Sharat Kumar Email and Phone Number

Looking after all the operations Projects, Procurement,Commercial. Credit control, services and others

GENERAL MANAGER/ PLANT HEAD • BUSINESS HEAD

CFO & PRACTICE HEAD DUE DILIGENCE

Laid the road map of setting the Garment export house from scratch and managed all the processes of production planning, finance controls including limit, CMA, LC negotiations, bill purchase etc.), HR function, supplier management. Devised effective costing style wise from P2P to final dispatch.Recruited headcount of approx. 100 employees and managed the entire cycle from hiring, induction, salary negotiations and employee engagement activitiesDeveloped relationship with 120 suppliers of fabric, machinery and other requisites of the garment house

Project Management*Initiated system prompt for invoice duplicity and Canada ACH payments*Migration of US sales and tax activity and Canada CPC month end accounting based on DMACO methodologyOperations*Consolidated and reported the balance sheet tracker for JAPA, EMEA and the Western region to the senior management Managed customer relationship by interacting with them on regular basis and addressing the issues to suggest suitableResolution*Successfully handled and closed Internal Audit by the IAG*Managed treasury reporting for funds transfer and streamlined bank payment scheduling

Managed accounting and control team of 13 members for WEST (US, Canada and Mexico) region. I was responsible to ensure controls and did secondary review for the vendor payments to be made within agreed timelines. Also managed the treasury reporting for funds transfer and allocationAccounting.Managed clearance of accounts related to vendor payable for Western region and kept the accounts in current state.Ensured monthly clearance by tracking the suspense accounting details and reporting the same to senior manageme

Travelled to different countries and gathered project requirements by conversing with key stakeholders, Global project teams and technology leads. Worked with cross functional teams to validate gap analysis and supported the technology and solutions team in responding to business responses (RFPs/RFIs)Project Management*Deployed GEMS (Global Automated Expense Management Solution) for American Express across 5 international markets viz. UK, Germany, Australia, Mexico and India*Understood the complexities in Taxation, GST and VATs of respective markets and gathered sign offs from the respective key stakeholders*Rewarded with REACH Diamond Award for successful completion and deployment of the project

Operations Management*Led JAPA TEV Operations with team size of 8 for JAPA markets (Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Greater China)*Ensured Adherence to compliance and policy review of travel related expenses for employees of above mentioned markets and payments being made within stipulated TAT*Shared audit reports with the senior management on regular basis and reported policy noncompliance issues to avoid any malfunctioning in the process*Managed external audits by the auditors single handedly Conducted cost centre managers training in Australia Project Management*Ran a project to ensure aging items are cleared on timely basis and the status is always updated and accurate. *Framed a project to capture customer scorecards and metrics accurately*Designed and implemented automation of TEV tracker resulting in policy and compliance savings of US$30K Client Management*Maintaining and building on client relationships which include engagement management.–*Servicing the client by timely resolution of any professional, technical or any other client service problem or request.

Was given an additional responsibility to manage Corporate Card program for JAPA Region covering the complete compliance audits, fraud detection, policy saves and noncompliance reporting to the senior management*Saved US$300K by implementing E saving project for JAPA region*Initiated a Credit balance reversal Green Belt Six Sigma Project which resulted in savings of US$250K across JAPA region Imparted intensive training program in US and ran a project on Corporate card compliance resulting in savings of US$20K.Senior Financial Analyst EMEA TEV Operations (20002005)Project: Migration of Travel and Entertainment Payment process from UK to IndiaBased in UK for 3 months to understand theUK Taxation, VAT reconciliation and reporting function of UK and then migrated the complete payment process from UK to India. Also received an appreciation letter from UK with special focus on tax reconciliation and reportingTRAINING*Imparted training to the team members to manage the daily operational issues faced during TEV payment function and was awarded “Best Pilot” award*Conducted training sessions on UK Tax and policies across client sites in London, Brighton etc. TEAM MANAGEMENT*Managed team of 10 members and addressed their issues in front of senior management to ensure faster resolution Provided cross training sessions among team members to improve productivity*Acted as a SOX, Control SelfAssessment SPOC and supported various team members on various concerns PROJECT MANAGEMENT*Led Green Belt Six Sigma project for reduction of Inward and Outward Queries*Initiated and lead Black Belt Six Sigma Project for reduction in late sittings and improvement in Work Life Balance and was rewarded for the same

Project: Migration of JAPAN Travel and Entertainment Payment and Expat payroll process from Japan to IndiaBased in japan for span of 3 months to understand the client requirement, conducted complete process mapping and prepared the roadmap to migrate the payroll processes of the client from Japan to India*Ensured 100% Compliance to norms in Japanese markets and adherence to committed timelines on payments*Internal Audits and Process reviews: Mapped and reviewed current processes and workflow of the client and suggested various area of improvements in the process*Conducted random policy audits as per audit threshold limits*Stakeholder management : Prepared daily, weekly and monthly reports and documented noncompliance policy issues to senior management on regular basis*Played a key role in successful Statutory Audit of American Express by the IncomeTax Department and was awarded BL’s special award for the same.

MANGING ACCOUNTING AND PRODUCT MIX COSTING OF ALL ANCILLIARY UNITS

MANGING ACCOUNTS OF EXPORT HOUSE & BUYING AGENCY, TAXATION AND OTHER STATUTORY COMPLIANCES

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT MANAGING BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS & SALARIES