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Date of Birth
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Mitul Bhavsar

Mitul Bhavsar

Finance Head
Ahmedabad

Summary

Finance and Accounts leader with over 20 years of experience in engineering and manufacturing, holding CMA, CWA, and MBA (Finance) qualifications. Expertise includes managing financial operations across diverse plants and projects, with a focus on corporate finance and commercial operations. Achievements include enhancing financial performance and fostering growth through strategic initiatives. Proficient in financial analysis, budgeting, reporting, and forecasting in fast-paced, multi-regional settings.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Finance & Accounts

Amnex Infotech Private Limited
Ahmedabad
03.2024 - Current
  • Create an annual budget for all SBUs, along with AOPs for each project.
  • Manage capital allocation and financial forecasting for CapEx and OpEx projects.
  • Monitor SBU performance metrics to support strategic objectives.
  • Review in depth the project margins, identify overrun costs, and set mechanisms to fix them up.
  • Oversee key operational areas, including accounting, tax, legal, and treasury functions
  • Manage Cashflow and Receivables
  • Supervise cost-saving initiatives and improvement programs for operational efficiency.
  • Provide oversight of third-party vendor management and outsourced services.
  • Lead and manage accounts, Finance and Tax Team, along with monitoring KPIs.
  • Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, and timely financial reporting.
  • Establish and ensure internal controls to identify and mitigate financial risks effectively.
  • Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive management team.
  • Activities related to raising capital and working capital requirements.

Head of Finance & Accounts

Lioli Ceramica Pvt Ltd (Caesarstone Group, Israel)
Ahmedabad
04.2023 - 02.2024
  • Heading: Finance, Accounts, Commercial, Tax, and MIS Department.
  • Providing sound financial support, analysis, and strategic recommendations to the BU on critical decisions.
  • Prepare and review monthly financials in U.S. (GAAP) and IG (AAP), which include balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow.
  • Detailed variance analysis, sales analysis (regionwide, product-wise, category-wise, KAM-wise), and trend analysis.
  • Design and monitor robust financial controls and procedures; end-to-end documents are driven through ERP only.
  • Periodic review and implementation of effective improvement mechanisms for FC processes and systems, fixed assets, and capitalization.
  • Review exceptional reports to monitor the system break. Ensuring all SOPs are adhered to in an effective manner.
  • Monthly review and update the inventory item cost so as to arrive at the correct inventory valuation
  • Assess and mitigate financial risks, such as credit risk, liquidity risk, and operational risk.
  • Arrangement of insurance coverage for asset and marine insurance, and timely renewed with the commercial team.
  • Lead the annual budgeting exercise, coordination with BU for their input.
  • Linking these budgets with the profitability of the company and reviewing.
  • Analyze the budget performance quarterly, and revise the forecasting as per the sales trend.
  • Driving Receivables and Payables, Inventory Control.
  • Organizing for liquidating needs by proper working capital management and cash flow analysis.
  • Monthly closure of books, supervise overall accounting operations such as payments, GL, scrutiny, TDS, payroll, and stock reconciliation.
  • Manage the Accounting and MIS team to ensure processes are in place and to provide timely mentoring to the team.
  • Closely monitor monthly deferred sales, COGS, lease accounting for US GAAP, accrual, and prepaid working validate.
  • Manage audits such as statutory audits, systems audits, internal audits, inventory audits, and departmental audits.
  • Liaise with the respective auditors, bankers, advisors of CS, legal and tax consultants, and actuarial valuers.
  • Ensure monthly TDS, GST, PF, ESIC, and PT payments, and timely returns, as well as monthly ECB-2 returns under FEMA and UFCE returns.

Head of Finance

Parikh Packaging Pvt Ltd (Constantia Flexible, Vienna, Austria)
Ahmedabad
06.2021 - 03.2023
  • Prepare financial statements, corporate MIS, and integrated reports for management.
  • Oversee, review, and circulate the monthly MIS, including segment, product, and customer-wise data, with YTD performance.
  • Monthly Profitability Statement, Cost Center-wise, Inter-Group Company Reports uploading Group SAP system.
  • Monitor financial health and business performance by analyzing results, minimizing impact variables.
  • Support on contract evaluation and negotiation for commercial terms, product pricing, and costing, cost analysis.
  • Oversee, lead, finalize, and administer the annual CapEx budget, Opex budget, and planning process.
  • Drive group financial planning in coordination with business unit heads.
  • Work with Business Analysts and Operations to periodically forecast.
  • Manage cash flow, including receivables, to analyze revenue trends and collection trends.
  • Monitor inventory movement to plow back to have an accurate forecast.
  • Corporate Governance and Risk Management:
  • Manage, prepare, and support all audits, risk audits, governance group audits, and closure.
  • Supervise and guide the Accounting Department to ensure proper functioning, and ensure that all necessary business policies and SOPs are followed.
  • Ensure proper internal finance control in all business transactions, validating insurance contracts.
  • To direct and manage all aspects of general accounting operations, including GL, TB, and BS, as per Ind AS and IFRS.
  • Partner with Lead Payables, Receivables, and Treasury for overall accounting and tax integration of TDS and GST returns.
  • Effective payroll management, including payment and returns of PF, ESIC, PT, and LWF.
  • Fixed Asset Register maintenance and monthly depreciation roll forward, handling the present value of fixed assets.
  • Grant and Lease Accounting, Monthly Deferred Sales, and COGS working.

