Strategic Consulting, providing Corporate Secretarial Services, Taxation and Accounting Services.Distributing Adrenalin's (www.myadrenalin.com) HR Management Software in Singapore and the Region. Adrenalin has customised payroll solutions for 19 countries and have current installation base in 50 countries. Adrenalin is a subsidiary of Polaris Financial Technology, India.Adrenalin's Analytical tool can extract information from various sources and present them in a single page… Show more Strategic Consulting, providing Corporate Secretarial Services, Taxation and Accounting Services.Distributing Adrenalin's (www.myadrenalin.com) HR Management Software in Singapore and the Region. Adrenalin has customised payroll solutions for 19 countries and have current installation base in 50 countries. Adrenalin is a subsidiary of Polaris Financial Technology, India.Adrenalin's Analytical tool can extract information from various sources and present them in a single page, Employee Self Service (ESS) can be provided to all the employees including information maintained in other ERP or compatible software, Travel expense claim module will ensure timely expense claim submission by all employees and Recruitment module has enhanced features comparable to those used by leading recruiters, Training module tracks the Training needs of all the employees.Adrenalin is multi-lingual and available as an on-premise ​ solution and also as an on-cloud offering. Their application is hosted in Amazon Cloud. Adrenalin is also available in popular mobile platform - iOS, Android, Windows and Blackberry. Adrenalin comes in a modular format and can be integrated with existing systems.Implementing Adrenalin HR Software is covered under Singapore’s Productivity & Innovation Credit (PIC). Show less

Europ Continents Pte Ltd 2001 – March 2014; • A French Multinational company with presence in 9 countries in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region (voluntarily de-listed in 2005 from Luxembourg Stock Exchange). A market leader in trading and distribution of FMCG (chocolates, coffee, tea and syrup), medical equipment, technical services and devices servicing the hospitals and laboratories market. Developed outstanding relationships with Banks and financial institutions to raise low cost… Show more Europ Continents Pte Ltd 2001 – March 2014; • A French Multinational company with presence in 9 countries in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region (voluntarily de-listed in 2005 from Luxembourg Stock Exchange). A market leader in trading and distribution of FMCG (chocolates, coffee, tea and syrup), medical equipment, technical services and devices servicing the hospitals and laboratories market. Developed outstanding relationships with Banks and financial institutions to raise low cost funds.Hired with the mandate to start-up the Singapore Head Office - seamlessly transitioned financial and operation management of APAC region from France Head Office to Singapore.Direct all the offices in the group and guide their financial and accounting strategies, policies and practices, ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations in the areas of corporate compliance, direct & indirect taxes, statutory reporting / filing and corporate management.Actively participate in the strategic business planning process and provide financial and technical advice to all the Managing Director’s of the Subsidiary companies consistent with the financial policy of the group.Preparing the monthly reports for the group and reviewing the performance of all the subsidiaries.Preparing the budget for the regional HQ encompassing all the 9 subsidiaries.Treasury management and hedging for the groupAssist with tax planning for all the subsidiaries; ensure transfer pricing principles are upheld.Support year end closing activities of subsidiaries; prepare consolidated accounts and co-ordinate external audits of subsidiaries. Show less

Dot.com based on targeted advertising model with fund raising for charity. Conceptualised the idea, designed and developed the website and software with help from an Indian company. Independently handled all aspects of running an eCommerce venture.

Recruited to renegotiate with a venture capital company that had rejected the initial proposal of this company. Cleared all the issues indicated in the due diligence report and other thorny issues to get the venture capital company back to the negotiating table. Worked together on all aspects with the venture company until the agreement was finalised.Restructured the holding and created a new subsidiary company to formalise the requirements of the venture capital company’s terms of… Show more Recruited to renegotiate with a venture capital company that had rejected the initial proposal of this company. Cleared all the issues indicated in the due diligence report and other thorny issues to get the venture capital company back to the negotiating table. Worked together on all aspects with the venture company until the agreement was finalised.Restructured the holding and created a new subsidiary company to formalise the requirements of the venture capital company’s terms of offer. Drive, co-ordinate, control and analyse business performance for quarterly reporting & forecasting. Detailed analysis and reports to management on cost variances, manufacturing productivity, efficiency and cost centre to determine effects on cost and profitability on individual products and process units.Strong understanding of production process to calculate direct cost, variances & overhead allocation.Liaise with banks and financial institutions to negotiate banking, term loans and hire purchase Show less

Was deputed by the audit partner to work as a temporary finance manager in this company. Impressed by my work, the company’s chairman requested our audit partner to relieve me and then employed me as their company’s finance manager in January 1994. This company faced a lot of treasury issues and these resulted in supplier’s holding back deliveries and in turn delay our deliveries to customers. I renegotiated the payment problems with the supplier’s and managed to get the delivery’s to be on… Show more Was deputed by the audit partner to work as a temporary finance manager in this company. Impressed by my work, the company’s chairman requested our audit partner to relieve me and then employed me as their company’s finance manager in January 1994. This company faced a lot of treasury issues and these resulted in supplier’s holding back deliveries and in turn delay our deliveries to customers. I renegotiated the payment problems with the supplier’s and managed to get the delivery’s to be on time.Setting up standard costing system to determine product cost based on cost of materials, labour, equipment, overhead allocations and ensuring accuracy of inventory value.Furnished timely and accurate management reports, budgets, P & L, balance sheet and consolidation. Show less

ASSISTANT AUDIT MANAGER • February 1991 / AUDIT MANAGER • 1992–93Initially joined as an assistant audit manager and in a year was promoted as an audit manager.Lead, train, motivate and manage a young progressive audit team.Strong business transactions skills (e.g. conduct of due diligence, drafting & review of agreement terms).Audited trading, manufacturing, architects & law firm. Consolidation & income tax computation for clients.

Started my own audit firm in India and handled audits of banks, companies and partnership. Income tax consultancy work for individuals and companies.

Worked as a customer support executive for SunSystems accounting software in India.