Manager Management

Rajiv Krishnan

Email: *********@********.***

Address: ***** ** *** ******

City: Coral Springs

State: FL

Zip: 33071

Country: USA

Phone: 954-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: $200,000

Willing to Relocate

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RAJIV KRISHNAN

954-***-**** Coral Springs, FL 33071

**********@*********.***

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rajiv-krishnan/5/937/521

VP Finance / Chief Financial Officer

Senior Finance Executive with demonstrated accomplishments as International CFO in driving business growth and ROI and exceeding financial targets. Commended for implementing and sustaining efficient reporting and operational processes and robust control environments. Recognized for strong corporate governance, reducing operating costs and analyzing and managing risk to optimize profitability. Excellent communication skills used to articulate financial results and recommendations for improvement across multi-functional and multi-cultural entities. A committed team player and coach who speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, Tamil and Hindi fluently. Key strengths include:

Strategic Growth Partner - Clearly formulates and implements challenging short and long term strategic financial objectives in collaboration with senior commercial management

Change Agent - Effective catalyst to obtain enthusiastic buy-in for strategic priorities from staff at all levels

Financial Leader - Assures robust end to end financial and management information for proper business decisions

Cross-functional Expertise - Across Banking and Financial Services, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Legal and Tax functions.

Corporate Mentor - Motivates and coaches diverse teams to develop future successful leaders.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GERSON LEHRMAN GROUP, Miami, Florida

December 2012 - Present

Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG), founded in 1998 is a knowledge brokerage/primary research firm that operates an expert network platform of more than 300,000 subject matter experts who provide independent consulting services to companies around the world.

Senior Banking & Insurance Executive Consultant (interim basis)

Providing consulting services to various growth stage companies, private equity and professional services firms on trends, market dynamics and financial strategic objectives and structure for banking and insurance businesses.

ASSURANT SOLUTIONS, Miami, Florida September 2008 - November 2012

Assurant Inc. is a Fortune 500 diversified insurance company with over $ 8 billion in revenue across the credit insurance, extended warranty, health insurance and benefit management sectors.

SVP & International CFO

Drove sustainable business growth and assured financial reporting integrity whilst meeting target financial goals.

* Led the achievement of financial targets resulting in profits growing more than 100% and revenues growing by 60% to US$1.6 Billion over a 3 year period.

* Provided valuable forecasts that increased revenues and profits, and mitigated risk of loss through 90-100 finance staff in 12 countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Canada, and ongoing cross-functional interaction and communication.

* Developed strong "business partner" relationships with executive management to expand international footprint.

* Managed through strong governance as demonstrated by successful audits and regulatory reviews.

EQUIFAX INTERNATIONAL, Atlanta GA May 2007 - August 2008

Equifax is a global leader in consumer and commercial information solutions, providing businesses of all sizes and consumers with information they can trust. Equifax operates or have investments in 18 countries and is a member of the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500(R) Index.

Senior Vice President - Finance

Managed the finance function of the International division of Equifax covering businesses in 14 countries in Europe, Canada and Latin America.

* Tracked and drove revenue and profits to consistently exceed financial targets as demonstrated by increasing profitability

* Streamlined finance organization in international locations of Latin America, Canada, UK, Spain and Portugal resulting in enhanced business support and high caliber finance teams

* Provided ongoing guidance to country businesses on new initiatives, cost reduction, billing and control issues, strengthening financial and operational processes.

CITIGROUP INC. 1989 - 2007

Citigroup Inc. is an American multinational financial services corporation. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group in October 1998.

Chief Financial Officer - CitiFinancial International, Latin America 2004 - 2007

Based in Fort Lauderdale, managed the finance function of the consumer lending division of Citigroup covering the entire Latin American region.

* Monitored the achievement of financial targets resulting in profits growing by 20% and assets growing by 30% to US$1Billion in 2006.

* Led the launch of the consumer finance branch network business in Peru, expanding the franchise and driving business growth

* Provided forecasts that increased revenues and profits, and maintained robust internal controls through 70-90 finance staff in the countries.

Director of Financial Reporting - Latin America Consumer Division 2000 - 2004

Based in Fort Lauderdale, managed all financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes.

* Provided timely interpretation and analysis of financial results and performance to Executive Management covering 4 million customers of credit cards, deposit accounts, personal loans and investments in 11 countries in Latin America for quality management decisions

* Provided financial direction, strategic planning and evaluation of new initiatives for the Business Heads of Retail Banking and Credit Cards divisions resulting in significant profit growth.

Project Director - Integration of Audit Standards, Citi/Travelers Merger, New York 1998 - 1999

Audit Director, Latin America South Citicorp Corporate Audit, Buenos Aires 1996 - 1998

Audit Manager - Citicorp Corporate Audit, Mexico and Central America, Mexico City 1993 - 1996

Country Audit Director, India, Mumbai 1990 - 1993

Audit Manager, Corporate and Investment Bank, India and Thailand 1989 - 1990

UNILEVER PLC, Asia Pacific, Senior Internal Auditor 1985 - 1989

Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company.

KPMG MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS, India, Senior Consultant 1982 - 1985

KPMG is one of the Big4 Auditors.

EDUCATION

B.Sc (Honors) in Statistics and Economics, University of Bombay.

Chartered Accountant - England & Wales and India

COMMUNITY

Speaker at Florida International University's Executive MBA Program

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