Senior Finance Manager - Supply Chain & Africa
BMMI
Total years of experience :25 years, 7 Months
Role
•Recently promoted for heading finance function for entire supply chain and logistics in Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi and Africa.
•Was heading finance and accounts function for north and east Africa region with multiple site operations including countries like Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Djibouti, Somaliland before moving to Bahrain during Jan 2023.
•Accountable for steering the finance control function of regional operations and overseeing the development of the company's financial planning process, operational accounting activities including FP&A, revenue accounting, sales administration, financial reporting.
•Driving efective working capital across the region.
•Engaged in heading the budget process, formulating project reports and carrying out feasibility study from finance perspective.
•Functioned as project lead for implementation of ERP in various entities within the group.
•Preparation of Board Packs, guiding legal support to African subsidiary entities for the group with few entities as working Company Secretary as additional role.
•Supported in securing multi million USD business development through efective and eficient cost - pricing analysis across the region.
•Played a pivotal role in entity start ups (2011) and complete financial turn around within 2 years (2014) of such startup - BMMI's Subsidiary in South Sudan
Role
•Accountable for supporting top management with strategic financial aspects like demerger process and equity restructuring and heading Finance & Accounts of PAN India region with 22 locations. Accomplishments:
•Essayed a stellar role in: o Decreased account closing lead time from 1 month to 5 days in all 22 locations. o Guided the group through due diligence and legal process in securing multi million USD asset based debt finance.
•Eficiently implemented indigenously developed software across PAN India (22) and overseas (8) locations.
•Played key role in implementing indigenously developed software across all regions (PAN India, Europe, South east Asia-Singapore, North America, Middle-East, Africa-Ivory coast).
Role
•Heading Finance & Accounts of Indian holding company's US subsidiary company with 16 direct reports.
•Played a key role in due diligence process whilst the company went public (IPO) and listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Role
•Spearheading financial control function for 4 out of 10 divisions of logistics with 55 locations. Accomplishments:
•Lead efectively in o Decreasing account closing lead time from 1 month to 8 days in all 55 locations. (55 direct reports - team size)
•Played key role in implementing ERP - Oracle 11i. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE