Raghu Kumar

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India26 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years of multi-functional finance experience
Proven leadership in cross-functional team management
Expertise in risk and compliance across multiple industries

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Finance and Operations expert with extensive experience in compliance and process improvement.

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Skills

Core Skills

Service DeliveryRisk & ComplianceOperations ManagementStakeholder ManagementAccountingRegulatory ComplianceAudit

Other Skills

Accounts PayableAccounts ReceivableArtificial Intelligence for BusinessBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness InnovationBusiness PlanningBusiness ProcessCRMContinuous Process ImprovementCustomer ExperienceDrafting PoliciesDrafting ProposalsDue DiligenceF&A Operations

About

Finance professional with 20+ years of progressive, multi-functional and multi-industry experience. Proven leadership credentials in leading cross-functional teams in Finance & Accounts - P2P, O2C and R2R; FP&A; Business Valuations and Drafting Opinions, Market Research; Business Plans, Go-to-Market Strategy; Analytics; RFP/RFIs and Solutioning; Due Diligence; Direct and Indirect taxes; Audit; Project Management; Learning & Development; and Risk & Compliance.

Experience

26 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Exl

2 roles

Vice President, F&A Operations

Promoted

May 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

Senior Assistant Vice President

Jan 2005 – Dec 2019 · 14 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

Key Result Areas:
Operations Management
Service delivery for a portfolio of clients
Develop standard operating procedures, periodical review and updates
Continuous process improvement
Business continuity planning
Compliance with contractual requirements
Budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, P&L ownership
Strategic account reviews with internal stakeholders
Stakeholder Management
Collaborate with client and set account priorities
Develop rapport and manage key influencers & decision makers of the client firm leading to retention and growth
Regular business review meetings, contractual amendments, engage and drive client satisfaction scores/NPS
Root cause analysis and quality assurance plan
Talent Management: Leading teams across multiple geographies and responsible for
Talent acquisition, employee engagement, performance management, attrition management, succession planning and retention strategy
Identify and develop capability to meet business objectives
Design and implement effective Reward & Recognition programs
Solutioning: Handle RFP/RFIs/opportunities identification projects across multiple functions, including creation of scoping model, resource validation, transition roadmap, productivity gain roadmap, pricing inputs, solution design, and due diligence.
Transition: Transitioned multiple processes with varying complexities, such as accounts payable, reconciliations, equity research, valuation, and tax compliance services, including drafting SOW and KPIs, risk assessment and management, process documentation, milestone reviews, status reporting to stakeholders.
Risk & Compliance:
Comprehensive review of client areas covering contractual aspects, key metrics and reporting,
background checks, information security and data privacy incidents, physical access, logical access, client and organizational policies
Management report out on defect score, issue status, action plan and closure of issues

Operations ManagementStakeholder ManagementTalent ManagementSolutioningRisk & Compliance

Accenture

Vice President, F&A Service Delivery

Dec 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangalore

> Transition of multiple waves and stabilization
> Operations Maturity assessment - tracking and reporting of key metrics
> Service delivery
Invoice-to-pay responsibilities include invoice processing, duplicate payment identification, resolving grief, and payment processing.
Invoice-to-cash responsibilities include customer master data management, cash application, collections, inter-company billing, and reporting.
Record-to-report responsibilities include recording of transactions; reconciliations; inter-company transactions; fixed asset accounting; multi-entity, multi-region, multi-application ledger close; Financial Reporting & Analysis and Management reporting package.
Tax responsibilities include tax accruals, validation of purchase and sales registers, support to complete GST, sales & use tax and VAT tax returns across multiple regions.
> Risk & Compliance
> Governance and Stakeholder management
> Root cause and corrective analysis to address errors/issues
> Transformation and Continuous process improvement roadmap
> People engagement and attrition management

Transition ManagementService DeliveryRisk & ComplianceStakeholder ManagementContinuous Process Improvement

Nagasree engineers & consultants

Associate

Jul 2003 – Jan 2005 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore, India

End-to-end accounting
Cash disbursements and collections
Reconciliations
Preparation of financial statements
VAT, Service tax, Professional tax, Income tax and other regulatory compliance

AccountingFinancial StatementsRegulatory Compliance

Siddaiah & ram chartered accountants

Audit Associate

Feb 2000 – Jun 2003 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore, India

Internal/Statutory/Inventory audit of companies, trusts/non-profit organizations, and partnerships covering trading, manufacturing, hotel, banking and other industries
Preparation of financial statements
Ensure compliance with applicable Accounting Standards and other regulatory requirements
Preparation of Income tax returns
Preparation of Sales tax/VAT returns
Preparation of Service tax returns

AuditFinancial StatementsRegulatory Compliance