Praveen Rai, Manager- Finance/ Systems

Praveen Rai

Manager- Finance/ Systems

Etihad Airways

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, finance/ Accounts
Experience
28 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :28 years, 0 Months

Manager- Finance/ Systems at Etihad Airways
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since December 2004

•Managed day - day accounting and controlling coupled with strategic planning, forecast / budget
•Assessed the finance requirement of the company and negotiated with financial institutions
•End to end service management for core business projects - Supporting Finance, Purchasing, IT team
•Aligned ERP solutions with business objective, led selection of appropriate technology and vendor products.
•Ensured delivery / operations support - SLA, quality and Risk, Planning, monitoring and execution in Project
•Ensured legal schedule, cost and contractual compliance on significant multi-year engagements.
•Organized and managed resources, creating project estimates & plans including Work Breakdown Structure,
Project / Contingency Plan & Schedules, identifying risks within scope, quality, time and cost constraints
•Analyzed, developed and implemented strategic business plans & policies, ensuring growth, targeting maximum profitability & cost effectiveness.
•Drove initiatives to identify & understand business requirements for customization & product enhancements, serving as the Single Point of Contact for Delivery and meeting deadlines in compliance to Time & Quality.
•Defined department mission and performance standards across all functional areas and periodically reviewed performance with deft application of concurrent management audit procedures.
•Interacted with the senior management team and associates to facilitate smooth communication to understand and deliver bug free service as per requirements on overall Systems performance and enhancements
•Guided & mentored the team and end-users on implementation and assisted in trouble shooting
•Built the technical competence and resource management evaluations - set up team’s appraisal and goals.
•Provided decision support to senior management in the creation of business reviews and adhoc analysis.

Finance Manager at Space Age Electrical LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 1996 to November 2004

• Responsible for preparing budgets and controlling finance coupled with strategic planning, forecasts and allocations.
• Judiciously initiate, plan, execute, track/monitor, control and close the project as scheduled and implement operational processes for increased efficiency and cost reduction.

• Key player in analysis, development and implementation of strategic business plans & policies, ensuring organizational growth, targeting maximum profitability & cost effectiveness.

Education

Master's degree, finance/ Accounts
  • at The institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • November 1994

Specialties & Skills

Service Delivery
Cost Control
Finance
ERP Management
IT Project Management
ERP- SAP
ERP- Oracle E buiness suite- Finance and Procurement
Prince2
ARIBA system Training

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Internal Quality Audit (ISO 9001-2000) (Training)
Training Institute:
Bureau VERITAS (BVQI);
Date Attended:
May 1999

Hobbies

  • Social Services/ charity
    Arranging food and books for poor children who can not effort to go to school otherwise