1. Resume
AJIT KUMAR DHIR
Contact No.: +91 9900130420, +966-547638114
E-Mail: ajitdhir@rediffmail.com, caajitdhir@gmail.com
Current Address: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Permanent Address: No. 671, 9th
Block,
Malathalli Circle, Bangalore – 560056
Qualified CA accountant, with 11+ years of Post qualification experience Seeking
challenging assignments in MIS, Reporting, business finance and finance Analysis
with a MNC of repute to serve with positive attitude, efficiency, flexibility and to help
the organisation achieve its objective.
Scholastics
Chartered Accountant The ICAI, New Delhi
CIMA, London, UK waiting for final exam.
B.Com. Utkal University, Orissa
Corporate Finance Certificate Course (IIM, Kolkatta)
Areas of Expertise
Financial planning and Analysis Investment Proposal Analysis
Internal control and cost control Budgeting & Forecasting
Fixed Asset Management Accounting Standard and IFRS
Finance and Management reporting Trade Finance and Treasury
Audits and Direct Taxation MIS and presentation
Employment Scan
Landmark Gulf group : (Dec’13 to till date), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
($6 Billion Biggest retail chain with Brands like: centre point, City Max, Lifestyle, Home
Centre..etc.)
Deputy Manager Finance & Accounts – Corporate F&A Role
Reviewing all monthly MIS reports including General ledger, costing and profitability
reports
Designing and supervising the preparation of MIS reports to provide feedback to top
management on business performance
Month closing activity with Flash, Budget VS actual variance analysis
Assessing the financial data and trends thereby identifying key issues to maximise
profits and minimise expenses
Leading the migration activity of books of accounts of KSA territory
Leading the designing the logic, reconciliation, training and query resolving for the new
migrated system
Critically Comparing and Analysing the Capex and OPEX statement with budget
Reviewing monthly BS schedules and advising on the requirement for Audit
Handling statutory & Internal Audits with clarification and management presentation
Meeting strict monthly and quarterly deadlines
Reviewing various agreements and recommending business risk thereof
Responsible for AP, AR, FA, Inventory, GIT, Logistics, Sales and COGs reconciliation
2. Detailed analysis of GIT and Stock reconciliation with RMS/WMS and OFIN
Reviewing and monitoring various stock and other related provision
Providing other Financial information in a timely and accurate manner to group
Framing and strictly following SOPs and internal control procedures
Working closely with various other departments for collecting & providing information
Arvind Lifestyle Ltd: (Sep 2012 to Nov 2013), Bangalore, India
($300 million Company Indian retails Giant with brands like US polo, Arrow, Debenhams.
IZOD)
Manager Finance & Accounts
Reporting and meeting monthly MIS deadline with variance analysis with budget
Major role in merging of Entities with another sister concern
Responsible for AP, AR, FA, Treasury
Critically analysing various expenses head and highlighting the variances
Preparation and review on all audit schedules on monthly basis
Managing the annual planning and budgeting process
Analysing various books of accounts and GLs to detect any possible fraud, error or
omission
Handling Statutory & Internal Audits
Ensuring that accounts are prepared conform to the accounting standards
Actively managing vendors through ARIBA software to bring direct cost saving to the
organisation
Continental Automotive Components India Pvt Ltd: (May’09 to Sep’12), Bangalore
(German MNC - € 30 billion Automobile Manufacturing Company)
Deputy Manager F&A
Participating in the valuation on Company
Meeting monthly MIS target with business unit wise breakup
Capitalisation and tracking of Fixed assets & CWIP and related reports
Tracking, follow up & reconciliation of major customers for the overdue receivable
Physical verification of FA and reconciliation of thereof
Responsible for BRS and insurance function
Handling statutory Audit and clarification of related reports
Actively participating on the system development requirements
Insurance: tracking, renewing & claim handling of all kinds of insurances
Computation of Income tax and deferred tax and advance tax
Business wise profitability analysis and controllership
Metro Cash & Carry India Pvt. Ltd: (Jan’08 to May’09), Bangalore, India
(A German MNC - Wholesale (B2B) company)
Senior Executive Controlling
Preparation and analysis of various Investment proposals
Finding new investment opportunities with marketing dept. and preparation of related
reports
Sales and Margin analysis for each business and explaining the reason of variation
Meeting monthly MIS target with business unit wise breakup
Presentation of IPs to Board with related clarifications
Tracking each IP with actual performance and recommending action
Preparation of budget with strict deadlines
Creating management tools to measure financial and operational performance viz. trend
analysis, key performance indicators and management reports
3. MSPL Ltd: (Jan 2006 to Jan 2008), Bangalore, India
(A Baldota group of company with mining, Industrial Gas and steel Manufacturing)
Associate Manager – F&A
Expert knowledge in Trade Finance e.g. Letter of Credit, Bank Guarantee, Bill
discounting, Buyers Credit
Tracking and maintaining funds flow and currency exposure
Negotiating with banks for raising fund and non-fund based facilities and meeting
working capital requirements
Monitoring the inflow/outflow of funds, taking adequate measures to ensure optimum
utilization of funds
IT, Technical and Other Proficiency
Expert Knowledge in MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power point, advanced Simulation
10+ years working knowledge in SAP FICO module
3+ years expert knowledge in Oracle Finance and Qlik access
Boss, RMS and WMS work exposure
Business Intelligence and ER work exposure
Public speaking Mastery from Dale Carnegie
Annual Budgeting exercise through COGNOs
Direct reporting members of 14 people
International Exposure
Corporate SAP & Month closing training – Manila, Philippines
Deferred Tax training for global reporting – Shanghai, China
Global accounting procedure & automation in ERP - Dubai