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Dubai, Ae

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Corporate Planning function: Business partner to the Management in facilitating business strategy enabling them to meet key organizational targets.Partnering business reviews for the group entities with key stakeholdersMonth-end reporting, Forecasting, Budget vs Actual, analyzing business KPI, Trend analysis and financial feasibilities for the Management.Annual Operating Plan & follow-up reporting for the group of entities.Ideation and driving the organization-wide Cost Control Initiatives.Automation of Monthly reporting pack (Branch-wise Profitability reports).Perform ad-hoc analysis to support strategy discussions, decisions, business initiatives, special projects, variance analysis, etc.Governance, Risk & Compliance of the company (VAT, ESR, UBO, etc.).

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Lead the Finance & Procurement function for middle east and africa Region• Tracking of topline & bottomline KPIs by country & branch. Driving profitability of branches by optimizing spends • Financial & operational reporting to management & corporate stakeholders on monthly/weekly basis.• Driving cost control initiatives• Ensuring timely audit of all subsidiaries financials and consolidation of financials of all international entities• Funds Management

Dubai

• Lead the Finance & Accounts Function for entire GCC Region• Work in collaboration with top management & Marketing Function to develop Strategic Business Plan for long term & short term for Gulf Region• Putting up Systems & Processes to drive efficiencies and to control• Reporting of Brand Financials & Country Financials to develop Action plan • Timely compliance of Group Audit Instructions on quarterly basis & statutory audit on annual basis.• Reporting of Business Performance KPIs (Secondary Volumes, Primary Volumes, Sales Flash/Financials Flash, Monthly Operational Review, Monthly & Quarterly Profit Forecast)• Driving Cost Control Initiative to improve profitability• Review of Financial Policies on periodic basis• Monitoring of legal compliance of Middle East Operations on periodic basis• Negotiation and Purchasing of Services for office administration• Negotiation of Medical Insurance Policy and closure of other insurance policies with support of corporate• Closure of short term & long term debt with bank with support of Corporate

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Lead the Finance & Accounts function for Middle East Region across UAE, Oman & Saudi Arabia• Development of Accounting Manual for all kind of transactions to harmonize the accounting process• Implementation of Mass Material Balancing for Inventory.• Driving Efficiency in business process (Session Consumption, Utilization of Resources)• Driving maximum usage of Accounting Systems, Re-Implementation of ERP–SAP Material & Finance Module • Driving Cost Control Initiatives to improve organization profitability• Development of MIS on Clinic wise Financials, Service wise Financials – to improve profitability• Tracking & Reporting of Business Performance KPIs (Collection Flash/Profit Forecast, Monthly Financials)• Partnering with Marketing & Operations to develop Long Term Plan• Monitoring of legal Compliance for Middle East Operations• Partnering HR on closure of Medical Insurance, Closure of Other insurance policies

Chandigarh Area, India

• Setting up and leading Finance & Accounting Function, Raw Material Operations, Procurement and Store Operation for Engineering Items, Sales of By Products, IT Function for entire plant, Leading team • Training and development of team members for Functional Knowledge• Putting up Systems & Processes for smooth operations and Control on inventories• Implementation of SAP for entire plant processes, training of SAP Users• Compliance of local taxes, filling of tax returns on period basis• Review of Plant Capexes, Partnering & Negotiation of Capex items.• Fund Planning & Payout to local vendors on timely basis

Mumbai Area, India

• Supervision of Financial & Accounting processes related to Media & Non-Media buying Activities (Order to Pay)• Timely Payout of Marketing Payments. Driving Vendors to move to online payments from traditional payment of cheques.• Development of “To be” and “As Is” Process document for Marketing function• Partnering with IT team for development of Media Portal (A online initiative for financial controls & ease of operation – With improved visibility of work flows (Defined delegation of authority & better visibility of MIS at various stages)• Vendor Management for Non-media buying Activities, Negotiation & Purchase of POS items• Monthly Account Closing Process for Marketing Function• Reconciliation of Key Vendors (Research Agencies, Creative Agencies and Media Buying Agency)• Automation of Communication to Creative Agency for commission billing• Automation of Non-media processes (Order to Pay)• Tracking and Budgetary Control of Marketing Spends by Brand and Categories

Mumbai Area, India

• Commercial & Credit Control Activities. Debtor confirmation and reducing accounts disputes.• Reducing no of days outstanding• Co-ordination for finalizing domestic sales budget with due consideration to future pricing, volume of sales and Gross contribution analysis• Sales MIS (Realization and Margins) & Credit MIS (Debtor Analysis)

Mumbai Area, India

• Responsible for accounting of domestic sales and receivables for Domestic business, reporting to CFO• Finalizing the pricing & schemes for domestic sales in relation to budgeted profitability.• Debtor confirmation and reducing accounts disputes.• Implementation of VAT in most of the Indian States• Periodic consolidated reporting for all locations for domestic sales, stocks and suggesting corrective actions/improvements.• Co-ordination for finalizing state-wise domestic sales budget with due consideration to future pricing, volume of sales and contribution analysis• Administering the Corporate Accounting System and Domestic sales & stocks accounting system• Authorize Credit Notes issuance with help of C&FA.• Responsible for any customized reporting required by management from time-to-time.• Liaisons with C&F As and keeping an eye on competitor activities vis-à-vis commercial aspects

Executive Mba, Marketing

Commerce, Commerce