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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I am currently working as a Finance and Accounting Service Delivery Leader managing clients in the commercial real estate , manufacturing as well as consumer products manufacturing industry. The Team Size is around 600+ employees. My Engagement would start with the prospecting stage itself working closely with the Deal Team including Client Site visits onshore and post the win engage with my extended teams on the Process Workshops, Transition Planning, Go Live, Delivering to Contractual SLA’s… Show more I am currently working as a Finance and Accounting Service Delivery Leader managing clients in the commercial real estate , manufacturing as well as consumer products manufacturing industry. The Team Size is around 600+ employees. My Engagement would start with the prospecting stage itself working closely with the Deal Team including Client Site visits onshore and post the win engage with my extended teams on the Process Workshops, Transition Planning, Go Live, Delivering to Contractual SLA’s, Transformation (Tools, Technology planned to be deployed in the Client Account), Process Excellence, Learning and Development , Talent Management, Hosting Client Visits to the Delivery Centre in India. Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

I bring in over 30 years of Corporate Experience in F&A to help companies stay relevant and charter them thru Cost Challenges, Technology Implementations, Revenue Increase thru Channel Partnership, ECommerce , New Products, Employee Upskilling, Mentoring & Coaching Mid Management Executives in New Leadership Roles, Project Management

Bengaluru Area, India

The Plasto Manufacturing Group will be in it's 50th year of successful operations since its Inception in 1968. Keeping the Environmental Requirements in mind , the company has along it's journey transitioned into one of the largest manufacturers certified by the Central Pollution Control Board for the manufacture of Compostable and Biodegradable Carry Bags, Grocery Bags , Grow Bags, Garbage Bags, Mulch Film touching an Annual Turnover in excess of 100 Crores annually. The Company is also ISO… Show more The Plasto Manufacturing Group will be in it's 50th year of successful operations since its Inception in 1968. Keeping the Environmental Requirements in mind , the company has along it's journey transitioned into one of the largest manufacturers certified by the Central Pollution Control Board for the manufacture of Compostable and Biodegradable Carry Bags, Grocery Bags , Grow Bags, Garbage Bags, Mulch Film touching an Annual Turnover in excess of 100 Crores annually. The Company is also ISO 17088 Certified. My Role as the Group General Manager has been an Interesting One and includes the following1. Overall Responsibility of Group Finance & Accounting including Regulatory Requirements2. Building an Import Strategy working closely with Exporters in China, Europe, US 3. Backward Integration into Manufacturing of Raw Materials currently used by Plasto4. Digitization of Finance Department , Reporting, Assessment of Tools for deployment across departments that include HR, Production, 5. Dealer Appointments and National Partner Alliances6. Key Account Relationship Management including Government Departments7. Vendor Developement in new product areas.8. Loan Syndication and Working Capital Management including Liasoning with Lending Agencies9. Work Closely with the State Pollution Control Boards including CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board)10. Product Pilferage, Fake Products Detection and Management11. Audits (Statutory, Internal, Supplier Pre Qualification Audits)12. E Commerce13. Export Market Management & Development14. Joint Venture Oversight - New Products, Raw Material Manufacture. Show less

Bangalore

Currently leading clients as a Service Delivery Leader in the Communications, IT, Manufacturing, Industrial Gases, Financial Services Industries with a span of around 700 Employees spread across Delivery Centres in India, Poland, China and Philippines. 1. The Landscape for scope of work includes Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, FP&A 2. Helping clients in their transformation journey thru deployment of RPA, Process Automation. Deep Dive on Analytics in areas of Spend… Show more Currently leading clients as a Service Delivery Leader in the Communications, IT, Manufacturing, Industrial Gases, Financial Services Industries with a span of around 700 Employees spread across Delivery Centres in India, Poland, China and Philippines. 1. The Landscape for scope of work includes Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, FP&A 2. Helping clients in their transformation journey thru deployment of RPA, Process Automation. Deep Dive on Analytics in areas of Spend, Collections to Executive Dashboards on Watson. 3. Some of my clients are also in a phase of consolidation including Mergers and Acquisition. So it makes it all the more critical to have a First Time Right therby increasing our footprint. 4. Digitization of the Finance Function of clients. 5. Lend Support on New Deals ~ Prospect Identification , Client Workshops, Transition to Go Live6. Deliver on Annualized CI/FTE Reduction Targets7. Lead Client Visits at the Centre8. Explore opportunities in expanding FTE footprint in accounts under my span of control.9. Enable Growth of Client Advisory Services10. Lead/Participate in Workstreams across Delivery Sites Eg Profitability Workstream11. Contributed to Grow The Base Initiatives ~ 88 Ideas, $20MM12. Played a key role in renewal of a Client in the Communications Sector Contract TCV $18MM, 130+ FTE’s13. Talent Management and upskilling existing employees 14. Encouraged a Design Thinking Culture in my contracts.15. CFO Dashboard Reporting done thru Cognos, Watson for Clients16. Closely working with the clients on key implementations Oracle R12,GST Rollout Preparedness17. Exploring Watson Language Translator to facilitate Centre to Centre movement of FTE’s ~ 28 FTE’s , .5MM Euro Savings Annualized identified. Show less

