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Finance Director Resume - Sample 1

• Seasoned professional with over X years of extensive experience in finance, administration & accounting in Retail & Services industry and with the strong ability to make the tangible connection between business and its financial performance for effective decision making.
• Proficient in handling finance function entailing strategy, business plans, capital budgeting, supply chain management and MIS reporting.
• Proven ability to improve operations, impact business growth & maximize profits through contributions in financial management, cost reductions & productivity improvements.
• Experience in conceptualizing and implementing financial policies and procedures including working capital management, internal financial controls, project financing and costing.
• A key member of the management team of a growing entrepreneurial company and an excellent communicator with demonstrated capabilities of contributing significantly.

• Designing business plans / strategies for maximizing profitability, addressing major strategic issues that can have an impact on the company's long-term future in terms of either expansion or divestment.
• Heading finance function involves determining financial objectives, designing & implementing systems, formulating policies & procedures to facilitate internal financial and process controls.
• Analyzing current performance, prioritizing growth opportunities, preparing business model, conducting variance analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Monitoring inflow / outflow of funds while taking adequate measures to ensure utilization of funds towards accomplishment of objectives.
• Developing analytics around key performance indicators to facilitate qualitative reporting.

• Served as member of the board and successfully supported the business successfully on all goals and objectives.
• Instrumental in providing support on expansion of new product lines, stores, channels, regional expansion & divestments.
• Played a key role in the set up of distribution business, e-commerce business & company set up in China, Hongkong, India, Kuwait & UAE.
• Functioned as an integral part of the team assigned to turn around the export business from the point of divesting to re-engineering.
• Implemented and monitored financial policies for effective compliance in the business and responsible for institutionalizing financial controls for effective cash flow management.

• Provided financial services, managed several operational projects and identified opportunities to reduce costs and maximize profitability.
• Supported the management on roll out of new concepts based on market research, financial feasibility and sensitivity analysis.
• Built qualified Annual Business Plan based on detailed analysis of previous and forecasted business performance.
• Prepared a solid MIS base for monthly reports highlighting the performance of the business with key findings and observations.
• Developed a team of qualified analysts to provide continuous support to the management on all aspects of financial and commercial decision making.

• Got "Best Director" at XXXX.
• Best Finance Team Award at XXXX.
• Received “Letter of Appreciation” for significant contribution towards HR Cost Optimization Initiative.

• Business Objects certified for undergoing training and completion of Business Objects Web Intelligence X1 R1/R2: Report Design (QA210R2).
• Six Sigma Green Belt & Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.
• Certificate of appreciation for contribution towards the development of “Resource Management Observer” as a world class BAM tool which won the Star Academy Award for the Initiative of the Year.
• Quality Management System Certified for undergoing training on various quality measures as per Industry Standards, specializing in Quality Management systems, models and processes.
• NCFM Certification in Capital Market (Dealer’s Module) from National Stock Exchange of India.
• NCFM Certification in Derivative Market Module from National Stock Exchange of India.

Finance Director Resume - Sample 2

• Finance Director to the $240m US research business of XXXX. XXXX is world's 3rd largest market research company.
• Demonstrated track record in maximizing business opportunities and consistently achieving corporate financial performance goals.
• Recognized as a hands-on, expert problem solver who can rapidly resolve cross functional business process problems, formulate strategic plans and implement change, with benefit to company's bottom line.

• Business Integration
• Controllership
• Change management
• Financial Planning
• Capital budgeting
• Effective Leadership

• Improved working capital cycle by reducing no. of days between project close and billing cycle.
• Reduced DSO from 66 to 61 days by improving timely collections through successful implementation of check points at process levels.
• Investigated and analyzed opportunities for reducing cost within the business, thereby creating a saving of $450K and actively championed this within the senior management team.
• Key role in supporting business finance partners and driving verticals to achieve their primary segment goals.
• Provide useful insights in monthly board report executive summaries through detail write-ups on company's financial health and future forecast to set up the stage for monthly exec business meetings.
• Reviewed group company policies & guidelines to ensure every accounting, legal and operational policy is implemented and visible at the lowest transactional level of the business unit.
• Reviewed finance organization and restructured team to improve timeliness and accuracy in monthly reporting.
• Reduced reporting man days by 17% in a relatively short span
• Successful implementation of SAP BPC reporting for US business region
• Refined revenue recognition & WIP concepts in business unit to ensure reporting is aligned to company's accounting policy and IFRS standards.

