Nov 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Heading the Finance, Legal & Administrative functions at Innoviti Payment Solutions which is a pioneer in delivering differentiated solutions for payments automation, consumer credit distribution and SME lending that have become a benchmark in respective markets.
• Key Achievements :
• ↳ Raised Rs 80 Crs of Venture Debt, Term Loan & Lease Funding for expansion of Business.
• ↳ Lead Investor Relations consisting of marquee investors viz., Titan Industries, Catamaran Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and SBI-FMO.
• ↳ Initiate, design and finalize the roll-out of Planning, Pricing, Forecasting & Incentive models of various segments of Business (Corporate, Retail & SME Lending).
• ↳ Spearheaded setting up Billing, Settlements & Merchant Reporting of retail payment product viz., iPOS (Same day Settlement feature).
• ↳ Finalize structuring and incorporation of NBFC for Innoviti’s SME Lending Business.

Oct 2013 – Nov 2017 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Associated with Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, India’s largest private sector company) which launched mobile broadband & digital services in India with a cumulative investment of ~ $ 25 + Billion
• Hired under Jio Leadership Program (JLP) and has worked with Jio Devices Business, Corporate FP&A and Internal Controls Team
• Worked with ‘FC&A - Governance & Integration (G&I)’ managing Business Process Management (BPM), Governance, Risks & Internal Control framework for FC&A Operations predominantly focusing on risk assurance & implementation of mitigating controls across Procure to Pay (P2P), Record to Report (R2R), Fixed Assets (FA), Order to Cash (O2C) & Treasury
• Lead Finance PMO and assisting Finance Leadership in deployment of ‘to-be’ processes at Geography (Pan India) for launch and Steady State Organization

Feb 2010 – Sep 2013 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Managing Finance & Accounting team handling business finance, accounting, and compliance and reporting activities of Qualcomm India Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad 100% WOS of Qualcomm Corporation, USA. (Head Count: ~ 1,200)
• Working closely with the Program Management Teams in understanding their Budgetary requirements, Head Count requirements (Both FTE & Vendor) and other discretionary expenses and manage the budgets
• Partner with enabler functions viz., Corporate Shared Services, Procurement, HR, Staffing, RE&F on budgets, compliance
• Responsible to maintain and monitor books of accounts for various requirements viz., US GAAP, Statutory books per Indian GAAP & Tax Books for Income Tax Requirements
• Working closely with Financial Analysts community at US and Corporate Shared Services to drive accuracy & completeness on accounting and month close process and submission of month end reconciliations, P&L Reports, Budget/Forecast Outlooks etc
• Responsible for all tax, statutory and regulatory compliances of the legal entity– Direct & Indirect Taxation, Transfer Pricing, Companies Act etc
• Responsible for partnering with the Senior Management for seamless execution of business priorities & seeding of new projects/teams in India

Jun 2008 – Feb 2010 · 1 yr 8 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Managing Finance & Accounting team handling accounting, compliance and reporting activities of Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad 100% WOS of Microsoft Corporation, USA (Head Count: ~ 3,500)
• Responsible for oversight, direction and supervision the services viz., accounts payable, general ledger, statutory compliances, payroll, and other financial support activities through Microsoft’s Shared Services/Out sourced Partners in line with Service Level Agreements and company key objectives
• o Responsible for review of team operations, specialized transactions, and service quality
• o Direct and oversee of the preparation of timely, accurate monthly financial statements
• o Direct preparation and review of work-papers for internal / external auditors
• o Define, implement and monitor standards and policies to ensure adherence to GAAP, MAP, agreed global procedures, regional business requirements, statutory governmental regulations, and SOX requirements to minimize liability and risk
• o Oversee process of preparing and reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• o Direct process to ensure proper controls are in place for the team and direct efforts to ensure team productivity is measured, scored and communicated according to standards
• o To ensure process applied by India based regional accounting teams are consistent and conform to the one-India/global model
• Responsible to maintain books for various requirements;
• o US GAAP/MAP accounts for parent company
• o Statutory books for Indian Company law/ Indian GAAP
• o Statutory Compliances (Both Direct & Indirect Taxation)
• Working closely with Business Finance Teams to assist management in understanding costs, revenues, head count and other statistical data with a view to take informed decisions
• Working closely/partnering with Procurement, RE&F Team to improve the efficiencies and implement budgetary controls

Dec 2006 – Jun 2008 · 1 yr 6 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Portalplayer has been acquired by NIVIDA Corp, USA which is the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies. NVIDIA creates innovative, industry-changing products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. NVIDIA® product families are transforming visually-rich applications such as video games, film production, broadcasting, industrial design, space exploration, and medical imaging. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and offices in US, Europe & Asia. (NASDAQ:NVDA)
• Handled merger of Portalplayer India Pvt Ltd with NVIDIA Graphics Pvt Ltd by combination of slump sale and amalgamation.

Dec 2005 – Dec 2006 · 1 yr · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Heading Finance & Accounting team handling accounting, compliance and reporting activities of Portalplayer India Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad 100% WOS of Portalplayer Inc, USA
• My responsibilities include:
• Responsible for managing the services viz., accounts payable, general ledger, purchasing, billing, payroll, and other financial support activities in accordance with US GAAP & global processes
• Participate in the company's business and financial planning processes for various functions including Engineering, QA, R & D, Support etc
• Lead and maintain SOX compliance in all finance related activities
• Partner with internal Customers to prepare the monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts by collecting, analyzing and reporting results
• Participate in discussions and develop models to support company initiatives and/or financial decisions
• Handled an investment of USD 7.5 M USD for setting up new R&D Centre by Parent Company
• Ensure timely compliance of Corporate Monthly/Quarterly/Annual reporting deadlines for SEC Reporting

Jan 2004 – Dec 2005 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Maintain the books of accounts as per Indian GAAP & US GAAP including finalization
• Ensure timely compliance of corporate reporting policies (SEC, SOX) and processes
• Implementation and compliance of Revenue recognition for Software industry (as prescribed by SOP 97)
• Handled the set up, structuring, business model development, statutory compliance, ERP Set up, Transfer Pricing of new sales entity of MENT Group viz., Mentor Graphics (Sales & Services) Pvt Ltd reporting into Asia Pac
• Handled the merger of Mentor Graphics (Noida) Pvt Ltd with Mentor Graphics (India) Pvt Ltd
• Handle all types of audits like - Statutory audits as per Companies act, Tax-Audits, TP certifications, STPI/ FEMA/ RBI compliance audit returns, Sales-Tax Audits etc.
• Work with various divisions to prepare the monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts by collecting, analyzing & reporting results and formulate templates for forecasts, BVA’s etc
• Participate in the monthly/ quarterly/ annual accounting close process
• Routine functions of AP, AR, revenue recognition and capex management
• Active interface with corporate BASG (ERP) & corporate internal audit team on implementation and monitoring of related activities

Dec 2002 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India