Premkumar Gopalakrishna Panikkar Email & Phone Number

Thiruvananthapuram, Kl, In

Delhi Ncr

o Strategic Finance: Overall Management of Finance and Accounts department, Providing sound financial support, analysis, and strategic recommendations to the Top Management, Board to make critical business decisions. o Financial Reporting and Analysis: Review financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. Ensure compliance with accounting standards and Govt. regulationso Finance control mechanisms: Design and monitor robust financial controls and procedures; Periodic review and implement effective improvement mechanisms of finance control processes and systems to enhance efficiency; Publish timely monthly financial reports.o Financial Risk: Assess and mitigate financial risks, such as credit risk, liquidity risk, and operational risko Annual Budgeting: Work closely with the HoD / Vertical Heads to complete the on time and submit to the Top Management; Develop financial models, trend analysis, investment options, and scenarios to support strategic planning and business decisions.o Cash Flow Management: Responsible for capital requirements including Fund-based PCFC Working Capital loans and Term Loans. Managing accounts receivable and collections, accounts payable, and inventory; Planning, costing, projects expansions, liquidity needs, financial forecasts, revenues, and accordingly cash flow analysis.o F&A Operations Management: Supervision of overall accounting operations such as Payments, General ledger, TDS, Payroll, GST, Reconciliations, accounts payable/receivable, cost accounting, Bank co-ordination, inventory, ERP, Monthly Book closure, and Finalization of Accounts etc.

Kochi, Kerala, India

Summary of responsibilities:o Prime responsibility for proposing, planning, implementing and integrating the strategic direction of the organisation defined by Managing Directoro Responsible for all components and departments of the business in connection with implementing the organization’s vision, mission and overall directionso Responsible to provide leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure proper operational controls, to develop, achieve or exceed operational performance targets, administrative and reporting procedureso Complete the implementation process of Microsoft Dynamics NAVISION system moduleso Ownership of P&L, develop and manage budgeting process and meet both strategic and tactical targets, cost control and analysis and MIS reportingo Providing timely and accurate reports and KPIs, review existing and potential investment opportunitieso Guides the implementation of organisational policies, procedures and best practiceso Lead the Finance, Accounts, Audit, Cost control functions and Legal and Statutory complianceso Financial planning, fund management, tax planning, ROC, GST returns and control of foreign exchange transactionso Liaison with banks and financial institutions, auditors and company secretary Quantified accomplishments:o Implementation of Finished Product Costing and the individual margins of finished productso Reduction of overall costs with implementation of cost centre mechanism and divisional break-even productiono Formulated the new pricing strategies for different product item references based on actual costo Modelling for estimating procurement prices for raw materials to achieve gross marginso Set up financial controls by monitoring the cost centre reports and break-even analysis of 15 business divisionso Senior most member in the management group taking operational and financial decisions including M&A proposal

Trivandrum

Strategy and Operations, Financial Management Leadership of Dairy and Hotel Start up:o Responsible for providing financial leadership, advice and support to group’ strategic business units. o Taking a lead role in developing, implementing, analysing, maintaining and presenting strategic business and financial plans. o Active participation in formulating the pricing strategy for different SKUs, financial modelling and forecasting to arrive at deal specific pricing strategy for all products under different market conditions such as optimum discount offers for customer categorieso Responsible for Monthly MIS and analysis of variances, monthly forecasting and budgeting. o Functional support for Financial ERP System implementation in ODOO platform.o Driving innovation in the finance function to improve analysis and the provision of business information

Bangalore

Financial Management Leadership and CFO of Software Technology Start up:o Financial Control, Financial Operations and monthly Financial Reportingo Business Plan developmento Fund raising of Working Capital Loans o Coordination of due diligence activities with investor teams

Technopark, Trivandrum

Company Description: Indian subsidiary of Dutch company that is an international leader in traffic and transport technology solutions for the private and public sector. The company develops blue-traffic sensors, dynamic bus platform allocation systems, fleet management systems, passenger information display systems, traffic data monitoring systems, traffic data warehousing and analysis systems, traffic enforcement solutions, traffic management outsourcing solutions, asset management systems, and traffic video sensors, as well as road pricing, environmental monitoring, public transportation, trip planning and guidance, telemetry, and traffic safety systems.o Achieved 10% cost reduction in procurement of project assets and fixed assetso Cleared pending statutory audits and limited review audits for prior 2 yearso Implemented stringent new compliance processes and framework and ensured compliance with statutory, legal and regulatory requirements in Direct and Indirect Taxes.o Negotiated and closed Working Capital Loans and Bank Guarantees with reduced cash marginso Executed continuous improvement cycles in financial systems and processes within Finance and Commercial Divisionso Implemented rigorous processes for Project appraisals and Cash Flow analyses of proposed bids and improved quality and efficiencies in managing domestic Project RFP’s and bids.o Held responsibilities for financial control, financial operations management and comprehensive financial Reporting. Led Monthly financial closing, management accounting and consolidation across operating segments/units, financial planning, bi-weekly cash forecasting, monthly review of financial operations.

