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MITUL BHAVSAR

MITUL BHAVSAR

Bopal, Ahmedabad

Summary

Head of Finance and Accounts, having over 20 years of leveraged experience in engineering, manufacturing, and EPC. Capable of controlling multiple plants, operational financial activities, corporate finance, credit control, and commercial operations. Demonstrated leadership in financial operations and strategy within complex organizations, enhancing driving financial performance, and fostering growth. Skilled at consolidating, financial reporting, analyzing, budgeting, and forecasting.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Head Finance & Accounts

Annex Infotechnology Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad
03.2024 - Current
  • Reporting to: Sr. Vice President, Finance & Accounts.
  • Ensure GL accounting, all reconciliation, month-end closure.
  • Ensure monthly financials for standalone and consolidated.
  • Present monthly insights on revenue, cost base, headcount, utilization, and margins.
  • Ensure compliance with financial regulations, accounting standards.
  • Monthly MIS project-wise review, SBU-wise, and in-depth analysis.
  • Prepare and coordinate the business planning and forecasting process, appraising performance against the plan and forecast for each project.
  • Lead an annual budget for all SBUs, along with AOPs for each project.
  • Partnering with the BU Head and the Functional Leader to drive strategic decisions.
  • Extensive integration in M&A activities, due diligence.
  • Manage capital allocation and financial forecasting for CapEx and OpEx projects.
  • Ensuring all SOPs are adhered to in an effective manner.
  • Ensure GST, TDS, Advance Tax, and Statutory & ROC Compliances.
  • Manage and monitor MSME vendors, and ensure timely settlement.
  • Monitor and optimize working capital across receivables, payables, and inventory.
  • Manage treasury functions, cash flow planning for projects, and banking relationships.
  • Implement effective fund utilization and cost of capital optimization strategies
  • Review project finance limits, monitor LC, and PBG in a timely manner.
  • Supervise cost-saving initiatives and improvement programs.
  • Manage internal audits and implement a robust RCM to safeguard the company's assets.
  • Coordinate with statutory auditors, and ensure timely completion.
  • Establish and ensure internal controls to identify and mitigate financial risks.
  • Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive management team.
  • Mentor a high-performing finance team across functions (AP, AR, FP&A, PMO, Projects, Commercials, HR, Legal, Product Technology, BU Head, HoD).

Head Finance & Accounts

Lioli Ceramica Private Limited
04.2023 - 02.2024
  • Reporting to: CFO, India.
  • Review monthly financials and MIS as per US (GAAP), group reporting, and IGAAP for local reporting.
  • Closely monitor monthly deferred sales, COGS, lease accounting for US GAAP, accrual, and prepaid.
  • Detailed variance analysis, sales analysis (region, product, category, KAM), and trend analysis.
  • Design and monitor robust financial controls and procedures; end-to-end documents are driven through ERP only.
  • Ensuring all SOPs are adhered to in an effective manner
  • Budgeting, forecasting, controlling, and reviewing variances.
  • Monthly review and update the inventory item cost, so as to arrive at the correct inventory valuation.
  • Arrangement of insurance coverage for asset and marine insurance, and timely renewed with the commercial team.
  • Driving receivables and payables, inventory control, and cash flow management.
  • Manage and ensure completion clean all audits
  • Liaise with the respective auditors, bankers, advisors of CS, legal and tax consultants, and actuarial
  • Ensure TDS, GST, PF, ESIC, and PT payments, and timely returns, as well as monthly FEMA ECB-2 and UHFC.

Head of Finance

Parikh Packaging Private Limited
06.2021 - 03.2023
  • Reporting to: CFO, India
  • Prepare financial statements, corporate MIS, and integrated reports for management.
  • Managed financial reporting processes ensuring accuracy and compliance requirements.
  • Oversee and review the monthly MIS, including segment, product, and customer-wise data, with YTD performance.
  • Monthly MIS, cost center-wise, inter-group company reports uploading Group SAP. 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.
  • Oversee, lead, finalize, and administer the annual CapEx budget, Opex budget, and planning process.
  • Drive group financial planning in coordination with business unit heads.
  • Manage cash flow, including receivables, to analyze revenue trends, and collection trends.
  • Monitor inventory movement to plow back, to have an accurate forecast.
  • Manage, prepare, and support all audits, risk audits, governance group audits, and closure.
  • Ensure proper internal finance control and SOPs in all business transactions, validating insurance contracts.
  • Directly 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 the overall accounting and tax integration of TDS and GST.
  • 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 Finance & Accounts

Nepra Resources Management Private Limited
06.2021 - 03.2023
  • Reporting to: CFO
  • India: Preparation of the statutory accounts, consolidated accounts, balance sheet, and P&L in compliance with IGAAP.
  • Raising funds from banks and financial institutions on term loans and working capital, and interaction with banks.
  • Manage Treasury, prepare CMA data and appraisal notes, propose limits, and ensure FEMA compliance.
  • Plant Accounting, Costing, Credit Control, Profitability Analysis, and Project Cost Monitoring.
  • Responsible for financial planning, including budgeting, forecasting processes, and comparison.
  • Optimizing fund allocation and ensuring appropriate cash flow for operations, initiating and following up on cost savings.
  • Liaison with internal, statutory audit, and due diligence for venture capital fund.
  • Ensure all statutory compliances, such as GST, TDS, PT, PF, ESIC, and e-way bills, including GST audit and assessment.
  • Design, implement, and maintain internal finance controls to minimize risks over receivables, payables, and inventory.
  • Manage fixed assets and projects, and FAR, and identify capitalization carefully.
  • Developing and implementing new procedures, monitoring, and troubleshooting all ERP Finance Module issues.

