Finance Controller - Radcliffe Education Private Limited - Chunabhatti, Mumbai
(2025-10)
K-12 Multi-City School Network (CBSE / Cambridge / IB)
- End-to-End Financial Operations: Review and approve all accounting entries, period-end adjustments and reconciliations raised by the team; maintain complete control over books across all school entities.
- Budgeting, Forecasting & MIS: MIS finalization, prepare annual budgets and rolling forecasts, and present variance analyses to senior leadership to drive informed business decisions.
- Collection Ratio Optimization: Proposed restructuring of quarterly collection split from 40:30:15:15 to 30:30:30:10, eliminating Q3 fund-flow crunch and improving cash predictability.
- Strategic Reporting – Outstanding Analysis: Designed and delivers a comprehensive outstanding dues report classifying balances as recoverable, paid and due; benchmarked against prior year with variance analysis, percentage recovery rates and location-wise breakdowns enabling targeted collection action.
- International School Feasibility: Involved in financial feasibility analysis for proposed new international schools; translated inputs provided by the CEO and CFO into a structured international school financial plan covering capital outlay, revenue projections, break-even analysis and phased funding strategy.
- SOP & Policy Design: Sole authority for fee waiver approvals; benchmarked against policy limits and prior-year revenue to prevent revenue leakage and design of SOPs.
- Vendor Payment Controls: Established a threshold-based authorization matrix for vendor payments, improving accountability and reducing payment discrepancies. Introduced reconciliation controls between transport service records (trip registers, route logs) and vendor billing, ensuring accurate and audit-ready payment processing.
Accounts & Finance Head - Tokyo Plast International Limited - Vile Parle, Mumbai
(2025-04 - 2025-10)
BSE NSE listed under brand 'Pinnacle'; manufactures and exports thermoware products (insulated jugs, casseroles, cooler boxes) to 75+ countries; plants in Kandla, Daman and Valsad.
- Statutory Financial Statements: Spearheaded the preparation, audit and finalization of Ind AS-compliant financial statements for the company and its related-party NBFC, including stock valuation, audit adjustments and board meeting documentation, ensuring full compliance with SEBI (LODR) Regulations and the Companies Act.
- Team Leadership: Headed a 15-member team, with a focus on ERP-driven and data-centric process improvements.
- RBI & NBFC Compliance: Independently managed all RBI submissions including DNBS-10 filings for the NBFC.
- Tax Strategy Optimization: Independently evaluated and executed a shift from the Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) regime to the concessional Section 115BAA regime, achieving a meaningful reduction in the effective tax outflow.
- CMA Data & Loan Sanction: Prepared CMA (Credit Monitoring Arrangement) data for a ₹7 crore term loan for the purchase of plant & machinery for manufacturing casseroles, jugs and allied thermoware products. The loan was successfully sanctioned by the lender.
- Litigation & Representation: Prepared grounds of appeal, statement of facts and represented the company independently before GST and Income Tax authorities.
Audit Manager - M/s. SWAMY & CHHABRA CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS - Vashi, Navi Mumbai
(2024-02 - 2025-03)
Auditing & Consulting Firm
- Statutory Audits: Led audit engagements for Listed Companies, Private Limited Companies, NBFCs and Trusts in accordance with applicable laws, accounting standards and Ind AS, with combined client turnover exceeding ₹120 crore.
- Specialized Compliance – FEMA & RBI: Gained deep exposure to FEMA and RBI compliance requirements, ensuring clients adhered to foreign exchange and non-banking financial regulations.
- Transfer Pricing & Tax Audits: Reviewed and filed Transfer Pricing reports (Form 3CEB), Tax Audits (Form 3CD), Form 29B and Income Tax returns for multiple clients.
- Stock Audits & Physical Verification: Conducted comprehensive stock audits and physical verification exercises across Mumbai, Daman, Kandla and other locations for listed and private-limited clients.
- Regulatory Representation: Independently prepared grounds of appeal and statements of facts, and represented client companies before GST and Income Tax authorities.
- GST & TDS Compliance: Managed GST returns, TDS returns and IT returns for multiple clients; prepared and filed replies to Income Tax notices and appeals.
- Valuation & Secretarial work: Prepared equity share valuation reports for unlisted companies; independently handled all documentation for company incorporations under the Companies Act, 2013.
Associate Chartered Accountant, Advisory Department - IFCI LIMITED (Govt. Advisory) - Nehru Place, New Delhi
(2022-11 - 2024-02)
Government Advisory – Project Management Agency (PLI Schemes)
- Project Appraisal – Semiconductor Scheme: Appraised applications and verified eligibility for fiscal support including financial and commercial strategy review. Negotiated/renegotiated to secure recommendations on admissible capital expenditure with MeitY.
- Key Achievement: One project – Micron Technology (projected investment of USD 2.754 billion in Gujarat) – approved under direct supervision.
- PLI Auto Scheme: Conducted site visit and independent investment verification at Denso Ten Minda India Private Limited, Haryana.
- Incentive Claim Processing: Verified compliance and quantified admissible incentive amounts for claim processing.
Manager - M/s. DV MEHANDRU & ASSOCIATES - Noida
(2022-01 - 2022-11)
An Auditing and Consulting firm.
- GST & Tax: Managed GST compliance end-to-end (registration, filing, refund cases, GSTR10); handled TDS/TCS returns, tax planning and statutory audit support.
- Compliance & Secretarial: Supported SOPs design, Board and Audit Committee documentation, Transfer Pricing, ITR filing, company incorporations and ROC filings.
Accounts Executive - HENRY HARVIN EDUCATION - Noida
(2021-07 - 2022-01)
A Global EdTech company based out in US & India.
- Dealt with GST Returns, TDS/TCS Returns, Tally, MIS and other Administrative works.
Associate Consultant - M/s. ALKA & SUNIL CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS - Nehru Place, New Delhi
(2019-09 - 2021-07)
An Insurance and Investigation Firm regd. with IRDA.
- Dealt with verifying and assessing loss, preparing Survey Report for cases like Marine Cargo, Fidelity Guarantee Insurance Claim, Personal accident etc.
Work Experience during CA Articleship - IL&FS EDU. AND TECH. SERVICES LTD - Noida
(2016-11 - 2017-11)
- Developed SOPs, supported Board & Audit Committee meetings, assisted auditors in Transfer Pricing cases.
Work Experience during CA Articleship - KHURANA KHURANA & ASSOCIATES LLP - Gr. Noida
(2014-11 - 2016-11)
- ITR filing, accounting, financial statement preparation & finalization, company incorporation, ROC, direct & indirect taxation.
