Sukhendu Ghosh

Accomplished Finance Specialist with over 30 years of experience leveraging SAP and financial governance frameworks to optimize operational performance, internal controls and working capital. Proven track record in leading automation projects (including SAP PO automation and trade inventory management), managing complex cross-functional implementations and ensuring 100% regulatory compliance. Skilled in bridging the gap between business financial operations and IT system architecture.

FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT

(2025-01)

Advising clients on investment portfolios, mutual funds, equity markets and asset allocation. Structuring long term savings, pension plans and wealth transitions. Evaluating market trends to recommend risk adjusted financial products.

Managing high value client accounts. Advising on personal life, health and general asset insurance packages. Helping businesses with budgeting, working capital management, cost reduction strategies and overhead costs to improve profitability.

Suggesting for commercial risk mitigation. I specialize in building robust internal controls in financial management for both Demand and Supply. Ensuring absolute alignment between financial operations and corporate strategy.

Manager - Financial Accounting - UNITED SPIRITS LTD. (DIAGEO GROUP)

(2013 - 2024)

• Compliance & Statutory Governance: Managed Indirect Taxes of State Excise Duty, Sales Tax, Label registrations, Filing monthly, quarterly and annual statutory returns and reconciliations and reconciling input tax credits (ITC) of TDS and GST with 100% compliance. Worked closely with HR for computing monthly salary brackets and issuing annual tax certificates, Provident Fund (PF), and Professional Tax (PT). Coordinated with statutory and internal auditors, tax auditors and government assessments.
• Loss & Variance Control: Implemented a transit loss monitoring system that cut inventory variance and wastage by 30%.
• Financial Controls & Audits: Improved DSO by 20% and spearheaded physical stock audits to achieve 99.9% reconciliation accuracy in SAP.
• Cost & Inventory Optimization: Reduced finished goods inventory costs by 18% while maintaining a 99.5% order fulfillment rate.
• Working Capital: Handled cash flows, payables, receivables, and forecasts.
• Internal controls: Operations monitored day-to-day activities and implemented internal financial controls and SOPs with HO project team. Improved risk in audits.
• Financial Accounting & Reporting: Maintain proper reconciliation of the Balance sheet, timely closing of books, variance analysis, Budget workings, General Ledger, AR/AP, Asset Accounting and various insights.
• Pan-India Projects: PO automation (3-way to 2-way), Workflow optimization, standardized Trade claims SOPs, Pricing Strategy, and Internal Control Frameworks.
• Recognized multiple times for high-value financial recoveries worth Rs.12.5 cr.

Manager - Accounts - UNITED SPIRITS LIMITED

(2006 - 2013)

Managed accounting operations across sales and manufacturing units. Played a key role in merger integration (Shaw Wallace), ensuring smooth financial transition. Oversaw vendor payments, expense management and departmental cost control. Strengthened financial monitoring systems for improved operational efficiency.

Trade Gift settlement: From goods procurement to issue and stocks maintained in SAP. It was a PAN India project for which I was responsible from the inception to prepare the entire system in SAP. It took almost a month to complete the project.

Accounts - Officer - MCDOWELL & COMPANY LIMITED

(1993 - 2006)

• Managed branch accounting, financial reporting functions, checked travel expenses; prepared sales invoices and handled warehouse operations of 1.30 lac cases monthly.
• Played a key role in the merger (TDV & Herbertsons Ltd)
• Handled VAT returns and reconciliation activities.

Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com (H)] - Banwarilal Bhalotia College