RAMANA MANAPRAGADA Communication Address

Mobile: 91-984******* & 91-986******* Flat 101, I Floor, Golden Oak Apartments, adg6oj@r.postjobfree.com Defence Colony, Sainikpuri, Hyderabad. http://in.linkedin.com/pub/ramana-manapragada/15/422/512/ Telangana - 500094 Synopsis

Finance Leader with a proven experience in providing necessary business support through Strategic decision making, timely Funding and Continuous improvement of Processes, Controls & Systems Dynamic and qualified Financial Professional with more than two decades of experience in reputed Indian Corporates, MNC Manufacturing companies, Consulting firms and International assignments Chartered and Management Accountant with strong leadership qualities combined with excellent communication skills, keenness for continuous improvements and zeal for new learning’s Areas of Expertise

Professional Expertise

BCC

Business Connect Consulting LLP

ACCOUNTING- CONSULTING-

TECHNOLOGY

Business Growth Support

Operational Excellence

Cost Reduction

Effective Improvements in

Procurement Function

Managing Partner

Director in a Management Consulting firm which provide CFO services to MSME sector

Chief Financial Officer

Management Consultant

RenewSys India Private Limited – Hyderabad

3 times Business growth: Support through

- Capital structuring

- Working Capital funding

- ECB loans from Parent

- CAPEX Evaluations and monitoring

Achievement of INR 50M Cost savings in Operational improvements through lean projects

Reduction in Overheads by 1,5% of sales through strict implementation of Budgetary control and exceptional variance analysis reports

Improvements in Procurement function through:

Apr

2020

Feb

2017

Sep

2018

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Aug

2018

Mar

2020

Board Level Support

Strategic Planning

• Financial Performance Reviews

Cashflows

• Funding Options for Business

growth Plans

Enterprise Risk Management

• Due Diligence & Valuations

Statutory Compliances

• Legal & Secretarial

New Projects assessment

• IT & Systems

CSR Initiatives

Operational Support

Business Plans

• Balance Score Card

Operational KPI’s

• Budgetary Control

Six Sigma / Lean Projects

• Working Capital

Management

Commercial Support

• Sales functional Support

HR & Administration

• ERP Implementation

Business operational

reviews

Assurance & Reporting

Accounts Finalizations

(IFRS, USGAAP, IND-AS)

• Audit Finalization with Big

4

FP&A and Decision

Support analysis

• Management Dash boards

Tax optimization (Direct &

Indirect)

• Costing (Product, Process

& Project)

Setting up of Captive

Shared Services

RAMANA MANAPRAGADA Communication Address

Mobile: 91-984******* & 91-986******* Flat 101, I Floor, Golden Oak Apartments, adg6oj@r.postjobfree.com Defence Colony, Sainikpuri, Hyderabad. http://in.linkedin.com/pub/ramana-manapragada/15/422/512/ Telangana - 500094 Effective Improvements in

Procurement Function

(Cont’d)

Team Management

Working Capital

Management

- development of Standard terms and conditions for suppliers and subcontractors

- Improving the credit terms (60 days to 90 days) with the suppliers

- Converting the Payment terms from Non fund-based Bank limits to open credit terms for critical supplies

- Shifting from dealers to manufacturers for all critical spares

Handled a team Size of 25 with 6 Professional direct reportees and ensured retention of key people through knowledge sharing sessions and fair appraisal system

Effective working Capital management through

- Rolling cash flows

- Inter departmental coordination meetings

Streamlining Financials

through Controls

Supervision of Multiple

Functions

Built in Controls through

Systems

Profit Margin

Improvements through

SAP Controls

Profit Margins Protection

though Project (CTC)

Reviews

CFO

M+W India High tech Projects – Hyderabad

Successful completion of KPMG audit which was

pending for completion for more than a year due to Financial irregularities.