Bangalore

1. Led an Industrial Gases client, Automotive Parts client for F&A Scope of work managed by IBM across multiple delivery centres. 2. Closely work with the Shared Services Leadership of the client to identify opportunities that be offshored to the IBM Delivery Centres3. Worked on centre to centre movement (Krakow to Bangalore)4. Drive Business Outcome Projects & Client Initiated Strategic Projects like ERP Standardization and Onboarding with key focus on CAMSS (Cloud , Analytics… Show more 1. Led an Industrial Gases client, Automotive Parts client for F&A Scope of work managed by IBM across multiple delivery centres. 2. Closely work with the Shared Services Leadership of the client to identify opportunities that be offshored to the IBM Delivery Centres3. Worked on centre to centre movement (Krakow to Bangalore)4. Drive Business Outcome Projects & Client Initiated Strategic Projects like ERP Standardization and Onboarding with key focus on CAMSS (Cloud , Analytics, Mobile, Social and Security)5. Customer Relationship Management thru active participation in Client Central Team’s Management Committee Meetings apart from Process Level Governance with the countries and Client’s Process Owners6. Facilitate execution of Recommendations from Tower Led Benchmarking Activities, Standardizationthrough identification of Projects, Initiatives Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

1. Led the Transformation Agenda & Transition of Work from a Large UK Bank on F&A. The Client planned to deploy a suite of Tools and Applications across Procure to Pay and Travel & Expenses. 2. Engaged with the Client on a Joint Transition Planning Exercise with tentative dates and milestones 3. Project Managed a Team of SME's onsite in helping the client draw up their transformation agenda with their ERP/Workflow Vendors. The client would see a 50% resource reduction to base headcount… Show more 1. Led the Transformation Agenda & Transition of Work from a Large UK Bank on F&A. The Client planned to deploy a suite of Tools and Applications across Procure to Pay and Travel & Expenses. 2. Engaged with the Client on a Joint Transition Planning Exercise with tentative dates and milestones 3. Project Managed a Team of SME's onsite in helping the client draw up their transformation agenda with their ERP/Workflow Vendors. The client would see a 50% resource reduction to base headcount post technology deployment in the end state. 4. Managed the Project within Budgets (CR ~ Change Requests to be pursued in case of any deviations)The Client Processes moved from a Basic Level to a Pioneering State thru a increased Productivity/Person and Reduced Cost/Headcount and Automation5. Lead Workstreams (IT, Tools and Applications, Infrastructure, Hiring, Transition Planning)Ensured that there were no Cost , Time Overruns and also Tools were being implemented on time as per plan. 6. Was also responsible to transition Business from existing supplier of the client under very hostile circumstances.7. Reduced the Headcount by almost 50% from Start Stage into the Transformed Stage. Show less

1. Manage Service Delivery of 5 F&A Clients and T&E Centre of Excellence for 7 Clients managing a span of 350+ FTE’s2. Responsible for managing Delivery for Oil & Gas , Retail Verticals with Operations in US, EMEA & Canada Regions.3. Plan and Execute New Process Migration & Transitions for the assigned verticals into the India Delivery Centre.4. Compliance & Audits - Establish Controls, Data Privacy Compliance, Adherence to Statutes5. Facilitate execution of Recommendations from… Show more 1. Manage Service Delivery of 5 F&A Clients and T&E Centre of Excellence for 7 Clients managing a span of 350+ FTE’s2. Responsible for managing Delivery for Oil & Gas , Retail Verticals with Operations in US, EMEA & Canada Regions.3. Plan and Execute New Process Migration & Transitions for the assigned verticals into the India Delivery Centre.4. Compliance & Audits - Establish Controls, Data Privacy Compliance, Adherence to Statutes5. Facilitate execution of Recommendations from Tower Led Benchmarking Activities, Standardizationthrough identification of Projects, Initiatives6. Actively Participate in F&A Delivery Centre Work streams7. Led the GEO Consolidation of an Oil & Gas Major Client (EMEA & North Americas)8. Successfully drove a Shift Rationalization project resulting in a 40% reduction in shifts Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

