Pawan Singla
Senior Global Finance Professional (CA, MBA, CS)
Dubai
Summary
An astute professional & C Suite Finance Leader holding 17 years of work experience & excellent performance record, extensive foundation in business finance and finance controllership with rare blend of technology, project management, and transformation helps to steer businesses through changes and challenges to achieve lucrative objectives and expansion. Financial Executive and Business Consultant with proven experience in business development, from startup to $3 b in annual revenues. Offering keen financial acumen to lead businesses to profitability in both lean times and periods of growth. Experienced in finance and accounting, operations, Business Intelligence & Data Analytics.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Director Finance and M&A
American Cybersystems Inc (ACS Solutions)
Delhi (NCR)
06.2022 - Current
- Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy, synergies, Risk & Opportunities.
- Managed overall GLOBAL finance operations for multiple locations (IN, US, MX, SG, AU) to foster increased productivity & Results.
- Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
- Ensure US GAAP month close Including books closure, review and presenting monthly P&L Flash, Balance Sheet, PVEO to CFO.
- Spearheading FP&A tasks like AOP (Annual Operation Plan) setting, QBR – Quarterly Business Reviews, CEO Dashboard preparation.
- Overlooking taxation and compliance for India, USA, Mexico & Singapore. Responsible to frontend and close statutory audit.
- Heading Pre & Post M&A activities of 3 recent global acquisition.
- Heading a team of 40 Professionals at various levels.
Finance Controller
British Telecom (BT)
Gurugram
11.2019 - 06.2022
- Managed FP&A & Reporting for Broadband & Conferencing Business of Topline £5.1 bn.
- Partner with senior leaders on operational and strategic issues as they arise; provide strategic recommendations based on financial analysis and projections, and revenue/expense analysis.
- Led Shared services of BT B2B line of business which included transition of whole processes from US and Hongkong, month close from GL, AR, AP, IC, FA and Treasury perspective. Prepared Financial for flash reporting including variance commentary.
- Spearheaded the preparation of all Finance reports, including Income statements, CAPEX, Working Capital & Balance sheet for Management Reporting & IFRS Reporting.
- Led S/4 SAP HANA migration for consumer broadband line of business under GFSS.
- Responsible for Financial control activities, Process improvement, Identification of EBITDA improvement potential and team-wide implementation of best practices
Finance Business Partner
British Telecom (BT)
Gurugram
01.2014 - 11.2019
- Liaised with budget holders to evaluate financial performance and offer financial management data, analysis and advice.
- Analyzed financial position, investigated and reported budgetary variances and identified adjustments to facilitate month and year-end processes.
- Followed up with delinquent accounts to obtain funds and reduce aging balances.
- Reviewed documents and data to give accurate presentations and forecasts to upper management.
- Created and distributed reports on internal and external finances, audits, and budgets.
- Managed budgets, assets, portfolios, accounts payable, and receivable and general financial reporting procedures.
Corporate Controller & Company Secretary
Motorola, India
Gurugram
09.2010 - 01.2014
- Accounting (IGAAP, US GAAP): Finalized the company balance sheet and its subsidiary Balance Sheets as per US GAAP and IGAAP. Got these audited by KPMG
- All Statutory Compliances and Taxation including Service Tax, VAT, TDS, ROC, Income Tax Returns & transfer pricing.
- Treasury & Banking: Led entire functions of corporate finance & treasury - setting up credit limits, placement of spare funds, bank guarantees, letter of credits & banking
- Handled M&A, Spin-off: Accounting, secretarial, tax issue relating to mergers, acquisitions, spin-off of company
- Updated and reviewed financial reporting packages and managed financial reporting processes.
- Company Secretaryship: Conducted Board Meetings, Filing various ROC Returns, Managing Mergers and spin off, Maintaining Minutes Book and statutory records etc.
