Experienced leader responsible for overseeing finance, forecasting, accounting operations, and compliance functions, managing a team of 18 professionals.-Spearheaded the Annual Planning and Budgeting process for six business lines, ensuring alignment with overall company targets.-Developed and automated a comprehensive MIS review system, enabling tracking of key unit metrics and establishing a “One Version of Truth” approach across the company. Created a corporate dashboard to monitor organizational performance against plan and forecast.-Implemented a robust cash flow forecasting model and optimized working capital management, resulting in improved cash burn on a quarter-on-quarter basis.-Introduced a financial control framework within SAP, enhancing controls and enabling the monitoring of critical metrics.-Partnered with the CEO and business leaders on financial models for fundraising initiatives, including leading Vendor Due Diligence efforts.

At Simplilearn led strategic initiatives with senior management which included fundraising and Merger & Acquisitions in the US. Formulated business plan for new business divisions and structuring of business contracts in collaboration with the business for licensing, IP acquisition, affiliate agreements, marketing, and revenue partnerships. Have managed investor relationships which included reporting of standalone and consolidated results involving entities with local GAAP compliance from the US, Singapore, Australia, and India. Developed strong skills in managing treasury function - building multi-currency cash-flow forecast models factoring requirements of various business units leading to creating efficiency in cash management, formalizing hedging strategy to balance the foreign currency risks, and allocation of investment in financial instruments.

Worked in the Audit and Assurance team at Deloitte for 5 years, where I led audit teams for large listed & unlisted companies in various industry segments like Manufacturing, Trading, Software, and Asset Management Companies. This involved assessing the company's risks, analysis of the financial statements, and identifying and testing key controls. Have worked on tax audits and limited reviews for listed entities per SEBI requirements.