Associate Consultant
• Conducted process audit reviews at India’s largest steel manufacturing companies (Mkt. Cap 155 K & 9k cr.), mines, Virescent (KKR Backed Solar energy Trust), and a Taiwan LCD glass manufacturer. • Reviews for multiple business processes and systems like Compliance, Projects, Procurement, Sales, Insurance and Treasury. • Evaluated effectiveness of system controls (Three-way check, SOD conflicts and others) for SAP, Ariba, Salesforce and other risk management process • Designed SOP for various processes and Vendor/Customer contracts. • Led Discovery sessions for Process mapping, areas of improvement, risk identification, benchmarking scope and bottlenecks. • Used Financial tools, Analytics, & Audit for governance, risk assessment and compliance. • Conducted in depth research to identify best practices, emerging risks and benchmarking relevant to audit scope • Banking and treasury: A. Review financial reporting processes for accuracy, completeness, and compliance B. Evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls over investments C. Conduct reviews of cash management. D. Analyze debt financing strategies E. effectiveness of internal controls over debt covenants, compliance with credit agreements • Savings: A 15% cost through SAP Ariba Implementations B. INR 25 cr. revenue leakages in Mines MDO contact C. Inaccurate capex budgeting process resulting in under booking of INR 150+ Crore in MIS. D. 6+ Cr. opportunity cost of idle cash balance detected • Audited financial models for Projects (DCF and Three statement), Forex hedging for procurement. • Designed penalty structures for vendor performance-based KPI contracts (Management Contracts) and Plan vs Actual Analysis. • As a Team lead responsible for end-to-end project management • Assisted in implementation of corrective and preventive action plans in coordination with cross functional teams • 95%+ travelling to Client sites for review and meetings with C-suite.