1. Manage Service Delivery of one of Oil & Gas Clients for North Americas ~ 150 + FTE's2. Led new transitions and consolidations from Client Locations3. Implemented a Factory Model on Delivery Performance of F&A activities.4. Led the GEO Consolidation of an Oil & Gas Major Client (EMEA & North Americas)5. Ensured we delivered to SLA's contractually committed and even beyond by driving Audit Recovery , Analytics projects for the client on Spend, Procurement

India

1. Was responsible for managing the Credit Analysis and Flooring Teams across North Americas (US and Canada) , EMEA, India. Portfolio Size $7B/Qtr2. Undertake Credit Research & Evaluate Business Opportunities in partnership with a reputed Credit Rating Agency ~ Dun & Bradstreet3. Work Closely with Segment Controllers in Supporting Business Plans and Share Segment Level Reporting (Segment DSO, Extended Terms, Floor Planning Opportunities)4. Flash Opportunities in Count, $ Amt.… Show more 1. Was responsible for managing the Credit Analysis and Flooring Teams across North Americas (US and Canada) , EMEA, India. Portfolio Size $7B/Qtr2. Undertake Credit Research & Evaluate Business Opportunities in partnership with a reputed Credit Rating Agency ~ Dun & Bradstreet3. Work Closely with Segment Controllers in Supporting Business Plans and Share Segment Level Reporting (Segment DSO, Extended Terms, Floor Planning Opportunities)4. Flash Opportunities in Count, $ Amt., Customer Wise Pending Clearances to Sr. Mgt Team at Business Units during Qtr ends/Shipping Cut Offs.5. Closely Work with Fraud, Collections, Sales & Order Processing while evaluating Large $ Opportunities6. Undertake BPI (Business Process Improvements) Initiatives with the Business Controls Team for taking Business to the Next Levels while Generating Cash Savings as well.(GB Projects).7. 43% Productivity Efficiency achieved Post Transition thru Extended Business Window (9 to 14 Hours Coverage).8. Successfully migrated the SLA’s from a Turnaround Time to Business Outcome defined performance parameters.9. Project in Canada on Risk Mitigation – Estimated Savings 1MM$.10. Improvement in Order Velocity in EMEA (Norben) – Estimated Savings .5MM$11. Developed a Pool of Cross Trained Resources (30% Approx.) from the Floor which would also chip in to contribute during End of Quarter Spikes in Volumes. Show less

Bangalore

I led the Regional Finance Function for Canon across Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh managing both Direct and Indirect Channels of the Business and took Collections to the Number 1 spot in the country.One of the Key Initiatives was the migration to Oracle 11i. We needed to have the ERP customised to meet our requirements as well as manage day to day business with the customers. Ensuring Orders were booked, Invoices raised, Machines Installed, Payment Collected, Cheques Accounted… Show more I led the Regional Finance Function for Canon across Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh managing both Direct and Indirect Channels of the Business and took Collections to the Number 1 spot in the country.One of the Key Initiatives was the migration to Oracle 11i. We needed to have the ERP customised to meet our requirements as well as manage day to day business with the customers. Ensuring Orders were booked, Invoices raised, Machines Installed, Payment Collected, Cheques Accounted, MIS & Financials Generated in a timeley manner.Credit Evaluation for large INR Jobbers, SME where no published financial information is available. Show less

Had a wide range of experience ranging from Corporate Audit, PSU Audit, Tax Audits, Indirect Taxes including Assessments, Direct Taxation including filing returns, Internal Audits of Schools, Hospitals.

Master'S Degree, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Specialized in Counselling Psychology

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And Financial Management Services

Cwa (Final Gr1), Costing, Finance

B.Com (Taxation), Taxation, Accounting, I Class