Girish Pai Karkala
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic Senior Manager with extensive experience at VSL India Pvt Ltd, and past experiences excelling in tax compliance and procurement management. Proven track record in transforming tax strategies into positive outcomes, while ensuring regulatory compliance. Adept at audit coordination and logistics, fostering collaboration across teams to achieve operational excellence.
Diligent professional with many years of experience maintaining seamless business operations. Smoothly administers budgets, trains staff and monitors procedures to maximize efficiency and balance objectives with operational requirements. Exceptional skills in inventory management, loss prevention, and vendor negotiation.
Multi-talented Senior Manager well-versed and highly effective at developing, executing and directing key improvements to enable business enhancements and growth. Visionary leader with solid success in leading business operations toward growth.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager – Indirect Taxes
VSL INDIA PVT LTD
Chennai
07.2013 - 03.2025
- Handling VAT, CST & Entry tax assessments & appeals in all the states of India
- Handling all excise matters apart from monitoring the returns filing
- Merchant exports approvals & Export shipments from India
- Handling Service tax audits & monitoring return filing
- Guiding best Tax efficient position to marketing team in this competitive world
- Converting the tax positions from negative impact into positive within the framework of law by implementing right strategies
- Guiding Procurement team with regard to taxes & duties
Manager –Taxation & Logistics
Leighton India Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
07.2005 - 06.2013
- Total Procurement done for more than 200 Crores for various Projects during execution of Nokia & Flex projects
- Coordinating all activities for the successful execution of the procurement needs of projects
- Monitoring all coordination in areas such as buying, negotiating, expediting and logistics to ensure the smooth execution of the project
- Tax savings by abiding proper SEZ rules and Act
- Customs clearance issues handled
- Tax exemptions availed in Special Economic Zone and fully aware and have the complete knowledge of SEZ Rules & Act
- Handling VAT by Filing monthly returns, Claiming refund of input VAT, managing TDS deduction, etc under Tamilnadu Value added Tax act, 2006
- Meeting the project operational deadlines and milestones
- Attending project review meetings and ensuring all associated reports are adequately compiled and distribution as required
- Serving as an techno-commercial resource to all of project procurement staff in the communication and resolution of purchasing systems issues; negotiate successful resolution to problems or concerns; educating them about processes and procedures
- Setting up well-organized and defined procedures for identification and proper accounting of procurement under different contracts
- Developing Check Lists, Particular Terms and Conditions, formats for commercial and price Schedules for each inquiry
- Procurement of material/equipment in the most cost effective manner
- Expediting material/equipment to ensure delivery schedules are maintained or improved
- Analyze and control the inventory activities for the assets
- Develop purchasing and material control related procedures
- Develop and Coordinate all purchasing, material control and disposals strategies for the project
- Co-ordinate and control designated supply agreement
- Assist in the development of strategic supply agreements and associated catalogues, Maintain, operate and develop the materials systems
- Purchase or hire material/equipment in the most cost effective manner in line with regulatory and company policy
- Expedite material/equipment to ensure delivery schedules are maintained or improved
- Analyze and control the inventory activities for the assets
- Ensure hired equipment use is monitored and equipment returned in a timely manner
- Provide reports on procurement activity and commitment
- Liaise closely with all other departments and staff to ensure minimization of working capital and efficient use of the budget
- Drafting Taxation clauses in sub-contract Agreements to protect Leighton’s Interest
- Handling import procurements
- Bank LC Opening, Sending Telegraphic Transfers, etc
- Maintaining Bond Register for SEZ jobs with regard to material receipts & utilization statement submission to MEPZ
- Monitoring the Custom clearances for all ongoing projects
- Projects Handled: Nokia Mobile Facility Project, Motorola Mobile Facility Project, Salcomp Manufacturing, Wintek (India) Pvt
- Ltd, Flextronics Technologies SEZ project, TRIL Infopark – SEZ Tata Project
Manager Branch Operations
Zenith Computers Limited
Chennai
09.2004 - 07.2005
- Responsible for AMC Contract renewal and entering in to contracts
- Achieving AMC Revenue Business Plan
- Meeting Customers and canvassing for AMC
- Branch Inventory
- Branch Logistics
- Branch Administration
Commercial Executive & Sales Coordinator
Carrier Aircon Limited
Chennai
06.1997 - 09.2004
- Monitoring Billing Forecast
- Monitoring the Factory production data for achieving the billing targets
- Receivables monitoring
- Controls on spares & consumables
- Expired BG/TDS/Forms collection
- Backlog reporting for open jobs
- YTD Sales (Volume, Value & GM)
- Planning & Budgeting for Sales volumes and values, manpower, Capital expenditure, selling, general & Administrative Expense Budgeting, etc
- Rate contracts finalization for cost savings with vendors & contractors
- Preparation of Contract documents
- Labour laws & Covering Marine-cum-Erection insurance for various labour contracts including labor force working during the tenure of the contract
- Working & well acquainted with SAP package
Commercial Executive
Voltas Limited, Batliboi Limited, Utility Engineers
Secunderabd, Chennai & Kochi
03.1986 - 05.1997
- --- All commercial activities apart from maintaining stores and accounts
- --- Working capital management for the net funds employed
- --- Sales tax returns filing
Education
B.com -
Osmania University
Hyderabad, India07.1983
Skills
- Tax compliance
- Customs clearance
- Tax strategy
- Procurement management
- Audit coordination
- Financial analysis
- Regulatory compliance
- Logistics coordination
- Inventory control
Summary
Male, 54, India, India, Senior Manager – Indirect Taxes, VSL INDIA PVT LTD, INR.28.50 lakhs per annum, Having 32 years of experience in Commercial, Logistics, Inventory management, while maintaining costs. Well versed in contract negotiations, rate contract finalization, project monitoring in terms of actual cost versus estimation, Job cost analysis, legal vetting of document with regard to commercial conditions and terms, material purchasing, logistics besides Indirect Taxes – All India. Verifiable track record for the successful completion of multi-million dollar projects through coordinating trades, vendor development, and building positive rapport with architects, engineers, local government officials and clients.
Certification
- 2004, Internal Auditing of Quality Management System, NNCPL, qualified issuer of ISO certification, India
- 2007, Certificate of Attainment in Job costing Analysis, Recognized by Australian Qualifications, Australia
Languages
- English
- Telugu
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Marathi
- Konkani
- Tamil
Home
0091-44-24766419
Additional Information
Microsoft Excel, Winword, S.A.P working knowledge for records updation, G7709496, 03/10/18
Timeline
Senior Manager – Indirect Taxes
VSL INDIA PVT LTD
07.2013 - 03.2025
Manager –Taxation & Logistics
Leighton India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2005 - 06.2013
Manager Branch Operations
Zenith Computers Limited
09.2004 - 07.2005
Commercial Executive & Sales Coordinator
Carrier Aircon Limited
06.1997 - 09.2004
Commercial Executive
Voltas Limited, Batliboi Limited, Utility Engineers
03.1986 - 05.1997
B.com -
Osmania University