RADHIKA PALAV
Mumbai
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Controller
Wella India Private Limited
10.2025 - Current
- Performing monthly and quarterly financial close activities, ensuring accurate financial reporting and timely submission of management reporting packs with detailed variance analysis.
- Managing end-to-end statutory, internal, GST, and transfer pricing audits, ensuring compliance and successful audit outcomes.
- Partner with global tax teams on tax notices, litigation matters, and risk exposure assessments, providing regular updates and mitigation strategies.
- Leading transfer pricing optimization initiatives, including mark-up rationalization projects, while maintaining arm's length compliance and regulatory alignment.
- Strengthen organizational governance through the implementation of effective internal controls (RCM), compliance frameworks, and risk management initiatives
Finance Controller
Havas Creative
03.2024 - 09.2025
- Lead enterprise-wide budgeting (AOP), forecasting, and performance analysis activities (FP&A), enabling informed strategic and operational decisions.
- Driving revenue growth in collaboration with Channel Leaders, ensuring profitability through effective operating margin management.
- Manage cash flow planning and financial position forecasting to ensure adequate liquidity and support business operations
- Direct tax governance and compliance across Income Tax, GST, TDS, and Transfer Pricing, proactively managing tax risks and regulatory exposures.
- Represent the organization in tax assessments and regulatory matters, successfully managing responses to notices and stakeholder engagements.
- Establish and strengthen internal control frameworks to ensure compliance with global policies, statutory requirements, and best practices.
- Collaborate with leadership and global teams to drive financial strategy, financial governance, capital utilisation, risk management, and compliance excellence across the organization.
Finance Manager - India
Daniel Wellington
01.2022 - 02.2024
- Conduct financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management, to support business growth and financial stability.
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to develop budgets and forecasts, perform variance analysis, and provide actionable insights to support decision-making by the Group CFO and senior management.
- Prepare and review financial statements while ensuring compliance with direct and indirect tax regulations, including GST, TDS, and income tax filings and payments.
- Led end-to-end SAP implementation and integration from Tally, managing data migration, system configuration, user access controls, and process standardization.
- Establish key SAP control parameters to strengthen transactional integrity, authorization controls, and compliance with internal control frameworks.
- Develop and implement audit readiness processes and documentation standards, reducing audit observations and improving the efficiency of statutory and internal audits.
- Drive process improvements and financial controls to enhance operational efficiency, governance, and regulatory compliance
Accounting Manager - India
Daniel Wellington
03.2020 - 12.2021
- Supervise day-to-day accounting and finance operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely financial reporting.
- Streamline and strengthen accounting processes, oversee ledger reconciliations, and drive operational efficiency across finance functions.
- Optimize GST accounting and marketplace reconciliations, successfully recovering approximately INR 30 lakhs from Amazon related to GST losses.
- Led nationwide inventory reconciliation initiatives across multiple stores, conduct physical stock verifications, and establish robust inventory control processes to improve stock accuracy and governance.
- Monitor financial controls and reporting processes to ensure compliance with statutory and internal requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve accounting, taxation, and operational issues while enhancing process effectiveness.
Deputy Manager
Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
12.2018 - 02.2020
- Acted as the primary liaison between Deloitte and clients during the audit process, ensuring clarity, addressing concerns, and streamlining communication
- Evaluated clients' internal control systems, identified improvement areas, and provided actionable insights to enhance financial processes.
- Planned and executed annual audits and quarterly limited reviews, delegating tasks and ensuring adherence to audit procedures.
- Conducted financial statement variance analysis (actuals vs. forecast, period-over-period actuals), delivering explanations and insights to support Limited Reviews.
Assistant Manager
Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
09.2016 - 11.2018
- Conducted risk assessment, gathered and documented sufficient evidence to support audit conclusion, and communicated written audit results in a timely, comprehensive, and clear manner.
- Fostered strong professional relationships with key clients, enhancing audit processes and identifying opportunities for additional services.
- Guided implementation of Deloitte's work methodology, ensuring adherence to reporting requirements and quality control of team deliverables.
- Gathered and documented evidence to support audit conclusions, ensuring timely and clear communication of results to stakeholders.
Article Assistant
R. K. Khandelwal & Company
06.2012 - 05.2015
- Conducted audit assignments including statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits, and inventory management audits to assess financial accuracy
- Filed income tax and VAT returns for HNI individuals and companies, ensuring compliance with tax regulations
- Executed stock audits for diverse clients to verify inventory levels and accuracy
Education
Chartered Accountant - Final
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
01-2016
Bachelor of Commerce -
KPB Hinduja College of Commerce
01-2013
Accomplishments
- Spearheaded physical stock audits, identifying and rectifying inventory discrepancies to strengthen financial accuracy and controls.
- Recovered GST losses from marketplaces through comprehensive reconciliation and optimization of input tax credit utilization.
- Led SAP integration initiatives, ensuring smooth implementation and process continuity.
- Successfully supported statutory audit completion, earning a Certificate of Appreciation.
- Recognized with the prestigious Green Dot Award among 1,000+ employees for outstanding performance during the audit period.
- Received the Live the Dot Award for sustained excellence and significant contributions to business objectives.
Timeline
Finance Controller
Wella India Private Limited
10.2025 - Current
Finance Controller
Havas Creative
03.2024 - 09.2025
Finance Manager - India
Daniel Wellington
01.2022 - 02.2024
Accounting Manager - India
Daniel Wellington
03.2020 - 12.2021
Deputy Manager
Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
12.2018 - 02.2020
Assistant Manager
Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
09.2016 - 11.2018
Article Assistant
R. K. Khandelwal & Company
06.2012 - 05.2015
Chartered Accountant - Final
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelor of Commerce -
KPB Hinduja College of Commerce