• Shouldered overall responsibility to manage entire gamut of Finance functions viz. preparing and finalizing annual financial statements along with appropriate disclosures as notified by RBI, management/ group reporting, direct and indirect taxation and regulatory reporting • Responsible for ancillary Finance operations that include month end closure, accounts payable, bank reconciliations, GL monitoring/reconciliations and control GL reconciliations• Enhanced controls for financial risks by providing variance analysis of Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss account to management on a daily basis• Filing of approx. 40 monthly and 90 quarterly regulatory returns with the RBI which included statistical returns, transaction based returns, fraud returns, returns disclosing financial position, etc• Ensuring periodic compliance of Income-tax & GST return filing on a timely basis• Providing effective support to auditors by finalizing statutory audit, tax audit, transfer pricing audit, service tax audit and worked as a Nodal officer to effectively resolve queries raised by the RBI• Ensured accurate reporting on tax returns by identifying, researching & evaluating alternative tax positions in order to determine a supportable, cost-effective and non-litigative filing position• Evaluating critical tax issues/ challenges and devised plans in driving strategic improvement to the tax function• Managed litigation activities at appellate levels; performed calculations of withholding tax, advance tax & GST

• Driving finalization of quarterly management accounts for the two offshore funds, carrying out NAV workings and coordinating with the Mauritius administrator for various compliances• Built & structured processes for vendor payments, investment of excess funds in liquid mutual funds, preparing investor call notices; formulated key policies, minimized process gaps & drove operational efficiency • Managed the monthly capital budgeting activity of the Indian advisory company basis the management fees from the two Mauritius funds and other receipts from structured investments in the investee companies in alignment with fixed/ variable expenses, other cash requirements considering the cost plus mark-up model • Monitored all direct and indirect tax compliance activities, conducted tax assessments & transfer pricing study • Steering the overall financial, accounting and audit operations including book keeping activities; timely closure of accounting books & audit finalization

• Provided tailored equity/ debt investment solutions to clients through jurisdictional analysis; evaluated investment structures and rendered tax & exchange control advisory services• Headed various tax compliance activities, ensured adherence to all legal & regulatory compliances and filed various applications with focus on securing clarifications and approval• Managed 50+ FIIs/sub accounts with focus on maintaining stock portfolio, computing capital gains, preparing tax returns and heading various tax assessments liaised with custodians in repatriating sale proceeds outside India post tax discharge