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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Performance Monitoring - Collaboration with cross functional teams to develop demand & supply plans based on market trends, historical data & growth projections. Define/track key KPIs to measure spend efficiency.• Budget Controls – Initialization and implementation of cost reduction measures across major spends, build trackers/tools to control spends vs budget for different markets across MENA region for all verticals.• Financial Modelling - Simulation of various market scenarios along with sensitivity analysis to assess the financial impact of changing market conditions or operational decisions.

United Arab Emirates

• Adept in preparation of financial models, short term and long term budgets to formulate strategic plans.• Detailed cost analysis to proactively flag risks and opportunities and monitoring department wise expenses to track variances against budgets.• Identification of areas for process improvements & cost savings opportunities through collaboration and re-negotiation of contracts to continually drive a lower cost base.• Profitability analysis of proposed product campaigns & initiatives. • Conceptualize MIS reports & executive decks to ensure periodic multidimensional analysis. • Streamlining and automation of procurement management and expense processing.

United Arab Emirates

• Instrumental in preparation of Financial Statements ensuring compliance with accounting policies and regulatory requirements. Implementation of IFRS 16.• Continuous tracking of key financials and business metrics, accurate reporting to top management. • Managing shareholder reporting to drive decision making process.• Review and closure of interim and year end audits within timelines. • Ensuring regulatary compliance with VAT laws by mitigating VAT compliance risks.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Cost Manager:• Optimization of expenses through identification of wasteful activities and redesigning productivity based performance measurements. • Preparation of annual operating plan through zero based costing approach• Leading & driving War on Waste project for structural cost containment by partnering with cross functional teams. • Delivering operational excellence through improved controls, waste elimination and process automation leading to productivity. Revenue Manager:• Planning and reporting of business performance – financial and non financial metrics to provide insights to leadership on areas of concern.• Critical variance analysis, insights into key revenue levers and recommendations to management. • Custodian of planning, accurate forecasting and measurement of performance as against targets. • Identification of key business drivers based on recent trends and translating them into measurable business KPIs to facilitate timely decision making. • Perform pre & post launch analysis of all major products to apprise management on pricing initiatives.

Mumbai Area, India

- Development of Risk Management Framework and risk mitigation plan.- Analysis of retail data to identify current or emerging trends in fraud/misuse - Streamlining of retail operations by benchmarking procedures in line with industry standards in order to ensure optimum utilization of resources- Identifying process gaps and recommending control measures for improvement

Dubai, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore

Part of Aditya Birla Group's Leadership program aimed at providing diverse experience across various business segments of the conglomerate including plant operations, cross functional and cross border exposure. Assignments handled: 1. Grasim Industries Limited, Mumbai - Indirect Taxation2. Birla Carbon, Gummidipoondi - Internal Financial Controls Framework3. Aditya Birla Online Fashion, Bangalore - Risk Mitigation4. Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises, Dubai - MIS & Business Intelligence Reporting

Chennai Area, India

• Team Leader in listed company’s Statutory Audit, Tax Audit, Limited Reviews and other certification assignments.• Preparation of appellant paper book and participation in representation before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and other Income Tax authorities.• Due Diligence audit to evaluate viability of acquiring target company from taxation perspective.• Family office services to High Net Worth individuals involving wealth management, optimization of revenue, suggesting measures to enhance internal controls, tax planning and other advisory services.• Business restructuring including demerger as a part of family arrangement coupled with enhancement of tax benefits.• Issuance of opinions on matters involving Income Tax, Service Tax and Company Law.

Professional - Chartered Accountant

All India Rankholder in CA IPCC and Final level examinations

Master’S Degree, Corporate Finance, Organisation Management, International Business Finance

Bachelor’S Degree, Business/Commerce, General

High School, School Topper

Activities and Societies: Debate, Election, Drama, Craft & Handiwork competitions

High School, 10Th