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Priyam Bhattacharya

Chartered Accountant
Delhi

Summary

Experienced professional with 12+ years in Fortune 500 Organizations with roles responsible for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa region. Specializes in Financial Reporting, Business Controlling, Business Partnering, Commercial Controlling, General Accounting, Statutory Audits, Financial Analysis, Process Management and Compliances.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
2019
2019
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Finance Controller (Softs)

Cofco International India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2020 - Current
  • Responsible for managing the Indian Softs Business PNL with annual turnover of over USD 250 Million with activities spread across Indian subcontinent.
  • Working closely with commercial team based in India & Dubai in preparation of annual budget, growth strategy and business roadmap as per reporting guidelines.
  • Handling Month-end closing and reporting of PNL for two Business Units.
  • Dotted line reporting of OPS team into the role and constant monitoring of operations to ensure proper control over the origination process & statutory compliances.
  • Managing FX exposure for the business by regular monitoring of exposure, monthly reporting of FX PNL.
  • Working with treasury to improve working capital utilization and optimize interest cost.
  • Monitoring & review of daily PNL & commodity position using MIS.
  • Setting up & tracking Internal Control Matrix for the business to meet group requirements.
  • Independent charge of Transfer Pricing Audit for India business including handling of litigations.
  • Play active role in Finalization of Financial statement for the entity and lead areas of Audit.

Business Partner Controller

Michelin India Private Limited
07.2019 - 09.2020
  • Responsible for Zonal (Africa, India, Middle East) SGA controlling along with Logistics, total outlay budget USD100Mn.
  • Partnering with zonal heads based in Dubai for headcount planning & finding expenditure synergies across various departments.
  • Worked on a major cost savings project at onset of Covid to find areas of potential savings by altering the distribution roadmap.
  • Preparation of BI dashboard for reporting of Budget Vs. Actual tracker for departmental heads.
  • Presentation & defending of budget with Zonal commercial head.

Manager Finance

Michelin India Pvt. Limited
10.2015 - 06.2019


  • Awarded with 'Employee of the year' (Polaris Awards) for the year 2019 for digitizing the employee reimbursement process.
  • Worked with Central team on project for standardisation of accounting processes in India as per global parameters.
  • Responsible for preparation of Financial statement & solely responsible for ensuring statutory audit completion on time with Big4 auditor.
  • Digitizing of invoice Processing mechanism, improvement of On-Time Payment rate of Company.
  • Outsourcing of Accounting activities of secondary entity to Conduent.

Assistant Manager Finance

Michelin India Pvt. Limited
07.2015 - 09.2015
  • Managing AP Processes for the whole company.
  • Controlling the operations and monitoring the KPIs of outsourced entity Conduent (formerly Xerox).
  • Dotted line reporting of the Conduent team (8 members) to this position.
  • Managing the Intercompany Accounting Process.
  • Managing Goods in Transit Accounting.
  • Constant interactions with cross functional teams as a single point of escalation (both internal to the company & outsourced entity).
  • Monitoring of Capitalization of Research Laboratory Project.
  • Working closely with the controller for cost management & budgeting.
  • Software’s used: ERP – Oracle R12, Reporting – Hyperion, BI – Microstrategy.

Assistant Manager Finance

Cargill India Private Limited
10.2012 - 09.2015
  • Controlling a complete cost centre (turnover approx. 1000cr.).
  • Handling of statutory audit.
  • Monitoring accounts payable and receivable.
  • Monitoring exposure.
  • Preparation of monthly p&l, reporting of figures.
  • Ensuring compliance on all levels.
  • Fx-hedge accounting.
  • Key Achievements: Simplification of H-Form Issuance processes, Chosen from Indian F-team for Deputation to Cargill Singapore for 3 months.

Senior Accountant

Cargill India Private Limited
10.2012 - 09.2015
  • Monitoring accounts payable and receivable.
  • Inventory management.
  • Managing NCDEX operations.
  • Balance sheet reconciliation.
  • Monthly closing.

Education

B.Com -

M.J.P Rohilkhand University

Chartered Accountant -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
New Delhi
04.2001 - 05.2012

Skills

  • Business Controlling

  • Process Management

  • Statutory & Internal Audit

  • MIS Reporting

  • Monthly Closing

  • Internal Controls

  • Financial Policies Development

  • Working Capital Management

  • Business Partnering

  • Variance Analysis

  • Audit Preparation

  • Internal Controls Development

Timeline

Finance Controller (Softs)

Cofco International India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2020 - Current

Business Partner Controller

Michelin India Private Limited
07.2019 - 09.2020

Manager Finance

Michelin India Pvt. Limited
10.2015 - 06.2019

Assistant Manager Finance

Michelin India Pvt. Limited
07.2015 - 09.2015

Assistant Manager Finance

Cargill India Private Limited
10.2012 - 09.2015

Senior Accountant

Cargill India Private Limited
10.2012 - 09.2015

Chartered Accountant -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
04.2001 - 05.2012

B.Com -

M.J.P Rohilkhand University

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