Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Hobbies and Interests
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Keshav Khandelwal

Chartered Accountant

Summary

Finance professional with experience across Budgeting, Reporting and Variance Analysis. Professional Drummer and a fragrance reviewer.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Reporting Manager

Indus Towers
Gurugram
05.2024 - Current
  • Preparation of rolling monthly forecast and Annual Operation Plan.
  • Monthly circle book closure, preparation of JV entries, Variance analysis & schedule preparation.
  • Maintaining P&L and Balance Sheet integrity.
  • Exception reporting for CAPEX & per site cost.
  • CAPEX wastage reduction.
  • Preparation of site Hold - Lock tracker and leading timely closure for same.

R&D and Shared Engineering Centre Controller(SEC)

Alstom
Bangalore
12.2023 - 04.2024
  • Ensure accurate monthly billing to global sites for both R&D and SEC activities
  • Monitoring budget vs actuals & timely hour bookings for efficiency
  • Reduction of WIP accumulated over the years
  • Providing management with timely reports enabling an alert system mechanism
  • Monitoring ageing of Accounts payable & receivable
  • Key User activities for SAP, MDM & Teranga

Reporting & Budgeting Controller

Alstom
Bangalore
10.2021 - 11.2023

Key Achievements:

- 25% POH Optimization w.r.f budget

- Maintained consistent hourly rates for 2 consecutive years resulting in improvement of project margins

- Key user for all Alstom Financial tools (SAP, MDM, Teranga)

  • Preparation of annual budget, monthly rolling forecast, Variance Analysis and monitoring site efficiency
  • Ensuring timely and accurate Monthly financial closures and consolidations
  • Managing and tracking Key Performance Indicators along with operations and business leaders
  • Monitoring financial health of the company w.r.t Budget, forecast and working capital management
  • Undertaking periodic Balance sheet health check and P&L reviews to Identify and address issues which affect business performance
  • FOREX Hedge Management
  • Coordination with auditors/diligence teams to successfully close audits and due diligence
  • Co-ordination with FSSC, Treasury, Taxation, GFC and other functions for smooth financial operations

Accounts Manager

SHIVA Enterprises
Ajmer
11.2017 - 08.2021
  • Maintenance of Accounts & Tax filings
  • Cost optimization, ERP implementation & process improvement

Articled Assistant

BNG & Associates LLP
Ajmer
02.2015 - 10.2017
  • Internal Audit & Stock verification
  • Account maintenance & Tax Fillings

Articled Assistant

SS Kothari & Mehta Co.
New Delhi
04.2014 - 01.2015
  • Concurrent & Cheque Audit for AMIRA Pure foods
  • Preparation/Documentation of Standard Operating Procedure for HCL HQ

Education

Chartered Accountancy -

ICAI
01.2020

Bachelor of Commerce -

MDS University
01.2015

HSC -

CBSE
01.2012

SSC -

IGCSE
01.2010

Skills

  • Good understanding of basic tenets in Costing, Taxation, IT and Financial Management
  • Ability to work under pressure and under stringent deadlines
  • Effective multitasking skills
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and also as a team player

Hobbies and Interests

  • Fragrance reviewer with 10k followers on Instagram.
  • Content writer with published reviews on US based website.
  • Conducted several seminars on public speaking skills for school children with the startup - 'Spotlight'.
  • Successfully cleared 8 levels of Trinity guildhall Drumming examination.
  • Scored highest pan North India thrice in grades 4th, 6th, and 8th of the above-mentioned examination.
  • Played Football at state level (2012) and at district level for 8 years.

Timeline

Finance Reporting Manager

Indus Towers
05.2024 - Current

R&D and Shared Engineering Centre Controller(SEC)

Alstom
12.2023 - 04.2024

Reporting & Budgeting Controller

Alstom
10.2021 - 11.2023

Accounts Manager

SHIVA Enterprises
11.2017 - 08.2021

Articled Assistant

BNG & Associates LLP
02.2015 - 10.2017

Articled Assistant

SS Kothari & Mehta Co.
04.2014 - 01.2015

Chartered Accountancy -

ICAI

Bachelor of Commerce -

MDS University

HSC -

CBSE

SSC -

IGCSE
Keshav Khandelwal