AGM FINANCE
KALPATARU POWER TRANSMISSION LIMITED
Total years of experience :21 years, 5 Months
Managing finance, accounts, taxation, imports, commercial, purchase and statutory compliances of a large JV project between two large companies.
•Handling Major Procurement and ensuring best prices so the major costs of the project are reduced, material planning with team to reduce carrying cost of inventories, and also wastages.
•Team Management : Leading, training and developing a team of expats to make them effective in their performance and develop future leaders.
•Streamlined the Accounting and Internal Control System consolidating the Books of Accounts along with development of uniform MIS and control setups.
•Contract Management and coordination with premium Government customers and international lenders.
• Handling a complex tax structure and constantly coordinating to ensure no overpayments of taxes as well as we meet all compliances.
•Managing Auditors & finalizing the Balance sheet.
), A conglomerate of Companies across Gulf & South-East Asia, China, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Dubai. Manufacturing, Supermarket and Trading Company dealing in Consumer Goods, Electronics products and Musical Equipments.
•Monitoring and Consolidation of Group Finances spreading across multiple Countries: Driving best practices across multiple business locations.
•Treasury Management: driving efficient treasury by having regional lines with banks and ensuring cheaper finance costs and efficient banking.
•Mergers, acquisition and diversification including arms length pricing ensuring norms including valuations.
•Macro economic trend analysis and taking part in deciding the future course of action of the Group vis a vis competition.
•Team Management : Leading, training and developing a team of expats to make them effective in their performance and develop future leaders.
•Risk Management and Control - Work towards identifying risks in various businesses and implementing control mechanisms.
•Streamlined the Accounting and Internal Control System consolidating the Books of Accounts of Group Companies along with development of uniform MIS and controls
A conglomerate of Companies across GCC.
Large Project, Manufacturing, Contracting and Transport Logistics Company doing Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Contracts and General Services Agreements with large manufacturers, refineries and ministries across GCC.
• Project Financial Management: Ensuring proper cash flows from debtors and to creditors which is critical for smooth seamless running of projects.
•Treasury Management: driving efficient treasury by having regional lines with banks and ensuring cheaper finance costs and efficient banking.
•Mergers, acquisition and diversification including arms length pricing ensuring norms including valuations.
•EPC Process Champion : Maintaining smooth, timely, cost-efficient and well planned supply-chain and
Procurement processes within the organization.
•Team Management : Leading, training and developing a team of expats to make them effective in their performance and develop future leaders.
•Business Strategic Planning : Business strategy and planning including strategy evaluation, recommendation and implementation to improve systems and operational management to meet organizational development plans.
•Risk Management and Control - Work towards identifying risks in various businesses and implementing control mechanisms.
•Streamlined the Accounting and Internal Control System consolidating the Books of Accounts of Group Companies along with development of uniform MIS and controls
Largest PET based packager in Sub-Saharan Market and largest local beverage manufacturer in Nigeria with a huge Customer and manufacturing base.
•Part of the leadership team handling finances of the entire group finance and supporting the business in the achievement of Financial and group KPIs for the global FMCG, Packaging & trading businesses.
•Work with management & investment bankers to frame funding policy with best debt equity ratios.
•Treasury Management: driving efficient treasury in the region by having regional lines with banks and ensuring cheaper finance costs and efficient banking.
•Consolidation of Books of Accounts for the multiple group companies located inside and outside Nigeria.
•Mergers, acquisition and diversification including arms length pricing ensuring valuations.
•Team Management : Leading, training and developing a team of expats to make them effective in their performance and develop future leaders.
•Business Strategic Planning : Business strategy and planning including strategy evaluation, recommendation and implementation to improve systems and operational management.
•Coordination amongst production and sales teams to ensure efficient planning all across.
•Risk Management and Control - Work towards identifying risks in various businesses and implementing control mechanisms.
•Interact with Global teams to provide counsel and guidance regarding financial related matters including profit leaks, margin enhancement and business development opportunities
•Streamlined the Accounting and Internal Control System for the Group.
•Developed the complete Chart of Accounts along with the coding for the group operations.
•Handled conversion to IFRS for the group companies with E & Y auditors.
Reduced cost of capital by close to 15%, ensured ready availability of forex for imports, capital budgeting of new investments.
Advisor to the Management team in all aspects and supporting them in the achievement of Financial KPIs for the global trading and manufacturing businesses.
•Team Management : Leading, training and developing a team of expats to make them effective in their performance and compatible with latest industry trends.
•Development of Business plans, long-term vision & strategy for business growth and drive the budgeting, forecasting, target setting & performance management process for operations.
•Streamlined the Accounting and Internal Control System for the Group in Ghana.
•Implementation of new accounting software across the business and transition of data from old standalone software.
Regularised books of accounts for 100 Million USD Business, Setup ERP and Internal Control systems
• Entire Finance and commercial functions with SAP software under Indian & US GAAP to ensure timely book closure.
• Monitoring the financial management of the regions and the cash requirements through the FM module to leverage funds and ability to work with low working capital.
• Budgeting for the regions, Price, margin & realization workings in a SAP environment.
• C&f management to ensure smooth operations in a controlled environment.
• Credit control /Inventory control and compliance with SOXA guidelines.
• Audit and regional control activities across sales and service functions.
• Driving efficiency in the product costing process through the entire production and delivery cycle.
Entire Finance & Commercial Controls under both US & Indian GAAP including HO & manufacturing units Coordinations & Reporting including updations for IFRS through SAP software.
•Formed the new team to takeover entire group business of UTC in the region.
•Complete charge of the inventory, working capital, material flow, warranty mapping, inventory valuation, and process automation of finance and coordinate between plant and sales using SAP.
•Key business analysis and Annual / monthly Plans - mapping and updation of external and internal parameters.
•Working capital management of the region and sending of weekly WC reports to head-office.
•Credit Control and debtors management.
•Budgeting & Comparison with Budgets.
•Coordination with Internal / Statutory Auditors & SOXA /US GAAP Compliance.
Coordination between Sales office, head office and factory finance team.
• Planning of working capital for factory on a daily basis.
• Handled total software makeover and decentralization and regional accounting structure for entire organization.
•Control of cost centres, raw materials usage analysis, variances and accounting of same.
•Branch accounting - software and financial setup.
•Sales Tax & Local Trade Tax.
•Analysis & Control of Debtors Receivables & Creditors Payables & inventory Control
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