Harshvardhan Sureka

Leading the Finance Team at Tubes Division (Profit centre) of Tata Steel Limited, with revenues of $1 Bn. Major responsibilities handled include:

• Financial Planning and Analysis – Scenario-based planning, sensitivity analysis through financial modeling enabling decision-making.
• Budgeting & Forecasting – Long Term Plan, Annual Business Plan to be presented to Board and short-range planning (rolling forecast).
• Enabling business decision-making through analyzing product-level profitability, inventory valuation, cost analysis, and variance analysis.
• Evaluation of new business proposals (revenue and capital), and enabling go/no-go decisions.
• Analysis of contract renewals with job workers, and suggesting areas of cost improvement during negotiations.
• Accounting and Financial Reporting – Leading the Book Close for the division with Record-to-Report activities.
• Risk Management – Led as risk champion for the division ensuring adherence to the ERM framework and ensuring mitigating controls are in place.
• People Management – Mentored and coached team members and new colleagues, fostering skill development and enhancing overall team performance.

• Worked as an Audit Senior / Article Trainee at Deloitte Haskins & Sells. Areas handled are as follows: Statutory Audit, Limited Review, Tax Audit, Internal Controls (IFC) assessment, Group Reporting.
• Conducted walkthroughs of various business processes, gaining an in-depth understanding of operations while identifying potential control weaknesses.