JYOTIRINDU PAL

ad4xjt@r.postjobfree.com ad4xjt@r.postjobfree.com +91-983******* (India) Kolkata, India Enterprising and Decisive Leader Effective Business Partner Encourages Innovation. Summary: Result Oriented Finance & Accounts and Operations leader with over 27 years of experience across diverse industries. Bring expertise in developing and standardizing monthly forecasting, annual budgeting and long term strategic planning processes culminating in succinct yet detailed presentations and management reports that provide value-added recommendations, comparative analysis, benchmarks and guidance on opportunities and risks. A results-driven analytical finance leader who coordinates the Finance processes cross-functionally with business unit leaders and multiple location finance teams to generate accurate budgets and forecasts that align and support long term strategic goals and initiatives. Experienced developing company- wide comparative/trend/KPI analysis and reporting and creating insightful revenue and spend analysis. Formalize P&L, overhead and capital planning and reporting processes for operational execution supporting multiple business lines. Proficient in creating planning models, delivering financial presentations, and providing decision support to executive management that contain insightful analysis and recommendations to achieve strategic goals. Possess significant experience in implementing, automating, consolidating, planning and reporting processes to ensure accurate and timely variances analysis. Develop continuous process, performance and reporting improvements from system enhancements that increase productivity using, people, technology and innovation.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

J V GOKAL & CO PVT LTD (August’21 to Present)

A company doing business in the International Tea market over last Eighty years. A diversified group with HQ at Mumbai having international operation in UAE, Africa and Sri Lanka Kazakhstan. Gokal group is one of the biggest exporter of Tea in India operating from the SEZ Falta, West Bengal and cochin Kerala. Exporter of Tea in Bulk in Russia, Kazakhstan and manufacturing and catering developing new products for renowned international Tea brands of USA, Europe such as Revolution, MSRF Inc. Tetley, Folis, Tata and so on. Joined in August 21 as Manager Accounts for at the operations locations reporting to CFO at HQ Mumbai.

Thakral One Nepal Pvt Limited (May 19 to Dec 20)

An IT company registered in Nepal, Partner of IBM for Nepal, a100% subsidiary company of Thakral One Pte Ltd, an IT conglomerate of Singapore from the Thakral Group. Providing robust IT infrastructure solutions and services. Also deals majorly with IBM hardware and SW. Apart from IBM, Lenovo HW, Huawei, HP (IPG Products), Cisco, Oracle and Microsoft as a LAR. Transferred from the Bangladesh location to with the same job portfolio from May’19 as Sr. Manager Finance and Operations. Thakral Information Systems Private Limited (Apr 09- Apr 19), Dhaka, Bangladesh An IT company registered in Bangladesh, having turnover around US$ 50million, Partner of IBM for Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, a joint venture company from Thakral Group of Singapore and Esquire Group of Bangladesh. Dealing majorly with IBM hardware and SW. Apart from IBM, Lenovo HW, Huawei, HP (IPG Products), Cisco, Oracle and Microsoft as a LAR from April’2009 as GM Operations and GM Finance onwards from June’2014 to April’2019. Major Skills and Achievements at Overseas engagements 2009- 2020)

Initiated tenure as General Manager (Operations) and was shortly elevated to a major role in finance owing to demonstrated excellence & prowess

Played a pivotal role in the growth of the organization from 70 people to > 350 resources now spread across functions, having supported the Business Leadership in delivering ~ 500% growth over the years

Responsible to support the entire P & L for Bangladesh & Bhutan from a Finance perspective

Managed the entire financing operations, credit limits from banks worth US$ 20million Strategic Leadership:

Leading a high-performing Finance team of ~ 30 people and shouldering the entire gamut of F & A roles for the organization

Responsible to provide sound commercial and financial advice to the Business and the Senior Leadership Finance Strategy Operational Leadership Process Automation & Re-engineering Stakeholder management Financial Modeling Cost Optimization Vendor Management Distributed Team Management Management Information Systems Project Management Budgeting & Forecasting GST Taxation Internal & External Audit Finance & Accounts Banking & Working Capital Management Compliance & Controls Change Management Business Analytics

Part of the core leadership team engaged in cascading a level of high-performance, ownership and continuous improvement across functions

Finance Strategy:

Responsible to prepare and implement long and short term financial plans, budgets and capital expenditure programs; and recommend pricing structures in line with financial management policy, asset utilization and investment strategies to achieve business objectives

Designing and implementing an integrated management reporting system, which provides data for decision-making to ensure that business objectives are met

Prepare financial business cases as required for all investments

Designing and reviewing annual budget, financial forecasts and Monthly/Quarterly Budget Reviews according to statutory requirements and balance sheets

Stakeholder Engagement & Regulatory Liaison:

Utilizing exceptional communication and influencing skills to develop and maintain high level stakeholder relationships

Liaising with auditors, lawyers, tax advisers, bankers and other stakeholders; attending meetings and representing the company in all related matters

Commercial Excellence:

Coordinating with external legal advisors regarding contract management matters, while managing the commercial aspects of new and existing business contracts

Conducting regular reviews of business contracts to ensure supplier obligations are being met and the company is receiving maximum value from the contracts

Business Engagement & Development:

Identify new business opportunities for the company and lead the preparation of business cases for presentation to the stakeholders

Playing a pivotal role in participating in bid clearance, enabling consensus based on objective & analytical tools for project costing, functioning as a critical resource in authorization of sales

Working closely with the Marketing function to monitor the revenue bookings Control & Compliance:

Ensure the company meets its compliance obligations under relevant laws and the requirements of regulatory authorities

Oversee all financial and management accounting information is compliant with all statutory requirements

Responsible for the Statutory Audit, being entirely in-charge of OEM Compliances and Audit

Leading the entire strategy to ensure a stringent Risk Mitigation and Control mechanism is in place to enable seamless flow of business operations

Finance Operations:

Monitoring the Inventory Movements, while working towards timely delivery and cost effective logistics

Overseeing the Accounts Receivable Department, driving a highly effective strategy to ensure the cash flow & working capital is managed in line with business needs

Handling daily monitoring of bank limits and funds and financing with the banks and its’ renewal

Managing the entire MIS, creating dashboards to facilitate better business decisions and handling the business reporting to the HO

Responsible to manage all Taxation and allied matters for the company, ensuring no escalations or findings are reported in Statutory Audits

Hold the distinction of acting as a Financial Consultant in implementing in implementing ERP (MS NAV) across the organization

Handling the Credit Rating function for the requirements of FI EARLY YEARS

Oct 07- Apr 09: Airtime Marketing & Sales India Private Limited as Assistant Manager (Accounts), Kolkata, India Aug 03- Sep 07: Metalogic Systems Private Limited as Accounts Officer, Kolkata, India Apr 03- Jul 03: Steel Products Limited as Audit Executive, Kolkata, India May 95- Mar 03: A. K Kumar & Co. (Chartered Accountants) as Senior Audit Executive ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

2002: ICWA from The Institute Of Cost And Works Accountants Of India 1993: Bachelor in commerce (B. Com) – Honors from Calcutta University TECHNICAL SKILLS

Fully conversant with MS Office, Accounting Packages -Tally & Fact, fully conversant with ERP MS NAV, Oracle R11 PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 10 March 1972

Nationality: Indian

Passport No: Z4912387 valid up to 12.03.2028

Permanent Address: Sivalaya Apartments, Phase II, Flat No. 3A, 10/6 Kabi Bharat Chandra Road, Kolkata, PIN: 700028, West Bengal, India

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