Aug 2018 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Joined Embassy Office Parks REIT on its ambitious journey to listing of India’s first and Asia’s largest Real Estate Investment Trust on 1 April 2019. (REIT is sponsored by Embassy group, Bangalore and Blackstone group, USA)
• India’s first publicly-listed Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) accommodating world’s leading companies as tenants.
• Rs 1877 crores of annual Revenue from operations
• 33 million square feet of 7 premium office parks @ Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Noida and Gurgaon
• 4 City - Center offices.
• 2 Hotels - Four Seasons Bangalore and Hilton Bangalore
• 100MW solar park generating solar energy
• 2 under-construction hotels
• Non-stop Roller coaster journey covered :
• 12 legal entities and 1 Investment Manager entity
• Statutory Audit for the Standalone entities for FY18 and FY19
• Consolidation and Statutory Audit FY18 and FY19
• Quarterly Audits for individual entities – 4 quarters
• Special purpose audits – Multiple times as part of listing process and its different timelines
• Tax Audits – FY18 and FY19( In progress)
• Direct and indirect Taxation, Directors Report, XBRL, FLA, DPT3 and so on.
• Team of 18+ dedicated members with experienced CAs and others have ensured that the goal is reached

Jun 2016 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

• MeritTrac (100% subsidiary of Manipal Global Education) is India’s Largest Testing & Assessment services company in the private sector. MeritTrac provides innovative assessment services to leading educational institutions, government organizations and corporate entities.
• ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 27001 certified
• With corporate office in India and regional offices across 6 cities and pan india operations -
• My responsibilities include Overall responsibility of the Finance function -
• Budgeting, Planning and projections (5 years Operating plan on a quarterly Rolling basis. (Monthly & Quarterly plan for next 8 quarters)
• Ensure proper accounting
• Ensure management reporting
• Compliance to taxation and corporate laws,
• Review of agreements , bid tenders / costings
• Board meeting presentations (Quarterly Board Presentations & Various Analysis)
• Audit (Stat / internal / tax / Internal Control)
• Managing Banking relations for CC / OD
• Credit Rating for facilities.
• Evaluation of Acquisitions and Strategic Investments by company
• Preparing Board Approval Notes for all Significant Business decisions

Mar 2011 – Jun 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore India

• About the Organisation.
• Manipal Global Education Services is education services company with operations within India, Dubai, Malaysia, Nepal, Antigua, US.
• With a turnover of Rs 15 bn - Operations include Services to Sikkim Manipal University, BFSI Training programs for 25+ Banks in India, IT Training programs Vocational and Skills training programs, Assessment and Testing services.
• Operations also includes University operations in Malaysia, Antigua, Dubai and Nepal..
• Responsibilities include.
• Capital and Fund Planning - Unit level and Consolidated level
• Equity and Debt Planning - Information Memorandum and Financial Model for PE Investors and Lenders
• Evaluation of Acquisitions and Strategic Investment Opportunities
• Quarterly Board Presentations & Various Analysis
• 5 years Operating plan on a quarterly Rolling basis. (Monthly & Quarterly plan for next 8 quarters)
• Quarterly review and forecast for each SBU
• Preparing Board Approval Notes for all Significant Business decisions
• Pricing and Costing Review for Business proposals
• Periodic MIS & Reporting for Units
• Consolidated MIS to Board & Senior Management
• Other Managements reports like Manpower, Receivable, Expense, Capex, SBU MIS etc.
• Monitoring Individual unit performance and highlighting improvement measures
• Periodic Analysis to improve profitability , Save Costs, improve efficiency, Working capital management, Funding planning

May 2009 – Mar 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Madura Fashion and Lifestyle is a division of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.
• Business included the Brands - VanHeusen , Louis Phillipe, Allen Solly Peter England, Espirit,
• Heading the team responsible for Accounting and Reporting for Retail Business.
• Company Owned Showrooms (Company Operated / Franchisee Operated)
• Franchisee Showrooms (Company Operated / Franchisee Operated)
• Responsibilities included :
• Pricing implementation across the various channels
• Margin structure for the Brands
• Interacting with the Retail channel team - Pan India
• Agreements for Retail channel ( Franchisee / Rentals)
• Pricing for End of Season Sale
• Channel Partner Commission - implementation accounting and payouts
• Managing receivables and Collections
• Periodic reporting for Statutory purpose
• Special Reporting for Business decisions
• Special Assignment Included the Automation of the Bills / Claims processing
• Retail and Trade Channel involves huge volume of document processing. The Automation process drastically reduced the processing time lines, documents management and approval process. The new process reduced cost significantly while ensuring that people resources are utilised in much better and effective manner.

May 2008 – Apr 2009 · 11 mos

• Business included the Brands - VanHeusen , Louis Phillipe, Allen Solly Peter England, Espirit,
• Heading the team responsible for Accounting for Trade Channel which
• Wholesale Trade business
• Distributors Channel
• Key Accounts
• Institutional Sales Channel
• Factory Seconds Channel
• Depletion Channel
• Value Channel
• The profile included :
• Margin structure for the Entire Trade Business for all the Brands
• Pricing implementation across the various channels
• Interacting with the Pan India Trade Channel Team
• Enabling Billing as per the approved pricing
• Agreements for entire Trade channel
• Pricing for End of Season Sale
• Channel Partner Commission - implementation accounting and payouts
• Managing receivables and Collections
• Periodic reporting for Statutory purpose
• Special Reporting for Business decisions

Dec 2006 – Apr 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bangalore

• Responsibilities as a Business Analyst included -
• Annual Operating Plan preparation,
• Store Performance Review, Category Performance Review. Cost Control
• Designing and Implementation of Various MIS formats
• Reporting of Margins, Top line, Bottom line and other Key Parameters.
• Store Wise Category wise Reporting of Target Achievement, Category wise Sales Contribution Analysis & other reports as per need basis.
• Reporting of Store Sales, Dump & Shrinkage, Loyalty Sales, Footfall Conversion Rate, Average Bill Value.
• Analysis of Sales Volume/Quantity/Gross Margin for Top 10 SKU’s
• Monthly and Qtrly Profitability report.
• General Accounting including Monthly Books Closure
• Cashflow planning and Reporting
• Receivables management
• Liasioning with Bankers / Sodexho / Accor)