1. Manish Gupta
B-502, Gahlot Majesty, Plot 3A, Sec -46A, Nerul (W), Navi Mumbai-400706
M.No 9768199500 Email: manish2.gupta@gmail.com
SR. FINANCE PROFESSIONAL
CA from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with over 17 years of experience in making strategic
contribution in corporate governance thru financial management and controls
PROFILE:
❖ Over 17 years of rich experience in Finance and Commercial Operations,
involving MIS reporting, Strategic Dashboard, Revenue, Financial Planning, Analysis and
Business Controls, maximization of EBITDA, Enforcement of strong and robust Internal
Controls, Treasury Operations, Business Transformation and Transition, Revenue
Assurance and Risk Management.
❖ Formulating business strategies through robust financial planning and strategic utilization &
optimal deployment of resources to achieve accelerated growth of revenues and audience,
thereby maximizing cost effectiveness and profitability of operations.
❖ Identifying quality improvements, risk and cost reduction opportunities leading to gains in
efficiency and effectiveness through analysis of Financial and Non-Financial data on
various surrogates of functional performance
❖ Adept at spearheading the operational aspects such as Validation of business value
proposition from cost and risk prospective of new business/product offering, crashing of
cash to cash to cycle, implementation of leading/best practices in order to improve cost,
turnaround time, customer satisfaction and service levels.
❖ Proficient in designing and implementing process improvements/standard operating
procedures with proven ability to achieve financial discipline and enhancing the overall
efficiency of the organization, to supplement extra ordinary organic growth.
❖ Playing a proactive strategic role in supporting Business Transformation objectives in
terms of leveraging internal/external best practices and standardization of process flows,
pursuant to Business Process Re-engineering and process mapping, through selection
and use of appropriate diagnostic tools.
❖ Ensuring statutory compliances in terms of indirect taxation and other statutory acts in line
with mandatory enactments.
Professional Work Experience
Role Company Period Tenure
1.
National Reporting &
Channel Ops
Reliance
Communications
Nov’13 – till date
2.
Regional Finance
Controller.
Aircel Limited
Sept 08 –Nov’13 5 yrs 2
months
3.
DGM – Corporate
Finance & Accounts
Essar Telecom
Infrastructure Ltd.
Sept’07 - Aug'08 11 Month
4.
Sr. Manager
(Corporate Finance &
Accounts)
Tata Teleservices
Limited
Mar’04 – Sept’07
3 Yrs,6
Month
5. Circle Finance Head
Bharti Cellular
Limited AIRTEL
July’03 – Mar’04 8 Month
6.
Manager – Finance &
Accounts
Escotel Mobile
Communications Ltd.
Sept’98 – Jun’03
4Yrs,11
Month
7.
Assistant Manager
Finance & accounts
Texport Syndicate Jan’97 – Aug’98
1Yrs, 8
Month

2. Reliance Communications (Mumbai) Nov’13 –Present
National Reporting, Channel Operations & Product Pricing
(AVP)
• Systematized MIS reporting process designing MIS templates/periodicity of reporting.
Developed dashboards for performance measurement for middle and top
management.
• Formulate the corporate budget for the various functions and territories
• Implement budgetary controls to enforce fiscal discipline across all functional areas
and across all territories
• Evaluate various opex, capex & customer proposal basis ROI and payback analysis.
• Create financial and operational efficiencies, through efficient P&L analysis and
implementation of proactive financial controls.
• Supervised the channel life cycle management
• Ensuring effectiveness of controls to ensure optimum delivery for the organisation.
• Risk Management in terms of appraisal and fixation of Channel credit line through
scientific parameters
• Playing key role in all vital capital investment decisions of the company contributing
strong analytical inputs.
• Efficiently manage diverse activities in financial domain having strategic value in
corporate governance
• Managing a team of officers/staff and constantly enthusing them to set performance
benchmarks for others to emulate.
Aircel Limited (Mumbai) Sept '08 –Nov’13
Regional Finance Controller (WEST)
(General Manager)
Finance & Accounts:
• Steering entire finance & accounting activities in the region, building internal controls
with final responsibility to enforce financial discipline
• Formulated and Implemented the Functional Business Strategy across the region in
line with the business vision, align the key business drivers, build action plans, and
lead the team to deliver the business objectives.
