Komal Ahuja

Experience

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  Maruti Suzuki India Limited

  Mar 1997 - Mar 1998

  Cost Trainee
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  Indian Sugar and General Eng Corp (SSI)

  Apr 1998 - Apr 1999

  Accountant
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  Genpact

  May 1999 - Dec 2007

  Senior Financial Analyst

  Senior Financial Analyst Closing and Financial Reporting• Revamped SEC reporting process of transitioned businesses. Transformation resulted in improved quality and timeliness during critical hours of month end close • Supported merger of 4 sub-businesses. Worked closely with IT for system integration & data migration • Developed FAS 91 methodology for deferring loans and leases origination costSupervisory & Transition lead (Onshore & Offshore)• Led diversified and large teams. Teams were supporting offshore businesses FP&A, controllership, and regulatory reporting processes • Led multiple transitions from Europe and USA to GENPACT India• Resource management and cross training for seamless service delivery Show less

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  GE Capital

  Dec 2007 - Jun 2017

  With $50 billion in assets, GECI was the headquarters for GE Capital Commercial lending businesses in Asia and Europe. From 2010 to 2014, managed the finance controllership function of multiple GE Capital businesses in the USA. Due to a personal reason, I moved back to India in 2014. The GECI role was an HQ role in London, but negotiated for the role and cross-geographic team to be managed from India. During my tenure with GECI• Helped integrate Asia and Europe credit risk functions & teams. Integration resulted in synergies and cost savings• Drafted & implemented credit risk data policies and procedures. Implementation helped in the synchronization of reporting, tracking, & remediation of credit risk data deficiencies. New controls helped improve the timeliness & quality of Internal and External (Regulatory, SEC) reporting• Led cross-geographic teams in Asia and Europe for monthly and quarterly credit risk close and reporting for 30 regions and countries• Institutionalized process to reconcile Credit Risk & Finance numbers • Implemented quarterly review process and representation letter signoff by country CRO & CFO Show less GE Capital was the financial division of General Electric. GE Capital Americas was the regional HQ of GE Capital’s North American Operations. 2010 relocated from India to the United States. Led controllership function of multiple GE Capital business• Worked closely with the Commercial, Operations, Pricing teams for new deals • Led monthly close, account reconciliations, and quarterly & yearly Financial (SEC) and Regulatory reporting• Institutionalized segment & product level financial reporting. Updated processes resulted in improved analysis and reporting of segmental reporting • Led various reengineering projects – legal entity simplification, management entity simplification, equity account cleanup etc• Managed US, Mexico, and Canada resources Show less

  • Commercial Credit & Investment (Risk) Data Leader - Vice President

    Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

  • Assistant Financial Controller - Vice President

    Mar 2010 - Jul 2014

  • Assistant Vice President Finance

    Dec 2007 - May 2010
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  HSBC

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2018

  Vice President - Finance & Operations

  HSBC Global Finance Services has multiple operation centers in India. GFCs undertake offshore operations & support all HSBC global businesses from India• Established IFRS9 impairment methodology and process for the Retail Banking Business• Managed a team of 35 resources for impairment risk reporting • Monthly impairment review with global and regional risk (CRO) and finance (CFO) leadership team

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  GE Power

  Apr 2018 - Mar 2023

  Senior Finance Controller (CAO)

  GE Power India Limited is a publicly owned company. It has strong capabilities in engineering, manufacturing, project management, and the supply of products and solutions for power plants and power equipment• Led team of 40 accounting professionals for IndAs and US GAAP Financial Accounting, Closing, Reporting, Treasury, Indirect Tax, and Internal & Statutory Audits functions of multiple legal listed and unlisted entities • Ensured compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act & SEBI Regulations • Managed Investor relationship, Rating Agencies, and Independent Board of Directors• Collaborated excessively with cross-functional leaders (peers) & teams (Sourcing, Commercial, Project execution, etc) for New Contracts, Technical Accounting Assessments, Project margin reviews, Financial risk management, Revenue Recognition, SOX and Operational processes, Factory operations, etc• Lean trained, and re-engineered multiple workstreams for improved Cash Flow & margin• Led the Separation Management Office for Business Transformation, Carved out financials, Financial Due Diligence, worked with Big 4 and Business Development for the sale /restructure of the entities • Deployed and implemented a strategy for operational accounting work outsourcing to third-party service provider Show less

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  Warner Bros. Discovery

  Apr 2023 - now

  APAC Regional Controller and Head of Accounting COE

  Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming.Dual responsibilities: APAC Regional Controller and Accounting COE Leader. Leading a team of 100+; directors, associate directors, senior managers, and so on. Crafted a scalable organizational structure and established an Accounting COE for the group in Hyderabad. Scaled up the organization in Hyderabad from 5 to 100+ in a year’s time. 250+ is the targeted growth by next year. Team spread across multiple APAC countries. • STAT financials & filings, board meetings, Internal & STAT Audits of 50+ APAC legal entities • Financial Reporting, Regulatory (SEC & Local STAT) disclosures under US GAAP/IFRS/Local GAAP • Revenue accounting; Accounting assessment of new commercial contracts; Transfer Pricing; Indirect Tax; Monthly, Quarterly & Annual close; Account reconciliation; & other Record to Report (RTR) functions for 100+ APAC, EMEA, and US legal entities• Qtrly review of US GAAP financials (balance sheet & P/L) with the Global CFO and CAO with qtrly representation (SOX 302) letter for the APAC Region • Controllership oversight for business plans & long-range forecasting • Flawlessly transitioning US and EMEA controllership work from EMEA, Argentina, and the US to the Hyderabad Capability Center (HCC)• S4/Hana implementation • Established SLA and KPI for the HCC Accounting team • Created and implemented multiple employee engagement and Learning & Development initiatives for the newly established organization Show less