CA Vinod Chandran
Chartered Accountant
Bangalore
Summary
Pricing, Costing and Project Finance Controlling expert with a Professional Career Spanning 15+ Years
Vast experience in pricing, costing & cost management, price negotiations, commercial & business finance, and project finance handling for leading companies like Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd ( PSU), Capgemini, France and Century Link Technologies USA
Entrepreneurship experience enabling overall experience to handle diversified scenarios.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Director
Mylogic Business Management School Private Ltd
Bangalore
07.2019 - Current
- Founded Ed- Tech company Mylogic, which supports finance professional aspirants to become qualified professionals
- Passion for teaching and supporting professionals driven Vinod to build leading award-winning Ed- -Tech company ( Most Promising Ed-Tech by TNIE and FICCI)
- Supported thousands of students to become professionals over time
- Helped Mylogic to continue momentum during most challenging phases which Ed- Tech companies have gone through in last two years
- Headed entire aspects of Business, Operations, Finance and related areas at Mylogic
- Helped Mylogic to grow to half million dollar company with 25% growth over previous years and enhanced valuations at this moment
Head of Pricing and Commercials
CenturyLink technologies, USA
Bangalore
01.2016 - 07.2018
- Headed commercial and pricing wing of Century Link Technologies, USA, Fortune 500 company, for its joint venture with Airtel on data centre and cloud business segment
- Handled entire Planning,Budgeting, Pricing , Commercial finance, and Finance Controllership for this Joint Venture
Operations Manager
Capgemini Business Services India Ltd
Bangalore
05.2013 - 12.2015
- Headed commercial finance/contracts for Capgemini for its one of largest clients with 2000 plus contracts globally.
- Handled global role of managing entire commercial Finance of leading MNCs to ensure that KPI set by management was achieved with respect to Revenue, Profit margins, working capital, etc. Frequent review of revenues/cost with SVPs as against budgets, preparing variance analysis and recurring reviews with relevant stakeholders
- Headed commercial finance and contract management for LATAM, Europe and APAC Regions
Dy. Finance Manager
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
Bangalore
01.2007 - 01.2013
- Central Finance spoke for all R& D projects relating to helicopters for the leading aerospace company Navaratna in India.
- Handled Planning and budgeting, pricing, costing and cost management and project finance of Helicopter Projects for Hindustan Aeronautics under Ministry of Defense
- Refined Project Finance controllership of prestigious R&D projects of Light Utility Project (LUH), Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) and Weaponised Advanced Light Helicopter (WSI ALH), helped HAL to ensure meet the critical project parameters set by the Ministry of Defense India.
- Expertise in project finance control in the multi-billion R& D environment of the largest aerospace organisation in India.
- Complete responsibility for Pricing, Cost Controls/variance analysis, Budgeting, and Multiple Price Negotiations of Rs 500 Crore plus deals
- Process-oriented approach helped organisation move from legacy systems to advanced mechanised processes, which in turn resulted in substantial time savings and helped motivate peers to work in process-driven environment.
Director
Logic School of Management a Division of ‘ Logic Group’
Cochin
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Headed administrative, Academic and marketing roles in Logic which facilitated opportunity to become partner and leadership skills helped Logic to be leader in overseas education in South India having multiple branches.
Article Associate
Vaishampayan& Associates
Mumbai
01.2001 - 01.2004
- More than 3 years of Audit experience in Top Pharma Companies, Top Banking Companies and other companies in Mumbai while doing Articleship for CA and later on for further one and half year
- Where significant strategy formulation resulted in saving crores of Rupees per Annum for one leading pharma Company.
Education
CA - Finance And Accounting
ICAI
Mumbai 05.2004 - 11.2006
Post Graduate Diploma -
IIM, Lucknow
Lucknow 06.2007 - 09.2007
CA Inter -
ICAI
Mumbai 01.2001 - 11.2003
BCom -
MG University
Cochin 01.1998 - 01.2000
Skills
Pricing
Key Result Areas
- Finance controlling - New Business Evaluation
- Pricing strategies
- Commercial Finance /Working Capital Management
- Business modelling
- Cost Control
- Price Negotiations
- Planning & Budgeting
- Team Management
- Cost evaluations
- Auditing
- Contract Management
- Finance Management
Personality Traits
- Strategic Thinker
- Change Agent
- Persuasive Communicator
- Team Player
Desired Position
Leadership Role in Business Finance
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 02/16/1980
Extracurricular Activities
- Represented University and Junior State Cricket Teams
- Participated in National Level Cricket Tournaments representing State
- Played contract level cricket for Cochin Refineries Cricket Team & Captained College cricket team, leading the team to attain championship in MG University Cricket match
- Asst.Local manager of the Indian Cricket Team for the match against Australia held in Cochin in 1999
- Many social and cultural activities on various occasions
Timeline
Director
Mylogic Business Management School Private Ltd
07.2019 - Current
Head of Pricing and Commercials
CenturyLink technologies, USA
01.2016 - 07.2018
Operations Manager
Capgemini Business Services India Ltd
05.2013 - 12.2015
Post Graduate Diploma -
IIM, Lucknow
06.2007 - 09.2007
Dy. Finance Manager
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
01.2007 - 01.2013
Director
Logic School of Management a Division of ‘ Logic Group’
01.2005 - 01.2007
CA - Finance And Accounting
ICAI
05.2004 - 11.2006
CA Inter -
ICAI
01.2001 - 11.2003
Article Associate
Vaishampayan& Associates
01.2001 - 01.2004
BCom -
MG University
01.1998 - 01.2000