Dhaval Vimawala

Experience

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  Deloitte

  Sept 2007 - Oct 2010

  Article Assistant - Audit & Assurance

  Reliance Industries Ltd - Statutory Audit - Responsible for audit of Fixed Assets Schedule of the financial statements including related notes to accounts. - Design and Implementation of internal controls relating to Fixed Assets. - Member of the revenue audit team. Performed substantive audit procedures on sales for thereporting period and analytical review of product-wise sales for Limited Review purposes. - Member of the Stock verification team at Jamnagar location which is the largest refinery in theworld at a single location.Brinks Arya India Pvt Ltd - StatutoryAudit - Responsible for finalization of accounts and audit of Revenue, Expenses, Fixed Assets,Investments, Current Assets and Current Liabilities. - Design and Implementation of internal controls for various business cycles.Other clients audited were Visen Industries Ltd and Intermarket India Pvt Ltd Show less

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  Credit Suisse

  Nov 2012 - Nov 2016

  Analyst - Emerging Markets Financing (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

  Emerging Markets Financing Group- Senior Management Reporting (MIS)- Credit Analysis- RWA optimisation- Cashflow Projection - Financial Analysis - Covenant Monitoring- Credit Memos and Deal Sheets- Internal Stakeholders interaction for business queries - System Development - developed Loan Ranger system for covenant monitoring

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  Carestream

  Dec 2016 - May 2024

  Carestream Health is a $1 billion medical device company specialising in providing X-Ray Imaging solutions, headquartered in USA. I lead the Business Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis and Pricing for the Rs.600 crores Topline of South Asia Business. Projects: - Cost optimization: Achieved product cost correction of $148k / Rs.1.18 crores, thereby improving the bottom line by the said amount.- Accessories Sale: Developed an automated algorithm to predict potential sales opportunities, generating an incremental revenue of Rs.34 lakhs.- Turnkey: Achieved Rs.50 lakhs revenue by developing Turnkey Projects Tracker to identify cost overruns, which also resulted in identifying unaccounted revenue.- Order Size: Achieved 4% savings in Logistics cost by consolidating delivery of small orders.- Process Improvements: Designed the Spare Parts approval process thereby reducing approval requests by 92%.- Shop Carestream: Automated the order processing system in collaboration with IT, thereby reducing the order execution TAT.- MRP optimization: Optimized product MRP pricing based on the analysis of Dealer business profitability to ensure that Carestream maximizes profits.- Capex: Cost benefit analysis of shifting office to a new location.- GST Anti-Profiteering Project: Achieved compliance with GST law by estimating the savings in tax and passing on the benefit to the customers through price reduction.Core work areas:- Business Cases Preparation for evaluating deal profitability- Pricing Strategy/Simulation - AOP / Budgeting Annual and Quaterly - MIS Reporting / P&L Reviews- SG&A Reporting and Variance explanation- Transfer Pricing- Rebates - Control and Execution- Support for AuditsConducted Finance Training for employees across APAC region. Show less

  • Finance Manager | Asia Pacific | Digital Radiology

    Jan 2024 - May 2024

  • Finance Manager | South Asia

    Jul 2020 - Dec 2023

  • Assistant Manager - Finance | South Asia

    Dec 2016 - Jun 2020
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  Diversey

  Jun 2024 - now

  Lead Finance Manager | Financial Planning & Analysis

  Finance Business Partner heading the FP&A function for $100m business in South Asia.