Ashish Maheshwari
Financial Controller & Head of Tax at Dentsu Aegis Networks
- Role
- Financial Controller & Head of Tax at dentsu
- Location
- Gurugram, HR, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ashish Maheshwari
CMA Young Achiever Award -2014 from Institute of Cost Accountants of India under…
Experience
Financial Controller & Head of Tax
Feb 2023 — Present
Responsible for developing and driving the Financial Control and Operations Strategy for 19 entities in IndiaMarket, ensuring appropriate control & compliance environment, & overseeing the production of financialresults for local management & group. Reporting into the CFO INDIA and APAC Financial Controller.• Deliver timely and accurate Month/Year End closing, actual and forecast/budget results. Ensure Balance Sheetreconciliations are completed to a high quality and in a timely manner in Blackline. Ensure accurate Intra /intercompany position across the group & timely dispute resolution. Ensure the financial records and systemsare maintained at a level to satisfy both internal and external auditors & to take appropriate action to address any audit findings and recommendations.• E2E planning & execution of Statutory Audit for 19 Entities & Group Audit. Interaction with Big 4s onvarious Accounting, Tax matters• Finalization of Accounts for Holding & its subsidiaries, acquisition accounting, Valuation forimpairment exercise (Investment, Goodwill), PPAs• Monthly APAC Controllership reviews. Internal and system controls, Segregation of Duties, CSA• Lead finance operations teams to drive accurate accounting treatment, support end-to end process reviews and interpretation of policies and procedures.• Responsible for the Direct & In-direct tax- GST Function (77 GST registrations), Manage the relevant Tax litigations, to keep abreast with various changes in law and to inform the management about the impact of the same on the company. Representing in forum for Taxation matters, Downstream Investment Reporting• Legal Entity Rationalization-Drive Project to rationalize 19 entities, Slump Sale, Mergers, Earn outs.• Transformation – Identify and leverage operational efficiencies through automation, simplification, synergies that span multiple operational, functional areas. Microsoft D365 implementation• Manage Internal Audit for the India Market
Education
Institute of Cost Accountants of India
CMA, Cost & Management Accountancy
1990 — 1994
St. Francis' College, Lucknow, India
ICSE
1978 — 1988
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Business Leadership Program, business leadership program
2014 — 2014
University of Lucknow
MBA, Finance & Control
1994 — 1996
ACCA
Diploma in International Financial Reporting, IFRS
2014 — 2014
University of Lucknow
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Infrastructure Project Finance -Telecom & Power
1999 — 2001
Institute of Cost Accountants of India
Certificate Course in Goods and Service Tax (GST), Goods and Service Tax (GST)
2019 — 2019
University of Lucknow
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Commerce
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