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Chief Financial Officer with 16+ yrs expenrience

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Chief financial officer – multinational qsr and manufacturing

strategic leader and exceptional developer of highly effective    finance organizations with extensive global experience and high-level expertise in global market. Holistic approach to integrating strategy, operations, purchases, inventory and finance.

Highly experienced in planning, implementing, and building        financial health of the organization for over one and half decade. Excellent experience in handling the entire financial activities of the organization and guiding the finance team. Outstanding leadership and demonstrated track record of improving financial performance of the organization, optimize productivity, and internal control.



Revenue and operating income catalyst skilled in identifying inefficiencies within financial and operational processes. Success in growth-oriented and turnaround situations, drives and set-up of effective internal control processes for con-trolling various leakages related to inventory, cash, assets etc…

Expert knowledge of international business innovative problem solver who understands business beyond just the num-bers and ensures        business growth in challenging and emerging markets. Expert-level M&A strategist.



Management of finance, accounts and treasury for multi-billion corporations across KSA, Middle East, Europe etc...  And drive organizational & profit growth; successful in identifying the areas of improvement and boosting efficiencies & financial excellence that lead to strong bottom line result.


Professional experience
dunkin donuts and other companies of group| ksa, germany, austria, spain and bahrain              7/2018 – present

a leading sole franchise of dunkin brand for saudi arabia, bahrain, germany and spain with 600+ stores globally with the total revenue more than $400m/sar1.5billion Globally with the head office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and other companies are in Healthcare, Private Equity, Constructions, and Pharmaceutical.

Chief Financial Officer, Global Finance
•    Recruited to create the robust financial and accounting processes and reporting with scalability for organization with diverse socio-geographic environment of the companies to deliver the monthly financials by 10th of next month which was being submitted minimum 120 days after month closes.
•    Report to CEO and Chairman to managed 35-person team in financials planning, budgeting, M&A activity, accounting, reporting. Re-engineered the department to reduce the workload by 30% and headcount by 20%.




•    Rebuilt integrity of financial reports by improving processes to develop more accurate financial information for deci-sion making for various stakeholders.
•    Developed processes and systems to allow for the majority of the Finance & Administration function to be centralized from our Head office in Riyadh.
•    Formation and  Implementation of  various Finance policies including  implementation of IFRS  and  other controlling strategies.
•    Finalization and Consolidation of financials, Project Reporting and MIS of various locations/ Businesses on Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly basis of various countries.
•    Selected for newly created strategic internal consulting role to advise on initiatives effecting global positioning, tactical actions and resource allocation for long-term initiatives, specifically related to M&A activity for Germany, Spain & oth-er markets and provided final analytical review for capital projects and acquisitions valued at $82M/SAR307M.


•    Effective  management  of  cash  flow  for  meeting  present  and  future  fund  requirement  as  per  business  plan.
•    Successful implementation of all modules of Microsoft Dynamics within 6 months which was in process from 2.5 years.

•    Delivered senior thought of leadership initiates for saving that spanned all global operations; attained $15M/SAR 56M in identified direct and indirect saving by setting up effective internal controls and removal of all leakages of cash and inventory and also saving of various financial charges.
•    Set-up of effective inventory management system to reduce expiry, wastages and leakages of inventory of all stores, warehouses and productions Globally. Reduced obsolescence risk of SAR 4M through weekly meeting to launch offers.


•    Streamline of Purchase department with the recruitment of right personnel and reduction of local purchase price by 10%-15%.
•    Serve as a financial consultant of shareholders for their  personal  investment  and  formalized  the  legal agreement.
•    Developed European Legal, Accounting, Tax and Treasury Team, creating structured process to work with Saudi Arabia headquarters and expand technical expertise; leveraged team to borrow $50M External Commercial Intercompany fa-cilities for acquisitions of Germany and Spain Franchise.


•    Performed value added analysis on risks and opportunities and presented options to management to make informed decisions that delivered revenue and profit through gap and swot analysis.
•    Owned and delivered new product launch in the store which is very successful in Saudi Market and thrive to extend the store menu for increasing the Sales.
•    Partnered with Management and report to gm and ceo, business planning & analysis to develop yearly, quarterly and monthly budgets for organization’s sar 800m operating plan and budget.

Develop annual operating plan      presenta-tions.
•    Successful implementation of IFRS and Compliance with Zakat, VAT, Transfer pricing and other requirements as per Saudi Law
•    Model wise Contribution & Profitability Analysis by identifying Variable Cost, Fixed Cost, allocating Direct Cost & appor-tioning Indirect Cost for optimization of cost and also for calculating department wise profitability.
•    Introduction of Various Sales Aggregators like Hunger Station, Jahez, etc… which has significantly increase the sales.
•    Group Multi billion investment portfolio management
•    Managing the project of new Start-ups(Confidential)

maestro pizza | riyadh, saudi arabia                                                            7/2016 – 6/2018

a leading qsr of pizza with more than 180+ stores in saudi arabia with the total revenue of $107m/sar 400m with the head office in riyadh, saudi arabia.