Sr. Manager (Finance & Accounts)

Irish Products Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad
01.2017 - 09.2018
  • Reporting to: the CEO and Director, Ahmedabad.
  • Monthly Profitability Reporting: SKU, Region, Flavor, Segment Reporting, including Cash Flow.
  • Maintenance and updating of the FA register, with depreciation and CAPEX.
  • Ensure the completion of internal and statutory audits, costing and cost analysis, and analyzing monthly cost variance.
  • Implementation and supervision of internal finance controls, OPEX.
  • Maintain banking relationships, supervise foreign inward and outward remittances, and OD facility.
  • Documentation for cash credit, DP, LCs, PBG, and CMA data.
  • SPOC for queries in ERP and guiding staff on the timely resolution thereof.
  • MIS on Production Capacity, Product Costing, Budget, and Variance Analysis.
  • Ensure to monitor TDS, GST, timely payment, and returns.

Assistant Manager Finance & Accounts

Jasubhai Engineering Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad
04.2012 - 12.2017
  • Reporting to: GM Finance, Ahmedabad.
  • Finalization of Company Accounts, Financial Reports, P&L, Notes, and Schedules.
  • Monthly division-wise MIS and performance report.
  • Assist in budgeting, periodical review, and variance controlling.
  • Bank reconciliation, vendor reconciliation, provisions and accruals, cash flow planning.
  • Ensure compliance for internal, statutory, and tax audits.
  • Fixed asset register and depreciation working.
  • Evaluation of Debtor Aging and Creditors' Aging, Advance Settlement.
  • Preparation of CMA data, FFR reports, and stock statement for DP purposes.
  • Excise Duty, RG Part I & II, ARE, PLA, CENVAT, return filing, LUT, CT-1, CT-3, PAC, SHIC License, EPC.
  • Handling appeal and SCNs, assessment, liaising with the Excise Department, proof of export, and claim of DDBK.
  • Custom duty, customs clearance for imported and exported goods, coordination with CHA.
  • Service tax returns payment, RCM working, CENVAT, assessment.
  • Income Tax, TDS, Advance Tax, Form 16, 16A, 26AS, Income Tax Assessment, coordination with CA.

- Sales Tax, CST, VAT ITC, Compliance of VAT audit, Assessment, C, I, H, E-1, E-2 Form reconciliation

- Monitor of retirement of LC, PBG, CPG, Discounting, BOE, Documentations

Finance Executive

Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp Limited
Surendranagar
09.2007 - 03.2012
  • Reporting to: CFO and GM of Finance, Baroda, HO.
  • Consolidation of TB for all divisions.
  • Ensure proper branch accounting, inter-division reconciliation, monthly MIS, bank reconciliation, and vendor reconciliation.
  • Ensure PT, PF, ESI, EPS, VPF, and preparation of payment and returns as per the Act.
  • Coordinating with internal CAG auditors on financial reporting matters, and annual budget preparation.

Education

CMA - Cost Accounting and Taxation

ICAI
Calcutta, India
01.2016

MBA - Finance and Business Management

GRIMS, B-School Management
Vapi, Gujarat
01.2007

Bcom, BBA - Finance and Commerce

SB Patel Institute of Business Studies
Visnagar, Gujarat
01.2005

Skills

  • Financial Reporting & Controlling
  • Monthly Books Closure
  • Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Profit and Loss Management
  • IGAAP, Ind AS, IFRS
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Collaborative approach,
  • Cash flow Management
  • Risk and compliance management
  • Inventory management
  • Cost Optimization
  • Internal finance control
  • M&A due diligence
  • Statutory, internal audits
  • Commercial Acumen
  • TDS, TCS, income tax, GST
  • Oracle e-Business Suite & NetSuite
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Tally ERP, TCS ION, TCS e-Urja ERP
  • O2C, P2P, A2R, R2R
  • Payroll and people management
  • ERP Implementation
  • Staff mentoring and training

Accomplishments

· Successful Start up of New Branch of GETCO @ Surendranagar, Gujarat, with all Statutory Enrollment including Banking Facility

· Process Champion in imparting Training on TCS Oracle ERP/SAP in GETCO for 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 Vendor Due Diligence Audit conducted by Deloitte, Mumbai at Nepra Resources

· Nepra Raised the funding to the tune of Rs.1350 Mn (Series C) from Singapore Circulate Capital after Due Diligence

· Part of Implementation from Tally ERP 9.0 to Oracle Net Suit 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 Merger of Parikh Packaging and Creative Polypack currently to Constantia Flexibles

· Part of Tigor Project (M&A Audit) (Due Deligence) for Finance conducted by KPMG, at Parikh Packaging Group

· Part of JV of Constantia-India and SB Packaging (Premji Invest) in Parikh Packaging Group

DOB

  • 11-08-1983

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Head Finance & Accounts

Annex Infotechnology Pvt Ltd
03.2024 - Current

Head Finance & Accounts

Lioli Ceramica Private Limited
04.2023 - 02.2024

Head of Finance

Parikh Packaging Private Limited
06.2021 - 03.2023

Sr Manager Finance & Accounts

Nepra Resources Management Private Limited
06.2021 - 03.2023

Sr. Manager (Finance & Accounts)

Irish Products Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 09.2018

Assistant Manager Finance & Accounts

Jasubhai Engineering Pvt Ltd
04.2012 - 12.2017

Finance Executive

Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp Limited
09.2007 - 03.2012

CMA - Cost Accounting and Taxation

ICAI

MBA - Finance and Business Management

GRIMS, B-School Management

Bcom, BBA - Finance and Commerce

SB Patel Institute of Business Studies
MITUL BHAVSAR