Successful handling of the Forensic audit by E&Y

Handled the other critical functions like

- Commercial

- Legal and contracts

- Procurement

- Administration

- Stores

Centralization of

- Procurement

- Accounting

- Commercial functions

and built in the robust controls in these critical functions

Protecting the project margins improvements in SAP through

- Budgetary controls (Strengthen of Procurement to Pay)

- Sales and Distribution (Order to cash)

- Functional cost analysis (Overheads control)

- Standardization of Project cost monitoring through structured reports

- Strengthened the commercial function through

periodical cost reviews with the Project managers for protecting the margins

Nov

2013

Nov

2015

Vice President –Finance

ALFARA’A Group – Al Ain, UAE

Board level presentations for

May

2011

Mar

2013

RAMANA MANAPRAGADA Communication Address

Mobile: 91-984******* & 91-986******* Flat 101, I Floor, Golden Oak Apartments, adg6oj@r.postjobfree.com Defence Colony, Sainikpuri, Hyderabad. http://in.linkedin.com/pub/ramana-manapragada/15/422/512/ Telangana - 500094 Board Level presentations

Effective Implementation

of Financial Concepts

- Due diligence for new acquisitions

- Continue / Close down analysis for business divisions

- Labor productivity improvement through labor rate analysis

- Pricing strategy

- Strategic plans & Business Plans

- Business Performance reviews along with Business heads

- Margin analysis for Internal and external customers

Separation of Manufacturing Plants profitability from the construction Projects through Re-classification of Overheads between Business Segments resulted in

Proper pricing for Projects and Products.

Business growth -funding

SAP Implementation

Shared Service Center

(SSC) Implementation

Operational Cost

Optimization

Cost Reduction

Due Diligence &

Valuations

Tax Optimization

SOP & User Manuals

Assistant Vice President

Kirby Building systems India Limited Hyderabad

- Arrangement of Working capital limits for INR 7000 Million.

- Term loans for Capacity expansion Projects,

Greenfield projects & major CAPEX projects- INR 5000 Million

Successful Implementation of SAP (FICO) as a

Functional lead for 4 manufacturing units in India & International locations

Successful Implementation of Captive Shared Services

(SSC) for India and Overseas location

Achievement of INR 30 Mn savings through

- Scrap reduction usage

- Reduction in production consumables

- Working capital cycle reduction

- Overhead control through Functional cost

analysis

Reduction in LC /BG Charges– Resulted savings INR 20 Million per annum

Handled Due diligence exercise for the acquisition of a Plant in Vietnam and also the Firm Valuations

Indirect taxation optimization with the help of external consultants involving Excise, Sales, Service tax, Works contract tax for optimum plant loading among the

plants resulted in better operating margins

Preparation of Standard Operating Procedure

manuals, Concept & User manuals during the ERP

implementations

Aug

2004

Apr

2011

RAMANA MANAPRAGADA Communication Address

Mobile: 91-984******* & 91-986******* Flat 101, I Floor, Golden Oak Apartments, adg6oj@r.postjobfree.com Defence Colony, Sainikpuri, Hyderabad. http://in.linkedin.com/pub/ramana-manapragada/15/422/512/ Telangana - 500094 Debt-Restructure

Policy & Procedure

Manuals

Finance Manager

Saint-Gobain Vetrotex India Ltd – Hyderabad

Debt restructuring resulted in interest reduction on term loans by 2%. Channel Financing resulted in better receivables management

Development of Policy & Procedural manuals for

special audit from Parent company

May

2002

May

2004

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Plant Finance Controller (SDM)

Gulf Oil Corporation Limited, Hyderabad

Development of Product Costing of Detonators

Implementation of BaaN (ERP) for Finance

Dec

1999

May

2002

SAP Functional Consultant

Aventis Corp – Mumbai

As a Functional consultant, handled BPR Studies, GAP analysis, SAP implementation and support for group companies - Hoechst, Agroevo, & Chiron Behring

vaccines Limited

Jan

1998

Nov

1999

Factory Accounts Head (AO)

ITC – Hyderabad

• Developed Product costing for a Specialty Paper

Division

Aug

1995

Jan

1998

Corporate MIS officer (AA0)

GEC Alsthom (AREVA) – Chennai

• Successful development of MIS Package for the

different business segments

Oct

1993

Jul

1995

Affiliations

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Associate Member (ACA) of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) since 1992 Cost & Management Accountant (CMA)

Associate Member (ACMA) of Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of India since 1994 Personal Information

• Age: 54 years (12-06-1966)

• Marital Status: Married

• Children: 2 (Aged 23 and 20 years old)

Other Family members Particulars

Wife: Lecturer in Zoology

Brother: Doctor in US

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