Pradeep Agarwal

About Pradeep Agarwal

I am a Chartered Accountant with 20+ years of diversified Industries & Global Entities experienceand designated as CFO / Director – Finance & Accounts / Finance Controller mainly in IT, ITeS, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Banking & BPO / KPO Industries. Experienced Chartered Accountant offering progressive & rich experience across diverse industries like IT, ITeS, BPO / KPO, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & Banking and as a Strategic professional raised Funds of INR Crores through Private Equity & Strategic Investors. Formulated strategies for enhancing Investments value for the Promoters and Promoters Group in the Pre IPO funds raising. Funds raised through IPO/FPO/ Preferential Issue / Warrants/ Rights issue and through Banking Fund based & Non fund based facilities. Lead DRHP/ RHP / Information Memorandum (IM) filing with the Exchanges and post issue Exchange compliances and Investors Relationship (IR) Driving the presentation to the Stakeholders and Investors on various key financial parameters along with Risk mitigation plans in meeting the Annual Operating / Budget plan (AOP) as per the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) Exhibit excellence in managing complete & timely closures of Statutory Audits with Big4 / Big6 Audit firms under US GAAP / IFRS / Indian GAAP, Tax and Transfer Pricing Audits. Extensive experience in implementing Internal Financial Controls, RACIs’ and monthly closure. Key strategic planner with expertise in presenting Annual Operating / Budget plans comparative with Industry benchmarking composing into various geographies and departments of the Company Lead the migration of accounting systems from Tally / Quick Books to SAP / Oracle ERP system. Legal Business contracts and vendors contracts review flagging the risk in the contracts and strategically presenting the mitigation plans for mandatory contractual risk as per RFP / Business terms and conditions Costs savings of approx. INR 12 Crores through commercial negotiations with the vendors to ensure the best pricing for the Capex and Opex planned / unplanned expenditure Successfully formulated & implemented strategic measure in treasury & forex operationsSpecialties- I am deft in entire gamut of activities involving Fund raising, IPO, Investor relations, Reporting as per IFRS and Ind AS, USGAAP, Regulatory compliance, Costs controlling, Vendors Negotiation, Legal contracts review, Banking & Treasury, Budgeting, Forecasting, Pricing, Process Transition & Transformation, Process re-engineering, Systems migration & implementation.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Markolines Infra Limited

   Jun 2024 — Present · Navi Mumbai, IN

   Managed Funds raising through IPO / FPO / Pref. Issue / Warrants of INR 90 crores from India Capital Market and Migration to Main Board-Strategies formulated for Pre IPO Funds raised -Lead the entire activities of Financial due diligence, Legal due diligence and other critical requirements of Merchant Banker for IPO-Lead Legal & Compliance department and ensuring Exchange compliances on regular basis-Managing Investors relationship and drive Investors presentations & Company\'s website on regular basis-Funds raised through Banking facilities of INR 112 crores-Lead the credit ratings process and got the upgraded ratings for the Organisation-Managing Statutory Audits on regular basis and ensuring compliances with the Exchange -Lead the GST Investigation and ensuring closure of the process with the department

Education

• ACCA

  Dip. in IFRS, Global Accounting GAAP

  2019 — 2019

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Master's Degree, Finance, Accounts, Audit, Taxation, Costing

  2001 — 2004

Skills

• Forecasting
• Final Accounts
• Risk Management
• Team Management
• Corporate Finance
• Business Strategy
• Process Improvement
• Pricing
• Financial Analysis
• Costs Controlling
• Management & Financial Reporting
• Transition and Transformation
• Auditing
• Strategic Planning
• Budgeting
• Business Process Improvement