• Structuring operations budget and conducting periodic performance reviews to identify
negative variances and plug loopholes / leakages.
• Responsible for operational metrics analysis, and building and driving Internal Controls
through robust business processes, identifying areas of improvement, business
process re-engineering and process standardization
• Risk Management in terms of appraisal and fixation of Subscriber and Channel credit
line through quarterly hind sighting
• Maintaining the delinquency at lowest possible ratio and devising and implementing
appropriate recovery strategies, in order to facilitate end-to-end transition of Accounts
Receivables and Collection Process
Financial & Business Planning, Analysis and Business Controls:
• Initiate and gain thorough understanding of underlying business drivers and lead
strategic planning efforts to create financial and operational efficiencies, through P&L
analysis and implementation of proactive financial controls
• Driving Profitability of Operation through Cost Leadership and leveraging various
revenue streams
• Determining financial objectives, designing & implementing financial control systems
• Driving business planning and forecasting process - build and maintain forecasting
models, provide in-depth analysis on financial and operational metrics, and bring new
insights regarding forecasting techniques/analysis
• Systematized MIS reporting system to provide vital inputs on business operations to
the senior management on regular basis.

3. Achievements:
• Single handedly set up the finance function in Mumbai & Maharashtra circles.
• Registered marked improvement in the rank of region within company on fiscal tracker
scores (captures the timeliness and accuracy of Financial & Business reporting).
• Improved the circle internal audit scores as represented by Internal Compliance
Environment (ICE) scores from around satisfactory levels to near well control levels.
• Introduced structured planning process leading to high degree of forecasting accuracy.
Prior Jobs:
Essar Telecom Infrastructure Ltd. (Mumbai) Sept’07 - Aug’08
DGM – Corporate Finance & Accounts
Tata Teleservices Limited (Mumbai/Lucknow) Mar’04 –Sept’07
Sr. Manager (Corporate Finance & Accounts)
Bharti Cellular Limited (AIRTEL)(Shimla) July’03 – Mar’04
Circle Finance Head
Escotel Mobile Communications Ltd. (Sonipat) Sept’98 – Jun’03
Manager – Finance & Accounts.
Texport Syndicate (Bangalore) Jan’97 – Aug’98
Asst Manager – Finance & Accounts.
Major jobs handled:
• Create financial and operational efficiencies, through efficient P&L analysis and
implementation of proactive financial controls. .
• Deliver return on investment through cost drivers and evaluation of various business
value propositions, leading to higher profitability levels
• Leading, training and mentoring the finance, planning, Internal Controls and Risk
Management teams for improving their efficiency
• Ensured complete control over receivable’s from various customers (corporate and
individual), so that bad debt was under control.
• Custodian of the Internal Controls at the Operating Unit.
• Responsible for implementation and perpetual improvement of the existing levels of
the internal controls and business processes
• Building and driving Internal Controls through robust business processes, identifying
areas of improvement, business process re-engineering and process standardization
across the value chain.
• Ensuring statutory compliances in terms of indirect taxation and other statutory acts in
line with mandatory enactments.
• Create financial and operational efficiencies, through efficient P&L analysis and
implementation of proactive financial controls.
• Ensure proper funding and optimum utilization of funds, these include loan approvals,
loan disbursement and maintain relationship with the banks.
• Book closure and finalization of accounts as per Indian GAAP & IFRS.
Achievements:
• Developed a standard model and process for triennial budget for the company.
• Credited with rolling out Business Plans for internal decision-making.
• Systematized MIS reporting process designing MIS templates/periodicity of reporting.
Developed dashboards for performance measurement for middle and top
management.
• Implemented SAP in 2 organisations.
• Was awarded a Town Hall award in TTSL for improving the payout mechanism for the
trade partners, hence resulting in increased efficiency.
Education:
◆ Chartered Accountant - ICAI, 1997. M.No. 077439
◆ B.Com - University of Kanpur, 1992.
Date of Birth: 02nd May 1970