Large Industries Financial Controller
Resume:
GOPALA KRISHNAN KUMARAPILLAI +971*********
GROUP FINANCIAL CONTROLLER /FINANCIAL CONTROLLER ************@*****.*** Overview
Group Financial Controller level leadership roles is large industries of different segments of Automotive,Manufacturing
,Construction, Infrastructure,Real Estate, Trading and consulting in India, Africa and Middle East Expertise in heading finance functions involving determining financial objectives, designing and implementing systems, policies and procedures to facilitate financial controls and reporting., Strategically driven Chief Financial Officer who has the vision and the foresight to ensure the organization is financially lean, profitable and compliant. Over the years worked hard to build up a diverse set of skills that enables me to deal with a wide range of situations, to respond to financial problems and issues and the ability to simplify processes and procedures .My experience has enabled me to develop a flexible and adaptable approach towards an organization’s financial responsibilities and objectives to meet its strategic, financial and commercial goals. Worked with other senior organizational officers, and I fully understand how important it is to work collaboratively and flexibly to achieve the company goals and strategic objectives.
Education & certifications
o Masters in Finance & Tax
with Bachelor degree in
Accounting & Finance at
University of Kerala, India
in 1995
o Chartered Accountant
o ACMA from India
o CMA from USA
Languages
Fluent in English
Fluent in Hindi
Communicative Arabic
Years of experience
20 +
Industry Expertise
Automotive
Construction/
Infrastructure
Real Estate
Manufacturing
Consulting & IT
Artificial
FMCG & Retail
Selected work experience
Leadership team member worked in KSA, UAE, Qatar, Africa and India
Developed robust financial reporting process, policies, procedures
key supporting commercial role in large contracts with customers
financial and management accounting, reporting,controlling Sops, implementing KPIs,Team management Improving the organization supply chain and project finance capabilities
Heading the finance,accounts, treasury .Controlling and reporting function effectively and efficiently, Implementing digital transformation programs and new ERP systems
Assess and monitor financial goals, Corporate Financial Planning,Project Financing,feasibility, Fund arrangement for CAPEX and working capital, the covenants and compliance
Budgeting and Forecasting, annual business planning,budget consolidation and approval, financial statement, consolidation, audit, Tax
Risks management .assess financial risks and identify opportunities for growth and development, Internal Controls and risk analysis,corporate governance
Ensure to maintain a healthy cash flow and Financial statement and ensure all compliance Functional Expertise
Collaboration with business leaders the strategic direction, Business partnership including internal and external stakeholder management and business development
Oversee the Business partnering function to integrate within the organization, support the transformation agenda and enable strategic decision making, Leverage Visionary, architect, coach & catalyst leadership principles to enable diverse teams to contribute to organizational and enterprise outcomes and impact.
Cultivate a focus on personal development whilst creating and nurturing a winning team through coaching and leadership
Strong entrepreneurial, influencing and negotiation skills, with a proven ability to get things done without authority and highly adept at identifying solutions that will meet the needs of all involved parties, Financial acumen with a proven track record of sound fiscal planning and management;
Corporate Finance, Project Finance, financial planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Performance Management
Financial Controlling, financial analysis, Reporting internal and external, audit VAT, Tax and compliance
Financial and Management Accounting and reporting at board
Respond decisively to financial issues and Problem solving and communication
Corporate Financial statement under GAAP & IFRS and Audit, Financial analysis, Taxation,VAT, Zakat
IT system,,legal compliance,business process management, ERP implementation, ecommerce
Assess and monitor financial goals, Corporate Financial Planning,Project Financing,feasibility, Fund arrangement for CAPEX and working capital,cordinating for the covenants and compliance Dates Position/ title Company Location
Sept 2021 –Mar 2022(
Contract)
Financial Controller Next 50 Ltd, Abu Dhabi Investment Holding Company
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Oversee all company accounts and Finance, reporting and Investments,Create monthly and annual reports to identify results, trends, and financial forecasts,Manage cash flow by tracking transactions and regularly reviewing internal reports
Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported,Establish and implement financial reporting systems to comply with government regulations and legislation,Collaborate with auditing services to ensure proper compliance with all regulations
Review all financial plans and budgets regularly to look for cost reduction opportunities,Examine all financial reports and data closely to check for discrepancies
Report with timely and accurate financial information,Presenting reports to senior executives, stakeholders, and board members,
Program/ Project Accrual accounting experience, Monthly Budget to Actual Variance analysis for projects and programs including cost to complete under,IFRS 15 Fixing the and operational Financial Planning, Budgeting, Fixing the Organization standard operating Policies and procedures
Jan 2020- Mar 2021(
Contract )
Group Financial
Manager
New Dubai Properties LLC Group Dubai, UAE
New Dubai Properties LLC Group, Large, Real estate developer, Construction, Hospitality 5 star hotels chain group
