ASHIS DHIR

A Finance Professional with 25+ years of post-qualification experience in the entire gamut of Finance and Accounting, Key Accounts Manager role- FP&A, Business Finance, Project A/c, People Management and Procurement role. Working experience with Tech Mahindra, ACS Info tech, Manipal IT, Cognizant, ITC Group, C&K etc. Have strong experience in Corporate Accounting and Owned the Responsibility of handling the entire location/unit activities under various finance domain ~ AR, AP, Payroll, T&E, AM, Inter-company transactions, Finalization of Accounts, Audit, Taxation, Banking, Fund Management, Budgets, ERP, Contracts & Agreements, Corporate matters, M&A activities, Legal matters, Secretarial compliance, SOX Compliance, Statutory Compliance's etc. Managed F&A operation for companies reporting their financial as per India & US GAAP. International exposure and successfully stints with US based MNC's to set up and stabilize their offshore F&A Shared Service Centre for excellence & Project Accounting. Handel the BU in E2E operation, which include Audit (Internal & External), Resource Management, Payroll, Supply chain, Compliance's (SOX & Statutory), Process re-engineering etc. Have good exposure to systems & processes, accounting policies/ principles to ensure control, legal compliance & adherence to accounting standards, good stakeholder's management skills. This includes involvement in managing Cost & Time management, Risk free working environment, People management etc. (participation in Learning, Training and Development skills, BCP plan, KPI forum etc.).

• SIP automation process.
• SAP level process set up for PRIME/ QMS, QLIK and respective accounting model.
• Merger and Acquisitions (Pre and Post Acquisition role, MRX, CTS, TechM)
• New Business unit set-up (SEZ units at Gurgaon & Pune)
• Streamlining Procurement functional role at location Pune & Mumbai
• Accounts Payable set-up and Pay cycle automation (for Asiapac and Middle east countries)
• ERP and other process update (Tally, QBA, MS Dynamic Axapta, People-soft, Vault, Oracle, SAP)
• Cognizant One "C", Travel Reports, Associate Finance deck etc.

• Tech Mahindra, Aug 2016 - Present, GM- FP&A, Accounts Role- SBU Finance Head ~ SBU-D-DES, CME-IT, SIP Global etc., Handling Delivery role of SBU-D-DES, with 3 major SBU's EMEA. APJI, ACME and few Portfolio companies on end to end activities. It involves month/ qtr/ year end close activities, accounting, reports, Sign Off etc., Ensure timely close on various process and delivery~Monthly & Quarterly Report Flash on financial results ~ respective analysis actual vs forecast vs Goal, deviation analysis at Company and at Customer level. MIS & Reporting as per IGAAP & US GAAP~Various analysis at management level., Involve with pricing, deal, contracts as an reviewer and approver role on various delivery, sign off etc. Working on various stages of workflow- involve with the automation process for better control prospective to avoid any manual input / error/mis handling of system data etc. Involve in acquisition and merger activities., Working between various team owner/ SBU's/ subsidiaries ~ like Delivery , Sales, SBU's, Customer etc. ~ ensuring the best delivery, negotiation, routine work for a smooth and timely meet on all requirements. It includes exceptions/ challenges/ interim issue/ Customer handling etc. It includes the required audit reports on Observation, Review, Meeting with adequate and appropriate comments., Sales Incentive Plan (SIP)- Global role ~ involve with various policies/ schemes, its run process, validations, sign off, respective accounting, process tracker, automatons, compliance's, audit meet etc. Working with stakeholders like ~ HR, CIO, Sales Ops, SBU Finance, Accounting team & Subsidiaries at various Geo's.
• ACS Info-tech (American Cyber System) & MBS (Manipal Group), 2015-16, Head India Operation & MIS, Handled Inter-company transactions, Revenue, Treasury Function (Fund Management), Audit, Taxation & Compliance's., Monitoring Payroll and respective accounting, Month/Quarter end close activities, Meeting tax audit and respective compliance's., India & Middle East Operation, MIS & Reporting as per IGAAP & US GAAP.
• RDC, Jan 2014 to Dec 2014, Handling and owing the role of Corporate Finance, Fund Management & MIS, Banking & Fund Manager ~ Dealing with Bank, Cash Flow and Working capital management across all locations., MIS & Month close activity: Leading general accounting monthly & annual closing, MIS finalization, Trial Balance scrutiny, GL review for all locations across the country. i) Month/ Version close activities ii) Variance analysis iii) Board presentation etc., Audit: Handling quarterly & yearly audit completed on time with clean reports., Budget preparation & finalization: Plan, Review, Execution & periodical variance analysis with actual., Revenue Recognition & Debtor Management (DSO analysis, Monitoring - collections, reconciliations, disputes, provision for D/debt etc.), Accounts Payable-Process automatons, monitoring payment, periodical balance confirmation etc., Taxation: Supervise Tax team, handle various tax related issues and notices as issued by the Authority (VAT, I Tax, Service Tax, Excise duty, TDS, PF etc.).
• COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INDIA LTD., May 2004 to Dec 2013, Corporate Finance, UFC, MIS, M&A, ERP, Compliance's etc., India A/c's & Support function to US: Handled the entire India Rx A/c's & was assisting to our US accounting in GL review, month close activities, reconciliations and identifying the material differences, dealing with banks, India MIS for Investor report, Revenue reconciliation & recognition, consolidation of Final Accounts, FA and other respective schedules as per US GAAP., Onsite A/c: Was owing the responsibility for
• 1) APAC A/c (RX-Australia & Ygyan-India, Singapore & Malaysia) in their monthly account close, finalization, audit and banking etc.
• 2) Rx US Bridgewater Honoraria A/c-Assisting in month/quarter/year close & other bank related matters etc., F&A, PMO Role: Managed process delivery for the Order to Cash function (with end-to-end cycle of Project/ Revenue accounting and invoicing for North America operations. Manage client relationship, led transition planning and process escalations for assigned portfolio. Handled Project Accounting, Customer Service Agreement (SLA), Scope statement, Project Charter, Schedule and Plan, Risk Analysis, HRM, Cost analysis, , Revenue recognition, Customer Billing & Collections etc. Manage the month end closing process for global projects & handled the entire accounting functions (P2P, R2R, and O2C). Few Customers - Ranbaxy, Eli-Lilly, AZ, BMS, AstraZeneca, HDFC, I force, Sanofi, Pfizer, J&J, Merck, Abbott Laboratory etc., Finance Head Role/POC: Handled and owned the responsibilities for entire finance activities at Pune, Mumbai & Gurgaon location~all AP, Procurement, AR, T&E, Payroll, Tax & related matters, Vendor management, Government liaising, etc. Role include meeting Statutory compliance's & SOX compliance's (in design, implementation, check list, approval etc.), Audit meet (Internal and External. Worked with HR, HRSSA, Admin for various negotiations, policy, associate related matters (travel, benefit, compensation, service) and business prospective like facility and service centers set up etc., Banking & Investment: Handled and owned the responsibility for Global operations (US, UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East). Delivered multiple projects in stringent timelines- Banking Automation., AM Role: Global Asset Management (Risk procedure, Insurance, Asset closing etc.), AP Role: Was handled and owned the responsibilities for India, APAC and ME AP operations, Leading team during upgrades and provided support for various finance processes., Leading & Supervising a team in India and Onsite.