Profile: Rajesh Pandurangan.

Skill profile:

Progressive and result driven executive with 25 years of Industry experience ( 20 years in IT Service Industry & 5 years in real estate / construction industry)

International experience, UK (4 years) US (2 years) and more than 10 years of experience in working with Europe (UK and France) teams.

Executive leadership, quick decision making and ability to build teams.

Strong functional expertise in P&L Management, Commercial and Business finance, M&A, Fund raising Business transformations, Analysis & reporting, Risk management and Compliance.

Experience in outsourcing/offshoring of support and back-office functions, creating shared service delivery and setting up integrated delivery models.

Proficient in system implementation and integration, implemented SAP, Oracle and Quadra across manufacturing, service, and construction industry.

Athiran Business Solutions ( Sept 2020…)

Partner and Promoter

Providing business advisory services to drive value creation across verticals. We work with mid-sized and start-up organisations in defining growth strategy, new business model ideation, P&L Management, Cost optimisation, business, and financial transformation services.

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L&W Construction Pvt Ltd (August 2016 to June 2020)

(A Subsidiary of Lee Kim Tah and Woh Hup Group, Singapore)

As Chief Strategy Officer:

Led IPO preparedness – Through PE and Listing routes. Implemented various steps to address financial statements, improve the balance sheet and Channelise the business projection – improving business valuation

Lead the group strategy focussed on growth enablement, Compliances and Governance.

Raised Rs 300 Crores debt and private equity investment for strategic development projects and investments in modern technology and new business lines.

Lead M&A and Supply chain investments.

Key Achievements in the role as CFO:

Delivered Financial KPIs – P&L Targets, Cash flow Targets and Balance sheets including all group subsidiary companies.

Raised funds from banks / PE Investors -Rs 1600 crores (fund and non-fund).

Structured forward purchase model (FPM) for commercial construction, including setting up SPV, cross-country transaction structure, tax, legal and commercials.

Spearheaded the team on M&A transactions, commercials, deal structuring, and due diligence – completed four supply chain investments.

Implemented effective Treasury management: Optimised Forex, reduced DSO by 8 days and implemented structured payment plans including supplier finance, factoring, LC, and bill discounting.

Optimised Risk planning, mitigation process and overall risk management at project and entity levels. This covers all risks identified as part of the RFP including, the impact of FX, Inflationary, change in source point - import/export impact and Key obligation logs based on the contract terms.

Steria India Ltd (August 2005 to Sept 2015)

(Formerly - Xansa India Ltd)

Steria is the one of the top 10 IT services company in Europe with annual revenues of 1.7bn euros, headquartered in Paris.

Key Achievements in the role as CFO:

•Consistently delivered P&L and Balance sheet KPIs and the financial results for 8 years for Indian Legal entity and overseas subsidiaries in US and Singapore

•Formulated strategic and Commercial plans and led entry into the Indian domestic market. Defined Indian pricing models for European solutions

•As Business Finance / commercial lead was an integral part of the group “Big deal team” – closed multiple deals from £ 3 MN to £180 MN., including global RFPs.

•Defined “Target Operating model” the aspirational pricing tool to achieve desired competitive price point including FX and Inflationary impact.

•Successfully grew the F&A practice within the group – Managing the Indian legal entity and setting up and developing the F&A process for group companies across the UK, Europe and Asia.

•Reduced the monthly period closing cycle by 6 days for Indian legal entities and 4 days for group companies/subsidiaries across Europe and Asia. The monthly closing cycle includes P&L, Balance sheet, Cashflow and a rolling forecast for the rest of the financial year.

•Managed a team of 200 across Finance, Business Finance, Commercial, Procurement and offshore shared services for Finance and commercial.

•Led the system transformations - a legacy to ERP and between SAP and Oracle.

•Led business model transformation from service lines set up to the vertical delivery model.

•Setting up special economic zones and migrating strategy from STPI to SEZs.

HCL Technologies America Inc, Sunnyvale, California (2004 to 2005)

Key achievements as Head of Finance:

Led financial modelling for new deals, closed deals from $ 2 Mn to $ 28 Mn.

Member of the “Global Transfer Pricing” team at HCL.

Successful in offshoring data intensive jobs to achieve greater efficiencies. Offshored 70+ FTE to India across finance, HR, Travel, and procurement functions.

Brought in significant improvements in financial planning, budgets, and budgetary controls.

Managed finance, accounting, commercial, tax and compliance.

Infosystems (Europe) Ltd. (Group company of HCL) London, UK (2000 to 2004)

Head of Finance and Accounts: .

Financial planning, budgets and budgetary controls, business analysis and MIS.

Accounting, finalization of accounts as per UK and Indian standards.

Project Commercials including contracting and legal aspects.

All statutory and legal requirements – including internal and external requirements.

HCL Infosystems Limited. India. (1995 to 2000)

As part of finance team, managed various portfolios:

Managed inventory and materials management, accounts receivable and payables.

Management reporting, working capital management and Systems implementations.

Led data Migration team for SAP Implementation on big-bang approach, migrated 16 trial balance along with sub ledgers and material masters for manufacturing line.

Note: In between L&W roles, was engaged with Altran Technologies India Private Limited as India CFO and Head of GBS for 4 months in 2019. ( May 19 to August 19)

Personal Profile

DOB: 28th November 1968

Academics: B. Com 1990 and CA 1994

Contact No: +91-987******* / Email : adysku@r.postjobfree.com

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