Financial Controller, Saudi Arabia

•    Selected as Head of Finance for a strategic role of streamlining the financial and accounting processes and reporting of the company to deliver the monthly financials by 7th of next month which was being submitted minimum 90 days after month closes.
•    Reports to CEO and managed team of more than 15-persons and financial operations for organization for Saudi Arabia. Restructured accounting and finance team, creating efficiencies and segregation of duties; right-sized department and                      communicated vision to staff, enabling financial improvement and timeliness.






•    Rebuilt integrity of financial reports by improving processes to develop more accurate financial information for deci-sion making for various stakeholders.
•    Developed processes and systems to allow for the majority of the Finance & Administration function to be centralized from our Head office in Riyadh.
•    Finalization and Consolidation of financials, Project Reporting and MIS of various locations/ Businesses on Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly basis of various countries.
•    Managed the cash flow in very effective manner to save the interest cost for more than SAR 1.5M and streamlined cash collections and Accounts Payable.
•    Successful implementation of  various Modules of  Oracle with the  automation of accounting of Sales and Purchases
•    Formation of various policies and ensures strict adherence of it.


•    Defining KPI of business and department. Set-up of budget of organization’s SAR 400M operating plan and budget for ensuring strict adherence to it for achieving desired saving of 10%.
•    Performed value added analysis on risks and opportunities and presented options to management to make informed decisions that delivered revenue and profit through gap and swot analysis.


•    Reduced obsolescence risk of SAR 4M through weekly meeting to launch new offers for liquidation thereof.
•    Successful implementation of IFRS and Compliance with Zakat, VAT, Transfer pricing and other requirements as per Saudi Law.
•    Model wise Contribution & Profitability Analysis by identifying Variable Cost, Fixed Cost, allocating Direct Cost & appor-tioning Indirect Cost for optimization of cost and also for calculating department wise profitability.
•    Effective  management  of  cash  flow  for  meeting  present  and  future  fund  requirement  as  per  business  plan.
•    Introduction of Various Sales Aggregators like Hunger Station, Jahez, etc… which has significantly increase the sales.


•    Preparation of listing to ipo

african industries group | romania, dubai, india and nigeria                              6/2013 – 6/2016

an indian group having diversified huge investment in nigeria, europe and involve in power sector, trading, manufacturing of steel, chemicals, tiles, pavements, shipping and construction company, automobile and agriculture etc.
Financial Controller, Romania, Dubai, India and Nigeria

•    Designated as Financial Controller for Romanian, Dubai, India and Nigerian companies to assist Group cfo, ceo and chairman to deliver the financial/accounting services for legal entity, ensuring that all accounting procedures and sys-tem are fully aligned.
•    Formation of organizational KPI and budgets and ensures that are met with financial planning and targets.

Overall con-trol over of all financial analysis and all financials transactions.
•    Managed team of  45+ direct/ indirect reports  and financial operation  for organizations with over  $1.5B  in revenue.
•    Work with management to grow the business and formulating plans lead and manage finance team produce and man-aged budgets etc.,


•    Managed all financial aspects of the African Industries where we successfully raised $300M funding for severe            projects and were significantly sufficient.
•    Rebuilt integrity of financial reports by improving processes to develop more accurate financial information for deci-sion making for various stakeholders.
•    Developed processes and systems to allow for the majority of the Finance & Administration function to be centralized from our Head office in Riyadh.
•    Formation and Implementation of  various Finance policies including  implementation of IFRS  and  other controlling strategies.
•    Finalization and Consolidation of financials, Project Reporting and MIS of various locations/ Businesses on Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly basis of various countries.
•    Successfully acquired the Pavement brick plant in Nigeria, 4300-hectare land for Agriculture and New Holland tractor sole dealership for Romania ,                                                                                                       
•    Efficient Management of cash flow for saving interest cost & foreign currency fund hedging with a total saving of $2M.

Effective  management  of  cash  flow  for  meeting  present  and  future  fund  requirement  as  per  business  plan.
•    Successful Implementation of Microsoft Navision.
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•    Listing to ipo

cts corporations | gurgaon-haryana, india                                            10/2010 – 6/2013

a leading us manufacturing of automotive sensors with the turnover of $146m with clientele of all leading car manufactured globally.


Head – Finance and Accounts
•    Selected to set-up the internal Finance Department with a robust reporting system to assist the Group cfo based in ny for complying with ny stock exchange and sox audits.
•    Successful arrangement of Export and Import License, EPCG license for promoting Global export and import to all ma-jor car manufacturer.
•    Defining KPI of business and department.

Set-up of budget of organization’s  $50M operating plan and budget for en-suring strict adherence to it.
•    Efficient Management of cash flow for saving interest cost & foreign currency fund hedging with a total saving of $1M.
•    Develop a strategic vision to create “center of analytical excellence” for incorporating offshore resources, a knowledge repository and partnering with information technology experts internally to develop business intelligence tools.


