Expertise
What I bring to a finance function.
Deepest in trade finance and forex compliance, built on a foundation of audit, tax and statutory reporting.
Trade finance & FEMA
Import and export remittances kept aligned with RBI/FEMA and IDPMS/EDPMS requirements.
- ORM–BOE allocation and settlement matrices
- Multi-currency remittance working (USD/EUR/GBP/CHF)
- FX P&L tracking
- IDPMS / EDPMS reconciliation with the AD bank
Consolidation & reporting
Financial statements that reconcile, with a clean audit trail behind every figure.
- Consolidated P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
- Inter-branch revenue elimination
- Group consolidation and intercompany reconciliation
- Related-party analysis
Direct & indirect tax
Compliance across Income Tax, GST and TDS/TCS for a multi-branch business.
- Tax computation
- GST compliance across state branches
- TDS / TCS deduction and returns
- GST Practitioner certified
Audit & controls
Statutory and tax audit support, and controls that scale as the business grows.
- Statutory and tax audit coordination
- Audit schedules and reconciliations
- Vendor and bank reconciliation processes
- Monthly book closures
FP&A & MIS
Planning and reporting that management can act on.
- Budgeting and MIS reporting
- Fund Position Statements
- Financial forecasting with analytics
- Corporate financial statement analysis
Imports, customs & assets
The operational paperwork behind an import-heavy business.
- Import and customs documentation via JNPT / Nhava Sheva
- Fixed-asset and WDV depreciation schedules
- Insurance policy register
IPO readiness & DRHP
The finance side of taking a company to an SME IPO.
- Restated financial statements (three years)
- MD&A for the offer document
- Key financial ratio variance analysis
- Statement of tax shelter and working-capital projections
Book closure & audit readiness
Month-end and year-end close that holds up at audit.
- Month-end and year-end book closure
- Ledger, bank and vendor reconciliations
- Opening balances aligned to audited figures
- Fixed asset register and depreciation schedules
Government tenders
Finance and compliance documentation for public procurement.
- Government and GeM tender documentation
- OEM authorisation letters and self-declarations
- Company profiles for bids
Finance automation
Building tools that take the manual work out of finance operations.
- Generative AI in finance and accounting
- Reconciliation and reporting automation
- Finance tooling for day-to-day operations
Skills
Core skills
- SME IPO & DRHP
- Restated financial statements
- MD&A drafting
- Book closure
- Import & export compliance
- FEMA / forex compliance
- Financial consolidation
- IDPMS / EDPMS
- ORM–BOE settlement
- FX P&L
- GST
- Income tax
- TDS / TCS
- Statutory audit
- FP&A & MIS
- Budgeting
- Fixed assets & depreciation
- Customs documentation
- GeM / government tenders
- Intercompany reconciliation
- Generative AI in finance
Hiring, or need a hand with your finance function?
Recruiters: grab the CV or get in touch. Businesses: tell me what you're dealing with and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.