1] Responsible for overseeing compliance with all applicable policies and procedures across the region2] Drive ongoing implementation, oversight and enhancement of the divisional Compliance Program by promoting compliance awareness, identifying and remediating compliance risks, sharing best practices and developing effective tools and resources3] Collaborate closely with regional leadership and country management4] Provide timely consultation and guidance to regional management and colleagues on ongoing compliance with all applicable policies and procedures5] Develop and lead a virtual team of Compliance Stewards in each country6] Proactively identify ethics and compliance risks and gaps and lead the development of mitigating solutions7] Actively collaborate with appropriate functions on the development and continuous improvement of compliance processes, including support to country self-assessments and scheduled internal audits by Global Team8] Current projects include -- Develop, update various Divisional Procedures (Content owner)- Partnering to develop dashboards to support Compliance Risk Monitoring- Collaborate with CRM Team for enhancement in platform (Veeva MAXX) to automate certain workflows in alignment with divisional procedures9] Other - Member of Internal Committee set up under Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment Act (POSH Act)

1] Lead, develop and manage team to manage activities related to -- Accounting to Reporting (Manufacturing and trading activities) – IND AS, US GAAP- Cost Centre Accounting and analysis for management with reference to budget- Statutory, Local and Global Internal Audits- Corporate Taxation – Direct and Indirect- Treasury functions- Payroll management and Trusts of Employee Retire Benefits2] Project Lead for ATLAS (SAP) implementation3] Amicable negotiations with Unionized employees4] Rewards and Recognition Committee Member5] Lead the group of multi-functional teams for GST implementation

1] Lead, develop and manage team to manage activities related to -- Accounting to Reporting (Manufacturing and trading activities) – IND AS, US GAAP- Cost Centre Accounting and analysis for management with reference to budget- Statutory, Local and Global Internal Audits- Corporate Taxation – Direct and Indirect- Treasury functions2] Compliance Steward and Privacy officer - Establish Compliance function for MSD Animal Health India3] Managed to receive ‘Green’ rating for Global internal audits for five (5) consecutive times 4] Post-merger taxation 5] Investigation under Companies Act6] Support to other Merck / MSD entities outside India – Human and Animal Health7] Guest Auditor for Human Health entity8] Support other functions to develop and implement their local policies, procedures9] Regional (APAC) Steward for Grant of Authority

1] Lead, develop and manage team to manage activities related to -- Accounting to Reporting (Manufacturing and trading activities) – IND AS, US GAAP- Cost Centre Accounting and analysis for management with reference to budget- Statutory, Local and Global Internal Audits- Treasury functions2] Develop and implement Standard processes for Accounting3] IFRS learning

1] Lead, develop and manage team to manage activities related to -- Accounting to Reporting (Manufacturing and trading activities) – IND AS, US GAAP- Cost Centre Accounting and analysis for management with reference to budget- Statutory, Local and Global Internal Audits- Treasury functions2] Develop and implement Standard processes for Accounting3] Optimize man-days required for Audit preparation to finalization

1] Core team member for implementation of ERP – Microsoft’s Navision2] Develop and implement Standard processes for Accounting3] Manage cross-functional team to manage activities related to -- Accounting to Reporting (Manufacturing and trading activities) – IND AS, US GAAP- Cost Centre Accounting and analysis for management with reference to budget- Statutory, Local and Global Internal Audits4] Implementation of VAT related processes5] Efficiency management through evaluation of processes followed in the department and organization along with implementation of improved processes

Assignments as partner of Audit firm- Audit of Multinational Company, post-merger activities as associate to one of big-four audit firms - Audit of Banks – statutory, internal - Audit of companies – statutory, management, internal - Audit of other organizations like Co-operative societies, Trusts, Associations- Consultancy – Direct and Indirect Tax, Company Law Matters

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