Co Founder & COO at Inky Palms Early Child Learning & Development Solutions which offers a Hybrid Curriculum & engagement practices that empowers and enables children to develop comprehensively, including Physical, Emotional, Intellectual and Social Development.https://www.inkypalms.com

Director Operations & Finance with a vision to create a fundamental financial literacy to budding talents aspiring to enter into corporate world along with other soft skill development solutions offered at KriMay

• Establish & Implement Budgeting and forecasting for the Seeds business in India and ensuring timely and accurate reporting in relevant systems• Deliver accurate Standard costs for the product portfolio and its implementation in SAP including Master Data Management, periodic actual rate updates in SAP• Analytical review of Monthly business financials , Corrective measures & master data management• Timely and accurate reporting of financial KPIs like Sales, Margins, Opex, EBIT & Working Capital to stakeholders• Ensuring system corrections wherever errors observed during the process of periodic business performance review to ensure authenticity and credibility of reported numbers to enable prudent management decision making• Collaborate with Stakeholders in establishing mechanisms to keep a control over the Costs and in monitoring and estimating the likely changes in the cost movements due to changes in the Business Scenario’s due to external conditions and to optimize business processes • Steering & Controlling the Seed Business to achieve its Financial objectives, provide support in achievement of business goals through tracking of financial KPIs against targets and providing Seeds management with timely Management Information Reports with recommendations for corrective measures• Transfer Price calculation for the sale of Goods between legal entities and the monitoring of margins thereof• Financial evaluation support to M&A activities (Acquisitions and Divestment) and financial planning and controlling support to CAPEX projects• Act as Key contact for Controlling in local business and actively seek advice, strong interaction and cooperation with Regional Controlling, Cross functions, Finance BP & Division head and alignment across for fulfilling various business requirements• Support in Business Intelligence system implementation & monitoring the Management Dashboards as Key user

• Management Decision Support through multi dimensional Profitability Analysis, Overhead Analysis, Analysis of costs for identifying potential areas for Cost savings/reductions, KPI reporting, • Supporting the Budgeting and Forecasting process & Budgetary control • Managing Product Costing & profitability analysis, including Master Data Management• Led the System management & the process of change management• Evaluate the systems & Processes to ensure risks are managed in accordance with the business objective• Interface with all Bayer Groups, functional heads & third parties for info support• Accounting Control & Support - Over view of General Ledger, Sales & Returns Analysis Reports, Timely providing of Provision for Sales returns, Discounts and slow moving, Audit support, Credit check & control • Support in monitoring and estimating the likely changes in the company’s performance due to changes in the Business Scenario’s, Cost movements and due to external business conditions• Capex monitoring & Control• Support in SAP FICO & BW implementation/Up-gradation

• Business Performance measurement through Balanced Scorecard, KPI reporting and Benchmarking (with Hackett Group)• Management decision support through analysis & profitability reports• Prepare & Present Business Cases for Business Transformation• Instrumental in Strategy & Business Planning, Budgetary Control• Cost optimization initiatives – Tracking & Reporting• MIS System improvements – Design & Implementation• Business Process improvement through implementation of SAP FICO module• Standardization of Reporting through SAP Business Intelligence & developing management Dashboards/ Enterprise Portal• Coordination with Cross cultural teams at Middle East Asia, South East Asia• Financial Due diligence support for M&A as part of growth strategy• Periodic Accounting review & Audit Support

- Providing Cost analysis and decision making support for operations team in choosing the best alternatives options in new product development- Designed & Implemented process driven Product Costing System for the projects handled by R&D Team- Conceptualized, Designed & Implemented internal communication mechanism between R&D Teams and IPD Finance team leading to greater cohesiveness, identity& alignment towards goals of IPDO.- R&D Projects Expenditure monitoring (through cost center reports in SAP), analysis of Plan vs. Actual & reporting Variances to management through MIS.- Providing information for Budgeting.- Inventory Analysis.- Tracking of Capital Expenditure & Bio Study Payment Schedules

- Manage General ledger Accounting & Assist in Financials preparation- Tracking & Reporting of AR & AP- Inventory Analysis & Reporting- Maintenance of Statutory Registers & Handling matters relating to TDS- Audit Support

- Planning and execution of Statutory Audits & Internal Audits of Manufacturing & Service sectors- Developing the audit plan & execution ensuring that there is little or no variance from the audit plan.- Acted as team member for designing and implementing internal controls for Clients- Preparation of project reports for SMEs

- Lead the team for Internal Audits and acted as a team member for statutory, tax audits and bank audits- Audit Planning & execution for Manufacturing, Banking, Logistics, Publishing companies- Preparation of Financial Statements for Small & Medium Scale Enterprises- Preparation of Audit Reports & Periodical Analytical reports - Tax computing & tax returns filing- Preparation of project reports for SMEs- Drafting legal deeds resolutions