Narayanan Nagarajan Email & Phone Number

Greater Chennai Area

Greater Chennai Area

Chennai, India

Key Deliverables: Reporting to the Managing Director and supervising a team of 20 staff. Handling fund raising initiatives with the banks, financial intermediaries, and investors. Managing finance for various real estate and hospitality projects handled by the company. Conducting performance evaluations and devising business plans for various upcoming projects. Supervising and tracking the leasing functions consisting of the company’s assets. Tracing the project costs while reporting on variances in budgeted costs with reasoning. Presently managing residential projects of 1 Million Square Feet (High Rise and Villa format). Overseeing cost control activities for various operations and project execution purposes, including cost efficient procurement processes. Controlling the profitability issues of the hospitality units for cost effectiveness. Complying with Secretarial, audit, and compliance issues with regulatory authorities and banks/lenders.Major Accomplishments: Succeeded in inculcating corporate behavior within a family owned organization. Framed diversified policies and procedures for assisting operations and finance for improved efficiency.RecognitionJoined the Group as General Manager - Finance and promoted to the present position in view of the performance.

Chennai Area, India

Key Deliverables: Reported to the Director and mentored a team of 5 staff. Reviewed monthly, quarterly, and annual operational performances of IT SEZ Project and handled funds draw down planning and control issues. Engaged actively with IT MNCs like Accenture, Mahindra Satyam, and Take Solutions to assist finalization of lease agreements for various IT Park commercial leases. Developed budgets and cash flows along with rolling forecasts during each month and quarter, apart from projected financial forecasts on a long range forecast model. Tracked the project costs and reported on variances in budgeted costs along with adequate reasoning in respect of IT Park with a built-up area of 3 Million Sq Ft. Controlled the costs related to operations and project completion aspects. Delivered MIS reports presentation to shareholders and financial institution (HYPO Bank, London) pertaining to profitability projection v/s actual figures, covenant compliance, and ad-hoc inputs. Devised various financial and business plans to assist the existing projects in the pipeline.Major Accomplishments: Conducted project reviews to assist construction of software tech parks in coordination with clients and contractors. Introduced fiscal disciplines by means of applying budgetary controls and operational efficiency.

Key Deliverables: Reported to the Director and CEO and managed a team of 15 staff. Assisted the supply chain management issues. Applied diversified accounting controls for operations managed across GCC. Handled treasury functions along with inventory management issues across GCC locations. Piloted the streamlined automation of the diversified manual processes, including setting up of a centralized distribution facility in China .Major Accomplishments: Introduced diversified policies and procedures to assist imports.

Chennai India

Key Deliverables: Reported to the Controller (USA) and handled a team of 12. Managed various back-office operations to assist Inventory, AR, and AP issues. Delivered monthly performance presentations to the management team based in USA. Conducted periodic interactions with dealers in USA on various international deals to facilitate timely accounting and reporting of transnational Bulk Marine Fuel Procurement. Assisted the seamless transition of transaction processing from USA to India  Introduced modifications to the existing systems for towards integrated system standards.Major Accomplishments: Successfully automated the back-office processes from USA to India, by improvising document management. Managed system design and testing to assist inventory, accounts receivable, and accounts payable issues.

Receivables Management, Management Accounting preparation and presentation, Systems implementation for Customer Relationship Management for Sales and Collections.

Term Loan and Working Capital arrangement with IFCI and State Bank of Travancore for the Steel Forgings Project in Chennai with Italian JV Collaborators, Conducting Board and Shareholders meetings, Finalisation of Legal documents for Foreign Investment and liaison with RBI, SIA and other Central and State Government Departments.

Chennai

Handled the Finance and Accounting functions of the Leather Division of the Company. Core activities including availing Export Packing Credit from State Bank of India, liaison with DGFT, Statutory Auditors and Secretarial activities.

Aca, Mis, Operations Research, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Auditing And Taxation

Conducted audits of Public Sector Banks, Government Companies, Private Companies and prepared financial statements for clients.

Acs, Law And Chartered Secretary Functions

Aicwa, Cost Accounting And Management Accounting

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Management Accounting, Economics And Banking And Marketing