Focusing on company’s prime business objective and thereby initiate steps to improve on quality processes and with optimized cost benefit analysis. Providing effective business analysis, quality measures on performance indicators with team leadership and taking corrective measures immediately. Discover possible avenues of tax planning.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
CFO-Vietnam Sales Operations
RV Healthcare Pte. Limited
06.2020 - 07.2023
Strong fundamental & working knowledge in Pharmaceutical-sector as a CFO-Vietnam Sales Operations-in RV Healthcare Pte
Limited-Singapore Entity (Jun’20 till Jul’23) currently based out of Mumbai, with overall control and responsibility for RV group of companies located in Singapore, Vietnam, Hongkong and BVI
Chief Financial Officer for all Vietnam operations- Import of Finished goods in Vietnam Market for Manufactured products in India/ Myanmar Group of companies, Local sale operations for Manufactured products in Vietnam-since June2020
Managing total10 Companies with overall team members of15 based in different locations
Reporting to the Group Chairman
Special Involvements:
Business Partnering: -
Better decision support to the Group Chairman and the BOD members
Strategic support to the Business in evaluations of Opportunities like new market pricing, new product pricing, tender business, etc
Financial Planning & Budgeting and MIS Reporting: -
Active participation and support in preparation of Budget and forecast and annually in coordination with Business heads, Country Heads, Plant heads and Regional Finance Team
Ensuring linkage between budgets and operations / strategic goals of the organization & track variances to identify root causes for variances
Ensuring preparation and timely circulation of MIS Reports
Corporate governance, Local governance and tax compliance: -
Completion of statutory audits, financial year closing in accordance with IFRS and Local VAS
Compliance of all statutory, company secretarial and legal requirements for operations in the region
Compliances of relevant Corporate and Vat tax laws as per the requirements of the law of Land
Projects: -
Support in effective management of the company’s working capital needs for the Group companies
Funds Management for the Projects undertaken- Company acquisition, Plant Investment and working capital needs
Drive optimization & speedy recovery of the investment in OPV Pharmaceuticals JSC in Vietnam with the local manufacturing plant base
Support in Business Development activities of the region being Product /Brand /Technological Dossiers acquisitions for ultimate sale in Vietnam
Providing the Pricing estimates based on the product costing
Special Achievements:
Overall controlling on Accounts and presentation of financial analysis for the group of companies as below: -
RV Group(S) Pte
Ltd
– Singapore based Holding Company
RV Healthcare Pte
Ltd
-Singapore based100% Subsidiary company of RV Group (S) Pte Ltd
RV Group Vietnam Company Ltd.- Local100% subsidiary company of RV Group (S) Pte
Ltd
OPV Pharmaceutical Holdings Pte
Ltd- Singapore based Holding company - acquired65% stake by RV Healthcare Pte
Ltd in July2021 and its four Singapore subsidiaries which have a100% stake in OPV Pharmaceutical JSC in Vietnam
OPV Pharmaceutical JSC -Local Manufacturing Company in Vietnam
RTB Company Limited- Hongkong company
RV Healthcare Inc – BVI Company
MI Pharma Inc- BVI Company
Active Overall process owner in the effective implementation of SAP BYD for RV Group of companies and providing support in the training requirements to the Location based Team members
Developed Consolidated Company-wise MIS for “Vietnam operations” and “Other than Vietnam Operations” for management analysis and overall picture for RV Group of companies
Actively closing accounts of standalone OPV and RV Group(S) and RV Healthcare Pte
Ltd; Singapore companies and its Consolidation as per IFRS
Monitoring the Budgets for Vietnam operation
Financial Controller
Sun Pharma Egypt Limited
09.2014 - 06.2019
Strong fundamental & working knowledge in Pharmaceutical-sector as a Financial Controller Head-Egypt, in Sun Pharma Egypt Limited (Sep’14 till Jun’19)
Financial controller for Egypt-since September2014
The company is100% subsidiary of Sun Pharma Industries Limited (Indian multinational company) and is mainly into manufacturing, trading, selling and distributing Pharmaceutical products and its raw materials in Egypt
Managing a team of7(seven)
Reporting to MENA Region Financial Controller & to the Country CEO
Special Involvements:
Business Partnering: -
Better decision support to Country head, Plant head
Recommend strategic initiatives to Country Head, Plant head, to bridge the variances to Budget on an ongoing basis
Providing monthly reports to Country Head, Plant head, reflecting performance like Sales, MIS, Receivable, Collection, Manufacturing Expenses, etc
Providing Quarterly Review Formats to Country Head, Emerging Market business Head
Strategic support to the Business in evaluations of Opportunities like new market pricing, new product pricing, tender business
Financial Planning & Budgeting and MIS Reporting: -
