Sandeep Kumar Mitra Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru Area, India

Providing Finance Strategy and Leadership in the making of a National University under Institute of Eminence (IoE) Category of Govt Of India, which will create and nurture a unique, inclusive and innovative interdisciplinary knowledge-based University of Global stature and is focused on the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge and practice in all matters connected with the establishment, operation and transformation of human settlements. 1) Providing Organisational Leadership and Strategy2) Providing short term and long term Finance Strategy3) Providing Leadership towards incubations for startups focussed in “Sustainable Enterprise” 4) Budgeting including Reforecast Budgets5) Responsible for P&L and Balance Sheet6) Cash Flow Planning and Management for operational expenses and capital expenses 7) Providing Leadership in Domestic and International Fund Raising strategy for the University8) Audit Management - Internal and statutory9) Finance Capacity Building10) Program Sponsor in Implementation of ERP11) Handling the Finance and Process Management of the Campus Development worth INR 800 Crores. ($120 Mil)12) Managing Board Meetings, Audit Committee Meetings, Executive Committee Meetings – stakeholder Management

Organizational Strategic Management role not burdened by the day to day delivery issues. The role was responsible to ensure strategic key stakeholder management, keeping in view the contract renegotiation that was coming up. The key responsibilities were:1) Identify and develop delivery capabilities relevant to the Ericsson business2) Drive technology/domain/ project and soft skill capabilities and offerings that differentiated IBM vis-a-vis competition3) Drive and execute strategy for deployment and sharing of resources across Application Operations and Application Delivery - Application areas / Geographies to improve delivery efficiency and reduce cost4) Identify improvement opportunities in the delivery model / processes / tools etc. and collaborate with the Delivery Project Executives (DPEs) to drive such opportunities5) Escalation point for any resource related issues6) Support Global team and DPEs to develop and provide solution for key opportunities7) Interlock with the larger IBM teams to bring in new ideas, thought leadership and best practices into the Ericsson Account through Systematic Innovation Framework (SIF) Model 8) Inculcate a culture in the team to contribute to the larger IBM Goals9) Implementation of Factory Model of delivery and collaboration with relevant service lines10) Effective staffingo Interlock with the Resourcing team to bring suitable talent into the Ericsson Account o Collaborate with the DPEs to ensure effective rotation of the team, induction of Graduate Hires, tenure management, landed tenure management etc.11) Drive initiatives across CAMSS strategy – Cloud, Analytics, Mobility, Social and Security12) People management for offshore resources 13) Joint responsibility with DPEs for smooth delivery

Bengaluru Area, India

Responsible for growth of the Finance Serviceline (Records to Report) by number of new accounts and by number of resources:1) Providing growth and savings as per plan2) Growing the serviceline to 500+ consultants in 20133) Ensuring analysis of delivery excellence measurements is performed and documented and corrective actions documented and tracked to closure4) Supporting Solutioning and wining new business to achieve target headcount growth & savings 5) Ensuring analysis of measurements (Headcount, hours, savings, operations) is performed and documented and corrective actions defined as applicable6) Skill development 7) Standardize, centralize deployment/ onboarding templates, Assets & Accelerators, Community links, PMT, solutioning etc. - across all locations8) Document and publish best practices and Lessons learnt from deployment / delivery9) Provide Thought Leadership

Bengaluru Area, India

The previous stints have honed the expertise for Finance Transformation and Financial Management Services, as well as offering a diverse range of advisory and implementation strategies, combined with deep industry expertise to solve business challenges. This includes:1) As Global COC Leader (Centre of Competence) for Finance Transformation responsible for opportunity identification, pre-qualification bid and proposals, solutioning and delivery of finance transformation deals2) Finance transformation service includes FT Strategy, Finance Operations Improvement, Business Performance Planning & Reporting, Strategic Cash Flow Management, Financial Crimes, Business controls, Enterprise Risk Management and Treasury Management and Target Operating Model (TOM)3) Have been pivotal in achieving process standardisation and improvement by outsourcing the entire accounting and administration team to professional finance service providers which helped in Cost Take Out (CTO) strategy4) Led a large team of qualified Professionals to handle the Financial Management Practice5) Had the opportunity to start and create a new offering by the name of Cost Take Out – Stormchaser where the financial condition of global governments were studied and suggested ways and means to improve the current financial situation for the government’s which maybe federal, state and local or even city council. Over $365 Million of opportunities were received6) Have also been the SME for Finance Transformation, whereby, developed an asset on Intelligent Back Office which was portal based and covered Budgeting and Planning and other standard finance processes7) Responsible for developing the finance strategy and transformation models which included benchmarking, component business model, finance operating model and delivery, cost take out

Bengaluru Area, India

Responsible for delivering the SAP projects with specialized skills in finance. Building the Financial Management Services (FMS) Practice, develop new business and growing the existing business.1) Played an integral role in defining the offerings, creating competency, bringing out solutions, bagging business and delivery of projects2) The business was worth $ 300 Mil and developed into a separate LOB

Bengaluru Area, India

1) Led the Finance team responsible for AMS delivery. Total team size 152) Led the process understanding of Ericsson account which enabled team to resolve tickets better and faster and even talk to the client in finance language rather than the technical language3) This helped in improving the customer CSAT data for the account

Kolkata And Bengaluru

1) A strategic planner with proven ability to develop short & long term strategies, improve operations, impact business growth and maximize profits through achievement in financial / cost management, resource allocation, performance measurement and monitoring, internal controls enhancement and productivity improvements2) Seasoned professional with consistent track record of achieving revenue, profit & business growth objectives within rapidly changing environment3) Skilled at handling & executing operations entailing all accounting services and functions through supervising accounting sections4) Adept in designing and implementing systems/ procedures to achieve financial discipline and enhance the overall efficiency of the organization5) Keen analyst with good negotiation & relationship management skills and abilities in liaising with banks, financial institutions, regulatory authorities & other agencies6) Deftness in concluding resourceful financing deals, managing large investment and risk management portfolios7 An effective communicator with excellent relationship building, leadership and mentoring skills and proven ability to create new business opportunities and support & sustain a positive work environment towards the accomplishment of organizational goals8 Devising accounting policies/procedures & control systems for monitoring financial performance9 Formulate budgets in tune with organisational objectives and profitability norms10 Responsible for calling out Top-line Revenue numbers and flagging risks. Also estimating the bottom-line numbers11 Treasury Management – Extensive interaction with banks for securing funding at competitive rates. Also liaise with other statutory bodies (FIPB/ RBI etc) to secure Parent Company findings12 Have played role in deciding the pricing of imported products in the wake of Transfer Pricing Acts coming into play. Got Advance Ruling on TP with help from PwC13 Cost control strategies and implementation and monitoring

Kolkata Area, India

1) Responsible for annual budgetary exercise and the five year plans/ projections.2) Handled responsibility for Monthly / quarterly / annual MIS reporting at corporate Head quarters. – Corporate finance activities and consolidation including finalization. 3) Internal Audit process finalization and conducting IA across various units of BOC.

Aca, Finance And Accounts

Acwa, Finance & Accounts

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Finance

Icse - Std X, Intermediate Level

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