 Contributed in developing robust Foods manufacturing Annual Operating Plan/Strategic Business Plan through engagement with Operational Team by standardizing various templates and timely submission to Sector. Drive the development of effective Balance of Year forecast for all Foods Plants. Contribute in Monthly forecast preparation and timely submission of the same. Lead in plant performance review of Actuals with Plant Managers and Leadership Team and Monthly Financial Review (MFR) for Foods with Ops Leadership Team and CFO of India Region. Partnering with cross functional team to review Slow and Obsolete inventories across Foods locations. Lead the Brand P&L analysis for Operating lines of all Brands ( DMC, VMOH and FMOH) and COC’s where applicable.  Perform Plant and Copacker benchmarking. Perform Productivity tracking and review with Operation leadership team. Being a part of various Ops projects (ODS Reports, R2R simplification, JV optimization)

• Ensuring integrity of financial reports and monthly closure of books for all Beverages Plants. Facilitated review with Region Controller on a quarterly basis for all Beverages Operations Vertical.• Driving Balance Sheet Schedule review, visibility and accounting hygiene for all plants by rolling out various formats pertaining to Accruals, vendor recon, spares, CWIP and SLOB.• Responsible for timely closure of statutory audit and US GAAP audit of Beverages Plants and HQ.• Responsible for review of compliance issues for plant operations in partnership with legal team. Review with Region Controller quarterly.• First point of escalation for routine issues for Plant finance team across beverages plants.• Driving GCS controls and remediation of observations along with field teams, and responsible for driving HQ GCS closure.• Driving Capex Controls, CWIP and Idle Asset review of COBO Plants at HQ.• Lead SSAEO projects for Operations Finance function.

1. Currently working with Pepsico India Holdings Private Limited as Consultant since May 2014Roles and responsibilities: Month End Reporting:• Closing books of accounts as per the Reporting guidelines of Pepsico Reporting Team.• Preparing, Review and Circulation of Functional General & Administrative(G&A) expenses of Pepsico India Pvt Ltd ( Foods) Division towards Plan V/s Actual Trend analysis Cause of Change• Coordinating with Shared Services for timely booking of all expenses.• Department wise G&A Analysis review with Senior Management.Bank Reconciliation:• Smoothened the process of Automated Bank Reconciliation.• Setting up the process for monthly sign off on Employee stock Option Plan ( ESOP) & Employee Related Cost( ERC)• Ensuring to close the Open items in Bank Reconciliation and to check no items remains Open for more than 30 days. • Review with Manager and taking sign off within the time frame.Accounts Payable and Employee Advances • To ensure that Employees Advances are adjusted /recovered on a monthly basis. • Followup with concerned FPR’s where Advances are not getting adjusted, to ensure the advances ageing doesn’t exceed more than 90 days. • Coordinating with Shared Service for Vendor and Employee Balance Reconciliation.• Review of AP and Employee Advances Tracker with Manager on monthly basis.

Appeals and Representations• Preparation and presentation of Appeals in front of Income Tax Authorities at various levels. Representation of cases related to Transfer Pricing, TDS and Income Tax related matters/ cases. Have also represented case in front of Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) and Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). Internal audits• eMeter India Pvt. Ltd.• YKK India Pvt. Ltd.• OBS India Pvt. Ltd. Statutory Audit• ANI Media Pvt Ltd.• Concept Motors India Pvt Ltd.• Proactive Data Systems Pvt Ltd.• Applied Felts India Pvt Ltd.

Worked as an Articled Assistant in M/s Vinay Kumar & Co., Allahabad for 2 year and 11 monthsRoles and responsibilities:Statutory Audit of various PSU in Banking, State Electricity Board, Education and Central and State government schemesInternal Audits of below companies• Allahabad Bank• Union Bank of India• Dainik Jagaran• Reliance Life Insurance• Reliance Communication• Bharat Sanchar Nigam LimitedRevenue and Warehouse Audits