Regional CFO for Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Inchcape Shipping Services
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :26 years, 6 أشهر
Key Deliverables:-
Currently in charge of 7 legal entities in 4 different countries in the East African region which includes Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and interfacing with other offices of the group in United Kingdom, Belgium, South Africa and Middle East.
New Business plans and projections including MOU’s, agreements etc. for expansion and growth into new countries and verticals.
Handling the Finance, IT, Accounting, Budgeting, Reporting, Treasury Support Regional Strategy Plan and Growth objectives, Corporate Policies and procedure compliance.
Adhering to strict reporting deadlines and consolidating reports for the region to the group.
Analyzing business profitability and performance, with ability to leverage business partnerships very effectively.
Interface with Banks, Legal and Statutory Compliances.
Facilitating corporate compliance & internal controls.
Highlights:-
Deftly completed the acquisition and integration of a company in Mauritius.
Inchcape Africa ranked No1 in reporting and Finance management in the whole of Inchcape group across the globe
Directly managing:
o The diverse geographical location of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Mauritius.
o A team of 31 across various geographical locations.
Arranged Capital funding for the expansion project of the company.
Efficiently deployed Dashboards and balance scorecards for performance monitoring and evaluate periodic results against key success measures.
Skilfully restructured the cost allocation process to provide stream/segment managers with a clearer understanding of the cost and the services being provided and key variable, resulting in increase of margins.
Facilitated project management of complete setup of Container/logistics Yard, right from purchase of land to completion of the civil works and delivering it to the business manager.
Adeptly managed the roll out of ORACLE HYPERION system in the region.
Was team leader in the regional cluster for the roll out of Global HR management system - WORKDAY
Effectively directing all accounting and finance functions for all business units, as well as financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, cash management and auditing.
Set up job/batch costing automation process for better revenue management.
Pivotally set up accounting group for shared services for maintenance of accounts and finance in the region, set up processes to ensure timely accounting and reporting for all legal entities in the region.
Earned “surpass” in last performance appraisal
Stellar in :
o Continuous business process review to improve the bottom-line.
o Continuous monitoring of key business drivers which has served as catalyst for regional revenue and net contribution growth of over 250%.
Managing receivables and payables management and maximize cash available for business.
Formalized a plan that clearly defined business segment objectives and explicitly linked budgets to business objectives.
Control of expenses through rigorous monitoring against the defined KPIs.
Ethics Compliance across the region.
Facilitated decision making process towards pricing/business approvals/profitability and future orientation towards strategy formulation for execution by the operations team.
Supervised accounting, forecasting and reporting functions, managed and directed financial modelling and analysis, operating budgets, business plans and P&L performance reviews.
Spearheaded the finance function of 8 legal entities in same number of countries.
Arranged Capital funding approvals of $15million in Uganda for the expansion project of the Company.
Accountable for managing the accounts under IFRS, getting periodic audits done by KPMG.
Preparation of annual budgets and analyzing the variance versus the actual.
Facilitated timely reporting under strict deadlines to the management.
Handled regulatory accounting and preparing the Agenda, Board notes of the Board meetings.
Served as a key member of team implementing ERP.
Information assimilation from units, evaluation of their performance and assist in strategic planning, interacting with senior professionals internally.
Liaising and corresponding independently and reviewing performance pertaining to MIS Reports.
Efficiently facilitated maintenance of corporate accounts, branch controlling for internal control on receipts and control of expenditure.
2012 Public Accountant from The Institute of Public Accountants of Australia. 2010 Management Accountant from The Institute of Management Accountants USA. 2005 Internal Auditor from The Institute of Internal Auditors, Florida, USA. 2002 Company Secretary from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. 1996 Intermediate Examination from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 1995 Management Accountant from The Institute of Cost Accountants of India. 1993 B.Com (Hons.) from Calcutta University, India.