Senior Financial Professional

Key Skills

Profile Summary

Persuasive and result-driven Cost & Management Accountant with rich expertise in Financial Planning, Budgetary Control, Costing, Direct and Indirect Taxation across diverse industries like Infrastructure(power), Automotive, BPO/ITES, Aviation in Domestic as well as Multinational companies

Cross-cultural leader with strong exposure in strategic & financial planning for start-ups, complex restructuring, expansions, large scale business transformations and business advisory roles

Expertise in managing business demand by balancing external client delivery, internal revenue growth, cost reductions and effective risk management

Comprehensive experience in spearheading the Finance Function of multiple complex contracts with large annual revenue, with experience in improving contract profitability & control posture and preventing revenue loss

Found innovative means to fund financial needs of the organization at difficult times

Extensive knowledge of IFRS, IND AS /IGAAP & US GAAP

Successfully reviewed & enhanced all financial procedures and internal controls, automated and integrated financial information systems, prepared financial forecasts with coordinated budget projections and developed a plan to finance significant unfunded capital authorizations

An enterprising leader with excellent decision-making, controlling & problem- solving skills

Career Timeline (Recent 6)

Soft Skills

Work Experience

Since Apr'15 with British Company (Presence in 82 countries) as Finance Director

Key Result Areas:

Playing a key role as member of the Executive Team, steering the strategic growth and management of the Indian Business

Monitoring the key performance drivers and delivering the performance committed

Driving achievement of business growth & profit goals by formulating & implementing strategic financial solutions and business policies, procedures & systems for tracking financial operations

Translating business vision and strategy into operational tactics; facilitating business transformation and productivity initiatives in a manner that systematically improves operational execution; driving business process improvements, improving quality, and reducing total cost of ownership

Developing, analysing & implementing budgets; monitoring budgets for deviations, conducting variance analysis and making recommendations for new or revised budget norms or procedures

Directing the smooth execution of all legal contracts & financial covenants including treasury activities and building relationships with Bankers & other statutory bodies

Providing strategic consultation & guidance on financial and contractual matters; implementing cost control measures for improvement in bottom-line

Administering Project Finance functions encompassing negotiations, analysis of proposals, and settlement of debts

Facilitating delivery of a strong corporate governance framework that ensures compliance with statutory obligations and meets stakeholder expectations; managing the full spectrum of company secretarial matters

Coordinating with the MD and other Directors to optimise resources and ensuring governance, profitability and budgeted growth

Contributing in making the organisation resilient and mitigating business risks and ensuring business continuity

Managing all Direct & Indirect Tax compliances; steering the company through tax litigation by getting an Advance Pricing Agreement

Highlights:

Contributed in enhancing the Cash position tremendously with improved DSO and timely repatriation of funds

Improved processes and made them robust

Successfully implemented GST

Steered the business with 8 direct reports & 8 dotted line reports across ten offices in India with a total strength of 175 FTEs

Previous Work Experience

Nov’12-Aug’14 with Blue Bells Group of Educational Institutions as Controller (F&A)

Mar'09-Sep'12 with Abir Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., as DGM (MIS & Costing), executing Hydro Power Projects

Nov 07 –Feb 09 with Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd., (Japanese MNC in Noida) as DGM (F&A)

Jan 06- Nov '07 with Prexus Health India Private Ltd., Gurugram as Finance Manager and Process Head

Dec 03-Dec 05 with EVA Air (GSA Greenways Air & Travel Pvt. Ltd.,) New Delhi as Manager-Accounts

Jul 97- Apr 00 with Lufthansa Cargo India Limited, Delhi as Business Executive (Accounts)

Freelance Experience

Aug‘14-Mar’15 worked as Freelance in Professional Practice

Key Result Area:

Worked on a short-term assignment with Government of India, provided scrutiny and analysed services of cost

Education

Cost & Management Accountant from ICMAI (Fellow Member of the Institute) in 1989

B.Com. (Honours) from Delhi University in 1985

Certifications

SWIFT from NIIT in 1995; awarded outstanding grade

ISO 9000:2015 Lead Auditor

Six Sigma Green Belt

Technical Skills

MS DOS, Windows, MS Office, Oracle 8i, Developer 2000, SAP, Oracle BI tool EPM

BaaN and IFS ERP packages

Extracurricular Activities

Participated in the Point of View Competition and won one of the best five entries; article on “How to read what your clients need” published in newsletter of NIRC of ICWAI June 2010 edition

J. SANDHYA MURTHY

CFO / Finance Director

Excellent Track Record of 20 + years in achieving momentum for large scale projects / business operations with key alliances & financial strategies accelerated profits, productivity and cost containment with process upgrades; applies qualitative & quantitative analyses to elicit top results from employees, vendors and partners

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Global Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis

Financial and Cost Accounting

Budgeting & Forecasting

Business Valuations

Direct & Indirect Taxation

ERP Implementation

Contract Management

Risk Mitigation

Corporate Governance

Compliance

Dec 03-Dec 05

EVA Air, New Delhi as Manager-Accounts

Jan 06- Nov '07

Prexus Health India Private Ltd., Gurugram as Finance Manager and Process Head

Nov 07 –Feb 09

Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. as DGM (F & A)

Mar'09-Sep'12

Abir Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., as DGM (MIS & Costing)

Nov’12-Aug’14

Blue Bells Group of Educational Institutions as Controller (F& A)

Since Apr'15

British Company as Finance Director

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Planner

Motivator

Communicator

Collaborator

Change Agent

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 22nd April 1965

Languages Known: English, Hindi and Telugu

Address: C-12, Shaman Vihar Apartments Plot 9, Sector 23, Dwarka, New Delhi

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