SANDEEP KOHLI

Tel.: 91-175-2353371 ® Mobile: 91-9781922001 E-Mail: sandeepkohli48@gmail.com

SENIOR FINANCE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Gifted with the vision, determination, and skills needed for high-level revenue-building strategies and tactics.

CAREER CONSPECTUS

 23 years of result-filled financial management experience with the ability to direct, manage and supervise the
financial operations of large organizations including the development of Budget plans Long Term & Short Term,
policies, and procedures in manufacturing sector.
 Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of all financial processes and deep knowledge of organisation
building to the extent required for Business Process Reengineering & Restructuring.
 Expertise in analyzing complex financial data, extracting and defining relevant information also interpreting data
for the purpose of determining past financial performance and projecting a financial probability.
 Skilled in understanding and appropriately applying procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to
expertise & understanding linkages between administrative competencies and objectives.
 Deft in exercising good judgment in structuring and organizing work and setting priorities and readily readjusting
priorities to respond to organisation needs and demands.
 Ability to acquire and administer human, financial and information resources in a manner which instil trust and
accomplishes the organization's mission, and to use and initiate new technology to enhance decision making.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Effective and accountable in high-profile  Strategic Planning/Budgetary/Cost

executive roles: Overcoming complex business Control/Variances
challenges and making high-stakes decisions using
experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics and  Taxation
irreproachable integrity.  Funds, Dealing with Banks
Corporate strategy & development specialist:
Characterizing as a visionary, strategist. Consistent  Management of Working Capital,
record of delivering results in growth, revenue, IGAAP & USGAAP A/c s:
operational performance and profitability.
General/Payable/Receivable/Banks
Consistently deliver mission-critical results:
Strong orientations in operations: Participating in  SOX & Statutory Compliance
high level operational initiatives, including process  Establishing Control Environments
reengineering / improvements for scrap reduction,
turnaround management and reorganization. Critical  Develop and sustain MIS
evaluation of all cost elements.  Product Costing /Red Ink analysis
Face of the Organisation: Part of team representing  Resolving issues with Auditors
Management & Board to the outside world.
Respect and leverage human capital: Motivating,  Coordinating with arms of org.
mentoring and leading talented professionals . Living  Liaising & PR
the culture of increasing knowledge base , initiating
succession plans and leading by example.  Continual Improvement, Best
Practices
 Leadership & Team Development

NOTABLE CREDIT ACROSS THE TENURE

 Participated in management committees in issues related to the overall management and development.
 Stellar in making interactions with Statutory and auditors for conducting audits; evaluating and establishing
internal control systems / procedures.
 Played significant role in providing direction and monitoring the department for MIS, Accounting, Costing,
Capex, Payables, Receivables, Banks management, with aim to monthly/qtly close in time.
 Essayed a key role in Statutory Compliances while ensuring going green on Statutory tracker for both Indirect
and Direct Taxes.
 Holds distinction of providing support to operations and projects for project setting, evaluating Requests for
funding CAPEX and advise the Directors financial implications thereof, including critical.
 Participated in three Long term union settlements successfully based on win win basis.
 Establishing ERP in Metro in 2013 , led the Plant Team for implementation of SAP successfully in 2005.
 Creating a atmosphere of Cost Conciousness in the work place by constant knowledge sharing and follow up.
 OCCUPATIONAL CONTOUR

Since Jan’ 13 : Vice President Finance in Metro tyres Limited , Ludhiana.

Metro Tyres Limited has established itself as a market leader in Cycle Tyre Industry with a technical
collaboration with Germany’s Continental AG. It has also forayed and established itself as OE supplier in
Auto Tyres in last few years. A division of the Company has ventured into white goods segment also.

