Deepak Pathania Email & Phone Number

Pune, Mh, In

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Pune Area, India

Key Profile:  Provide leadership to the Board's Finance and Accounting strategy, to optimise the Group’s financial performance and strategic position Contribute to the development of Group strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers. Represent the Group to Banks and Financial Institutes for arranging funds for the New Business and growth of existing Business.  Seting up robust Finance department with Focus on Profitability, Margins, Budgets, Forecasting, MIS and Business partnering .  Responsible for Financial Analysis, Credit Monitoring Arrangement (CMA) Reports, Accounting Process Design, Accounting Process Development, Detailed Project Reports( DPR), Business Financial Models, Cost Accounting Management, Project Evaluation (Project ROI, Cost of Capital, etc), Audit Function, Taxation, Forex, Statutory / Regulatory / Legal matters & Corporate Governance.

Pune Area, India

 Partner with senior management to provide value-added insights and analysis to the business. Drive the operational excellence enhancement of the Financial & Accounting area, by supporting a cross functional team work, introducing more simplification on processes but maintaining high compliance standards, increasing the automation across the Finance Function and coordinating the implementation of Global Finance initiatives. Manage any changes in the Finance Global Standard Model (GSM) and provide & establish consistent and appropriate business practices for process enhancement. Hold the governance and approval authority in order to ensure consistency with Global Standard Model (GSM) and implementation of best practice processes. Provide direction to outsourcing partners over system enables or enhancement to process and to leverage SOX and compliance experts to ensure proper definitions.  Collaborated with Finance Leadership to Benchmark Syngenta processes and to recommend changes that will bring improvements in efficiencies and effectiveness. Design and review of Internal Control Framework as per SOX compliance throughout the organization to maintain integrity and accuracy of financial reports and include policies, procedures and organizational structure.

Pune Area, India

 Managed the financial accounting operations, treasury operation, cash flow management, banking operations & ensuring optimum adherence to the accounting principles of India and IFRS standards.  Created, implemented and maintained comprehensive financial and accounting policies and procedure and documents to improve clarity and consistency. Liaised with all functions and leading the accounting team both at country and Outsourcing partner. Managed communications with statutory auditors and the Company Secretary to ensure auditor agreement with company decisions on accounting disclosures, and issues, seamless group audit and statutory audit. Initiated steps towards maintenance of company have cost records as per the COST Audit Rules and coordinate with cost auditors for seamless audit.  Furnished assistance to the director - finance in delivering financial reporting and facilitating in decision making process.  Establish robust control framework on the reporting process including data control, proper documentation and reconciliation, and design the Monthly Closing Process under Indian GAAP & IFRS; streamline the department infrastructure for improved productivity and efficiency. Advise and assist top management and the Audit Committee and representing Finance in all the Audit Committee and Board meetings

Pune Area, India

 Identified the risk, designed and developed programs, policies, and practices to ensure that the organization complied with regulatory requirements; established control matrix by having robust coordination and interfacing with the control owners in various functions.  Managed the monitoring of business activities for compliance with applicable rules and regulations. Conducted control process testing in different cycles for identifying the gap or deficiency and suggesting recommendation.  Drove training programs, reviewed business arrangements & interfaced with external firms of internal auditors.  Participated in the regional compliance review to APAC countries.

Pune Area, India

 Led and directed financial accounting, management accounting, indirect taxes and direct taxes accounting and statutory audit, and guided with the accounting & financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures. Monitored and confirmed financial condition by conducting audits and reviewed monthly accounting close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained Established and maintained the organization's overall accounting systems, procedures, and policies as per the ISO guidelines further ensuring optimum improvement and quality.  Directed all analysis and reporting of financial information including budgets, planning, and required filings and reports.  Devised plans to ensure maintenance of cost records as per the COST audit rules; coordinated with cross – functional teams. Assisted in preparing budget forms and the budget book in accordance with business plans and group guidelines.  Oversaw account payable team and account payable activities.  Presented findings and recommendations to management.  Managed a departmental function within a broader corporate function and developed major goals to support broad functional objectives.

Pune Area, India

Involved in implementation and setting- up of Oracle GL and FA module. Served as a team leader of GL team. Entrusted with the responsibility of managing accounting and closing of various units as well as subsidiaries, operational in Asia Pacific Region. Worked in coordination with business heads of Indian entities and participated in budgeting, forecasting, accounting and MIS reporting Served as GL and FA expert for Oracle financial implementation; co-participated in developing process which ensure adherence to local statutory compliance as well as SOX compliances Transitioned accounting, reporting and controls from 5 units, Singapore, Malaysia (Penang), New Zealand (Auckland & Christchurch) and Australia (Footscray & Kilsyth) Recognized for contributions in establishing accounting, budgeting, capitalization and controls for one plant of truck component in India worth INR 600 Crores

New Delhi Area, India

Senior Executive Involved in Consolidation of Bharti Tele- Ventures and its subsidiaries consisting of 54 circles grouped into 5 business segments and 6 Legal entities, under Indian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (IGAAP), US GAAP and International Accounting Standards. It also includes:• Analysis of Financial Statements of individual circles and Legal entities.• MIS to Top Management regarding Related Party Transactions.• To set up the Compliance Procedures for New Legal entities and to cross verify the compliance in case of existing Legal entities.• Working as a team member in ADR issue.

New Delhi Area, India

Lead the team of 20 members for payroll processing and terminal benefits of 3500 NDPL employees. Setup the accounting of employee cost in new scenario of Privatization of Delhi Vidyut Board (NDPL DISCOM). Involved in Budgeting and analysis of employee cost of the company. Responsible for Pre audit of schemes/work orders for system improvement /maintenance works and issue of work orders both districts together with monitoring of CAPEX limit. Part of Quality improvement team. Work includes identifying, analyzing and improving various finance processes. Some of the achievements in this role are:• Lead the team for defining the capitalization process and preparing the Fixed Asset Module.• Successfully introduced new model of Payroll Process, which reduced the payroll process time and also reduce the number of resources required for the process.

Gurgaon, India

• Part of Reporting Shop and are involved in Statutory reporting of insurance companies of GE Financial Assurance (GEFA) to National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) at US. It also includes• Preparation and analysis of financial statements of insurance companies of GEFA as per NAIC Norms. • Statutory reconciliation of accounts of insurance companies of GE Financial Assurance at USSome of the achievements during this period are:• Received “Management Award” from Controller for valuable contribution to the Process and meeting all accelerated deadlines.• Received “Recognition Award” from Process Owner for completing deliverables before time with zero defects.• Received the “Key Contributory Award” for outstanding performance.• Assigned the work of an analyst within two months of joining, due remarkable performance as acknowledged by the AVP of the process.

New Delhi Area, India

• Statutory, Tax and Management/Internal audit of Public and Private Limited companies, Financial Institutions and Banks:• Some of the companies audited among others are:o Statutory Audits: ICICI Bank Limited, Wipro Limited, Indian Hotels Co Limited (Taj Group), Prism Cements Limited and Escorts Finance Limited. o Internal Audits: Reliance Industries Limited – Delhi Regional Marketing Office, J.M Morgan Stanley Limited, Indian Hotels Co Limited and Tata NYK Transport Systems Limited.o Concurrent Audits: Centurion Bank Limited.

Chartered Accountant, Finance And Accounting

Bachelors, Commerce