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Chartered Accountant and Finance Leader with comprehensive experience of 18 years in Corporate Financial Controlling functions of Management Accounting, Treasury & Working capital management, Financial analysis, Tax and setting up of new legal entities (domestic and international) in varied sectors of FMCG, Agro-Chemical, Lubricant and Chemical with Global and Regional coverage.My key contributions as Global Head of Financial Controlling are Profit generation by implementing cost control and implementing exit from loss making manufacturing locations and product portfolio. In earlier roles, I have, achieved sustainable Profit Maximisation by using Pricing and Margin strategy. Successfully displayed proven abilities in working with cross-functional and multicultural teams thereby generating savings by negotiating of Logistics contracts and set up of Tolling facility in as CFO – ASEAN Sub-Region. An effective leader in managing large teams & stakeholders, someone who lives and breathes the culture driven by values of Transparency, Integrity, Respect and Consumer Focus. These values help build interpersonal skills with superiors, peers and team members. People management in a cross-cultural environment and developing Finance Talent is a skill I have developed.I also believe that my skills of time management, prioritisation and communication skills have been enhanced. I believe these values and skills are keys to a successful and fulfilling career.My key functional strengths include Corporate Finance, Management Accounting, Pricing, Cost Control, Cost Reduction, Compliance, Driving Profitable Growth, Accounting System Setup, Financial Controlling and Budgeting, , Financial Planning and Analysis, Financial Reporting, Forecasting, Working Capital Management, Credit Control, Liasioning with Internal & Statutory Auditors, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Leadership, System Implementation, Change Management Team Supervision & Development, Detail-oriented and Effective Communication.I love meeting new people and learning new things, so please feel free to say hello. For new opportunities, I can be reached through this profile.
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Global Head Of Financial ControllingBasf East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd. May 2022 - Dec 2022Hong Kong SarI was appointed to optimise Business Controlling function for newly formed Global Business Unit based out in Hong Kong with a P&L of EUR 2 bn.I lead the finance team to partner with the business heads to track group wide financial targets and solutions to deliver targets and drive the annual target setting / financial modelling & budgeting process.I was responsible for ensuring transparency in cost structure of the company and streamlining the budgeting and forecasting process for the newly formed Global team. In this role, I was part of the Global Team to implement profitability matrix for various manufacturing locations and product portfolio to drive Profits and Return on Capital Employed. My responsibilities included Coaching, managing, and building a finance function that guarantees the reliability of the financial statements and P&L management of newly formed Global Business UnitKey highlights in my time here include• Transparency in cost allocation with company leading to savings of ~EUR 15M to the unit• Drove the Asset footprint to discontinue loss making manufacturing locations potential savings ~EUR 14-15M
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Cfo Asean SubregionMb Solutions Singapore Pte. Ltd Sep 2021 - May 2022SingaporeOversee the organization’s accounting and finance functions for 8 ASEAN countries with a P&L of EUR 100 M, ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP (IFRS) standards and regulatory requirements. I was responsible for ensuring transparency in inter-company cost charging and margins of ASEAN country to group companies.Lead and streamlining the month-end books closing process in a diverse SAP environment.Facilitate both internal and external audits as well as respond to internal and external audit recommendations in a timely manner and obtained an unqualified audit report for 9 legal entities in ASEAN within a year of the formation of a new legal entity.Ensure that all 24 members of the finance team are trained, confident and kept fully up to date with all aspects of finance, local and international accounting regulations, and company policies.Additionally, I successfully drove the Fleet Management project in Malaysia, Pakistan and India with a potential annual savings of ~ EUR3 M.Key highlights in my time here include• Set up the tolling in Singapore with a potential savings of ~ EUR1.5 M• Integrated the newly acquired company into ERP systems, Parent company (MBCC) systems and reporting parameters
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Director Regional Financial ControllingMb Solutions Singapore Pte Ltd Oct 2019 - Sep 2021SingaporeI was appointed to optimise the P&L performance of EUR500M across 15 APAC countries.Established a EUR2B business from BASF into a new PE-owned legal entity, including ERP systems, team forming and outsourcing to Shared ServicesI was responsible for increasing the business profitability in Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan and Vietnam.Additionally, I was influential in the digitalisation of the group reporting tool on Cloud-based systems.Key highlights in my time here include• Generated additional profits of EUR2M in APAC countries by implementing a price margin management• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of financial ERP systems(SAP S4 and SAP B1) and ensure consistency with global procedures reporting• Developed a digital version of price monitoring tool to enable price increase tracking across all countries
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Sub- Regional Financial Controller South Asia, Construction Chemicals DivisionBasf India Limited ( The Chemical Company ) Feb 2017 - Oct 2019Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaMy responsibilities were to Oversee the South Asia P&L including the forecasting and budgeting process, working capital and cash flow forecasts. Be a business partner to the MD and Business heads to drive the business profitability through price margin management.With this, I converted the losing business into EUR3M profits (4% profitability increase) in 2018, rewarded as the most sustainable profit-generating concept in BASF Construction Chemicals Division Globally in 2019 in Shanghai.In this role, I successfully improved the working capital by reducing outstanding days from 89 days to 54 days and overdue by 45% through discipline in receivable management.Key highlights in my time here include• Developed Cost-to-Serve Customer model to breakdown the profit to customer level and drive pricing actions• Prepared and rolled out the Vision and Mission Statement of the division• Introduced the Profit Culture Workshop to train the sales team on profits
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Sub- Regional Financial Controller South Asia, Agro DivisionBasf Apr 2013 - Feb 2017Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaMy responsibilities were to oversee the controlling function for South Asia, including P&L, inventory and account receivable management.In this role, I successfully automated daily sales report and SMS alerts for the sales team, thus used as best practice across all units in APACLead to simplification of business processes for Customer Rebates programmes, order-to-cash, forecasting and SIP.Additionally, I generated EUR3M through the brand divestment “Bavistin” within 2 monthsKey highlights in my time here include• Led 2014 Agro to be the only division to have 99% payment done online despite a diverse customer base of 4000 on PAN India basis• The core team member for the regional AP Value-based Management newsletter• Implemented the concept of geography-based profit statement as part of the VBM rollout in India -
Senior Performance AnalystCastrol Jan 2011 - Mar 2013Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaKey responsibilities: • Support sales activities for relevant key accounts and share the monthly forecast & outlook with the Leadership team• Manage key investment projects and implement strategies for portfolio, promotion, pricing and positioning -
Financial ControllerMonsanto India Limited Apr 2008 - Jan 2011Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaAppointed to monitor the holding company of other legal entities housing Shared Service, Technology, Research Center for recovery of cost. During the role lead the consolidation/merger of 5 legal entities and SAP implementation. Developed and implemented various internal control and processes to support audit requirements.• Hence the India procurement policy was adopted as the best practice by the global Procurement team based on the group’s audit recommendation
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Manager ( Budgeting Planning And Corporate Reporting)Colgate Palmolive India Ltd. Nov 2004 - Mar 2008Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaResponsible to oversee the entire MIS for Colgate Palmolive and later the entire brand’s P&L for toothbrush category. Develop budgets and forecasting for Colgate India and monitor KPIs reporting to the Board and Group. Implemented the budgeting processes in SAP for the entire company.
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