Strategic and Operational support to the organization through supervising the finance department at the group head office reporting to CEO
Financial Policies and Reporting Framework - Contribute towards the formulation and implementation of Financial and Accounting Policies framework in line with overall business strategies. Corporate Finance, Financial Planning, funding treasury and working capital, treasury management,cash flow,arrange project finance facility, financial analysis
Group budgeting controlling, reporting,consolidated financial statement,management reporting & internal control, procurement control, oversee the transaction processing system, Standard operating procedures, receivables and payable management,group level reporting VAT, Audit, Taxation,Risk management, IT and ERP installation,monitor all the legal issues and coordinate with lawyers,oversee the issuance of financial information,review and approve all the financial report and submit to the chairman
Understand and mitigate all the elements of risk and control, Investor relation feasibility analysis
Corporate Financial Planning, funding, bank financing,financial feasibility,working capital management, financial analysis, internal control, risk management, Short term and long-term financing and working capital loans and facilities
Monitor group cash flow for all the business units in all the locations, Group level Financial management, Budgeting, Reporting, monitoring and controlling,Consolidation of group accounts and Financial Statement,audit, legal and commercial compliance,VAT and Tax return for the group, assessment, dealing with FAT authority
Receivable management and Payable management, group payment approval,Inventory control and Procurement management Dec 2016-Dec 2019 Group Financial Controller
(Head of Finance )
Al Madar Holding Co LLC Doha, Qatar
Al Madar Holding company is a group company with its HO in Qatar with operation in Qatar, UAE and Germany, large Construction for government and private sector, Own Real Estate & Investment, Manufacturing and Trading
Strategic and Corporate Financial Planning, funding, treasury and working capital management, bank facility arrangement, monitor cash flow and cash forecasts, project financing, CAPEX Finance, construction working capital financing, feasibility analysis
Budgeting and controlling the group finance, Cost control, accounting and reporting control,
Arranged 300 Million Riyal from banks for capex and 65 million Riyal working capital financing
Business Partnering,financial policies and reporting framework,financial operations and control
Key decisions member of manage the accounting, human resources, purchasing, investor relations, IT, legal, tax, and treasury departments
Implement operational best practices: Oversee employee benefit plans, with particular emphasis on maximizing a cost-effective benefits package, Supervise. adequate due diligence and negotiate acquisitions
Group Level Financial Reporting, Financial statement consolidation and audit,zakat and taxation
Risk Management, legal compliance understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile
Monitor all open legal issues involving the company, construct and monitor reliable control system
Management Reporting, Audit, management meeting,maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations,
Attend the Board meetings / Ex-com meetings / audit committee meetings,liaise with internal auditors and review the reports and implement all the suggestions made by them so that systems improvement is a continuous process
CEO/MD Interface and Support,review reports and evaluation of actual performance of all the divisions/ profit centers every month against the Budget and present the same to chairman and Board for review in the monthly management meeting Aug 2013-Oct 2016 National Finance Manager AW Rostamani Group (Automotive ) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Dubai, UAE
AW Rostamani Motors Co. LLC, a Large conglomerate with group turnover of 2 Billion USD distributing Nissan, Infiniti, Renault vehicles and many Chinese brands of commercial vehicles- Reporting to Group CFO in Dubai, UAE.
Financial Planning and Controlling: Financial Reporting under IFRS & GAAP &Management Accounting: Budgeting, Variance Analysis, division wise monthly profitability, product contribution, cost controls, working capital management,
AR Management and sales accounting control, credit control, receivable management for Sales and service, incentives calculation and Payment
Banking and finance, cash flow and fund management, liaise with banks, bank reconciliation, Control Accounts Reconciliation, Trial Balances and final accounts,
Inventory management and control,procurement coordination, importation,landed costing, cost uploading in oracle
Commercial, Business support, assessing the credit worthiness of customers, evaluation of customer proposals and credit worthiness,
Administration and Legal Compliance, Compliance of various Labor Laws –GOSI, insurance, Bonus, Payroll, Liaison with various Law Enforcing Agencies such as Ministry of Commerce, Tax Department
IT & Systems: Implementation of ERP Oracle, Administration, Maintenance, formatting, Design the reports Process & Systems Development
Audit: Preparation for various Audit - Quality, Statutory, Tax, Internal Audit & coordinating and clarifying, Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations
Risk Management: Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile,Monitor all open legal issues involving the company, Construct and monitor reliable control systems 3. Maintain appropriate insurance coverage 4. Ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements 5. Ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies July 1999- Aug 2013 Corporate Finance & Accounts
Manager
Al Jazirah Vehicles Co LLC ( Ford Group ) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia AL Jazirah Vehicles Ltd. (Ford Company), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia dealing with Ford, Lincoln vehicles
