Ankit Maheshwari

Quick Heal is India’s only listed company in cybersecurity & data protection space & one of the leading providers of solutions to Consumers (B2C), Businesses (B2B) & Government (B2G). Associated as Chief Financial Officer & Strategic business partner to senior executive leadership team. Skills: Business Strategy · Business Performance Management · Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) · Due Diligence · Business Finance Partner · Budgeting · Corporate Affairs · Risk Management · Legal

Datamatics Business Solutions is a pioneer in providing intelligent Business Process Management (iBPM) services. Our integrated offerings include Database Solutions & B2B Marketing, Demand Generation & Sales Acceleration, Business Research, Finance & Accounting Outsourcing, Payroll and Contact Center Services. Part of Executive Leadership team and is responsible for end to end finance, accounting and treasury operations including legal and procurement. Skills: Business Strategy · Business Performance Management · Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) · Business Finance Partner · Consolidation · Risk Management · Legal · Supply Chain

SG Analytics, a Global Insights and Analytics company, provides tech-enabled, productized solutions and services in Data Analytics, ESG, investment, etc. Part of Leadership team and is responsible for end to end finance, accounting and treasury operations including all statutory compliances relating to GST, Income Tax, DGFT and SEZ laws Finalization of annual reports including overseas subsidiaries and its consolidation with day-to-day accounting and significant focus on invoicing, collections, payments and reimbursements. Setting up internal controls and processes including designing of AP and AR process leading to optimization of working capital Introduced annual budgeting cycle and monthly MIS, along with variance analysis Treasury and Funds Management including Forex Forward & Options Contract hedging Accountable for statutory compliances (GST, Direct tax, Softex {SEZ}, PF, PT, Companies Act) Responsible for Government subsidies (SEIS) and Service tax / GST Refunds Driving cost optimization initiative including Vendor management Contract discussions with clients and its management Additionally, responsible for Operational Excellence and Compliances (ISMS - ISO 27001 from BSI and EU General Data Protection Regulation {GDPR} from TUV)

Controlling role Finance Controller for Opex / Headcount reporting for Vodafone Finance Shared Services globally Handling 3 locations including Europe (Budapest)} Budgeting & MIS – Business Plan, Operating Plan and Cost Centre-wise Budget, forecasting Additional support to Group Head during year-end certification, risk and issue log analysis Support Pune Location Lead in key decision making Finance Operations role - Opex Capex Management Fin Ops support for operating expenses for VGS including Balance Sheet analysis with substantiation Ensure compliance to Group accounting standards and to other policies including Core Business Model Month-end closing and reporting. Providing commentaries & variance analysis for senior management and interpret and review financial results across all Group Common functions Identification and proactive management of key stakeholders within Vodafone Group Services, Fin Ops, FSSC and external parties such as auditors

Controllership role Budgeting – Overall incharge for finalization of Annual Budget i.e. Business Plan, Operating Plan and BU and Department-wise Budgets, Break-Even Analysis, deciding timelines, discussion and strategizing with CMD / CFO MIS – Business results analysis and reporting on periodic basis as per the reporting deadlines, forecasting, and presentation for review with Exco (Group and Business unit-wise) Pricing and Costing – Preparation of Model-wise pricing and analysis of Model-wise costing Risk review of Project Quotes for new business price negotiations Determination of Estimated cost of different products/projects for different geographic regions/countries to enable Bidding, pricing and negotiation process. Fund Management including liasoning with banks for various short and long-term requirements Cash Flow Budgeting, Forecasting and Monitoring

Finalization and audit of balance sheet and Profit and loss account on periodic basis as per I-GAAP Ensuring taxation compliances for corporate tax and Service tax Core team member for overseas acquisitions and involved in financial and legal DDR Liasoning with Bank and Financial Institutions for Term Loan and Working Capital Loan (Fund Based and Non Fund Based), Inter Corporate Deposits, Promoter Funding etc

Responsible for Annual Financial Statements including Tax Audit, Sales Tax (VAT) Took active part in reducing input cost through vendor negotiation, responsible for leave and license agreements with owners including support to legal

Responsible for Financial Statements of group companies including Tax Audit Part of due-diligence exercise by E&Y for Citi group

Finance and Accounts

BCom (Hons)