Sales Manager

P. CHANDRASEKAR

Mobile: 097*-******** ~ E-Mail: ***********@*****.*** &

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Seeking senior level position in Accounts, Finance & Secretarial with an

Industry of repute

- A competent professional with over 29

years of experience in Commercial

Operations encompassing Accounts &

Finance, ERP Implementation, Secretarial

Management, Logistics, Client

Relationship and Team Management.

- Currently associated with International

Agencies in their S & I division (known

as Intercol) as Finance Manager in

Bahrain. In charge of accounting and

finance for three Countries and a JV,

- Proficient in recommending procedures

with proven ability to achieve financial

discipline & enhance the overall

efficiency of the organisation.

- Demonstrated business acumen in leading

and managing the operations and

contributed higher rate of organic

growth.

- Adept at handling commercial

documentation, managing logistics &

liaising with dealers, customers &

regulatory authorities.

- Experience in financial operations

including maintenance of books of

accounts, taxation & audits.

- Deft in preparing & filing income tax &

TDS returns of the various assesses in

accordance with the provisions of Income

Tax Act.

- Possess excellent relationship management

skills with abilities in liaising with

Government bodies & banks for ensuring

statutory compliances & smooth business

operations.

- Familiar with IAS/IFRS, Indian GAAP & US

GAAP; SOX act.

- Possess effective communication,

interpersonal & problem solving skills

with the ability to handle extremely busy

and hectic schedules.

ORGANIZATIONAL DETAILS

From Dec. 09 International Agencies co. Ltd. Bahrain

Finance Manager.

Jun'07- Nov. 09 Member in practice

Sep'06-May'07 Al Jazeera Tube Mills Co., SAOG, Sohar, Oman

Financial Controller & Company

Secretary

Oct'02-Sep'06 Hanil Lear India (P) Ltd., Chennai

G.M. Commercial, Finance &

Company Secretary

Sep'98-Oct'02 JBM -Sungwoo Ltd., ThyssenKrupp JBM Pvt. Group

Leader - Finance &

Ltd., Chennai Company Secretary

Jun'93-Aug'98 Bambino Agro Inds. Ltd., Gurgaon Finance

Manager

Feb'90-May'93 Mighty Micro Computer Corporation, Kansas

Financial Controller

City, KS, USA

Jan'83- 87 Hindustan Motors Ltd., Chennai Senior

Officer - Internal Audit

KEY DELIVERABLES:

Accounting Functions

- Preparing & maintaining accounts in SAGE - ERP and reconciliation of

financial statements in compliance with the norms. Exposure to SAP

environment.

- Responsible for project reports preparation & analysis, costing,

budgeting, hedging and bank negotiations.

- Presenting a true and fair view of the financial position of the company

by way of timely preparation of annual reports ensuring analysing the

expenditure on a monthly basis to control expenses.

- Reviewing, analysing and maintaining accounts of sales transactions,

purchase bills, operation maintenance bills, imprest, etc.

- Maintaining MIS & reports, evaluating them for facilitating decision-

making process.

- Handling valuation of shares including the latest techniques.

Secretarial Functions

- Maintaining statutory books and records, ensuring compliances with legal

and procedural requirements under various enactments for effective

corporate governance, reports and notifications to Board/shareholders/

ROC's/ stock exchanges / SEBI / other agencies under various regulations

and rules.

- Maintaining minute books for meetings of the board of directors/

committee of board of directors & shareholders general meetings.

- Executing secretarial internal audit for assessing the compliance with

the corporate laws.

- Dematerialisation & re-materialising of shares.

- Handling Meetings of Board of Directors / Committee of Board of

Directors.

- Adhering to compliance with the provisions of listing agreement.

- Handling cases on ESI, Factories Act and other labour laws.

- Issuing notices, drafting agenda, recording minutes and preparing annual

report.

- Responsible for change of name, shifting of registered office out side

the state, preparation and modification of MOA/AOA and JV agreements.

- Preparing Compliance Certificate issued by Practicing Company Secretary &

Corporate Governance Report.

- Resolving complaints / queries of shareholders / other stakeholders of

the company.

Audits & Taxation

- Handling the complete planning & management activities for ensuring

completion of internal, statutory audits within time including

preparation of audit manual for internal audit.

- Overseeing internal audit of companies including setting up internal

audit systems & monitoring the implementation of systems and providing

feedback to the top management with regular internal audit reports.

- Preparing tax plans and ensuring timely assessment and filing of direct &

indirect tax returns, TDS, fringe benefit tax, income tax and service tax

in compliance with statutory tax acts.

- Verifying sales & purchase summary for sales tax return and preparation

of set-off working for monthly & annual return, VAT return & assessment.

- Implementing systems - ERP called MFGPRO and attending JV issues along

with finance, accounting, purchase, stores, excise & sales tax.

Financial Control

- Implementing financial results forecasting system for providing accurate

future results projections and budgeting system ensuring timely

compilation and presentation of Budgets.

