Basel Metropolitan Area
Accomplished and resourceful professional with substantial international experience in finance, with a Swiss Certified Accountant focused in Audit from Academy of Swiss Certified Accountants and an MBA from IMD (Executive MBA program). Repeated success in refinancing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, turnaround management, business review, performance measurement and improvement, financial project, and change management. Delivered strong and sustainable revenue/income gains with equal expertise in capturing cost reductions through process redesign and performance management. An elite communicator with comfortable communicating at all levels with focus on establishing strong relationships with key clients and leading multi-functional teams. Established and maintained cross-collaborative cultures among executive teams and stakeholders and acts as proactive change agent and mentor. Excels in demanding, highly visible environments.
Cerdia, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a global chemical company and manufacturer of cellulose acetate.
Manage the entire finance functions worldwide (managing approx. 160 finance professionals, including approx. 70 professionals in the outsourced to shared service centre) with consolidation function (consolidate 30+ companies every month in accordance with IFRS) for continuous working functions. Develop robust finance organisation and process as well as devise financial strategy in line with overall business objectives by working collaboratively with Group CFO. Ensure compliance with local rules and regulations as well as the external global audit and process owner of record-to-report process (R2R) and IT finance projects as per requirements.
As Head of Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting at Bühler Group, I managed group reporting and consolidation team with responsibility of consolidation of group companies on monthly basis in line with IFRS. I organised and conducted the group wide external audit and prepared consolidated financial statements (IFRS). I created and maintained the group accounting manual and made the monthly management reporting. I oversaw and ensured the financial integration of newly acquired company. I designed new Group Accounting Manual and launched web-based learning series for finance topics and enhanced transparency and spread cash-flow awareness by establishing new bottom up cash-flow statement.
Managed the audit for large multinational and local clients, listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange with focus on IFRS and Swiss GAAP FER. Delivered advisory and consulting services across transaction accounting, IFRS conversions, advanced process improvements, capital market transactions, and IPO listing support. Coordinated external client events about new developments in accounting and financial reporting. Streamlined the project with costs management to public listed Group in Switzerland. Provided capital optimisation and bond offering with international group that listed in Switzerland.
Facilitated and guided clients on IFRS conversion projects with responsibility for go-to-market initiatives. Arranged and organised the client events on IFRS conversion as well as administered the cross-border transactions between Switzerland/Germany and India. Spearheaded IFRS conversion projects across different industries, such as construction, life science, real estate, and transportation. Completed due diligence and finance projects and led the implementation of consolidation software (Hyperion) and accounting manual in accordance with IFRS.
Broad comprehensive audit experience; serving large multinational clients as well as local clients; focus on IFRS and Swiss GAAP FER; implementing Internal Control Systems, work on due diligence and finance projects