Active participation and support in preparation of Budget and forecast and annually in coordination with Business head, Country Head, Plant head and Regional Finance Team
Ensuring linkage between budgets and operations / strategic goals of the organization & track variances to identify root causes for variances
Ensuring preparation and timely circulation of MIS Reports
Enhancing Operational efficiency and Internal Control, Compliance & Control: -
Strict adherence to policies and SOPs across Region
Initiate local SOPs where required for better control
Implementing strict budgetary control through Fund Request Process for overall cost controlling
Establishing systems and processes with proactive control points to prevent compliance issues
Comprehensive Finance Review presentation to Corporate/Regional Finance Controller
Strengthening internal control system of Egypt and improve efficiency
Minimizing the over dues for Egypt and clear old outstanding with approvals
Corporate governance, Local governance and tax compliance: -
Completion of internal audits, statutory audits and quarterly closing, financial year closing in accordance with IFRS and IND AS
Compliance of all statutory, company secretarial and legal requirements for operations in the region
Compliances of relevant Corporate and Vat tax laws and /or governments audits as per the requirements of the law
Monitoring the timely action implementation of Internal Audit Report action plans
Projects: -
Support in effective management of the company’s working capital needs
Forex Management for the Projects undertaken- Plant Investment and working capital needs
Drive optimization of new Additional plant investment cost & speedy recovery of the Plant investment
Support in Business Development activities of the region being Product acquisitions of Egypt
Special Achievements:
Financial year closing with adherence to the IFRS standards and also in accordance with INDAS for the Group quarterly and yearly closing deliverables
Active Overall process owner in the effective implementation of SAP-Hana and providing support in the training requirements to the Team members
Made effective savings on P&L approx.101.2 million EGP-for Interest on Loan approx.1.2 million EGP and also reversing the foreign evaluation loss effect of approx.100 million EGP by converting Inter-company Loan to Subordinated Equity loan thereby increasing the Net worth to that extent
Also reduced the Professional services costs considerably with strong negotiation tactics and reliable sources by adopting the local consultant as against the multi-national professional firms, yet with strong expertise
Head-Finance & Accounts
TUV India Private Limited
12.2008 - 09.2014
Strong fundamental & working Knowledge in a Service-sector
Worked as a Head-Finance & Accounts in TUV India Private Limited
(Dec’08 to Sep’14)
Head-Finance & Accounts: Head of Financial Reporting and Accounting since December2008
The company is into Quality Systems Certification Management, technical inspections and food testing
Managing a Team of Seven (7) in Head office
Apart from this, TUV India has nine (9) regional branches in top metropolitan cities which was having (1) Accounts Assistant functionally reporting to this position
Reporting to Financial Controller & to Managing Director
Special Involvements:
Total Responsibility of Accounting and related controls, Corporate Taxation & Service Tax
Monthly Reporting to Germany for the group financial packages
Monthly financial deck with analysis & key highlights/concerns to the Managing Director
Finalization of accounts as per Indian GAAP for March year end & as per IFRS for Dec year end for Group closing
Accountable for completing the tax assessments, both direct & indirect taxes, in the best interests of the company
Special Achievements:
Developed the MIS of Monthly Branch wise & Product wise Sales & profitability Statements and Branch wise collection reports with graphical charts for easy and quick understanding & it’s analysis to the Apex committee for review and comments
Framed the best effective increment process for the Branches based their performance indicators linking to the Product wise & Branch wise MIS
Successfully Completed Service tax assessments for a block of4 assessments years05-06 to08-09 (earlier years) reducing the tax liability from proposed net6.6 million INR to net1.2 million INR
Successfully Completed Service tax assessments for a block of4 assessments years09-10 to12-13 with a liability of net0.5 million INR only without a meaningful system report but managed and controlled manually for a company with annual payment of above80 million INR annually
Postponement of expenses claim for tax deduction in the immediate subsequent assessment year by applying effective tax planning for getting immediate tax relief of approx.20 million INR instead of opting for tax refund from local tax authorities only after the completion of Tax assessments of the particular year which normally takes a span of2 to3 years in India
Successfully migrated from Focus to SAP-R3 by giving training to the concerned and achieved the desired control by giving qualitative management reports from disciplined accounting
Assistant Manager-Finance & Accounts
Novartis Healthcare Private Ltd.