- Projecting future outlook to corporate finance thereby ensuring

achievement on month over month basis as well as tracking credit control

process.

- Monitoring cash flows and ensuring that funds are arranged in the most

cost effective manner after projecting accurate cash forecast ensuring

that there is no shortage of cash in hand.

- Preparing budget review quarterly, half yearly & checking the deviation &

detecting reason for deviation & suggest corrective measures to

management.

The Attainments

- Introduced factoring and forfaiting accounts and inventory in DacEasy.

- Successfully executed statutory audit of big corporations like Binny,

Best & Crompton, etc.

- Showed participation in system design and analysis for accounts, costing

and inventory.

- Prepared project reports / make or buy decisions, duty drawback and cost

escalation claims on customers.

- Dexterously conducted study on replacement marketing for earth moving

equipment and worked on Value analysis, Value Engineering,

standardisation and Cost reduction Committees.

- Demonstrated excellence in the preparation of project report for World

Bank in US.

- Accredited for successful maintenance of US GAAP and Indian GAAP

accounting for four divisions.

- Negotiated price with the customer for Santro, Accent, Elantra and Sonata

for the HMIL ancillary unit.

- Registered reduction in interest rate for term loan up to 4% resulting in

savings of Rs.2.5 crores.

- Re-negotiated the term loan for reduced rate by negotiating for WCDL at

around 8% & Forex loan at 5.5%.

- Reduced bank charges on Letter of Credit and Bill Discounting.

- Finalised simple short term rupee loan at 6.75% and 7.25%.

- Negotiated with Banks for Vendor Channel Financing.

- Re-stated the Indian accounts to US GAAP for Thyssen Krupp's NYSE

listing.

- Handled Excise, Sales Tax and Customs at various levels like appeals,

etc. including refund of Special valuation (3.0 crores), Savings on

Additional Excise Duty (2.26 crores) and Die Amortisation.

- Rendered assistance in statutory, internal, excise, preventive and CERA

audits.

- Attended case laws in excise up to the Appellate Tribunal Level and won

the cases. Knowledge of Sales tax, VAT and appealed against Entry tax in

Tamil Nadu and got stay.

- Conducted Board, Statutory, AGM and EGM for Pvt. Ltd. companies and

maintenance of minutes.

- Prepared and participated in agreements like Basic Purchase, Leave and

licence, supplier agreements Land lease agreements with SIPCOT and rental

agreements.

- Represented the company in Company Law Case in Managerial Remuneration to

DCA and Registrar of Companies and also on presentation of accounts.

- Prepared paper work for IEC and duty draw back applications including

customs and DRI issues.

- Valued the company and finalised with RBI the value on issue of shares to

foreign companies.

- Preparatory work for ISO 14001 (EMS) & maintenance of Legal Register.

Completed the certification formalities in 4 months and got certification

done.

- Introduced Kanban and Third Party Logistics (3PL) and minimised

inventory.

- Completed the paper work for FORD MS 9000.

- Restored parity within 45 days for supplies by importing and coordinated

with domestic suppliers when one supplier plant was gutted.

- Underwent training in the Finance Module of EPICOR - ERP.

Training Programs

- Underwent up to certification Six Sigma training with OMNEX.

- Training on Modern Secretarial Practice by ICSI, and training with the

Registrar of Companies and in the Secretarial practice in a listed

company.

Academic Credentials

1990 MBA (Accounting) from Glady's A. Kelce School of Business, Pittsburg,

KS, USA, Dean's Scholar & McPhearson Fellowship

1978 B.Sc. (Mathematics) from D.G. Vaishnav College, University of Madras

Professional Affiliations

- CA- Inter - 47th Rank: Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants

of India.

Membership No. 23641; ICAI, New Delhi in May'84.

- Member of the Institute of ICSI, New Delhi, Aug'97, Company Secretaries

of India.

Membership No.12152.

Articleship Training

Jul'78-Dec'82 Fraser & Ross, Chennai

Research Papers

During MBA

- Forex Impact - US GAAP - translation and re-measurement gains and losses;

on consolidation of accounts; on modern audit techniques; on Chrysler's

failure and Government support; on Business and strategic analysis of a

Chemical industry; on Retail marketing in India; on Credit Rating

agencies and their functions; on Sexual harassment (legal); on Accounting

Standard for construction contracts.

IT Qualifications

- LAN, WAN, Lease Line, VSAT and VPN & ERP's.

Personal Minutiae

Date of Birth : 8th May, 1957

Languages Known : Tamil, Telugu and English

Address : 1, Mayor Sambandam Colony, Kodambakkam, Chennai -

600024.

Phone : 00-91-44-24729705.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Accounts

Financial Control

Commercial Operations

ERP Implementation

Auditing / Taxation

Company Secretarial Operations

MIS

Inventory Management

Client Relationship

Team Management

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