Pawan Gupta
Chief Accounting Officer at Publicis Groupe
- Role
- VP Finance & Chief Accounting Officer - India at Publicis Re:Sources
- Location
- Delhi, DL, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Pawan Gupta
Over 25 plus years of cross-functional experience in Finance Transformation, Shared…
Experience
VP Finance & Chief Accounting Officer - India
Mar 2014 — Present · Gurgaon, IN
The Chief Accounting Officer is the most senior member of the Shared Services Center (SSC) accounting & finance department and the primary contact in the SSC for the corporate accounting department- Help ensure that the technical accounting and financial reporting aspects of transactions and strategic decisions have been properly addressed and considered in the internal control environment- Responsible for a team of 80 - Oversee the operations of general accounting, financial reporting including 75 balance sheets and 350 plus profit and loss for the India, Sri Lanka, Middle East & North Africa, South Africa, & German entities of the Groupe - Ensure compliance with Financial Monitoring Controls (Similar to Sox), standards and audit coordination, all in accordance with the company’s Corporate Policies and local accounting standards- Accounting support and guidance to the various agencies of the group- Involve with the Merger & Acquisition group on accounting aspects as well as integration on the shared service center platform such as Sapient, Epsilon, Digitas and Razorfish- Successfully implementation of SAP in India - Transition of transactions based tasks to hub in India to significantly reduce the cost of the group- Extensively worked on the business transformation of the SSC in partnership with the agencies to increase quality and efficiency: Implementation of Blackline and developed computer intelligenceHighlightsPromoted within one year & made responsible for Publicis Groupe entities & Sapient Received appreciation email from SSC Global CEO on timely & accurately year end closeAppreciation from SSC Global CEO on releasing user friendly handbook on internal processes Standardized processed/templates – same are implemented across APAC region
Education
Institute of Cost Accountants of India
Bachelor’s Degree, Costing
1990 — 1993
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Associate’s Degree, Business/Commerce, General
1991 — 1994
Skills
- Business Process Improvement
- Forecasting
- Finance
- Integration
- Financial Reporting
- Mis
- Financial Accounting
- Process Improvement
- Team Motivation
- Business Analysis
- Management
- Team Building
- Knowledge Management
- Business Intelligence
- Project Planning
- Team Leadership
- Erp
- Team Management
- Business Planning
- Financial Analysis
- Inventory Management
- Key Performance Indicators
- Business Strategy
- Contract Negotiation
- Accounting
- Vendor Management
- Sap
- Change Management
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