Amit
CFO/Chief Financial Officer - India - iCEO #80835

Experience

A seasoned development sector professional with 25+ years of experience with the UN, MNCs, Multilateral Funding agencies, Governments, and CSOs in 38 countries in Southeast Asia and the West Africa Region. Co-founder of Home Jiny`s (Gravitas Home Solutions) and Prabhu Prasanna Marketing-an Ayurveda manufacturing company

Major Achievements

• Implemented web-based “E-Imprest Accounting and disclosure policies” rollout project-saving of $ 3.5 M, Internal control and web-based payroll system “PPIS”-saving $ 5M. • Successfully lead WHO Global Travel policy reforms through demonstrable strategic changes, and operational excellence, resulting in an annual saving of $2.5M and proved an innovative GAME-CHANGER financing solution to save the organization’s money without affecting any business. • Managed disaster risk management funded projects-Tsunami project-$ 64M, Nargis project- $ 24M, UNFPA project- $ 20M, and World bank funded APOC project $ 50M. • Reduced 10% transaction and recurring costs by the implementation of automated internal control, and regular monitoring of financial exception reports for unusual activities, transactions, and investigation of anomalies. • Finalization and presentation of the Organization’s Annual Report, Donor funded project reporting and fund management, financial statements, program budget and annual work plan to the Governing Board, HQ, Stakeholders, and Government Authorities. • Increased operational and procurement efficiency by 20% by providing technical fiduciary advice on procurement activities and engaging in policy dialogue to strengthen procurement systems to follow the value-for-money principle. • Developed an RBM-based multi-partners program disbursement, tracking, and implementation monitoring system, and delivered a prominent level of program performance analysis and automated workflows, which results in a GAME-CHANGER MIS tool to top management. • Focal person during WHO transition period to implement new Oracle-based ERP system GSM-$ 60M and web-based “E-imprest Accounting” roll out project, web-based Payroll system “PPIS” and other CRM projects in Southeast Asia and West Africa region. • Successfully managed internal and external audits with Zero audit qualification for WHO and UN Women India MCO since 2010. • Successfully managed multi-million bilateral projects funded- SIDA, DFID, World Bank, Gates Foundation, GFATM, ADB, AFDB, CIDA, EU, AusAID, UNFPA, AU, USAID, JICA, AFD, RNE, SDC, Global Fund, DANDIA, NORAD, Clinton Foundation, etc. • Reconstructed WHO-APOC Financial Statement by $ 20M IPSAS-compliant fixed asset retirement and cleaning process to streamline the fixed asset and equipment`s record pending since 2008 in compliance with IPSAS.

Industry Sector Competencies

Financial Services

Healthcare

Public Sector

Management

Not for Profit Organization

Professional Objectives

Function: Director

Sector: Not for Profit Organization

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Delhi

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

India

Area of Experiences

Accounting (Consolidation, IFRS Norm, US GAAP - UK GAAP)

Financial control (Plan MT - Business plan, Budgets - Reporting, Cost price, Return of investment, Multi-annual contracts, ABC ABM / Balance scorecard, Negotiation of acquisition, Preparation of shut down, Valuation)

Treasury (France, International, Financing, Software)

Capital operations (Financial Communication)

Information systems (ERP implementation, IT projects)

Law and Finances (Legal department, Insurance)

Other areas (DHR, Strategy, Company Rescue (Crisis Management), Risk Management, Internal Audit, Quality)