Rohini Gade

Strategic Chief Financial Officer with 15+ years of progressive leadership experience across listed and large unlisted organisations, with strong expertise in enterprise financial governance, performance management, and finance transformation. Proven partner to Boards, Audit Committees, and senior leadership in strengthening governance, ensuring Ind AS and SEBI compliance, improving capital efficiency, and enabling data-driven decision-making. Experienced in leading enterprise-wide finance, treasury, taxation, compliance, and risk management functions in complex, multi-location project environments.

Combines strong audit foundation with hands-on CFO execution, delivering measurable improvements in reporting efficiency, internal controls, liquidity management, and team performance.

Chief Financial Officer at Alphageo (India) Limited (2020-08 – Present)

Lead enterprise-wide finance, treasury, taxation, secretarial coordination, and compliance functions, reporting directly to the Chairman & Managing Director. Act as strategic finance partner to the Board and Audit Committee. Lead a 20+ member finance team across corporate and project locations and manage ₹75+ crore of working capital banking facilities.

• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting in full compliance with Ind AS and SEBI regulations.
• Present financial performance, risk assessments, and forecasts to the Board and Audit Committee.
• Lead treasury management, banking relationships, and liquidity planning
• Drive working capital optimisation, receivables monitoring, and cash flow forecasting.
• Strengthen internal financial controls, SOPs, and governance frameworks.
• Lead finance automation and digital MIS initiatives.
• Oversee HR and secretarial compliance frameworks in coordination with functional teams, strengthening overall corporate governance.
• Oversee statutory, tax, and internal audits.
• Oversee stock exchange compliances and investor reporting in coordination with the Company Secretary.
• Build and mentor high-performing finance teams across locations.
• Contribute to long-term financial strategy, capital structuring, and enterprise risk management aligned with business growth objectives.
• Reduced financial reporting cycle time by ~30% through process standardisation and automation.
• Strengthened IFC framework, significantly reducing audit observations and control gaps.
• Improved receivables monitoring systems, enhancing predictability of cash flows.
• Stabilised and strengthened finance team structure, improving accountability and succession readiness.
• Enhanced Board-level reporting quality and decision-support frameworks.

Deputy General Manager – Accounts & Finance at Navayuga Engineering Company Limited (2014-08 – 2020-07)

Headed finance and accounts operations for major infrastructure projects across India. Large infrastructure and EPC organisation with ₹5,000+ crore turnover with multi-entity and multi-location operations. Led a 75+ member finance team across corporate and project locations and managed ₹1,000+ crore of working capital banking facilities.

• Led end-to-end finance, accounts, taxation, and compliance functions.
• Managed consolidation of 40+ entities in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
• Directed project accounting, budgeting, cost control, and fund utilisation.
• Strengthened cost tracking and margin visibility frameworks.
• Coordinated statutory, internal, and tax audits with leading audit firms.
• Ensured compliance with corporate and taxation laws.
• Led customization of Tally to implement structured process controls and enable daily centralised data integration from 75+ project locations, including decentralised site stores.

Senior Audit Manager at P.V.R.K. Nageswara Rao & Co (2010-04 – 2014-07)

• Led statutory, internal, and tax audits for large and mid-sized corporate clients across sectors.
• Reviewed financial statements for compliance with accounting standards, taxation laws, and statutory requirements.
• Identified control weaknesses and recommended governance improvements.
• Led audit teams and ensured quality delivery and client satisfaction.
• Performed ERP audits and recommended corrective actions after identifying control and process gaps in the system.

Audit Manager at P. Sivaramakrishna & Co (2008 – 2010)

Audit Manager / Articles Assistant at P.V.R.K. Nageswara Rao & Co (2005 – 2008)

Chartered Accountant in Accountancy (2009)

Bachelor of Commerce in Computers (2003)