Harsha Kumari

• Governed commercial integrity across a $50M+ deal portfolio by auditing high-value RFPs and Master Service Agreements (MSAs); identified and redlined unfavourable clauses to align with organisational risk appetite across IMEA and APJ regions.
• Mitigated financial exposure by analysing foreign exchange fluctuations and inflation trends (COLA), implementing strategic contingency adjustments that protected deal margins against macroeconomic risk.
• Spearheaded profitability and sensitivity analysis to evaluate "what-if" scenarios, delivering data-driven insights that directly influenced executive decision-making on deal approvals.
• Negotiated contractual safeguards and commercial terms during pre-sales phases, balancing competitive positioning with long-term financial sustainability and risk containment.
• Assessed commercial risk in AI-driven engagements by supporting the development of token-based pricing frameworks, ensuring profitability guardrails in emerging and unstructured technology contracts.

Internal Audit & Financial Controls

• Executed comprehensive internal audits focusing on Financial Statement Closure Procedures (FSCP), identifying control deficiencies in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycles, including duplicate vendor disbursements and early payment leakages.
• Audited fixed asset registers and capitalisation processes, rectifying non-compliance in useful life depreciation disclosures and standardising the accounting treatment of low-value assets.
• Assessed Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) administration frameworks for a listed healthcare client, evaluating master data governance, vesting schedules, and post-employment exercise ˘

Working Capital Optimisation & Process Improvement

• Optimised treasury and working capital operations by identifying underutilised short-term credit facilities (WCDL/CC), reducing incremental finance costs by ₹6.73 Lakhs.
• Streamlined corporate supply chain and logistics expenditures, identifying ₹10 Lakhs in unrecovered detention charges and addressing revenue leakages from unauthorised vendor disbursements.
• Evaluated Order-to-Cash (O2C) controls within marketing operations, flagging unauthorised base price modifications and addressing sales booked at negative PBDIT margins.
• Conducted operational audits of repair and maintenance (R&M) workflows, highlighting inefficiencies in Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC) and reducing excess payouts caused by un-reconciled service reports.

Statutory Compliance & Risk Advisory

• Identified inventory management risks by highlighting the accumulation of obsolete spare parts and recommending system linkages between Returnable Gate Pass (RGP) and Material Receipt Note (MRN) registers.
• Strengthened vendor risk management and contract administration by identifying invalid security deposits, expired vehicle compliance certificates, and non-adherence to transit Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

• Conducted journal entry and compliance testing for real estate clients, enhancing financial accuracy.
• Performed GST reconciliation, ensuring accurate filings and adherence to compliance regulations.
• Supported development of compliance tool for skill development firm, improving operational efficiency.