1. Senior Finance Manager
Sistema Shyam Teleservices
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 21st
September 1974
Languages Known: English,
Hindi & Bengali
Address: 1710 Housing
Board, Sector 31, Gurgaon,
Haryana - 122001, India
Profile Summary
Sr. Manager –Corporate Finance with over 10 years of experience in Business
Finance, Planning & Analysis, Management Reporting and General Accounting
Expertise in developing operational procedures, automations, planning &
implementing effective control measures
Proficient in maximizing financial performance, driving growth, generating
revenues, improving market share, improving profits & team performance
Excellence in implementing systems, procedures & manuals for preparation &
maintenance of statutory books of accounts & financial statements; ensuring
compliance with statutory requirements
Experienced in conceptualizing & implementing financial procedures including
working capital management, internal financial controls & costing
Senior Manager with skills in adopting latest technology, systems in compliance
with quality standards with expertise in swiftly ramping up projects with competent
cross-functional skills and on time execution
Excellence in implementing systems, procedures & manuals for preparation &
maintenance of statutory books of accounts & financial statements; ensuring
compliance with statutory requirements
Career Timeline
Core Competencies Finance & Accounts Business & Financial Planning
Budgeting & Forecasting Internal Controls
Risk Compliance Process Automation
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Kariwala Exports
as Accounts
Assistant
Bharti Airtel as
Head - Revenue
Accounting &
Reporting
Sistema Shyam
Teleservices as Sr.
Manager –
Corporate Finance
Sep’96 – Dec’99 Since Jan’12Jun’03 – Aug’06
TATA Teleservices
as Head –
Business Finance
Reliance
Communications
as Retail
Commercial
Executive
Vinayak
Technologies as
Commercial
Executive
Sep’06 – Jul’09 Aug’09 – Dec’11Jan’00 –May’03
2. Organizational Experience
Since Jan’12 with Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited (MTS India), Gurgaon as Sr. Manager – Corporate
Finance
Projects:
Annual Operating Plan (Budgeting & Forecasting) – automation
Distribution Profitability
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
Aug’09 – Dec’11 with TATA Teleservices Limited (TATA - DOCOMO), Lucknow as Head – Business Finance
Growth Path:
Aug’09 – Jun’11 Head – Business Finance (GSM mobility)
Jul’11 – Dec’11 Head – Business Finance (Unified Mobility - GSM & CDMA)
Sep’06 – Jul’09 with Bharti Airtel Limited (AIRTEL), Patna as Head - Revenue Accounting & Reporting
(Bihar Circle)
Growth Path:
Sep’06 – Feb’07 Sr. Executive – Finance
Mar’07 – Feb’09 Assistant Manager – Finance
Mar’09 – Jul’09 Head - Revenue Accounting & Reporting
Role:
Coordinating in the development & launch of commercial financial business plans/budgets, monitoring adherence to
agreed commercial plans, and reporting variance with suggested corrective actions wherever necessary
Analyzing & reporting commercial KPIs (Revenues, Traffic, Customers, ARPU/ ARPM/ Usage, Retail penetration,
asset productivity and so on)
Performing Profitability Analysis with cross-functional departments across distribution channel (site, distributor &
retail outlet), product-line (voice, data, prepaid, postpaid), business segment (Mass Retail, Branded Retail,
Enterprise, Modern Trade and so on) and geographical locations
Conducting pre & post financial profitability evaluations of all commercially driven activities including product
promotions, tariff changes, site rollout, new product development projects and so on
Partnering with cross-functional teams to drive special projects (cost optimization, identification of revenue
enhancement opportunities)
Coordinating & ensuring weekly/monthly/ quarterly review of the commercially agreed plans to measure actual
performance against set targets, and reverting with remedial measures/action plans
Interacting with various stakeholders in month-end closing, cost and revenue accruals and management reporting
Ensuring compliance with policies & procedures of the client organization applicable to the client organization
Managing cross-functional teams at the firm and at the client organization; providing regular training to the
employees
Analysing monthly financial results for providing insightful business analysis which support management in making
justified investment decisions for maximising profitability & optimising costs
Spearheading finance function including cost accounting, general accounting, accounts payable, credit control &
Capex
Monitoring internal controls to ensure accurate financial reporting & proper safeguarding of the company’s assets
Developing business key performance indicators and proactively identifying areas for corrective action
Significant Accomplishments:
With Sistema Shyam Teleservices:
Launched & implemented the annual financial business planning and budget process across all verticals
Implemented Distribution Profitability (a tool for measuring organization profitability from existing set of distribution
/ distributors for driving OIBDA positive target of our organization) at PAN India level; appreciated by CEO MTS
India for the same
Increased cost efficiency by 5% and improved profitability through various cost control initiatives
With Tata Teleservices:
Spearheaded the Business Finance team to perform day-to-day financial operations, accounting of revenue &
3. expenditure and claim settlement (channel, vendor and employee)
Conducted commercial business & financial planning, market trends analytics, competitor analytics and performance
analytics
Conceptualized & designed ‘Settlement of Account’ for distributors & retailers, led to automation in channel payout &
settlement; received appreciation at national level
Supervised the pre-launch project assignments for recruitment, orientation & training of finance team members,
inventory planning, process/ control design, and system integration, projection of subscriber and revenue for new
sites / towns rolled out
With Bharti Airtel Limited:
Completed Six Sigma projects in Revenue Accounting
Created the model for analysis of metrics by revenue drivers for the Mobility and Enterprise businesses for all
markets thereby increasing the forecast accuracy as well as facilitating effective decision making
Introduced innovations in the monthly MIS, which enabled management to reduce slow moving inventory and
increase the gross turnover of SBU
Previous Experience
Jun’03 – Aug’06 with Reliance Communication Limited, Kolkata as Retail Commercial Executive (Eastern
Region)
Growth Path:
Jun’03 – Dec’03 Store Operation Executive
Jan’04 – Aug’06 Retail Commercial Executive (Eastern Region)
Jan’00 – May’03 with Vinayak Technologies, Kolkata as Commercial Executive
Sep’96 – Dec’99 with Kariwala Exports Limited, Kolkata as Accounts Assistant
Certification
Six Sigma Certification (YB)
Academic Details
Certificate in Business Finance from Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA – UK)
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from Annamalai University, Chennai in 2008
B.Com. (Hons.) from University of Calcutta, Kolkata in 1996
Masters Diploma in Software Applications in 1996
