Deepak Kalera

Experience

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  Autoline Industries Ltd

  Apr 2007 - Jan 2009

  GM-Finance

  General Manager-Finance• Team Management of 20 finance professionals, including accounting, tax and financial planning.• Worked as team Member in designing, establishing and successfully launch of ERP systems: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.• Preparation of management information from source data, producing monthly results & analytical review of monthly P& L, Balance sheet.• Overseeing internal financial controls.• Experience of consolidation & reporting of overseas companies and operations.• Sound understanding of month end process.• Responsible for timely & accurate Statutory & Corporate compliances.• Fixed Asset management and reporting (Asset Size worth Rs 100 crores plus).• Shared Services: Monitoring and Supervising Shared Services Dept. activities handling approx.700 suppliers\ vendor’s profile.• Review of credit lines and submission of various financial data to the banker’s like-CMA, Liquidity position, Working capital position, MSOD etc.• Handling various Income Tax & Sales tax Assessments of the company.## Joined as DGM-Finance and promoted as GM-Finance within a period of one year from the date of joining based on the performance. Show less

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  KSH International Pvt Ltd.

  Jul 2009 - Feb 2013

  Finance Controller

  Financial Controller • Team Management of 8 finance professionals, including accounting, tax and financial planning.• Worked as Core team Member in designing, establishing and successfully launch of ERP systems: MFGPRO (QAD).• Independent & smooth execution of new state of art production facility at Chakan worth Rs 25.00 crores by arranging adequate funding arrangements & credit lines from banks.• Yearly Review of credit lines and submission of various analytical financial data to the banker’s like-CMA, Liquidity position, Working capital position, MSOD etc.• Responsible for Treasury Management functions like:1. Application and establishment of LC’s & BG’s –domestic and international.2. Forex management of export and import rates.3. Forward contracts.4. Post-shipment and pre-shipment loan arrangements with various bankers.• Regular Internal & External auditing of Financials & Other financial processes.• Overall responsibility for preparation, presentation & analytical review of Company’s financials on monthly, quarterly & yearly basis.• Business partner to company departments & managers to ensure budgetary requirements and compliances. Preparing budgets, variances and analysis.• Involved in Business planning, P & L, Margin review, Balance Sheet & Liquidity Planning.• Responsible for timely & accurate compliance of Statutory & Corporate compliances. Show less

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  Deepak S. Kalera & Associates

  Mar 2013 - Apr 2014

  Proprietor

  Associated with few of the Chartered Accountants in Pune & undertaken Short Term Assignments for Clients having external interface with :• Banks/ Financial Institutions• Service Providers• Statutory / Regulatory agencies• Auditors • Monitor various activities for the SME’s within the Company/firms for compliance with effective MIS and reporting mechanisms.

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  Quick Heal Technologies Limited

  Apr 2014 - Apr 2022

  Group Finance Controller

  • Successful launch of IPO for Quick Heal Technologies Limited within the record time of 200 days. • Worked on Share Buyback project for Quick Heal ( 2019 & 2021)• Have raised finance from Venture Capital, NBFC's & Banks and also successfully led acquisition stake in Overseas Companies.• Equity / Debt Fund Raising • Preparation & discussion of Investor presentations and various related reports for fund raising activities.• Involved in Successful and effective implementation of Internal Financial Controls (IFC). • Team Management of 25+ finance & Accounts professionals at Head office and 30 reportees at various branches in India, 4 at overseas subsidiary. • Monthly Review of Financial Statements and submission of various analytical financial data to the BOD.• Handling Treasury functions for approx. fund size of Rs 150/- crores (Pre IPO) and approx. Rs 375/- crores (Post IPO). Responsible for Treasury Management functions like: Target of Maximizing the Returns on these funds with proper tax planning. Investment of these funds in Liquid, Short term /Money Market, Banking PSU, Tax Free Bonds, FMPs and Long term Funds. • Handing Commercial for Supply Chain Management \ Vendor Management System for the group. • Risk Assessment & Risk Management System for the Company.• Regular Internal & External auditing of Financials & Other financial processes for Parent Company, Group Companies and Overseas Subsidiaries.• Preparation, presentation & analytical review of Company’s financials on monthly, quarterly & yearly basis.• Prepare budgets , variances and analysis.• Involved in Business planning, P & L, Margin review, Balance Sheet & Liquidity Planning.• Compliance of Statutory & Corporate compliances.• Handling overseas subsidiaries in Africa, Dubai, US and Japan. • Successful & safe transition to GST Regime. Conducted various in-house sessions on GST, prepared various whitepaper on GST functioning and trained the company officials. Show less

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  Xpressbees (BusyBees Logistics Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)

  Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

  Senior Director Finance

  • Company Turnover of over Rs 2,400/- crores in 4 different segments • Involvement in workings for Due Diligence processes for secondary stake sales by Fund Houses• Develop improved business processes to provide greater transparency, more accurate reporting and better identification of cost-saving opportunities.• Involved in discussions related effective implementation of Internal Financial Controls (IFC) as a part of Risk Control Mechanism (RCM).• Providing guidance & collaboration with some 50+ finance & Accounts professionals at Head office, Branches.• Overall responsibility for preparation, presentation & analytical review of Company's financials on monthly basis to the BOD , CEO and other Important Company Stakeholders• Monitoring of Treasury related transactions and functions.• Risk Assessment & Risk Management System for the Company.• Working on automation of Fixed Asset management and related software. Also involved in discussions and implementation of CRM software and legal compliance software’s. Show less

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  Suratwwala Business Group Limited

  Jan 2023 - now

  Group Chief Financial Officer

  As a Group CFO I have been working on :• Fund Raising in the form of Equity and Debt. ( IPO , Dealing with VC/PE )• Risk Assessment in the areas of IT, Security, Personnel, and Compliance etc.• Leadership Skills in the areas of Team management, Optimization of Spends, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Automations.• Finance Analytical aptitude in the domains of Sales and Marketing, SCM, Procurements, IT Infrastructure.• Communication and Collaboration • Strategic Decision making • Investor Relationship and Stakeholder Management.• Driving Digital i.e. use technology to streamline and automate Show less