- Sox: Handled SOX Audit, Tax Audit, converting US GAAP accounts into India GAAP
Corporate Banker & Treasury Manager
ICICI Bank
Mumbai
12.2007 - 09.2010
- As Corporate Credit Risk Manager (Delhi): Conducted the assessment of limits (fund based and non-fund based) and prepared appraisal note including background of client, financial ratios, analysis of financials & CMA data for taking up the case for approval & analyzed financial statement, management evaluation, industrial & financial risk evaluation, transaction risk evaluation
As Treasury & Accounts Manager (Bahrain): Ensured compliance with IFRS (IAS – 39, IAS – 32, IFRS – 7, IFRS – 9, IAS – 21) and converted the same as per IGAAP for compliance with AS-11, 30, 31 & 32.Tested hedge effectiveness & hedge accounting, designation, de-designation, re-designation of various fair value and cash flow hedge instruments under different product category and reporting as per IAS39/ IFRS 9.Conducted the valuations & analysis of various treasury products on daily & monthly basis by use of cash flow models and sources like Bloomberg for fixed income products, forex & derivatives.
Audit Senior
Goel Garg & Associates
New Delhi
05.2004 - 05.2007
- Majorly served Real Estate clients like Unitech Ltd (Listed Company) & Hudco, M3M India, Radisson Hotels.
- Spearheaded finalisation of financial statement and consolidation of 257 subsideriaries of Unitech Ltd as per IAS 21 (IFRS 10)
- Worked over various corporate tax returns and Tax Audits of clients like M3M India, Vipul, Radisson Hotels.
Education
MBA - Business & Data Analytics, Fintech, Blockchain
BITS Pilani, INDIA (A World Recognised Tech Univ.)
01.2023 - Current
Chartered Accountant(CA), 1st Attempt - Finance, Accounts & Taxation
ICAI, India (Equivalent To CPA US, ACCA UK)
11.2003 - 11.2006
Company Secretary (CS), 1st Attempt - Laws, Compliances, Risk Control
ICSI, India
06.2003 - 06.2006
Skills
Strategy - Planning, Global Fin Operations, Business Intelligence, Transformation
Corporate Finance -Month Close, Variance Commentary, Reporting (US GAAP,IFRS)
Business Finance - FP&A, Budgeting & Forecasting, Finance Modelling, Dashboards
Leadership - Stakeholder & Team Management spread over IN, US, UK, UAE, AU,SG
Pre M&A - Business Modelling, Valuation, Due Diligence, SPA, Fund flow Statement
Post M&A - Earnout & Working Capital settlement, Synergies, Integration, G/w, PPA
Automation - Data Modelling, Altryx, Power BI, Tableau, Coding - Python, VBA, SQL
ERPs - Oracle EBS, Fusion, SAP S4/HANA, Quick Book, Dynamic, Hyperion, BPC, SAC
Taxation - India Corp Tax, GST, T Pricing, US FedTaxation, UAE VAT & Corporate Tax
Treasury - Banking, Forex, Cash flow Management, CMA, Term Loan, Limit, Factoring
Shared Services - R2R, O2C, P2P, FA, IC, Payroll, ERP Implementation, KPIs & Audits
Risk Management - Statutory Audit, SOX, ICFR, Internal Control, ROC, FEMA,SEZ,RBI
Certification
Financial Modelling & Valuation, M&A from Grant Thornton
Affiliations
Valid US Visa for 10 years
Timeline
Financial Modelling & Valuation, M&A from Grant Thornton
06-2023
Blockchain from Grant Thornton
03-2023
MBA - Business & Data Analytics, Fintech, Blockchain
BITS Pilani, INDIA (A World Recognised Tech Univ.)
01.2023 - Current
Director Finance and M&A
American Cybersystems Inc (ACS Solutions)
06.2022 - Current
Finance Controller
British Telecom (BT)
11.2019 - 06.2022
IFRS, GST from ICAI
04-2019
Finance Business Partner
British Telecom (BT)
01.2014 - 11.2019
Corporate Controller & Company Secretary
Motorola, India
09.2010 - 01.2014
Corporate Banker & Treasury Manager
ICICI Bank
12.2007 - 09.2010
Audit Senior
Goel Garg & Associates
05.2004 - 05.2007
Chartered Accountant(CA), 1st Attempt - Finance, Accounts & Taxation
ICAI, India (Equivalent To CPA US, ACCA UK)
11.2003 - 11.2006
Company Secretary (CS), 1st Attempt - Laws, Compliances, Risk Control
ICSI, India
06.2003 - 06.2006