Rakesh Raghavan, Finance Manager

Rakesh Raghavan

Finance Manager

Sigma Engineering LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Applications
Experience
18 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months

Finance Manager at Sigma Engineering LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2014

• Work out and manage working capital requirement.
• Vouching and authorizing each transaction before posting into the ERP
• Extracting the financial Budget and the Cash flows (Annually / Monthly)
• Monitoring the Actual Cash flows on a weekly basis
• Supervising the Contract Receivables and Payables to Suppliers and sub-contractors
• Reporting to the Management on Financial Planning- monthly basis and Pre-Audit scenario
• Line Reporting to Group CFO and dotted reporting to the Managing Director

• Analyzing monthly MIS reports as internal control measure with the assistance of Project Managers/ other line Managers
• Variation Analysis on Budget Vs. Actuals of individual projects.
• Finalizing the Financials.
• Ensuring the Financials are IFRS complaint
• Supervision & Ensuring the timely return of Value Added Tax
• Liasoning with Bank/ Financial Institutions for various facilities viz. Performance Bonds /Bank
Guarantees/ Letter of Credit etc.

Senior Manager at Kristal Projects India Ltd
  • April 2012 to March 2012

has been into Real estate
development, construction of Residential villa, villament units, Apartments, Clubs, resorts etc. since
1990. It has got a very strong brand in middle and upper middle-class segment in South India. The role has been streamlined in such a way that Finance Controlling and Cost Management system installed as a corporate culture rather than a single departmental job.

Key Duties:
•Assisting the top management in freezing the Detailed Project Reports, (DPR)
•Monitoring Project Cost and Performance Analysis
•Annual Financial Planner(AFP) based on the DPR’s,
•Freezing Monthly Budgets based on the AFP,
•Tracking of each payments (Fixed & Admin.) with Budgets/ Monthly Planner,
•Internal Auditing and Management Accounting.
•Direct Finance control with BOQVs. Indent Vs. PO Vs. Certified, balance to Certify, and payments made.
•Implementing MIS system

Reports scrutiny:
Income: Monitoring of DCR (Daily Collection Reports) Project wise/ Dwelling Unit wise and updating the same in daily cash flow statements
Marketing turnover Planned and Achieved is tracked on a daily basis with annual Planner
RA Bill Scrutiny: Each RA Bill will be subject to due diligence based on BOQ & Work certified
Quantity reconciliation with Actual issue from site and Co-efficient from QAD Department

Reports Generation:
Monthly variance Report, P& L Account- Monthly & Analysis, Report on Cash flow and analysis.

Sr. Accounts Executive at M/s. Elite Bakers (P) Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2001 to October 2005

Elite Bakers is the flagship company of Elite Group, a diversified conglomerate, engaged in Food/
Textiles and Supermarket chains. It manufactures Breads/ Cakes/Rusks/ Confectionaries etc.

Manager-Finance at Supershield Construction Chemicals (P) Ltd
  • December 2005 to March 2005
Senior Consultant at 5. M/s. Rajendran, Mani and Varier -Cost Accountants and Industrial Consultants
  • India
  • January 1999 to June 2001

Cost Audits/ Internal Audits & Cost Records and Audit Reports; Preparation of cost records
& report of Pharmaceutical, Textile, Cement, Engineering, Refineries, Chemical, and Plantation
Industries,
•Cost Studies: Conducted cost studies in Ayurvedic medicines and tyre manufacturing units,
•Project Report: Prepared feasibility studies and viability report for small-scale units for financial
assistance from banks.

Audit Assistant at 6. M/s. Kuruvill
  • India
  • June 1996 to August 1998

Maintenance of Books of Accounts including Cash Book, Bankbook, General Ledger, trading
and Profit and Loss Account and the Balance Sheet,
•Audit of various institutions including Hospitals /Banks/Limited companies up to finalization,
•Tax Audit of various companies U/S 44 AB and Filling of required forms such as form 3CA,
3CD etc,
•Preparation of Budgets and Projections for Banks and Non Banking Financial Corporations,
•Stock Audit: For cashew and seafood units on behalf of commercial Banks.

Projects Undertaken

‘Funds Flow Analysis as a tool of Working Capital Management’, A Case Study in “KERAFED”.
(A Government of Kerala undertaking) to review and analyze the financial position of the organization to meet its long-term objectives.

Finance Manager at Sigma Engineering LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • to

Sigma Engineering LLC, has been into MEP contracting since 2005. It has successfully executed many
Prestigious projects of renowned clients

Finance Manager at pplicator of SIKA International & Greenseal Products Sdn.Bhd
  • to

Malaysia. The Chemical Company executes projects on turnkey basis, structural
rehabilitations, waterproofing, insulations, flooring systems, and epoxy applications.
Core Responsibilities: -
•Working capital Management.
•Liasoning with sales tax, statutory Auditors/ Bankers and other local bodies,
•Preparation of monthly / annual Budgets and tracing the variations,
•Checking R A bills and measurements,
•Application of learning-effects in projects

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Applications
  • at Mahatma Gandhi University
  • January 1994

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Bachelor's degree,
  • at Mahatma Gandhi University
  • January 1992

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Specialties & Skills

Management
Profitability Management
Variance Analysis
Budget Analysis
Cost Control
BUDGETING
CASH FLOW
FINANCIAL
PROFIT AND LOSS
TAX PLANNING
BANKING
COST ANALYSIS
EQUILIBRIO

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