•    Rebuilt integrity of financial reports by improving processes to develop more accurate financial information for deci-sion making for various stakeholders.
•    Developed processes and systems to allow for the majority of the Finance & Administration function to be centralized from our Head office in Riyadh.
•    Formation and  Implementation of  various Finance policies including  implementation of IFRS  and  other controlling strategies.
•    Effective  management  of  cash  flow  for  meeting  present  and  future  fund  requirement  as  per  business  plan.
•    Finalization and Consolidation of financials, Project Reporting and MIS of various locations/ Businesses on Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly basis of various countries.


•    Adherence of statutory compliance such as roc, rbi reporting and preparation of  various  returns  like  tds,  service tax, pf return, sales tax return of delhi, haryana and west bengal and excise return.
•    Preparation & Analysis of various Financial Planning & Budgeting and cost related reports for top management.

Confederation of indian industries (cii) | new delhi, india                            1/2006 – 9/2010

the confederation of indian industry (cii) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in india, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes.

Manager – Finance and Accounts

•    Recruited to streamlining the financial and accounting processes and reporting of the company to deliver the financials timely on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
•    Preparation and finalization of financials, Project details, MIS, financial Planning, budget and its implementation and variance analysis of more than 120 offices Globally.
•    Managed all financial aspects of the cii where we successfully raised inr 7,000 million annually from govt. Of India in terms of grant and from bankers INR 500 million from banks for working capital.


•    Adherence of statutory compliance such as roc, rbi reporting and preparation of  various  returns  like  tds,  service tax, pf return, sales tax return of delhi, haryana and west bengal and excise return.
•    Ensuring the procedures for arrangement of credit limits, stock credit, working capital loan and business financing.
•    Assist cfo in defining kpi of business and department and set-up of budget of organization’s inr 10,000m operating plan and budget for ensuring strict adherence to it.
•    Assist CFO in preparations of model wise Contribution & Profitability Analysis by identifying Variable Cost, Fixed Cost, allocating Direct Cost & apportioning Indirect Cost for optimization of cost and also for calculating department wise profitability.





Dinesh gupta & company | new delhi, india                                  7/2004 – 12/2005

dinesh gupta & company is a chartered accountant company provide assistance in accounting, finance, taxation and various other services to its diversified clientele.

Senior Executive – Finance and Accounts (7/2005 – 12/2005)

Accountant (7/2004 – 7/2005)

•    Finalization of Accounts of Dinesh Gupta and Company and various other client on monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.
•    Statutory Audits, Internal Audit, Sales Tax Audit, Various Tax Audit and Sox Audit.

•    Adherence of statutory compliance such as roc, rbi reporting and preparation of  various  returns  like  tds,  service tax, pf return, sales tax return of delhi, haryana and west bengal and excise return.
•    Formation of new companies, registrations of VAT, Service Tax, Excise, Export-Import license, pan, tin etc.
•    Preparation & Analysis of various Financial Planning & Budgeting and cost related reports for top management.

Major Projects handled in Dinesh Gupta & Company

•    Rambol Telecommunication Ltd. - Statutory Audit and Transfer Pricing
•    Golden Textiles Mills Ltd.- Statutory Audit
•    Multivac Pvt. Ltd. – Internal Audit
•    Supreme Court Bar Association – Statutory, Library Audit
•    Milliman India Ltd.

– Preparation & Finalization of Accounts, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Excise, Tds, Payroll, Liaising with rbi & roc and auditors annual return
•    rockland hospital – internal audit
•    dinesh gupta & co.  - Preparation & Finalization of Accounts, Service Tax Return, Tds Return, Liaising with ROC and Au-ditors, Annual Return and Transfer Pricing.
•    Vishal Malhotra & Co.

-  Preparation & Finalization of Accounts, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Service Tax Return, Tds Return, liaising with ROC and Auditors, Annual Return, Transfer Pricing.
•    Akshya Estate Pvt. Ltd.

– Finalization of Accounts, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Service Tax &Tds Return, Payroll, Liaising with ROC and Auditors, Annual etc.,


Personal details
education

•    mba finance from symbiosis in 2009.
•    CA – Professional Competence Course from ICAI in 2008.
•    Bachelor in Commerce from Delhi University in 2007.


•    IT Couse from ICAI in 2008.
•    IFRS Certification from ICWA in 2014.
•    Pursuing cma from ima, us.



System and Skills

•    Microsoft Dynamic (erp) from cii and dunkin donuts.
•    Microsoft Navision (DMSERP), Cognos and Hyperion Training from cts
•    sap and saga software (erp) training from african industries in romania,
•    oracle training from maestro pizza in saudi arabia.

Category Finance & Management
Subcategory Accounting
What do you need? For a small or medium business
Is this a project or a position? Project
Required availability As needed

Delivery term: Not specified

Skills needed