• Managed global budgeting & forecasting process for the entire organization ($900m revenue).
• Monitored Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in monthly results and created Risk/ Opportunity charts in the forecasting process in order to identify deviations from annual budgets.
• Enabled global best practices by constantly engaging regional team managers to standardize and implement the most efficient regional processes across globally.
• Lead central teams to monitor and cut costs and improve efficiency by implementing work streams at BU level which helped the business to save $0.4m.
• Coordinate company's half / full year published reports as per group company's listing norms in London Stock Exchange and accounting policies under IFRS standards.
• Monitor accounting of new acquisitions, classifying pre and post-acquisition entries for the group company consolidation, analyzed deferred consideration calculations and Earn out payments; harmonization of group accounting policies into the acquired company.
• Convergence of new standards & releases with the current statutory & management reporting requirements.
• Engaged with company's internal & external auditors to comply with company's audit & statutory requirements.

• Transformed key A/R & A/P processes and complex central charges allocation accounting processes to India.
• Saved $0.5m annually to the company's bottom line and also set the tone for accounting process transformation from other regions.
• Manage by exception in setting team goals & objectives. Implementation & supervision of new accounting/ reporting areas under Global finance department.
• Successful transformation of global reporting process from excel based reporting to Hyperion Essbase reporting standards.
• Created standard reporting processes for Western Europe region that led to complete offshoring of global reporting processes gradually.

• SWOT analysis of verticals for management presentation ensured adequate visibility of high margin, high volume verticals along with high risk & high return vertical units.
• Provided deep insights into capital budgeting by identifying best possible investments to maximize returns.
• Prepared monthly Board report summaries and presented business results and commentaries to the management.
• Created Global Service Delivery (GSD) model setups in financial systems and coordinated with management team to implement operational plans into action.
• Ensured cross functional coordination of finance team with IT & HR and successful implementation of budgets into the new delivery model.
• Prepared Bids for external IT projects & represented finance in the Bidding team.

• Documentation of existing costing systems at GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, USA. Set up a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for recording and capturing costs in order to enable Standard vs.
• Actual variances for regional analysis of monthly P&Ls
• Continuous monitoring of Regional Inventory costs for China by providing wing to wing remote support
• Used six sigma indicators to manage processes & evaluate the results against set standards and recommend improvements for future implementation
• Certified trainee for compliance in SOX 404 implementation in GE Capital, India

• Reported to the CFO of FMCG division and managed reporting & analysis for one of its biggest verticals in the $4bn multinational listed conglomerate.
• Successful delivery of all reporting and accounting needs including Cash Management System (CMS) and statutory compliances under Indian GAAP
• Managed monthly financial reporting, company's budgeting and forecasting requirements for the FMCG vertical.
• Prepared executive summary reports on the performance of the division
• Managed the Cash management system (CMS) for the FMCG vertical.
• Reengineered the CMS process in order to improve cash circulation and reduce no. of unreconciled entries
• Forecasting cash flow projections to minimize interest losses and consolidation cash pooling balances with Head office.
• Monitored working capital requirements with Bankers for Import L/Cs, Overdraft renewals & Bank guarantee limits
• Reconciled large accounts, built relationships with customers and reinstated the account receivables.
• Implemented staff training plans to stabilize accounting systems
• Competition analysis of FMCG sector against divisional results.
• Prepare and present comparative statements of financials of the competitors for benchmarking and driving business growth by highlighting key variances in company's financials as compared to competitors

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from XXXXXXXXXX State Board of Accountancy, 2008
• Chartered Accountant (ACA) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), 2001
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), from ISACA (USA), 2005
• Graduate in Accounting from Bangalore University, India, 1997

• SAP BPC, Hyperion Essbase, Cost Point, MS Solomon, MS Agresso, MS Office, Tally

Finance Director Resume - Sample 3

• Microsoft Excel
• Macros
• Microsoft Package

• Interpersonal Skills
• Communication Skills
• Strategizing
• Leadership skills
• Stress Management
• Time Management
• Decision Making
• Analytical and Problem Solving
• Team Building Skills

• Research and prepare the financial budget
• Conduct Financial Analysis and prepare the financial reports
• Provide Financial advice to all the departments as and when required
• Manage investments and reserves.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts.
• Develop and provide training opportunities for the financial staff.
• Solve queries of the respective departments as and when required.

• Successfully achieved all the targets and set goals
• Successfully executed the financial plans

• Chartered Accountancy (C.A) from Mumbai University
• MBA in Finance from Symbiosis University
• Certificate course in CFA

• Successfully completed Articleship with XYZ Co.
• Done a Financial Analysis Project with ABC co.

• Cricket
• Reading books