11.2006 - 03.2008
Strong fundamental & working knowledge in Pharmaceutical-sector
Worked as a Financial Reporting and Accounting Head in Speciality Foods India Private Limited (100% Affiliate of Nestle India Ltd- (Apr’08 to Nov’08), through divestment from Novartis Healthcare Private Limited-Medical Nutrition division- (Nov’06 to Mar’08)
Speciality Foods India Pvt
Ltd.-100% Affiliate of Nestle India Ltd
Assistant Manager-Finance & Accounts: Head of Financial Reporting and Accounting in Novartis Healthcare Private Limited for Medical Nutrition division which got divested into Speciality Foods India Private Limited, a100% Affiliate of Nestle India Limited in Mar’08
Managing a Team of Six (2 Financial Executives and4 Regional Commercial officers)
Operationally Reporting to Country Business Unit Head & Functionally to Regional Finance Head in Switzerland
Special Involvements:
Total Responsibility of Accounting and related controls for the Medical Nutrition division
Presentation of Monthly Financial Deck to Business Unit (BU) Head & teleconferencing with Regional Team in Switzerland giving the key financial inputs
Monthly & Quarterly Dynamic Forecast Analysis for understanding the Business & Financial status
Monthly MIS Financial Consolidation & Reporting Software (FCRS) Reporting to Singapore Region
Platform wise Sales Performance Analysis statement to Singapore Region
Compliances of Direct & Indirect Taxes (VAT) applicable to the Business Unit
Finalization of PPV (Purchase Price Variance) Audits for the Company
Directing Regional Commercial officers for carrying out regular Audits at CFA places and monitoring of the inventory movements and the Credit control process
Manager- Finance & Accounts
SI Group India Ltd.
01.2004 - 11.2006
Strong fundamental & working knowledge in Manufacturing-based Company
Worked as a Manager Finance & Accounts in SI Group India Limited formerly known as Schenectady Herdillia Limited (Jan’04 till Nov’06)
Formerly Known as Schenectady Herdillia Limited
Manager- Finance & Accounts: Overall authority for the financial operation of the Lote and Rasal Units of the organization, budget preparation & administration, Statutory audits, Taxation audits, quarterly reviews, accounting, monthly closing of books of record, account reconciliation and journal entry adjustments
Reporting to the General Manager: - Finance & Accounts
Special Involvements:
Monthly, quarterly and annual reports summarizing and forecasting Company’s business activities and financial position in areas of Incomes, Expenses, and Earnings based on past, present, and expected operations
Develop financial statements with special emphasis on adherence to accounting standards & compliance with statutory requirements
Analyse Business Trends & Monthly Operating costs
Quality MIS control Reports such as Sales Analysis reports, Profit & Loss Account; Administration & Selling expenses Report, Factory Expenses Report, Product-wise Gross Margin Analysis Report, Debtors Ageing Report, etc
On a monthly basis for analysis of the Top management
Inventory Valuation of Raw materials, Packing materials, Fuels, Work in progress, and Finished products for Phenolic resins division at Lote & Chemicals division at Rasal
Product Cost sheets of Phenolic Resins Division in Lote and Chemical Division in Rasal
Handled Sales Tax assessments for Rasal and Lote units and NMMC (Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation) Cess Assessments of Navi Mumbai Unit
Tax Audit u/s.44AB of the Income Tax Act,1961
Physical verification of Inventory and Fixed Assets
Special Achievements:
ERP ROSS Key Financial Area Expert - Prepared Business Process Maps for explaining the flow of work practiced in the Organization
Made presentation on “Standard Costing in ROSS” explaining the accounting effect in ROSS and made it a highly helpful guide for effective understanding of the accounting flow and the process for the IT & Accounts Department
