|Financial Control| •Provided financial oversight (internal controls), and proactive data-driven financial insights and ensured local compliances for AUS, HK, USA & India entities including Statutory (external), Internal, Tax & TP audits, SEZ.•Lead team for periodic book close including areas of Record to Report (R2R), Order to Cash (O2C) & Procure to Pay (P2P). •Driven preparation of financial statements and Financial reporting, per India, Australia & HK GAAPs (IGAAP, AASB, IFRS) & Group framework for multiple legal entities.•Collaborated with business teams in financial planning & analysis, budgeting & forecast processes to institute rigor, and accountability, and provide recommendations based on the analysis at Cost-center level and various aspects of actual spending Vs forecast/plans (Management reporting).•Ensured 100% compliance with local laws (Companies Act, Income Tax, GST, Transfer Pricing, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, FEMA, RBI & SEZ regulations, etc.).|Strategic Business Partnering & Team Development | •Collaborated with the leadership team to ensure all finance-related matters were being managed proactively in line with group policies. •Participated in the development & implementation of business strategies to build the Global Capability Centre to support the Kmart group.•Built and led a team of more than 20 human assets to support IND, HK, and AUS businesses under the group.|Business Processes Transformation |•Driven business transitions from AUS to India for the Kmart Group. Implemented Business Process improvements through automation & Re-engineering to ensure the effectiveness of internal controls (Fixed Assets, Purchase Order processes, and various AP processes automation).•Spearheaded various Centre level initiatives -implementation of the financial system (SAP ECC.6 & S4 Hana), Expense management system – Concur, VIM, Anaplan, Clockify, SuccessFactors, Power BI, Employee Salary restructure resulting in savings of 5% saving YoY.

|Covid impacted|• Managed GST Business (GSP APIs +GST compliance software) of one of the largest GSP in the Ecosystem.• Provided Fin Tech subject matter expertise to businesses by analyzing their existing Technology, process and people and empower them to comply with laws under GST, E-invoicing and E-way bills and during implementation of different ERP's including SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, etc.• Advised businesses which process requires changes like billing module, compliance module, vendor payment process etc. propose changes in existing software or selection of E-Invoicing Partner, GSP, Integration Process processes design in new GST era.

• Led the Business transformation while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver efficiencies through process standardization, continuous improvements, and re-engineered global processes to ensure that design templates are aligned with group and local policies and regulations.• Provided Finance subject matter expertise guiding global standard process implementations for SAP S/4HANA FICO, PS, SD, MM, PP modules to ensure that process designs are aligned with group and local policies and regulations.

Oct 2014 - Feb 2019 : Elo Touch Solutions Inc. via ContinuServe (Job location- Milpitas & Dallas, USA)Nov 2012 - Sep 2014 : Elo Touch Solutions Inc. via ContinuServe (Job location- Bangalore, India)• Built & Led a team (20) across Finance - R2R, P2P, and O2C.• Overall day-to-day management of the accounting and finance functions including Fixed Asset accounting, book close, Intercompany, reporting, analytical reviews, preparing and reviewing journal entries, GL master data management, Balance sheet account reconciliations, and other close activities.• Prepared monthly corporate financial statements including consolidation for 5 legal entities (US, APAC, EMEA), financial reporting (USGAAP), and analysis for business area leaders, as well as interpreting financial data, research issues, and ad-hoc reporting while collaborating with multi-locational teams and met agreed KPIs targets.• Ensured 100% compliance with Companies Act, Income Tax, VAT, Transfer Pricing, MCA, FEMA regulations, etc.).• Participated in financial planning processes, including building budgets and forecasts with business leaders.• Account & Stakeholders management - Regional heads, Finance Controllers other cross-functional business partners.• Developed and maintained process documentation, team to adhere to and maintain proper internal controls.Participated and Delivered several process improvements and successful cost savings initiatives - • Automating the process of vendor onboarding to streamline the P2P process (cost saving $100K p.a.), • Transitioning to an efficient Document management system & Expense management tool - Concur ($56K p.a.), • Invoice processing through EDI implementation ($60K p.a.), 1099 reporting ($5K p.a). • Spearheaded implementation of SAP FICO & Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC), Concur, Business Intelligence (BI) reporting, Vendor onboarding automation, Vendor invoice management (OpenText VIM), and Salesforce CRM.

• Statutory Audit & Financial Reporting (Indian GAAP, IND AS, USGAAP, and IFRS frameworks, direct & indirect taxation) for major manufacturing and technology clients.• Maintained accounting records, prepared Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, P&L, and Cash flow) with variance analysis, and Consolidated multiple legal entities to ensure compliance with Accounting frameworks.• Management reporting, financial planning, and budgeting.