Sanjeev Chauhan

• Led the finance and operations department at Evidence Action, New Delhi, ensuring efficient management of financial resources and operational processes.
• Developed and implemented strategic financial plans, contributing to the organization's growth and sustainability.
• Managed budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, enhancing transparency and accountability.
• Streamlined operational workflows, resulting in a 20% increase in efficiency and cost savings.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align financial strategies with organizational goals.
• Oversaw compliance with financial regulations and internal policies, maintaining a high standard of governance.
• Spearheaded initiatives to optimize resource allocation, improving overall organizational performance.
• Fostered a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the finance and operations teams.

• Legal Entity Controllership for more than 30 subsidiaries of US, UK, and Australian companies doing IT, Retail, Research, Education, Media, Trading, and Non-profit businesses in India.
• Reporting to India board, US, UK stakeholders (global CFO) on financial results, performance, and operations of the company, member of India steering committee of US companies.
• Serving on the board of directors for a subsidiary of a UK company.
• Financial modeling for new businesses, financial re-engineering, cost reduction, revenue scale-up, pricing strategy.
• Strategizing and planning for efficient tax structures, advisory on regulatory framework of TP, FDI, ECB, FEMA, and SEIS.
• Heading financial operations - Monthly F&A, cash flows, Treasury & banking, AP, AR, Payroll, SOPs management.
• Compliances (GST/TDS/PF), Corporate Governance, internal controls, Annual audits, Annual filings, FP&A, representation in BOD/AGM.
• Managing a team of 30 (CAs, CS, and experienced professionals) and relationship with key stakeholders in the US, UK, Australia, and Indian Directors.

• Role of Senior Managing Partner with Startuppromoters
• Business & financial modeling, consultancy, funding solutions for various clients ranging from IT firms, small & medium enterprises, startups, real estate companies, crypto- exchanges etc.

Overview:

• Responsible for service delivery of approx
• 700 accounts spread across one of the biggest region (geography) of US
• Handling a team of 200 plus including 40% CAS & CPAS
• Responsible for maintaining and managing the relationship and business development by engaging with key positions in various offices of EY US practice
• Managing the hiring for entire Gurgaon location by partnering with Talent team in order to run 20-25 campus visits per year, around 200 lateral hiring & other hiring initiatives etc
• Green belt trained

Business development:

• Development of entire business plan for the region and effective implementation of the same throughout the year and meeting the KPIs
• Meeting the business goals defined for the region.
• Building a team of core competencies with sector-specific capabilities.
• Promoting the services provided and negotiating with the onshore teams to increase the scope and volume of services.
• Conducting the town hall with the people and passing strategic leadership messages to drive business growth and operational excellence.
• Project Management and Operational Excellence.
• Working on automation project for workflow management.
• Responsible for US rotations plan and management of function for the entire Americas segment.
• Responsible for designing the portfolio of engagements and validation of allocations for the entire region.
• Reporting of monthly/quarterly dashboards to the topmost implementation leaders onshore.

People Management:

• Overall, responsible for the year-end assessments, including performance evaluations of the entire team.
• Awarding and recognizing people for higher performances on a regular basis.
• Responsible for delivering technical trainings.
• Showing regular direction to Assistant Managers, seniors in the region.
• Act as counselors to AMs and super counselor to all the people in the region.

Account Management

• Working on some of the critical accounts as a Manager reviewer.

• Key focus on planning-to-completion of jobs assigned and reporting to top management
• Planning of audit approach and designing of audit programs
• Team & work allocation and budgeting & controlling of time-cost to adhere the timelines
• Constant supervision and guidance to the team members
• Risk assessment and controls evaluation
• Execution of critical audit areas and review of team's work
• Identification of issues and its resolution at own level and escalation, as and when required, to the appropriate authority for its resolution
• Coordination with internal specialized departments like GCMG, Tax, SPA etc
• Development of client relationship
• Presentation to clients and meetings with line managers/ top level management
• Robust documentation to adhere to high professional standards
• Preparation of deliverables and presentation to Partners

• Audit Incharge, primarily on Finanacial Services clients

• Audit engagments