Jhalak Jain

• M&E partner for Global Fund projects in India around HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• Concurrent CSR monitoring: Engagement manager for concurrent monitoring of CSR Foundation of NYSE listed real estate organisation with programmes in health, water and education.
• Financial reviews: Engagement manager for financial review of implementing partners of NYSE listed aerospace and defence organisation, leading auto sector companies in India for CSR projects in road safety, education, skilling, health and sanitation.
• Compliance framework: Develop and execute compliance and governance framework for leading consumer product organization
• Impact assessment: Engagement manager for conducting impact assessment of various CSR projects implemented during COVID by a leading tech organization, tobacco and auto-sector companies in agriculture, skilling, education thematic space
• Strategy and SOP development: Devised strategy for seamless execution of CSR operations, develop SOPs for business continuity

• Finance controller for Sustainability division for reporting and targeting net zero carbon emission by 2030
• Standardized templates and approval process for governance around onboarding, implementation, and progress tracking: program and financial for ~40 sustainability partners
• Led onboarding and implementation of third-party validation for 10 sustainability programs in skilling, education, health and environment
• Ensured 100% compliance with CSR amendments, 2021 in the first month of joining
• Led two new programs: employee contribution campaign for Global Foundation and Hospital support project under COVID-19 response efforts ($0.3M)
• Won two national and one global award for the Company CSR projects
• End-to-end event management of new program launch for SMART classroom set-up powered by solar technology and associated volunteerism (virtually as well as in person)
• Evaluated all existing programs under the CSR portfolio and supported decision-making process for continuity or cessation of non-value adding programs in an amicable manner.

Founding team member for Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation, a Section 8 Company for Honeywell Group Companies; liaising and working directly with company corporate communications, CSR, tax, and legal leaders and the foundation Board. Full accountability for finance strategy, operations, audits for Foundation and its CSR partners.

• Functional transformation: Led project for functionalization of Honeywell CSR Foundation with preset deadline
• Drove entity integration via bi-weekly MOS with HR (PeopleSoft), LER (registrations), Finance (SAP integration), HRS (retiral), CONCUR (T&E), CCAT and IT
• Program design: Identified and executed social development projects in sync with Honeywell’s sustainability priorities, Schedule VII of Companies Act, 2013 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in thematic areas of STEM education, child safety, disaster risk reduction, skilling and start-up/ incubation support
• Internal and external communications strategy and annual plan for all India CSR programs.
• Internal and external audit framework for the CSR wing
• Compliance framework design with CSR amendment rules, 21
• Financial planning, analysis and reporting:
• Tracked, monitored and reported financial spends on a weekly basis against yearly budget
• Presented quarterly results, annual reports, statutory submissions for board meetings of six Honeywell entities, incl. external directors
• Conducted spot audits, led third party audits
• Created first ever Five-year Strategic Action Plan (STRAP) for one Honeywell India CSR entity
• Defined finance procedures: SAP implementation for new entity
• Established AP process including vendor management and procurement incl. segregation of duties and approval matrix
• Drafted implemented end to end T&E, fixed asset and HR joining and exit process.
• Finance rigor: Led preparation of consolidated financial statements per Indian accounting standards (IND AS), ensured statutory and internal audit completion within given timelines, including, tax audit, income tax return filing and Honeywell internal reporting

• SOX Compliance for Genpact & acquisitions for modules covering - Consolidation, Accounts Payables, Receivable, Payroll & Entity Level Controls etc.
• Service Agreement Compliance Audits
• Revenue Audits: Compliance with US GAAP Revenue Recognition
• Travel & Living Process Review, SmartOpex (company specific reporting application) Tool Review
• Forecast and Budgeting, Period close activities and annual reporting
• Implementation of IFC and COSO framework. Designed Enterprise Risk management model, Risk Control Matrices, as-is and to-be process maps.
• Internal Audits, Statutory Audits and Limited Reviews.
• Board meeting/ Audit Committee Reporting presentations
• Compliance with Indian, US and UK Tax Laws including transfer pricing, income tax assessments and related filings.
• Acquisition of two US based entities within a year and their successful transition into existing processes. Prepared projected financials and forecasts.