Notable Attainments:

 Provide strategic direction and management of the Finance & IT functions and ensure that this is
aligned to the corporate goals.
 Finalise the Monthly, Quarterly, Annual accounts duly audited/unaudited in time.
 Handling the Statutory and Internal auditors.
 Develops, communicates and provides guidance on the direction of the processes, 
 Dealing with Banks for Funding , daily monitoring of Cash Flow, Review Bank Performance and
Cost of Finance,
 Ensuring Quarterly Consortium meetings and related documentation,
 Working Capital arrangement & monitoring deployment, Inventory , Receivables , Payables.
 Ensured the financial books represent and follow the established polices of the company.
 Participates in Key Management Meetings actively with financial and other inputs,
 Statutory Compliances, Internal Checks and Balances,
 Spearheaded a team of 30 in Finance Department including as direct reportees 3 CAs and include
7 members in Excise, Exports and Imports,
 Cost Saving Initiatives: Bringing an overall cost conscious culture in the organisation, delivering
cost savings and initiatives, as a constant steam.
 Stellar in providing troubleshooting decisions and commercial solutions to Supply Chain.
 Besides Finance, managing effectively the commercial activities including General Stores,
Administration, Security, Transport and actively in HR & IR , Welfare and CSR.
 Liason with State/ District administration and other statutory authorities on time to time.

Since Nov’ 95 - May 2006: Goetze (I) Limited , Patiala, worked as Head Finance.
Since June’ 06 : Federal-Mogul Goetze (I) Limited , ( erstwhile Goetze India) , Patiala, worked as Plant
Controller –Jun’12: General Manager – Finance & Accounts (Positioned as Head – Finance & Excise).
Upto Dec’12, professional practice.
 Functioned as:
 Accounting & Costing:
 Liaised with different process owners to finalise the annual accounts duly audited timely and
finalisation of monthly & quarterly accounts (un-audited) by 3rd of every month.
 Ensured the financial books represent and follow the established polices of the company.
 Participate in the Operational Review meetings.
 Product Costing
 Member Management Committees:
 Played a key role in successfully handling Plant, tackling problems and taking “collective”
decisions in light with achieving the organisation’s long and short term targets.
 Significantly involved in approving or declining the purchasing based on critical scrutiny of PO
and Job Order on ‘defined need’ the commercials adhered, to arrive at the cost and ‘requisites.
 Dexterously conducted review of Purchase & Receipts and Supply Chain Issues.
 Fortuitously led the Plant Core Team to implement SAP in Plant successfully on 1 st Oct’05.
 Developed a mechanism to get the Profit Improvement Projects, on board, across all the plants .
 Adopted and initiated measures to reduce the working capital thru better Inventory management , better
purchase cycles, re adjusting despatch cycles. Conducting annual wall to wall inventory count.
 Variance analysis of key results / financials carried out .
 Rolling out of Standard Costs and Red Ink Analysis of all the products including the products with razor thin
margins and taking up with the Marketing to get the price correction.
 Interacting and resolving issues with Statutory , Internal auditors,
 Statutory and SOX (Surbanes Oxlay Act, US) compliances.
 Liason with State/ District administration and other statutory authorities.

Jun’91 – Oct’95: Escorts Limited, Corporate Finance, Faridabad

Notable Attainments:

As Management Trainee - Internal Audit Department

 Played a significant role in suggesting system improvement and cost reductions techniques in various
operational/functional areas.

As Assistant Manager-Finance
 Efficiently handled preparation of MIS, liaised with Banks on daily and monthly basis , Preparation of Annual
Budget and controlling the actual expenditure.
 ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

1986 B.Com. (Hons.) from Delhi , Delhi University

1983 XIIth from Bal Bharti Public School , Poorvi Marg , New Delhi

MEMBERSHIP

 Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA).

TRAINING

 Attended Asia Finance Leadership Training and Conference in Yangshuo, China in March 17-19, 2008. The training
conducted by Simitri , Singapore.
 Participated in two days programme in Delhi on Seven Habits .
 Attended Training and Conference on presentation skills ; building High performance team workshop in Bangkok ,
Thailand in March 27-31, 2011. The training conducted by Simitri , Singapore.

REFERENCES

 Mr. Sunit Kapur , Managing Director & CEO , Federal Mogul Goetze India.
+91 9781900006 ; +91 08750042181

 Mr. Vikas Mehra , Partner Ernst & Young ,

+91 9810490632
PERSONAL DOSSIER

Date of Birth: 9th November 1965

Residential Address: 162, Phulkian Enclave, Patiala - 147001
Linguistic Proficiency: Expert in Speaking , Writing , Reading English & Hindi . Proficient in Punjabi speaking.
Location Preference: Anywhere against “worthy” opportunity , preferable NCR.