Shekhar Kakar

Calgary, AB

Mobile : 403-***-****

E-Mail: ac9ysp@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

To pursue a challenging and growth-oriented career in an organization that offers opportunities to learn & grow while contributing to Organizational goals.

Professional Synopsis

A result oriented professional with more than 13 years’ experience in varied areas like Financial reporting, Operations Management, Quality Compliance, Risk Management and Team Management.

Proficient in managing & leading teams for running successfully finance function, process operations & experienced in developing procedures, service standards for business excellence.

Core Competencies

Financial Controllership

Formulating annual budgets and conducting variance analysis to determine difference between projected & actual results and implementing corrective actions.

Designing financial reporting and analytical systems to support management decision-making.

Handling Accounting (MIS), Cash Management, Budgeting, Risk Management & managing team for day to day accounting functions.

Preparing the MIS Reports, Cash & Risk analysis and other financial reports to keep a track of financial performance.

Team Management

Leading, training and monitoring performance of the team members for maintaining excellence in the service operations.

Creating and fostering a healthy environment which facilitates high performance of team members and accomplishments of organizational goals

Career Sketch

Presently working with Hari Stones Limited., at Calgary from Jul’16 – till date as a Manager location, Reporting to the President.

Job Responsibilities

Managing all day to day operations of the location.

Supported sales floor by implementing process improvements.

Train newly hired employees (Sales & Administrative).

Coordinate with head office and other locations.

Maintain all reports required by head office.

Manage account receivables and payables.

Track all calls, emails, walk in traffic to measure sales of the location.

Work with corporate management developing local marketing and advertising strategies.

Maintained price accuracy of goods and ensured adequate stock levels.

Worked with Dabur India Ltd., at Delhi from Jun’12 – Jun’16 as an Operation Analyst, Reporting to the Vice President - Manufacturing.

Job Responsibilities

Cost analysis of various products at different factory location and advising Senior Management for on Product Networking for lowest delivered cost.

Supporting Senior Management in Strategic Decisions for Excise and Tax Benefits

Preparing and presenting monthly MIS like SLOB, Profit improvement plans etc to Senior Management.

To coordinate with factory managers relating to production capacity utilisation.

Financial evaluation of different projects like Buy Vs. Lease, In-house manufacturing Vs. Job work etc.

Supporting Project Team with Project Feasibility and Evaluation. (IRR / Cash Flows etc)

Coordination with SAP team to design Automated Reporting in place of manual reporting.

Controlling Manufacturing Overhead Spends through regular Monitoring and MIS.

Major Achievements

Project Evaluation of Sri Lanka Green Field. Understanding Tax Regimes, Commercial requirement of a New Country and advising Management on Project Feasibility.

Automation of SLOB (Slow and Obsolete) Reporting with SAP team, reducing report generation time from 2 Man-days to 2 hours

Tax Optimization Planning resulting in Saving of 300+ INR Cr.

Worked with Credible Management & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., at Delhi from Nov’11 – Jun’12 as a Financial Analyst

Job Responsibilities

To analyse the different Public Private Projects of NHAI and establishing Project viability in different scenarios.

To prepare Financial Model through Excel Programming in line with circulars issued by NHAI.

To interact with different Authorities of NHAI for discussions & day to day workings.

To coordinate with other team members for delivering proper services.

Worked with Jaypee Commodities Ltd., at Delhi since May 07 to Nov 11

Dec 09 to Nov 11 as Risk Manager

Job Responsibilities

To manage trading risk and maintain trader’s accounts.

To manage trading costing and other expenses.

Mentoring and Coaching a Team of IIM Graduates for Trading.

To coordinate with different International clearers regarding trading cost, rebate schemes and other trade reports.

To prepare different reports to analyse trading performance of traders.

May 07 to Dec 09 as Trader in Commodity Market

Job Responsibilities

Trading in commodities for Profit Earning.

Worked in Aashim Aggarwal & Associates, Chartered Accountants firm in New Delhi from Nov’06 – Apr’07 as senior Audit lead

Worked in Hunter Douglas India Pvt. Ltd. in New Delhi from Jan 05 to Sep’06, as Accounts Executive

Article ship Training

As per The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949: -

July`2001 – June`2002 A. Kumar Gupta &Co.

Chartered Accountants

Ludhiana.

June`2002 – July`2004 Anil Sood & Associates

Chartered Accountants

Firozepur.

Scholastics

Chartered Accountancy from Institute of Chartered Accountant of India, Delhi in 2006.

Bachelors in Commerce from Punjab University, India in 2001.

IT Credentials

Proficient in using MS-Office including Excel Programming.

Working knowledge and experience of various ERPs: Tally, Oracle, SAP (MM – Module)

Professional Strengths

Good Communication and Interpersonal Skills.

Strong but realistic belief in own capabilities and ideas.

Maintain a positive attitude in the face of changes in work assignments or conditions.

Proven leadership capabilities.

Personal Vitae

Date of Birth : 16th November 1980

Language Proficiency : English, Hindi, Punjabi

References : Available on request

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