Sr Manager (F&A)

Nepra Resource Management Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad
10.2018 - 06.2021
  • Preparation of the Statutory Accounts, Consolidated Accounts, Balance sheet, P&L in compliance with India GAAP
  • Raising Funds from Banks and FI on Term Loan and Working Capital Interaction with banks
  • Manage Treasury, Preparation of CMA data and Appraisal Note, Limits Proposals, Ensure FEMA Compliance
  • Plant Accounting, Costing, Credit Control, Profitability analysis and Project Cost Monitoring
  • Responsible for Financial Planning including Budgeting and forecasting processes and comparison
  • Optimizing Fund allocation and ensure appropriate Cash Flow for operation, Initiate & Follow up for Cost savings
  • Ensure effective co-ordination with Purchase and other department for timely and accurate purchase/expense booking
  • Liaison with Internal, Statutory Audit and Due Diligence for Venture Capital Fund
  • Ensure Internal Statutory compliances as GST, TDS, PT, PF, ESIC, e-way bills including GST audit and assessment
  • Design, Implement and maintain Internal Finance Control to minimize risks over Receivables, Payables, Inventory
  • Manage Fixed Assets and projects, and FAR, Identify Capitalization carefully
  • Developing and implementation of new procedures Monitoring & troubleshooting of all ERP Finance Module issues
  • Set up and Oversee the Finance IT system and timely training to Staff for Finance Module for Accounting and Report
  • Job Role : Sr.Manager (Finance & Accounts) @Nepra Resources Management Pvt Ltd

SR Manager (F&A)

Irish Products Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad
01.2017 - 09.2018
  • Monthly Profitability Reporting SKU, Region, flavor, Segment Reporting, including Cash flow
  • Maintenance and Updating of FA register, with Depreciation and CAPEX
  • Ensure compliance of Internal and Statutory Audit, Costing and Cost analysis, analyzing Monthly cost variance
  • Implementation and Supervision of Internal Finance Controls, OPEX
  • Maintain Banking relationships, Supervise foreign inward and outward remittances, OD Facility
  • Documentation for Cash Credit Limit, DP, LCs, PBG, CMA Data
  • SPOC for query in ERP and guiding Staff on timely resolution thereof
  • MIS on Production Capacity, Product Costing, Budget and Variance Analysis
  • Ensure to Monitor TDS, GST, timely payment of Returns too

AM (F&A)

Jasubhai Engineering Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad
04.2012 - 12.2016
  • Finalization of Company Accounts, Financial Reports, P&L, Notes & Schedules to Balance sheet BU wise
  • Ledger Scrutiny and proper accounting and reconciliation, Provisions, Bank Reconciliation
  • Interface Internal, Statutory and Tax Audit, Ensure Compliances
  • CAPEX and Depreciation working as per Schedule II as per New Co Act 2013, FAR Maintenance
  • Evaluation of Debtor Aging and Creditors’ Ageing, Advance Settlement
  • Assist in Budgeting, Periodical Review and Variance Controlling
  • Monitoring effective Cash Flow, Liquidity Planning, Fund disbursement as per Policy
  • Preparation CMA Data, FFR Reports, Stock statement for DP purpose
  • Excise Duty RG Part-I & II, ARE, PLA, CENVAT, Return filling, LUT, CT-1, CT-3, PAC, SHIC License, EPC
  • Handling Appeal and SCNs, Assessment, Liaising with Excise Department, Proof of Export, Claim of DDBK
  • Custom Duty, Custom Clearance for Imported and Exporting Goods, Coordination with CHA
  • Service Tax Returns Payment, RCM working, CENVAT, Assessment
  • Income Tax, TDS, Advance Tax, Form 16A, 26AS, Income Tax Assessment co-ordination with CA
  • Sales Tax, CST, VAT, Compliance of VAT audit, Assessment, C, I, H, E-1, E-2 Form reconciliation
  • Sales Billing & Purchase Bills scrutiny and authorization, Sales & Purchase Orders review
  • Export & Import Documentation and proper Accounting thereof
  • Monitor of retirement of Letter of Credit, Bank Guarantee, Discounting, BOE, Documentations
  • Job Role : Assistant Manager Finance & Accounts @Jasubhai Engineering Pvt Ltd

