I am an accomplished senior finance executive with over 20 years of experience in the Middle East and India education, investment banking, services, and retail sectors. Throughout the course of my career, I have held pivotal positions with renowned industry leaders.My expertise resides in successfully expanding and supervising end-to-end Finance and Accounting departments, thereby propelling the objectives and goals of the organization. As a strategic partner, I ensure the timely fulfillment of financial, statutory, and regulatory commitments in accordance with the expectations of stakeholders. This includes developing financial strategies, implementing cost and credit control policies, developing finance and accounting SOPs/manuals, ensuring compliance with taxation guidelines, leading process improvements, establishing robust governance and risk management frameworks, fostering collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring accurate bookkeeping and accounting. I have extensive experience with investment proposal financial analysis, working capital management, and ERP implementation and management.In addition to my corporate achievements, I founded a non-profit organization in India called Phulka that provides low-cost meals to underprivileged segments of society.I am an ardent proponent of collaboration, performance empowerment, and promoting excellence across diverse business domains in order to achieve results in a swiftly changing business environment. I am prepared to excel in the roles of CFO, Deputy CFO, or Head of Finance, especially within the education and higher education industry, due to my track record of leading teams and developing organizational capabilities.