Alok Mathur

Ambuja Cement, is a Group Company of Lafarge Holcim, Switzerland, world’s most leading company in Cement. Broadly, my job responsibilities are –

• Statutory Compliance of ‘Indirect Tax’ Laws at all Units / Locations
• Providing MIS & various reports to Indian / Group Management
• Indirect Tax Litigation Management
• Conceptualizing, facilitating & delivering indirect tax incentives for the ongoing & new projects at various states
• Project Manager for implementation of GST in Ambuja, ACC & other subsidiaries of LH India.
• GST successfully implemented on 1st July’2017 across 50 locations PAN India.
• From 1st January 2023, I have been made overall IDT Head of both Ambuja Cement & ACC Cement
• I also provided tax planning for bidding new project to optimize tax burden.
• Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules, and contract negotiations.
• Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.

• The Power Division of L&T undertakes EPC job which comprises of Design, Engineering, Construction and Erection, Installation & Commissioning work of Mega & Non Mega Power Plants in India and abroad.
• As head of indirect taxation, I had supervised indirect tax affairs of the Power Division which includes excise, service tax, VAT/CST, Duty Drawback and other taxes which are applicable to various projects & manufacturing units.
• I also provided tax planning for bidding new project to optimize tax burden.

• GM India is a multinational company having its vehicle manufacturing units at Halol (Vadodara) & Talegaon (Pune).
• My job profile was to supervise indirect tax affairs of all units of GMI and its group companies
• This includes Excise, Service Tax & Value Added Tax.
• Maintained qualified staff and communicated areas of accountability and expected performance.
• Collaborated with department heads to establish goals and work plans.

• I was a part of the HSCI at their Greater Noida plant in U.P.
• HSCI is a group company of Honda Motors a well known MNC having car/motorcycle manufacturing unit all over the world
• In HSCI, I was the departmental head of Excise & Service Tax work of the company and responsible for routine day to day activities as well as legal matters related to excise & service tax.
• Streamlined and monitored quality programs to alleviate overdue compliance activities.
• Developed detailed plans based on broad guidance and direction.

• I had joined BINANI CEMENT LIMITED (2.0 MTPA capacity Cement Plant, the largest single unit Cement Plant in Rajasthan) at their Pindwara Plant in Sirohi (Raj.) as an Asst. Manager (Finance)
• My nature of job mainly were maintenance of records & preparation of returns for Income Tax (ITDS), Excise, Service Tax, VAT & Central Sales Tax . I was also responsible for handling legal cases pertaining to Indirect Tax and assist Legal Counsel in preparation of cases at Higher Courts.

• Manager (Accounts) and was reporting to General Manager (Finance)
• The nature of jobs includes Excise & Sales Tax related work , Personal Income tax, capitalization of plant & Machinery, Fixed Asset Accounting, Construction Accounting and other routine accounting jobs.I also use to provide necessary MIS to the Management.
• Before this I had also worked with Usha India (Galvanized
  Division) and promoted to Assistant Manager (Accounts) for about two years.

• Auditor, I gained valuable experience by conducting audits in different types of organizations
• Some of the major audits carried out by me were: i
• Internal & Tax audit of various organizations ii
• Statutory audit of various societies of Delhi
• Iii
• Statutory & Income - Expenditure audit of various Banks, Completed three years practical training in M/s
• DAGA & COMPANY, a leading Chartered Accountants firm in BIKANER
• As a trainee with the firm, I carried out Internal Audits of various Construction & Manufacturing Company in Delhi & Bikaner
• ACHIEVEMENTS
• In house Taxation support during implementation of GST
• Saved ~ INR 15 millions
• In house handling of Litigations upto Tribunal
• Developed FoxBASE+ based package related to EXCISE which helped in assessment of MODVAT claims well in time and also provided necessary required details and statements as per requirement of Central Excise Dept
• Developed another FoxBASE+ based package related to Capitalization of Fixed Asset including depreciation calculation.