Pramod Venkat

Finance Lead with 7+ years of progressive experience across public accounting and in-house corporate finance, currently directing finance operations for a global SaaS group across six international entities (India, US, UK, UAE, Australia and Singapore). Owns treasury, consolidated and product-level MIS, flux analysis, internal controls (ICFR) and SOPs, cap table and ESOP administration, and multi-region payroll — leading a team of four, reviewing and directing their work, and personally focused on reporting, analysis and review rather than day-to-day transaction processing.

Finance Lead at Facilio Technology Solutions Private Limited (2025-11 – Present)

Global SaaS platform for facilities management, operating across India, US, UK, UAE, Australia and Singapore. Direct and review end-to-end finance, accounting, payroll, statutory compliance and MIS reporting across Facilio's 6 global entities, leading a team of 4 — personally focused on review, analysis and reporting rather than day-to-day transaction processing.

• Team Leadership & Oversight — Direct and review end-to-end finance, accounting, payroll, statutory compliance and MIS reporting across Facilio's 6 global entities, leading a team of 4 — personally focused on review, analysis and reporting rather than day-to-day transaction processing.
• Treasury — Lead group treasury operations — deploying surplus funds into money market accounts, executing intercompany transfers to meet working-capital needs, and optimizing fund utilization across all entities.
• Financial Close & MIS — Review the monthly books of accounts and drive the consolidated monthly MIS close, including P&L reconciliation, intercompany elimination, and cash flow statement preparation across the group.
• Product Profitability & Flux Analysis — Prepare product-level MIS and monthly flux analysis, giving leadership visibility into product profitability, cost drivers, and variance against plan.
• Internal Controls & SOPs — Own Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) for the group; compile Standard Operating Procedures across finance processes and ensure the team's adherence to them.
• Cap Table & Equity — Own cap table maintenance and ESOP administration (Carta), reconciling equity and vesting activity against the general ledger and resolving variances for the US entity.
• Payroll — Manage payroll operations across 5 regions (India, US, UAE, Australia, UK/Singapore), overseeing payroll journals, salary reconciliations, and GL/cost-center tagging.
• Compensation & Benefits — Review employee pay structures and implement flexible benefit (Flexi Benefit) plans to support employee welfare.
• Audit Coordination — Coordinate statutory, tax, transfer pricing and internal controls (ICoFR) audits across all entities, serving as primary liaison to external auditors and advisors.
• US Tax & Compliance — Manage US entity compliance — supply data for the Federal income tax return filing; independently handle state income tax filings, unemployment tax, withholding tax and Form 1099 filings; and coordinate the annual 409A valuation.
• DMCC Compliance — Manage VAT and other compliance filings via government portals (EmaraTax, WPS) for the UAE DMCC branch entity.
• Cross-Functional Efficiency Metrics — Coordinate with Sales, Project Implementation, and Marketing teams to collect data and build efficiency metrics, tracking cost and productivity across go-to-market functions.
• Cost Optimization — Evaluate and rationalize finance and operational tooling, identifying and cutting underutilized or ineffective subscriptions to reduce software spend.
• Infrastructure Cost Control — Implement capacity planning for server/hosting infrastructure to control and optimize cloud costs.
• Australia Compliance — Own end-to-end compliance for the Australian entity, including BAS/IAS filings, payroll tax, workers' compensation, and statutory reporting.
• Government Liaison — Work closely with government authorities across jurisdictions, responding to notices and handling official correspondence.
• Finance Technology — Designed and deployed two internal applications: a compliance-tracking tool managing statutory deadlines across all 6 entities, and an AI-built, internally hosted consolidation portal integrating QuickBooks, Zoho Books and other accounting systems for group management reporting.
• Legal & Sales Support — Assist the legal team in reviewing vendor contracts and commercial agreements, and support the sales team with financial and compliance data for RFP/tender submissions.
• UK Filings — Prepare and file the UK entity's statutory annual returns with Companies House.
• Vendor & Banking Operations — Oversee vendor reconciliation, payment processing, and banking operations — including UAE VAT and WPS payroll compliance — across all entities.

Senior Accounting Specialist at Facilio Technology Solutions Private Limited (2023-10 – 2025-11)

Promoted to Finance Lead in November 2025 in recognition of performance and expanded scope of responsibility.

• Accounting Oversight — Reviewed the India entity's day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping in Zoho Books, signing off on reconciliations and the monthly close for accuracy.
• Fixed Assets — Conducted physical verification of fixed assets and cleaned up the Fixed Asset Register (FAR).
• Employee Tax Documentation — Verified employee income-tax (IT) declaration and proof documents to support accurate payroll TDS deduction.
• Payroll Review — Reviewed and validated monthly payroll journals and salary reconciliations across regions before posting.
• MIS Review — Reviewed the consolidated monthly MIS and supporting schedules across all 6 entities prior to finalization.
• Process Automation — Led automation of recurring finance workflows — including vendor invoice routing and compliance reminder communications — improving accuracy and turnaround time.
• Audit Coordination — Oversaw statutory and tax audit processes, serving as the primary point of coordination with external auditors and advisors.
• Compliance Review — Reviewed statutory compliance filings — GST returns (GSTR-1/3B), TDS returns, and related documentation — for accuracy prior to filing.

Associate — Article Assistant (CA Articleship) and Paid Assistant at JPR & Associates (2019-04 – 2023)

• Completed a 3-year CA articleship across Record-to-Report, Direct & Indirect Taxation, and Statutory Audit for clients across Retail, Manufacturing, IT, NBFC and E-commerce sectors.
• Led the migration and implementation of a NetSuite ERP system for a client within a 2-month target timeline.
• Headed the tax audit team (Form 3CD) and GST audit team; single-handedly prepared and filed 300+ Income Tax Returns.
• Assisted in GST refund claims exceeding ₹50 crore (consolidated) for IT and manufacturing sector clients.
• Prepared monthly MIS and provisional financial statements for a diverse client portfolio.
• Received the firm's Kudos Award for exceptional commitment on assigned audit engagements.

CA Intermediate (IPCC) – The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) (2018)

B.Com in General – A M Jain College (2016 – 2019)