As the Head of Control & compliance, responsible for- ? Multi-jurisdictional (Guernsey, Mauritius, India) investment fund structuring including liaising with legal counsel, tax consultants, regulators and investors ? Creating the Business Process Manual, framing the due diligence & deal closure checklists, setting out procedures for the investment team to follow enabling an error-free investment drawdown process ? Bringing the management company to a zero non-compliance level vis-a--vis its non-compliance levels in the past ? Coordinating legal, finance, ESG and forensic due diligence processes for four companies ? Conceptualizing and rolling out an Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) procedure framework per World Bank standards for companies in waste-water , renewables, engineering, microfinance and healthcare sectors ? Rolling out training kits & providing training on ESG, Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Anti Bribery Laws to investee companies ? Financial, management & ESG reporting to Fund investors ? Overseeing fair valuation of investments under Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) guidelines ? Overseeing the fund administrator with respect to ensuring true and fair disclosure of Fund financial accounts

As the Head-Regulatory Finance, responsible for driving regulatory financial compliance and curbing financial exposure across the Mobile, Broadband and Enterprise SBUs. Highlights during this tenor were - ? Responsibility for annual gross revenue and other audits by Department of Telecom (DOT)/Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)/Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) to ensure non levy of penalty ? issuance guidelines for calculation of License Fee and Access verification audits by DoT ? framing industry strategy by actively participating in consultation papers issued by Regulatory Bodies and studies issued by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) ? Leading an employee engagement initiative for ~140 finance employees under the GALLUP program As the Head of Financial Compliances & Process Excellence for the Mobile, Broadband and Enterprise SBUs, was responsible for developing organisation wide capabilities in Internal Financial Controls. Some achievements during this tenor were - ? 100% compliance in payment of statutory dues resulting in removal of CARO ix (a) exception from Financials ? Working with stakeholders to close internal audit issues leading to a 90%+ achievement of internal audit scores ? Receipt of Silver award for revamping the basis of certification of internal controls across all SBUs ? Accurately monitoring & reporting financial exposure of statutory cases (INR 5000 cr) to the Board ? Rolling out the finance scorecard and framing Risk Control Matrices (RCMs) required for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) As the Head of Financial Reporting for Maharashtra Circle - ? Improved ranking of the circle in the Finance Fiscal tracker from 21 to 6 within one year ? Improved the Internal Control Environment scores from 74% to 84% in cash & bank and 50% to 87% in current assets & liabilities and strengthened the provisioning process ? Reduced aged capital work-in-progress from Rs.1730 Mn to 929 Mn in 6 months ? Laid down procedures for accurate opex forecasting and reduced forecast variance to < 3%