Srikrishna Rao

- Responsible for Finance & Accounts function for group of company having 2 companies in Dubai and 1 in India. - Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate books of accounts including Payable/Receivable management, Payroll, Banking, GL Scrutiny, Month closure, Fixed Assets management etc. - Preparation and submission of monthly consolidated management accounts in line with month end time table and deadlines - Preparation of annual budgets and forecasts - Responsible for compliance to the VAT Rules & Regulations including filing of VAT returns - Co-ordination for scheduling Board Meeting, preparation of Board presentations - Working closely with the CEO on ad-hoc work and requests - Line manager of warehouse in-charge to control inventory management - Supervision of Administration, PR & HR functions apart from Finance & Accounts function.

- Providing support, service and advise on all financial matters to the company‘s management namely business planning, financial forecasting & budgeting, management accounting, MIS and all other financial and non-financial reports - Managing the accounts while designing and implementing systems & procedures; performing month closure activity to ensure that accounts are kept up to date including all reconciliations with the Bankers, Debtors, Creditors and Groups Companies, Fixed Assets Management, Employee Compensation, Payable/Receivable Management, GL scrutiny and reconciliation , Bank Reconciliation and so on - Audit co-ordination - Internal & External - Preparing annual budgets for the company and monthly variance analysis and implementing corrective action as well as formulating periodic and ad-hoc financial forecasts on companies planned performance - Engaged in preparing and presenting Management Reports, financial as well as operational, and Dashboard Reports to company’s management and Brand Team; consolidating financials for GCC regions and presenting the same to CFO and General Manager - Focusing on business planning, feasibility analysis of new stores, quarterly/yearly; supervising performance analysis of brands, cash flow statements and so on - Administering inventory control function namely approval of orders (OTB), inventory aging analysis, slow-moving/no-moving inventory analysis, turnover ratio, inventory holding period reporting, and so on to ensure that laid down norms are observed - Identifying opportunities for improvement, cost reduction & system enhancement; designing strategies & building adequate controls for all activities - Ensuring to support smooth review of budget vs. actual and conducting variance analysis; providing related financial analysis and reporting for organizational effectiveness - Evaluating internal systems / procedures, preparing audit reports and highlighting shortcomings & implementing necessary recommendations

- Reviewed statutory reports namely ST-3 Returns, STPI Annual Returns, STPI Monthly returns, PF/PT/TDS Returns and so on before filing as well as prepared schedules for PF, PT, TDS, ST, VAT - Managed tax compliances and secretarial compliances including statutory registers and minutes of the meeting - Spearheaded Accounts Team while implementing internal controls and procedure; ensured timely submission of required reports to the Head Office for consolidation of books of a/c with group financial - Contributed in the preparation of: o Financial Reports and Statements as required by Corporate Finance and/ or the Group’s External Auditors o Audit schedules and collaborated with Statutory and Internal Auditors and ensured audit to be completed within the deadline o GL Reconciliation and Certification Work Book on a periodic basis as per SOX requirements - Prepared MIS Reports for monitoring movement of key business indicators to facilitate decision-making and fruitful dissemination of information; engaged in the preparation of income statement, Balance Sheet, while ensuring timely and accurate monthly financial closing - Supervised the projects of process improvements and process efficiency improvements; ensured taking corrective steps on time for confirming smooth operations - Assessed compliance with governmental and jurisdictional regulatory requirements, financial accounting and auditing standards, and company policies to ensure that company assets were safeguarded - Directed the budget concepts for monitoring & controlling as well as evaluating the performance on monthly basis rather than annually

- Played a key role in managing: o Statutory Audit for Karuturi Ltd., Rinac India Ltd., Safina Hotel etc o Internal Audit/Concurrent Audit for U.A.E Exchange, Godrej Hi care India Ltd., RINAC India Ltd., GE Thermometric and so on o Special Assignments namely Expenditure Audit (G.M.R), Operational Audit (Amco Batteries, Bangalore), 100% E.O.U Compliance Verification (GE Thermometric, Bangalore), Sub-Contract Work Verification for (GE Thermometric, in Bangalore) - Focused on company law / certification aspect related activities like private placement of shares, initial public offer, allotment of shares, returns of allotments, issue of share certificates, maintenance of statutory registers, minutes of the meetings, filing of annual returns and accounts with registrar of companies, Form 24AA, Form DD-A, DIN Applications, certification under Companies Act/Income Tax Act and so on - Spearheaded efforts in managing the entire spectrum of Income Tax, Sales Tax and other Commercial Taxes