NELJIN FIND

Financial Controller | Business Division Finance Leader - GCC Kuwait
Al-Mulla Group- T&M Business Division | Shuwaikh I.A, Kuwait | Feb 2024 - Oct 2025
• Finance Controller with P&L ownership for a 100m$ Trading & Manufacturing Division covering Commercial Transport, Office Automation, Power Solutions, Consumer Electronics, and Tours & Travel
• FP&A leader entrusted with Commercial Finance, and Plant Finance across multi-site manufacturing and trading operations, driving budgeting, quarterly forecasts, pricing strategy, profitability and cost optimization.
Managed Business Performance Management (KPIs), MIS Reports supporting executive decision-making and profitability improvement
• Directed end-to-end finance operations including Record-to-Report (RTR), Procure-to-Pay (PTP), Order-to Cash (OTC), Treasury, Cash Flow Management, and Working Capital Optimization
• Led a 22-member finance team delivering financial governance, internal controls (ICFR), audit compliance, and statutory reporting. Led Strategic Initiatives including New Business Integration, Drove ERP Transformation including Oracle ERP rollout and finance process automation

Financial Controller | Country Finance Head (India) |Electrical Sector
Eaton Corporation -GEIS Business, India | Chennai, India | Aug 2018 - Feb 2024

• Head of Finance (India) - key member of the India Leadership Team, acted as strategic partner to the India Leadership Team, providing financial insights, scenario analysis, and recommendations to support growth, profitability, investment, and resource allocation decisions.
• Directed financial oversight of India regional finance operations covering regional sales, EPC projects, manufacturing operations, and large scale R&D center.
• FP&A Ownership - Led end-to-end Annual Operating Budgets, strategic planning, quarterly forecasts, and monthly outlook processes for Eaton’s GEIS India business
• Collaborated with regional and global teams and led business initiatives such as centralizing finance through shared services, modernizing MIS, and consolidation of new business segments into the GEIS division.
• Established KPI-driven performance management processes covering pricing, costing, budgeting, cost optimization, capex planning, and working capital.
• Managed end-to-end finance operations covering FP&A, OTC, PTP, RTR, along with ICFR, GST, Transfer Pricing, Taxation, and all statutory, tax, and cost audits.

Project Finance Controller - Greenfield Investments (Float Glass Facility)
Saint-Gobain Glass, India | Chennai, India | Oct 2015 - Aug 2018

Finance lead for $180M greenfield investment to establish a Float Glass plant. Built the finance function from scratch and managed SAP PS implementation, budgeting, internal controls, insurance, contract governance, and project review dashboards. Conducted financial modeling (IRR, LCC), drove cost reduction initiatives, ensured regulatory compliance, and led successful capex capitalization post-project completion.


Plant Finance Controller -Manufacturing Operations (Tier-1 Automotive)
Saint-Gobain SEKURIT, India | Chennai, India | Dec 2017 - Aug 2018

Managed factory finance operations, including FP&A, costing, budgeting, profitability analysis, and SAP CO reporting. Delivered business insights for commercial and pricing strategies through robust analytics.

Global Business Controller - SEFPRO Division (Fused Cast Refractories)
Saint-Gobain SEFPRO| HQ: Le Pontet, France |

Served as CFO Deputy for the SEFPRO division, overseeing financial reporting and performance management across 10 global manufacturing sites (Revenue: €400m). Led global financial consolidation and MIS initiatives, Commercial Controlling, pricing analytics, sales and ops performance reviews. Enabling commercial pricing and cost decisions, capital planning, pricing analytics, and IT-led finance transformation initiatives.

Plant Finance Controller - Manufacturing Operations (Fused Cast Refractories)
Saint-Gobain SEFPRO, India | Palakkad, India |

Led plant-level finance activities including budgeting, cost control, and SAP CO implementation. Collaborated closely with operations to support continuous improvement programs and drive cost optimization across manufacturing and pricing processes.

Handled costing for 100+ SKUs across five plants. Managed pricing models in SAP, depot performance
analysis, budget controls, and SKU profitability evaluations.

• Led internal audits, implemented costing systems, standardized BOMs, and optimized costing structures
across client engagements.

• Supported finance operations for the mining unit. Handled balance sheet reviews, bank reconciliations,
accounts receivable control, and tax compliance. Gained foundational experience in manufacturing cost flows
and MIS.