Siddhesh Pradhan Email & Phone Number

India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Phoenix Mills Limited, Mumbai (Vice President – February 2018 till date)The company has market cap of INR 500 Bn and mainly focused on retail led mixed used real estate development with retail malls contributing to maximum of groups revenue.- Leading finance function for INR 20,000 Mn annual rental and EBITDA business across retail mall portfolio of 12 malls.- Business tracking, P&L management, budget management, legal and tax support for the retail business.- Providing financial advice to leasing leads on various tax and cashflow effective structures.- Setting up scope for internal audits, implementing audit action plan, creating SOPs.- Providing financial inputs to business development team on land/ asset acquisitions – financial feasibility, competition study, deal structuring etc.- Verification of trial balance, P&L, balance sheet and cash flow. Balance sheet control, accounting standards and IndAS accounting.- Implementing ERP Yardi and leading tech improvements across the group.- Managing investor partner relations – report submissions and presentations, reserve matters, query resolutions. - Closed various debt transactions including negotiations and documentation.- Fund raising initiatives for business which includes preparation of business model and investor presentation, pitching to investors.- Leading valuation exercise across group- Invoicing, receivables management, payables management, fund flow management

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

United Arab Emirates

• Managing finance set up of 10-12 team members to ensure proper and smooth business operations, reporting and fulfilment of requests of stakeholders• Finance controllership for 2 malls, hotels and other real estate development• Managing business finance function for real estate business of more than 3500 apartments.• Laying down the procedures and controls to ensure smooth flow of operations and avoid leakages.• Managing team and laying down responsibility for everyone to ensure that operations are effectively managed.• Initiated various control reports through system to ensure daily controls such as PDC outstanding to be deposited report, Contracts pending to be activated report, Daily integration status report etc.• Liaising with various department heads such as leasing residential, leasing malls, sales, facility management etc. to ensure that their requests are properly channeled to the team and are answered for. (e.g. SOA, refunds etc.)• Monthly reporting to stakeholders from P&L standpoint for sale/lease business of the group.• Ensure timely accounting of revenue and reporting for the same including analysis for budgets/ forecasts, P&L Analysis

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Entire project ownership during construction phase in terms of reporting to management & bankers, managing contracts from finance standpoint, managing bankers for query resolution, fund management• Reporting to management/ bank regarding running projects which included reporting based on agreed reporting structure and ensuring covenants are met and reported.• Completed project debt financing (upsize) with consortium of banks and consultants for theme park project (IMG Worlds of Adventure), have reviewed common terms agreement.• Experience of reviewing and analyzing financial models for cash flow projections, payback period calculations etc, running sensitivity analysis, preparing presentations for management or for bankers• Experience in working on feasibility study report & business valuation report through consultant for IMG Theme Park (income approach and market comparison approach)• Preparation of capital plus operational budgets, cash flow and monitoring the same.• Experience of ERP implementation for greenfield projects from blueprint review till user acceptance testing

Mumbai

• Preparing and analyzing Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly Financial Statement as per the relevant Accounting Standard applicable i.e. Indian AS, IFRS/US GAAP within the agreed deadlines;• Preparing monthly reporting packs/ schedules for management reporting with analysis of various parameters such as expenses, revenue etc.• Creating and reviewing quarterly forecasts/ budgets and annual financial plans including reporting analysis to explain variances against given baselines;• Review of Bank Reconciliations and liaison with bankers for credit facilities;• Assisting in preparing of CMA data report for working capital requirements; • Ensuring Liquidity margins of entities on standalone and consolidated basis are met;• Ensuring compliance with all statutory regulations

Mumbai Area, India

Worked as an Audit Assistant in audit and assurance dep. WORK PROFILE KEY ASSIGNMENTS• Rallis India Ltd. (A TATA Enterprise) – Agrochemical Industry• HDFC Mutual Fund – Mutual Fund Industry• TATA Motors Insurance Broking & Advisory Services Ltd. – Insurance Broking• Forbes & Company Ltd. (Shapoorji & Pallonji Group) – Engineering/ Retail/ Treasury • Worked as core member of audit team in various assignments include statutory audits, limited reviews, tax audits, corporate governance audit, certification assignments etc.

Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountant, Commerce

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Commerce, First Class