Preparation of the consolidated financial statements with cash flow statement & the Segmental Reporting in accordance with the Indian GAAP
Sales tax assessments of Rasal Unit
Assessment Year (1999-2000): - Recovered approx.0.7 million INR from the department
Assessment Year (2000-2001): -The case was in Appeal stage with a demand of3.1 Million INR, remained back to Assessing officer and was closed with a demand of0.5 million INR
Reconciliation Statements of Major Suppliers BPCL & RPL and recovered long pending amounts amounting not less than1(one) million from each of them and closing the issues
Fixed Asset Registers Compilation for locations, Lote & Rasal units
Consultant-Accounts, Tax & Audit Assistant
Schenectady Herdillia Limited-Formerly known as Herdillia Chemicals Limited
09.2001 - 12.2003
Consultant-Accounts, Tax & Audit/Account Assistant, from (2002 to2003) in Schenectady Herdillia Limited formerly known as Herdillia Chemicals Limited
Professional Industrial training from (2000 to2001) in Herdillia Chemicals Limited merged into Schenectady later
Bill processing right from bill lodging to bill passing
Independently handled payments to outsiders
Accounts payable monitoring and reconciliations
Filled various TDS, corporate tax & wealth tax challans, B.S.T & C.S.T Return cum challans and also Income Tax Return and Wealth Tax Return Forms
TDS reconciliation and follow up of pending certificates for immediate collection
Y2K compliance expenditure compilation and certification for claiming deduction under the Income Tax Act,1961
Standalone Company Cash flow statement for disclosure in Annual Report
Accounting for Merger/Amalgamation
Professional Training (Article-ship)
M/s. Navin Dedhia & Co.
07.1998 - 08.2000
Professional Training (Article-ship) in M/s
Navin Dedhia & Co
From (1998 to2000)
Maintained Books of accounts of clients, finalization of accounts, etc
Discussion with clients and finalization of audits including preparation of audit reports
Independently conducted audits of private limited companies, partnership firms (tax audits), and charitable trusts
Prepared various documents, schedules and statements for Income tax assessments
Computation of Income tax liability for various client entities
Attended to assessment matters, various correspondences with assessing officers, to finalize the assessments
Education
Chartered Accountancy Course - undefined
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
11.2002
Three-year Graduate Course - commerce
Mumbai University
01.1998
HSC Examination - commerce
Maharashtra Bombay Divisional Board
01.1995
Skills
Trouble Shooting and Problem Solving
Sincere & hard working with keen for results
Tendency to Look for Control & System Gaps and work for an immediate therapy
Take work as service to others
Learning Approach, Immediate Grasping and Quick Implementation Tactics
Up-to-date Knowledge of Financial Accounting Parameters IFRS/IND-AS, Taxation and Management accounting
Conceptual up-to date knowledge of Income Tax Act1961 applicable in India
Conceptual and Up to date knowledge of GST applicable in India
Timeline
CFO-Vietnam Sales Operations
RV Healthcare Pte. Limited
06.2020 - 07.2023
Financial Controller
Sun Pharma Egypt Limited
09.2014 - 06.2019
Head-Finance & Accounts
TUV India Private Limited
12.2008 - 09.2014
Assistant Manager-Finance & Accounts
Novartis Healthcare Private Ltd.
11.2006 - 03.2008
Manager- Finance & Accounts
SI Group India Ltd.
01.2004 - 11.2006
Consultant-Accounts, Tax & Audit Assistant
Schenectady Herdillia Limited-Formerly known as Herdillia Chemicals Limited
09.2001 - 12.2003
Professional Training (Article-ship)
M/s. Navin Dedhia & Co.
07.1998 - 08.2000
Chartered Accountancy Course - undefined
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Three-year Graduate Course - commerce
Mumbai University
HSC Examination - commerce
Maharashtra Bombay Divisional Board
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