Ashrith Kumar

Experience

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  Ramraj & Co, Chartered Accountants

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2018

  Articled Assistant

  - Handling Income Tax returns/Appeals for Societies/Trusts & Business entities- Was an active team member in a Statutory Central Audit for a reputed Public Sector Bank- 3 month thorough Statutory Audit for one of the biggest state owned Power Distribution Companies in India- Handled Internal Audit assignments for Textile Manufacturing & Public Health Department- Revenue & Concurrent Audit for several Public sector bank branches

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  Avery Dennison

  Apr 2018 - now

  Supporting the APAC Manufacturing leadership with financial analysis and monthly/quarterly results briefing. Working with Manufacturing Excellence teams for cost saving opportunities and benchmarking initiatives for a lean manufacturing P&L. Enabling and supporting decisions on footprint optimization and long term manufacturing strategy. Partnering with ASEAN region operations and supply chain teams with annual operating plans and long term strategy planning.Supporting business with analysis of costs and opportunities to reduce inefficiencies. Providing go/no go decisions, lease/buy decisions based on project financials. Working with supply chain team for inventory forecasting and managing inventory levels/write offs. Management reporting, forecasting & analytics of global SG&A costs. Also lead Opex investments and HC tracking. Key team member for improving finance employee engagement in the organisation globally. 2 year Global Organizational Leadership Development Program - hands on training in various sub-functions within finance (AR, AP, FAR, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Costing) along with manufacturing process improvement projects & working with cross regional teams worldwide.

  • APAC Ops Finance Manager (Materials Group)

    Aug 2023 - now

  • ASEAN Ops/Supply Chain Finance Manager (Materials Group)

    Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Associate Manager - Finance (Solutions Group)

    Aug 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Management Trainee (Solutions Group)

    Apr 2018 - Aug 2020