Jul 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Primary responsibility – Financial Controller for the 2 plants and 5 co-pack of Kraft Heinz India.
• Accounts: Ensure books of accounts are kept in accordance with applicable accounting standards & policies
• Budgeting: Preparation of plant budget based on zero based budgeting concept at individual cost center level
• MIS: Timely and accurate generation and circulation of MIS, computation of variance analysis and taking corrective actions. Periodic review of balance sheet and P&L
• Compliances: Ensuring all statutory, taxation, audit, SOX compliance of the plants. And establishing robust process to achieve no significant audit observations (internal and external)
• Capex: Monitoring capex, timely capitalization, IRR working, Fixed Assets review and write off as per accounting standard and as company policy.
• Banking: Timely vendor payment, collection of debtor and working capital management.
• Operational Cost: Control operational cost of the plant, work for new ideas for cost efficiency.
• Supply chain finanace - PPV computation, make or buy analysis, MUV analysis, Copack analysis

Nov 2015 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Primary responsibility being providing a robust back-end support to the sale team to facilitate business growth, explore opportunities and solutions to problems and make business more sustainable and profitable.
• Marketing Spends: Responsible for trade spends, ROI working of schemes, generate and prepare different types of MIS, as required by top management.
• Distributor Management: ROI working for distributor, claims settlement, NOC, ageing etc.
• Budget: Selling & Distribution budgeting, variance analysis, monthly reporting
• Statutory: Liaise with Govt. authorities towards VAT payment, return includes 8 states of North India ensuring statutory compliance liaise with internal & external auditor.

Nov 2013 – Oct 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · Kathmandu

• Primary responsibility being providing a robust back-end support to the sale team to facilitate business growth. Handled Nepal domestic sales – turnover of NPR 1000+ crore
• Sales MIS: Accounting and reporting of sales, S&D expenses, Analysis on head-quarter, ASM, & Region wise.
• Dealers' claims: Settlement of dealers' claims towards secondary and other schemes. dealers' queries, outstanding ageing, NOC, interest, penalty, debit notes, bank guarantee etc.
• S&D troubleshoot: Freight, indirect overhead, contracts with transporter. Updating primary schemes, price and margin in SAP. Expense monitoring, budget, overall work of CFA, monthly reporting. Period end closing, GL scrutiny etc.
• Banking and Insurance: Dealing with banks, negotiating in terms of interest and bank charges, hedging forex payout. dealing with insurance companies, negotiating & settlement of claims within 60 days.

Jan 2011 – Nov 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Shell India Markets Private Limited (SIMPL), a fully owned subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell
• Key Responsibilities:-
• Computation of tax liability and preparation and submission of tax returns for foreign subsidiaries (non-resident companies) of Shell in India.
• Ensuring compliance with regard to withholding taxes, tax rate, quarterly return filing etc.
• Calculating and ensuring correct reporting of current tax & deferred tax for German entities.
• Effectively coordinating with stakeholders across the globe for reporting & computation of taxes.
• Calculating and establishing reasons for the difference between statutory tax rate and effective tax rate and providing list of commentaries thereon.
• Major achievements:-
• Stabilizing the process of tax return for non-resident companies in India.
• Successfully migrated tax process from Shell Germany to Shell India.

Dec 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr · Jamshedpur Area, India

• TSPDL, a wholly owned Subsidiary of TATA Steel is India’s largest Steel Service Organization. It acts as an intermediary between steel producers and end users providing, inventory management and distribution service.
• Responsibilities
• Planning, organizing and carrying out the internal audit activities for two plants located in Jamshedpur.
• Review of SAP based business processes & internal control procedures.
• Review of statutory compliance related to Companies Act, Income Tax Act, Factories Act, etc and compliance of policies & procedure as lay down by company.
• Fixed Assets review including its physical verification & classification and adherence to company policies.
• Performing detailed review of Procure – to – pay cycle, Order – to - cash cycle review – Accounts Payable process and Accounts Receivable process.
• Review of HR, IR & Admin internal controls and the procedure followed.
• Identify internal control weaknesses and make recommendations to promote the continuous improvement of the control processes.
• Following-up on Internal audit findings with auditee through to completion.
• Maintained systematic audit documentations, Extract and compile audit report with comments from process owner and presenting the same to management and Audit Board.
• Research into new audit techniques and contribute to initiatives in enhancing effectiveness of internal controls and sharing of the techniques to colleagues working in other plant location.
• Conducted special audits as and when required by the Audit Committee or the Board of Directors, in areas that require specific safeguards and appropriate internal control.
• Major achievements
• Saved the company from paying interest of approx. Rs. 3.5 lakhs during audit of bank accounts
• Detected fraud of approximately Rs. 3 lakhs in the distribution of meal coupons to workers
• Identified loopholes in medical insurance claim process and recovery from staff & insurance company involving an amount of approx. Rs. 20 lakhs

Aug 2006 – Nov 2009 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Kolkata Area, India

• Worked for MTPL - a 100% EOU, during my articleship tenure, primarily focusing on -
• Accountancy
• o Ensuring accurate transactional accounting postings to general ledgers and timely book-keeping for effective and accurate financial reporting.
• o Finalization of accounts and preparation of financials and audit support.
• Taxation (Direct and Indirect taxes)
• o Compliance with regard to withholding taxes/TDS preparation and filing of quarterly returns.
• o Assisting in filing tax return and computation & payment for excise duty/ service tax on timely basis.
• o Streamlined the client’s records of excise and service tax, claiming input tax credit registers, various return thereof and refund of service tax.
• Treasury Operations
• o Preparation of BRS on a weekly basis.
• o Assisting the company to apply for export finance from banks – pre-shipment and post-shipment finance.
• o Facilitating the opening letter of credit for import and discounting of export bills.
• EXIM Operations (Customs & FTP)
• o Assisting the company in applying for various import licenses from customs authorities of India -DGFT like DFIA, EPCG, DEPB etc. and rationalizing the system of tracking for utilization and fulfilment of export obligations against such authorizations.
• o Ensuring compliance with regard to execution of Bond and Bank Guarantee and monitoring the limit and maintenance of register.
• o Facilitated maintenance of tracking system for letter of permission, registers for import and export and calculation for NFE.
• o Retrieve vendor LC document, handle LC submission to the bank after shipment and submitting documents to C&F agent of customs for clearance of container – for both import and export.