Suraj Upadhyay

Suraj upadhyay

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location of Suraj UpadhyayGurugram, Haryana, India
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  • Skills

    Good understanding of accounting and costing
  • About me

    -In short having 5 years experience in corporate world, currently working with HUL as Finance Executive from last 3 year. Professionaly I am qualified Cost Accountant and done my graduation in B.Com from DU.

  • Education

    • Delhi university

      2009 - 2011
      Bachelor of commerce - bcom accounts, costing, financial management, economics
    • Institute of cost accountants of india

      2012 - 2014
      Cost and management accountant costing, financial management, accouting, management reporting

      Activities and Societies: Discussion on economy, political etc. - Intermediate in 1st attempt ( Both Groups)- Final 2 attempt ( 2 groups- one by one )

  • Experience

    • Ircon infrastructure & services limited

      Nov 2012 - Dec 2014
      Management trainee

      -Day to Day Payment Processing- Financial Accounting- Conducting & Assisting various audits

    • Hindustan unilever limited

      Jul 2015 - Jun 2022

      •Responsible for the Traditional Trade Market’s (TT) Sales Finance function includes accounting, analytics, audit, commercial controls and sales business partnering•Driving Operational Efficiency (OE) framework for distributor and outlets for Northern region •Managing distributor credits, controlling receivables, handling exceptions and ensuring policy compliance•Undertake quarterly closure of ROI calculations for distributors•Driving and owning Sales Commercial Function KPIs in the region along with budgeting and variance analysis, MIS and Dashboards•Overseeing process controls w.r.t commercial and accounting activities (AR, TTS- schemes, Distributor claims & F&Fs, quarterly NDCs, monthly closing and unsaleable audit)•Responsible for region's statutory as well as internal audit and ensuring zero audit observations•Identifying opportunities for automation and driving the automation agenda for the zone and/or support to the central team•Partnering with key relevant stakeholders for the organization (CCM/BSM/ASM) level initiatives•Responsible to ensure commercial hygiene in the business for 250+ distributors in terms of fixed Margins, Appointment & F&F, DSE, monthly claims etc. Show less -Responsible for AR & AP from Customers like Amazone, Flipkart-Promo claims Validation and Processing-Terms of Trade validation and processing-Monthly review of Actual Vs Target and alignment with customers to avoide future differences-Quatelry Budget preparation and review -Provisions Management-Ensuring Pure Nil claim from customers on quarterly basis-Business partnering with Supply Chain and Marketing team derive strategy-Performance management, growth of Category, Margin of Products etc Show less -To ensure payment OTIF (On time In full) with Vendors -Drive FINE ( Financial Excellence )-Drive PACE ( Process & Control Excellence ) and Governance to ensure internal & operational hygiene-Monthly Internal Audit and reporting to ensure all standard of process (SOPs)-Quatelry & Yearly Budget forecasting, preparation and alignment with stakeholders-Monthly MIS for cost of production, factory cost, Material cost & review of variances against its target with root cause analysis (RCA) and Sign off from respective teams-Driving Savings Ideas to Deliver Make cost Target -Material Variance Analysis at material, category level and it's RCA -Monthly review of Cpx Tracker with Engg. Team to ensure timely capitalisation of Assets-Weekly Inventory Review and Management to reduce working capital-To ensure NIL observations in Statutory, Tax Audit & Internal Audits -Leading the Cost Deployment Pillar in WCM -Ensuring right costing of products to ensure related party transactions guidelines-Ensure right margin at category level and product level -GST sales and purchase validation -Business partnering with Supply chain team to drive operational efficiency-Evaluation of Cpx & post implementation of Cpx-Smooth Mock and Month Closing of books -Ensure right cost booking with right GL code, cost center, right products-Accounting, tax Budget & quotations hygiene at time of purchase requisition approval in system Show less

      • Regional Finance Manager

        Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
      • E-COM-Finance

        Jan 2019 - Jul 2021
      • Commercial & Finance Senior Executive

        Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
      • Executive Trainee Finance

        Jul 2015 - Dec 2015
    • Lifestyle international pvt ltd

      Jul 2022 - Dec 2023
      Regional commercial head (homecentre)-north & east region

      Responsible for end to end for all commercial activity for North and East Region

    • Somany ceramics ltd

      Jan 2024 - now
      Financial controller

      Leading Bathware Category and Bathware Plant Finance

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Icai