Chief Financial Officer with expertise in Corporate finance strategy, profit optimization, cash preservation, tax planning, risk management, mergers & acquisitions, people enhancement and mentoring finance professionalsSpecific achievements include:Leading successful IFRS implementation in Cummins group of entities in 2009-10 Being the recipient of the Vice President Award for Outstanding Performance at Dell in 2007 for leading the accounting efforts of their newly made-up manufacturing plant in India.Published pieces include:Article on Risk Assessment in the April 2014 issue of "The Chartered Accountant", the premier Journal of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Article on "UK Bribery Act 2010 - An analysis of Section 7" in the "Corporate Compliance and Ethics" Magazine of The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics in Jul 2018Significant contributor as the author of conceptual content for the Certificate Course on Internal Audit (CCIA) of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) -Apr-Jun 2018Article on "Benford's Law still works" published in "The Fraud" magazine of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, USA - May/Jun 2020Article "On Giving and Receiving - What does your hospitality policy say?" published in the Jul 2020 issue of "Compliance and Ethics Professional" magazine of The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) USAThe public speaking assignment includes:Speaker on “Project Cost Estimation and Risk Assessment” as part of the Structured Learning Program at ISRO, Bangalore - May 2018Panelist in Finance Summit in Bangalore organized by Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore. (NMIMS) - Aug 2016Faculty for the Certificate course on Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Oct 2018