Finance Executive

GETCO
Surendranagar
09.2007 - 03.2012
  • Company Overview: Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp Limited
  • Finalization Trial balance, consolidation of financial statements, Notes to Accounts
  • Ensure Proper Bank Accounting, Inter Division Reconciliation, Monthly MIS, Bank Reco, Vendor Reco
  • Involved in Tendering for EPFC work and Commercial Contracts vetting
  • Processing of purchase Bills, Purchase Order Review and Invoice Tracking, WIP, stores and accounting
  • Scrutinizing and assessing the vendor balances, releasing the retention money recording of payments in SAP
  • Accounting of Assets and Depreciation, CAPEX and OPEX
  • Ensure proper and timely period accounting and Reconciliation, closure, capitalization, WIP etc...
  • Ensure deposition and reconciliation of PF, PT, ESI, EPS, VPF & preparation of returns as per Act
  • Co-coordinating with internal, CAG auditors on financial reporting matters, Annual Budget Preparation
  • Job Role : Finance Executive @ Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp Limited

Education

ICWA/CMA(I) - Cost Accounting and Taxation

ICAI, Calcutta, India
01.2016

MBA - Corporate Finance and Business Management

GRIMS, B-School of Management, Vapi, Gujarat
01.2007

Bcom, BBA - Finance and Accounting

SB Patel Institute of Business Studies, Visnagar, Gujarat
01.2005

12th - Commerce and Economics

Shri BN Highschool, Vadnagar, Gujarat
01.2001

Skills

  • Financial Reporting & Controlling
  • Financial Accounting, Ind AS
  • Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Profit and Loss Management
  • IGAAP and USGAAP Reporting
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Support in Pricing Strategy
  • Treasury and Cashflow Management
  • Risk & Compliance Management
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Monitoring Receivables & Payables
  • Inventory Management
  • Fixed Asset Monitoring
  • Cost Optimization
  • Internal Finance Control
  • Statutory & internal Audits
  • Due Diligence Audit
  • Sox Compliance
  • Commercial Acumen
  • TDS/TCS/ Income Tax
  • GST/ITC and Customs
  • Oracle e_Business Suit
  • Oracle Netsuit
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Tally ERP, TCS ION
  • TCS e_urja ERP
  • O2C, P2P, A2P, R2R
  • Payroll & People Management
  • ERP Implementation
  • EXPORT-Import Compliance
  • Staff Mentoring and Training
  • Monitor Authority Matrix

Accomplishments

  • Successful startup of new branch of GETCO in Surendranagar, Gujarat, with all statutory enrollment, including banking facility
  • Process champion in imparting training on TCS Oracle ERP, SAP in GETCO for the finance module
  • Part of effective M&A between ABM Steels Pvt. Ltd. and Jasubhai Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
  • Successful implementation of TCS ION ERP, including manufacturing and finance, in IRIS Products Pvt Ltd
  • Dealt with PPP (Public-Private Partnership model) for costing and tender quoting in NEPRA resource
  • Engaged in a vendor due diligence audit conducted by Deloitte, Mumbai, at Nepra Resources
  • Nepra raised the funding to the tune of Rs. 1,350 million (Series C) from Singapore Circulate Capital after due diligence
  • Part of the implementation from Tally ERP 9.0 to Oracle NetSuite ERP in Nepra Resources
  • Dual financial reporting in monthly IFRS and quarterly Indian GAAP reporting in Parikh Group
  • Uploading currency-wise payables, profitability statement, receivables, revenue in SAP in euro in Parikh Group
  • Part of the merger of Parikh Packaging and Creative Polypack is currently with Constantia Flexibles
  • Part of the Tiger Project (M&A audit) (due diligence) for finance conducted by KPMG at Parikh Packaging Group
  • Part of the JV of Constantia-India and SB Packaging (Premji Invest) in the Parikh Packaging Group

Date of Birth

  • 11th Aug, 1983

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Head of Finance & Accounts - Amnex Infotech Private Limited
03.2024 - Current
Head of Finance & Accounts - Lioli Ceramica Pvt Ltd (Caesarstone Group, Israel)
04.2023 - 02.2024
Head of Finance - Parikh Packaging Pvt Ltd (Constantia Flexible, Vienna, Austria)
06.2021 - 03.2023
Sr Manager (F&A) - Nepra Resource Management Pvt Ltd
10.2018 - 06.2021
SR Manager (F&A) - Irish Products Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 09.2018
AM (F&A) - Jasubhai Engineering Pvt Ltd
04.2012 - 12.2016
Finance Executive - GETCO
09.2007 - 03.2012
ICAI - ICWA/CMA(I), Cost Accounting and Taxation
GRIMS, B-School of Management - MBA, Corporate Finance and Business Management
SB Patel Institute of Business Studies - Bcom, BBA, Finance and Accounting
Shri BN Highschool - 12th, Commerce and Economics
Mitul BhavsarFinance Head