Cash flow Management: Complete grip over payables and receivable taking ownership of collection through recovering stuck up money in the market, negotiating and follow up directly with clients and involvement in implementation of credit policies. Managing business growth by being responsible for P&L account and positive cash flows for the business in local and international markets. Coordinate with the Strategic Business Partners, Promoters & Investors for all critical business plans
Syndication of Bank Finances for Working Capital, Term Loans & Import/Export Facilities Companies Coordinating with Banks - Local & Foreign & Suppliers for Import Finances - LCs, LG, BG,PG
Performed active role in ordering process of vehicles and parts, financial concurrence for purchase, Opening, Letters of credit and follow-up
Planning, Budgeting & Management Reporting - Lead the preparation and accumulation of the financial budgets in line with business plan. Monitor financial performance versus the budget so that the business is aware of anticipated costs/revenues, areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified, and potential performance improvement opportunities are capitalized upon. Keeping a tight control on project spending and asking GM’s of different segments about the reasons for variances and suggesting remedial measures. Coordinate the development of annual budgets, Develop financial business plans and forecasts. Monitored annual budget and uploading in system, monthly performance evaluation, treasury management arranging bank loans from new generation and Saudi local banks
Working capital: Cash flow management, Inventory management,Receivable management,payable management, internal control, risk management
Oversee monthly consolidation of financial performance report and submit to the management Supervised corporate accounting & control, costing of vehicles and spares Audit & Statutory Compliance
Co coordinating for the consolidation of the annual financial statement under IFRS & GAAP, audit,Zakat and tax filing and its assessments June 2007-June 2009 Head of Finance and Commercial KEC International Limited Africa Ethiopia, Africa KEC International Limited Africa, flagship listed Infrastructure and construction company of 30000 crores RPG Group, World bank funded rural electrification projects
Business partnering,commercial evaluation of projects, bidding process support,evaluation bill of material,contract signing process, arranging performance guarantee, advance payment guarantee bank guarantee
Budgeting process for projects,discussing with contraction department, cost control, quality control and planning department and prepared budget and get it approved from stakeholders
Cost Controls: Develop a cost control and compliance functions with budgets resulting in targeted cost reduction. Risk assessment and Resource optimization in line with Business Plans, Budgets, and Monthly Financial results. Monitoring of Business Performance. Review of legal contracts, MOU’s, Joint Venture agreements and Contracts Banking & Treasury: Funds Management - Planning Cash Flow, Monitoring Inflows, Outflow, Dealing with Banks Facilities - Negotiation for & Raising funds, Liaison, Correspondence, and compliances
Business Partnering: A support partner for all development and redevelopment projects across the business unit. Oversees the development feasibilities cost and revenue budgets and forecasts as well as project scorecards in conjunction with the development team for approval or update. Budget & Cost Control - Preparation of Annual Budget, Monthly Variance Analysis & Corrective Actions, Cost Control.
Accounts : Final Accounts - Finalization of Accounts, Purchase - Costing, Placing Orders with Supplier, Rates, Accounting, Profitability, Tracking, Remittance, Audit - Preparation & handling Statutory, Tax & Management Audit, Secretarial Matters, Regulatory Authorities,
Management Accounting - Maintaining the Management Accounts, Compilation of monthly
Accounts Receivable Management - Credit Control, Monitoring, Ageing, Reconciliation,
Inventory Management - Inventory Control and Ordering, Monitoring the excess, stock out level May 2003-May 2007 Finance and Accounts Manager Plastica Angola Ltd Luanda, Angola, Africa Plastica Angola Ltd, West Africa Manufacturing consumer durables.
Working Capital Management and monitoring cash flow.
Management reporting on monthly basis relating to performance, receivable, payable etc.
Costing of Imported and locally purchased material and fixation of its selling price
Banking and treasury and opening Letters of credit to suppliers outside country
Management accounting of all manufacturing accounts, Financial accounting supervision and financial audit and yearend audit and tax
Costing of Raw material, Work in progress &Finished goods.
Review reports and evaluation of actual performance of profit centers every month against the Budget and present the same to GM, chairman for review in the monthly Management Meeting
Timely preparation of the budgets and forecasts and Managing and controlling them effectively. • Consolidation of group accounts, P&L management, and fixed assets management. • Assisting in the preparation of financial strategies and implementing them effectively. • In charge of annual auditing of the accounts and reporting them to the Board of Directors April 1999-May 2003 Accounts Manager GSL India Limited Bombay, India
Controlling the accounts, coordinating with branches all over India for accurate reporting
Supporting Finance and Commercial heads in terms of financial information to banks and external parties
Administering the monthly performance reporting, outstanding and inventory control reporting
Internal and external audit support and compliance, Tax return and assessment submission Personal Details:
Nationality : Indian
Language proficiency: English, Hindi, Arabic, Malayalam, Tamil,Portuguese Driving license, India, Africa & GCC
Gopalakrishnan Kumarapillai
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