Cochin Area, India

Financial Leadership of group companies of a largest automobile business group in South India:o Responsible for finance operations of holding and subsidiary companies with multiple automobile dealershipso Financial control, Business Process Re-engineering with a direct team of 30 accountantso Daily treasury management and management performance reports from various systemso Raised Term Loans and Inventory funding facilities from Banks and NBFCs as Working Capital Loanso Relationship management with bankers, investors, external professional consultants and regulatorso Monthly financial closing and consolidation across operating segments, products and business unitso Responsible for income tax filings and indirect tax complianceso Continuous improvement of Systems and Processes within Finance and Commercial Divisionso Financial planning, forecasting, AOPs, monthly review of financial operationso Statutory financial reporting and preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statementso Managing surplus investments and investments planning, due diligence of dealerships for inorganic growth through M&A and take overso Procurement of fixed assets and project implementation for new capital infrastructure and new showrooms

Trivandrum, Kerala

1. Shared Services R2R (Record-To-Report) Delivery:o Achieved timely delivery of financial reports from Shared Services o Subject matter expert in finance process domaino Ensured processes are compliant with company policies, procedures and audit/legal requirementso Supported Service Deliveryo Measurement of performance metrics and report performance indicators to Shared Services Delivery Heado Lead, motivate and develop process team to ensure performanceo 100% Compliance of Service Level Agreementso Maintain process documentations2. Financial Planning and Forecastingo Annual Planning activities and consolidation of monthly forecast submissionso Driven the cost budgeting process based on standard costing techniques3. Statutory Financial Reporting under IFRS – R2R - Management Excellence Frameworko Initial Set up of Record-To-Report (R2R) Project and General Ledger (GL) Team o Month end consolidation of Group financial statements and finalization processeso Monthly Inter company reconciliationso Owner of General Ledger (GL) transaction processing and in Agresso ERPo In UK, led consolidation for the year-end closing and setting up of management accounts pack4. Revenue Recognition under IFRS:• Achieved 100% SLA compliance and Process improvements in:o Monthly revenue recognition process (revenue accounting for Group)o Monthly revenue deferral processes for Education Technology Product Groupso Monthly revenue release (recognition) process for Education Technology Product Groupso Awarded Quality Management Award in 2012 for revenue recognition process improvements in Finance Shared Services5. Management Accounting:o Providing accurate and timely management accounting services to the divisional managers6. Project Costing and Month End Cost Centre Opex accounting7. Business Intelligence & Financial analysis - Working experience in Tableau Reporting Software

Chennai / Kochi

Management Consultant in Public Sector accounting projects in Cochin, Bhubaneswar, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal Electricity Authority, Kathmandu.• Management of the Ring Fencing project of the accounts of water supply & sanitation services by Public Health Engineering Organisation in Bhubaneswar, Orissa• Assignments for Asian Development Bank, Indo-USAID FIRE-D Project, Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project, Directorate of Ports, Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion and Spices Board, Kerala• Study on Islamic Finance in KeralaFunctioned as a Key Team Member and led management of 2 key pilot project sites for ADB funded Capacity Building for Municipal Service Delivery in Kerala involving:o Design & implementation of accrual based accounting and preparation of accounting, audit & budget manual, cleaning-up of accounts, first cut opening balance sheet & fixed assets registerso Review of internal control systems & one year implementation support for financial accounts for 2009-10o Training for all the Operations Staff & Elected Representativeso Functional support in design & development of Kerala Municipal Accounting Software and assignment was awarded with highest possible rating by ADB

Nungambakkam, Chennai

• Conducted due diligence and feasibility studies for acquiring assets and local major hospitals in Chennai• Design and development of robust Internal Control Systems• Successfully:o Developed a detailed project report for a health care complex and presented the plans to prospective investors and lenderso Filing of income tax returns and TDS returns

Chennai Area, India

• Financial management and accounting functions of the listed healthcare company• Bank Loan syndication of Term Loan and enhancement of working capital loan for hospital expansion• Preparation of financial projections and planning using financial modelling techniques• Working Capital and Cash flow management• Assisting in internal and statutory audits

Mylapore, Chennai

Development of Accounting and Income Tax software in Lotus Notes

Alappuzha, Kerala

Audit, Accounting and Taxation assignments

C.A., Accounting And Finance, Qualified

Activities and Societies: Membership in Association of Chartered Accountants of India Qualified as a Chartered Accountant

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Commerce, A

Activities and Societies: Member of Chartered Accountants of India Graduated B.Com