation of various schedules
• Generating and providing accurate and timely results in the form of reports
• Reviewing & approving all entries to the ledger and ensuring accuracy, accountability and transparency
• Supervise and direct secretarial work related to board meetings and board resolutions
• Uploading Capex Budget in PAW and approving and recommending Capex approval as required
• Supervise and direct audit related activities and implement & reduce audit observations
• Assisting CFO on presentation to senior executives and Board members
• Ensuring compliance with statutory requirement
• Executing monthly standard cost run
• Handling foreign remittance to auditors and group companies
• Preparing and implementing finance related SOPs like SOP on month end closing activities, duties and taxes
• Periodical reviewing and clearing of clearing accounts like GRN, SRN
• Renewal of Licenses & Agreements

Fund Accountant at HSBC
  • India - Kolkata
  • October 2014 to February 2015

Statutory Reporting
Reporting to: Manager (Statutory Reporting)
Job profile:-
• Preparing financial statement, Portfolio statement and OCF statement
• Carrying out roll forward and Ledger reconciliations (CARS)
• Checking for soft trades and recommending period closure
• Running diary scheduler on ICON
• Using ICON accounting package to generate reports
• Using MS Access to load and generate reports
• Passing entries in MS Access

Officer Accounts at BRG Group
  • India - Kolkata
  • April 2012 to August 2014

Reporting to: Accounts Manager and General Manager
Job Profile:-
• Preparing financial statement and schedules thereon
• XBRL filing of financial statement
• Reconciliation of general ledger and sub-ledger accounts
• Inter company reconciliations
• Excise reconciliation as per books with return
• Preparing Fixed Assets register
• Accounting for Fixed Assets and depreciation thereon
• Reviewing year end closing entries
• Computing employees taxable income and TDS thereon
• Checking and arranging timely payment of TDS on a monthly basis ensuring statutory compliance
• Computing wealth tax, income tax and preparing and filing return there of
• Working knowledge on vat and service tax
• Creating supplier code, general ledger and sub-ledger code in the ERP
• Processing travelling bills as per the company policy
• Monitoring petty cash expenses and accounting thereof
• Coordinating with Auditors
• Email communications using Microsoft outlook
• Any other work assigned from time to time
Accounts Payable
• Invoice processing in ERP corresponding to Purchase order
• Resolving invoice discrepancies
• Reconciling vendor ledger
• Monitoring Accounts payable to ensure payments are up to date
• Advising payment to the suppliers
• Corresponding with vendors and reacting to their inquiries
Accounts Receivable
• Customers ledger scrutiny
• Customers ledger reconciliation

Education

Master's degree, Chartered Accountant
  • at ICAI
  • May 2011

Accounting, Finance, Auditing and Taxation and Law

Master's degree, Company Secretary
  • at ICSI
  • June 2009

Company Law

Bachelor's degree, B.Com (Honours)
  • at Calcutta University
  • July 2007

Commerce Graduate

Specialties & Skills

Finance
Accounting
Budgeting
MS Excel
MS Word
Finance
Variance analysis
team member and individual contributor
Accounts
result oriented and problem solving
Budgeting and Forecasting
Ms Outlook
ability to meet deadlines
multi tasking
Treasury function
Reconciliations
Auditing
Financial statement
cash management
Taxation
Accounts payable
Costing
Secretarial work
Accounts receivable
SAP FICO
Month end closing
Legal and Statutory compliance

Languages

English
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert
Bengali
Intermediate

Memberships

ICAI
  • Chartered Accountant
  • July 2011

Training and Certifications

Computer Training Course (Training)
Training Institute:
SSI Educare
Duration:
250 hours

Hobbies

  • Cricket, football, music, movie, net surfing