CA SAURAV KHAITAN

1. Funding Raising

a. Coordinating with the external professional to get the valuation report.

b. Compliance from Companies Act, Income Tax, FEMA perspective.

c. Coordinating with the external agency to close the Financial Due Diligence.

d. Answering queries of all the stakeholders during the process due of diligence.

e. Closing the final documentation from investors perspective.

f. Part of negotiation with the investor in a round of Debt Funding.

2. Treasury Management

a. Deploying the fund of the organization in such a way that maximum returns are generated out of the idle funding in the account.

b. Uprising the management about Cash Burn Pattern on a bi-weekly basis.

c. Optimizing the cost without affecting the business so that the runway can be increased.

3. Book Closure Activities

a. Create provisions, record accruals and ensures that all the invoices and expenses are timely and accurately recorded.

b. Ensures that all the assets are properly capitalized and depreciated/amortized in line with company policy. Also ensure that all the items are depicting correct financial position.

c. Preparation of monthly MIS and presentation to the management.

d. Preparation of data for investors on a month-on-month basis.

4. Annual accounts and Audit Closures:

a. Prepare annual accounts in line with applicable accounting policies and assumptions

b. Interacts, manages and responds to auditors’ queries for ensuring timely closure of audit.

c. Getting the ISO and SOC II audit completed.

5. Taxation

a. Compliance with respect India’s Income Tax Act , Companies Act, FEMA regulation.

b. Compliance with Singapore’s Companies Act and Income Tax Act.

c. Worked on preparation of data and filling of GST returns.

d. Preparation and filling of annual GSTR 9 and 9C.

e. Preparation of data for filling of TDS returns.

f. Preparation and filling of PF returns.

6. Budgeting , Forecasting , Financial Model and Variance Analysis:

a. Perform monthly, quarterly and annual budgeting and forecasting by gathering inputs from

various teams.

b. Perform monthly and quarterly detailed variance analysis to find unusual movement and the reason thereon.

c. Represent monthly and quarterly accounts together with detailed comments for management review.

d. Preparation of Financial model for the financial year and updating the same on a monthly basis.

7. Contracts , commercials and Deal Pricing:

a. Estimates cost involved in a project by understanding scope after due discussion with all the

stake holders.

b. Understanding expectations of clients and internal management to strike a balance for price which is acceptable to all.

c. Review drafts and contracts to suggest any changes or remove any doubts thereon.

d. Review vendor contracts and highlight any risk area which needs to be negotiated or avoided.

8. Miscellaneous other works:

a. Cost Optimization for the various PL items wherein a hefty amount was saved.

b. Tax planning for the intercompany transaction.

c. Preparation of SOP for Accounts payable, Salary, TDS.

d. Assisted in incorporation of a subsidiary company in Japan.

a. Preparation of MIS and performing variance analysis on a month-on-month basis.

b. Preparation of Financial model for the financial year.

c. Cost optimization in order to control the cash burn.

d. Filling form 1099.

a. Involved in Revenue calculation, Invoicing , AR tracking and resolving client queries

b. Preparation of MIS and performing variance analysis on a month on month basis.

c. Involved in optimizing the cost for the company.

d. GST related Activities :

i. Worked on preparation of data and filling of GST return.

ii. Amendment and rectification of data field with authorities.

iii. Filing amendment application for any changes in company constitution or details.

iv. Preparation and filling of annual GSTR9 and 9C.

a. Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A):

- Revenue management of Engineering unit with quarterly revenue equivalent to 200 million USD

- Analysis of monthly revenue accrual and variance analysis of forecasted revenue v/s actual reported

revenue.

- Working on forecasting revenue model and weekly reporting of variance against target to the

management.

- MIS reporting on unit performance along with analysis on revenue growth, margin and other key

operational

parameters.

- Analyzing low margin / high risk programs and identifying key drivers for margin improvement.

- Preparation of financial model using top down and bottom up approach and reviewing it on a

quarterly basis.

b. P&L Management:

- Gross Margin Control function.

- Tracking cost budgets against targets and ensuring expenditures are within budget.

- Expense Management and monthly provisioning of “Cost of technical Subcontractor”.

- Identifying key cost optimization drivers for the unit and collaborating with business teams to take key

actions to improve margin.

- Preparation of monthly P&L estimate and variance analysis of estimates v/s actuals.

- Validating various exceptional approval request such as UK ND Visa, US Visa, claims which have direct

impact on project margins considering project criticality.