Sri Krishna Bhamidipati Email & Phone Number

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

I manage a 15-member finance team and transform them as Strategic Business Partners to drive profitable growth of the company while ensuring highest levels of compliance & controls

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Key Result Areas:In the role of Financial Planning & Analysis
• Drawing up India bottling operations’ Annual Business Plans by working closely with Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, Procurement, HR & other functional teams
• Ensuring clear targets for all functional verticals across the organization
• Simulating advance monthly Rolling Estimate forecasts under various scenarios of volume & revenue
• Analysing actual results vis-a-vis business plan/rolling estimate/previous year
• Working out the strategic 5-year Long Range Plan as per the strategic vision of the organization

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led a team of 5 members for US-GAAP accounting & financial reporting of 5 countries- Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar & Cambodia bottling operations having a business of $ 500 MM
• Managed monthly closing activities, fixed assets accounting and review of monthly balance sheet reconciliation schedules for the countries
• Created & submitted monthly/quarterly reports to HQ Atlanta like PL narratives, BS narratives, cash flow statements, commitment reporting, SEC certification, etc in coordination with the respective countriesHighlights:
• Steered efforts in identifying PL gain opportunities of USD 0.5 Mn & USD 0.1 Mn for Cambodia & Myanmar bottling operations, respectively
• Showcased training & development skills by imparting trainings to Country Finance Teams on US-GAAP accounting, controls & governance, and so on
• Conducted gap assessments and revamped financial processes in Nepal & Sri Lanka bottling operations as per US-GAAP & Coca-Cola standards

Siliguri, West Bengal, India

• Supervised a team of 8 members for zonal accounting & MIS reporting
• Administered monthly books closure under US-GAAP and reported results to management along with variance analysis w.r.t. business plan & rolling estimates
• Prepared annual business plans, monthly rolling estimates & other estimates as required by management
• Developed & reviewed balance sheet reconciliation schedules every month
• Managed IGAAP annual books closure and internal & statutory audits

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Led a team of 9 people responsible for unit financial & cost accounting including Accounts payable & payroll, monthly books closure & audit, budgeting & MIS and indirect taxation
• Led team in successful capitalization of two large projects > INR 600 crores
• Improved controls over financial reporting & statutory compliance of the unit by way of actuarial valuation of retirement benefits & profession tax registration

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

I assisted the CFO in evaluation of economic viability of proposed stores, monitoring Capex budgets vis-à-vis actuals and evaluating alternative methods of funding Capex, liaising with consumer finance companies to establish finance schemes for customers and with banks for credit card finance schemes

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Handled a team of 4 responsible for financial accounting of Mumbai regional operations of the company including finalization of regional accounts, handling branch statutory audit, direct & indirect taxation matters including assessments, preparation of annual operational budgets, managing accounts payable & receivables and payroll processing

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

I was responsible for internal audit of south India region of the company covering audit of sales operations, debtors, physical verification of stocks & fixed assets, statutory compliances, etc.

Chartered Accountant, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Finance