DEEPAK CHOPRA

Besant Nagar, Chennai - **

Email: adhab2@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 988-***-****

SNAPSHOT

Finance professional with 20+ years of experience in Corporate Accounts, Finance operations, Treasury management, Direct and Indirect Taxation, Cost rationalization, M&A, Financial planning & analysis, Financial Modelling, Project Financing, Fund raising and Investors relations.

Experience of working in multiple sectors in various facets of Finance and Accounts.

Experience of dealing with tax authorities at highest level and handling complex tax litigations upto Supreme court level.

Handled multiple fund raising from banks and financial institution both for short term and long term requirement. Have experience of handling IPO as well as handling Investor relations.

Active member of the team handling financial capitalization of one of biggest power project in country and helping commercial department in fling tariff petition with regulatory authorities.

Handled Tender evaluation for Capex and Opex and cost rationalization projects.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Sterling Holiday Resorts Ltd (From Jan 2015 to May 2020 as AVP (Finance) heading multiple functions

Sterling Holiday is a part of Canada based Fairfax group and Subsidiary of Thomas Cook India.

Corporate Taxation: Planning and management of all Direct taxes & Indirect taxes related matters like Income tax, Wealth tax, GST, Service tax, VAT, Luxury tax across country. Handling Assessments with tax authorities, Handling appeal and Litigation with Tribunal and High court level. Handled change management and tax planning for Goods & Service tax (GST) regime.

Accounts payable: Responsible for Accounts payable throughout the country. This include fund planning, handling vendor and employee payments, Vendor accounts reconciliation, maintaining proper internal control, maintaining relation with banks, Handling Statutory and Internal Audits.

Treasury management: Fund planning and Fund raising to ensure availability of required fund for both working capital and capex at minimum cost, maintaining relation with banks, Securitization of assets, Investment management and negotiating with banks for best rates & Forex management.

Merger & Acquisition: Being part of core Merger and acquisition team .Have taken part in multiple due diligence and coordinating with various consultants and investment bankers for completion of deals and various other aspects related to Merger and Acquisition.

Cost Rationalization: Participated in various projects for Cost rationalization of both direct cost and Overhead cost.

2. Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd (From July 2009 till Dec 2014 as Corporate Manager (Finance)

Mahindra Holidays is a part of one of India’s foremost conglomerate Mahindra group.

Accounts Finalization and Audit: Finalizing periodical Accounts, Coordinating with Auditors, Review of General Ledger, Maintaining and review of financial controls.

Corporate Taxation : Planning and management of all Direct taxes & Indirect taxes related matters across company. Handling Assessments with tax authorities, dealing with large tax payer unit (LTU) and other tax authorities, Handling appeal and Litigation with Tribunal and High court level.

Financial Planning & Analysis: Responsible for Finalization of Annual Plans & Budget for the organization, Preparation of periodical MIS, Analyzing Performance and variance analysis, Analyzing viability of new projects, making forecast.

Investor Relations: Responsible for overall management of relationship with Investor community, Responsible for Corporate presentation to various groups of Investors including PE investors, participating in Road shows related to IPO & IPP, Handling investor queries.

3. CRISIL Ltd (From February 2006 to June 2009 as Manager)

Worked in the Financial & Equity Research. CRISIL is a part of Standard & Poor’s, world leader in Credit rating & Financial analytics.

Financial Research : Managing team which provides Financial research services to one of leading European Bank in the field of Financial analytics,Investment Strategy & valuation covering more than 700 companies across different geographies, sectors & most of Fortune 500 companies .

Financial Modeling: Worked with various senior analysts directly in preparation and updating of valuation & earning models of companies under coverage, financial statement analysis, cost structure analysis etc. Exposure to accounting systems followed across geographies incl US GAAP, IFRS.

People management: Responsible for people management which included recruitment, training & mentoring of members in the team. Regular interaction with team members for devising their career plan and keeping attrition at low level.

4. NTPC Ltd (From Nov 2001 to Jan 2006 as Finance Officer)

NTPC is the biggest power utility of India & one of the Maharatna PSUs.

Finalization of Accounts: Finalization of project books and coordinating various auditors like Statutory, C&AG and Internal auditors handling their queries and preparing replies to draft paras.

Processing of projects bills: Processing both running and cost escalation bills as per contract. Saved significant amount for organization by devising thorough methodology in bill processing.

Capitalizations of Assets: Was part of cross functional team which finalized Capitalization of 4*500 MW units and helped corporate commercial in filing tariff petition with CERC.

Project Budget: Preparation and monitoring of Project Budget after working closely with various departments and coordinating with Corporate Budget in finalization of budget. Preparation of periodical MIS reports and analyzing progress and doing variance analysis.

5. Usha Martin Ltd (From Aug 2000 to Oct 2001 as Asst Manager (Internal Audit)

Internal Audit: Handling internal Audit of different units of company including group companies.

Internal Control: Review of Internal Controls to suggest the ways to strengthen controls and stop possible leakages.

Cost control: Review of processes and suggesting cost control measures to improve productivity and profitability.

6. Beeyu Overseas Ltd (From Sept 1999 to July 2000 as Asst Manager (Fin).

Finalization of Accounts: Finalizing Books including Consolidation of Branch Accounts & Coordinating with Auditors.

Initial Public Offering (IPO) : Handling IPO related work including coordinating with Merchant Bankers, Registrar and Other agencies.

EDUCATIONAL & OTHER DETAILS

Examination

Year

University/Institute

Performance

CA

1999

ICAI

All level 1st attempt

CFA

2010

CFA institute-USA

Cleared level 1 and 2

B.Com (Hons)

1998

Calcutta University

1st class

Date of Birth : 3rd March 1977

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