PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEPreparation of financial documents such as Balance sheets, statement of profit and loss account, cash flows, consolidated financial statements, budgets, variance analysis and MIS.Compliance of various tax laws such as Income tax, central excise, service tax and VAT.Liaison with Government department, internal auditors, statutory auditors and bankers.Internal audit and statutory audit.Attending Board Meetings.

Hinduja Group Limited is the promoter for two public listed companies – Hinduja Global Solutions Limited and Hinduja Ventures Limited – whose market cap is around Rs. 1900 crores. Hinduja group limited has a number of subsidiaries, companies in the same group – which are in the business of Real Estate, Aviation and Non Banking Finance.Reporting to Managing Director of the company and leading a 12 member accounts team.Challenges : Leading accounts team to understand and… Show more Hinduja Group Limited is the promoter for two public listed companies – Hinduja Global Solutions Limited and Hinduja Ventures Limited – whose market cap is around Rs. 1900 crores. Hinduja group limited has a number of subsidiaries, companies in the same group – which are in the business of Real Estate, Aviation and Non Banking Finance.Reporting to Managing Director of the company and leading a 12 member accounts team.Challenges : Leading accounts team to understand and implement best practices in accounts department. Implementation of Job Rotation, maker\​ checker practice, sharing of data and experiences. Motivating team to work as a team for common good. Show less

Reporting to the Managing Director of the company and leading a 4 member team including company secretary.Challenges – Working as a team with Marriott employees – whose top team comprised of expats- who had to be educated with the requirements of Indian legislations.

Finalisation of accounts of Juhu Beach Resorts Limited - Statutory audit of company, attending board meetings in connection with accounts of the company, Income tax assessments

Reporting to the Vice President (Finance) and Managing Director of the company and leading a 3 member team and a 30 member team of core accountants in different hotels.Challenges: Company had four different hotels established over different period of times and had different star ratings. Each of the hotels had different accounting practices established over a period of time. Accounting heads and accounting policies were different with each of the hotels. Understanding the… Show more Reporting to the Vice President (Finance) and Managing Director of the company and leading a 3 member team and a 30 member team of core accountants in different hotels.Challenges: Company had four different hotels established over different period of times and had different star ratings. Each of the hotels had different accounting practices established over a period of time. Accounting heads and accounting policies were different with each of the hotels. Understanding the workings at the basic level and controls of the industry helped in understanding the deficiencies of the accounts department. Being hands on team member and leading by example helped in gaining confidence of team members. Continues sessions and education helped team to understand advantages of uniform practices which ultimately helped in closing the IPO of the company in time. Bringing the accounting team as a group and adopting an uniform practices around the hotels – post listing for quarterly consolidation and publication of accounts. Show less

Responsible for Internal audit of Reliance Infocomm group of companies in Karnataka leading a team of people. Conducted review of Internal control systems in select areas and recommended changes in systems and procedures. Interacted with different levels of employees to understand and formulate control systems in different departments such as HR, admin and commercial.Key Achievements:Responsible for detecting the fraud involved in car hire billing at Reliance GroupDetecting… Show more Responsible for Internal audit of Reliance Infocomm group of companies in Karnataka leading a team of people. Conducted review of Internal control systems in select areas and recommended changes in systems and procedures. Interacted with different levels of employees to understand and formulate control systems in different departments such as HR, admin and commercial.Key Achievements:Responsible for detecting the fraud involved in car hire billing at Reliance GroupDetecting major shortcomings in internal control of HR and admin department.Creating systems for ensuring compliance with various labour legislations.Served as head of pre audit function at GMR Group - which has major interests in power, road construction and Airport. Key Achievements.Reduction in payment of excessive local entry tax charged by suppliers. Show less

Team leader of a group of 14 members of accounting department, was responsible for effective management of accounts department. Major responsibilities included, internal audit, Statutory audit and compliances under different Statutes. Setting up of internal control and systems of Cable industry and their effective compliance was one of the core areas entrusted with. MIS with special reference to effective budgetary control with creation and compliance with budgets was additional responsibility.

Leading a small team of 3 members was responsible for accounts and administrative department for this MNC. Convening of Board meeting, compliance with Statutes, interacting with suppliers was a portion of my responsibility. Interacting with sales team, control over branch activities and interacting with consultants was a pleasure. Interacted with PWC for setting up of procedures for ESOP and Service Tax payable by the organisation. Attended a seminar at Kaula Lumpur at Malaysia and… Show more Leading a small team of 3 members was responsible for accounts and administrative department for this MNC. Convening of Board meeting, compliance with Statutes, interacting with suppliers was a portion of my responsibility. Interacting with sales team, control over branch activities and interacting with consultants was a pleasure. Interacted with PWC for setting up of procedures for ESOP and Service Tax payable by the organisation. Attended a seminar at Kaula Lumpur at Malaysia and interacted with Group CFO for activities and compliance with group procedures for Indian operations.Key Achievements:Remittances from JobStreet Singapore was sent to JobStreet India in SGD- was responsible to get the same sent in USD wherein savings of USD 4000 was achieved. This being a regular process helped company in substantial savings. Show less

Implemented annual budgets, and budget process with all departments and senior management and was responsible for active pricing procedures. Responsible for managing accounts team, billing to customers, collection and price escalations. Statutory compliances included an opportunity to prepare and represent before appellate authorities with reference to Income tax assessment.