Ramesh Krishnamurthy

About Ramesh Krishnamurthy

A Chartered Accountant with over 27 years of rich experience in managing the entire gamut of Finance & Accounts function - Corporate Finance: Mergers & Acquisitions ( M&A), Demerger of Companies, Fund raising through Debt / Equity for Capex / Acquisitions, Arrangement of a syndicated facility from international lenders to fund an overseas acquisition, Rationalisation of Debt Profile to improve financial health, Corporate Debt Restructuring & Insurance Treasury Management: Arranging for setting up of working capital facilities and long term funds from banks & institutions, Interacting with banks for availing credit facilities as required, ensuring minimum interest cost & bank charges, Judicious deployment of surplus funds. Forex Management: Formulating effective Forex Risk Management Policy for the company, Hedging forex exposures effectively using forward contracts & derivative products, Keeping track of currency movements & taking trading positions in order to take advantage of currency movements. Accounts: Overseeing the Accounting function, Preparation of monthly financial statements, Dealing with the auditors & finalization of annual accounts. Financial Planning / Budgeting & MIS: Forecasting & Preparing cash flows/budgeting, Conducting variance analysis and initiating corrective actions, Instituting internal control systems to monitor working capital management, Preparation of reports on the financial performance, profitability, cost of funds & such other reports as required. Statutory Compliance: Ensuring compliance with the FEMA regulations, Interacting with the RBI to seek clarifications & approvals as required, Preparing Income tax & Wealth tax returns and liaising with the income tax authorities as required. Companies worked for - Raymond Limited, GTN Textiles Ltd, Rallis India Ltd, Matrix Laboratories Ltd, Hinduja Group India Ltd, Asia MotorWorks Ltd & Hikal Ltd.

Experience

1. Sr General Manager - Finance

   Hikal Ltd

   May 2014 — Present · Mumbai, IN

Education

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  C.A

• K.J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce

  Bachelor's Degree

Skills

• Corporate Finance
• Insurance
• Ifrs
• Risk Management
• Banking
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Accounts
• Management
• Internal Controls
• Mis
• Management Information Systems (Mis)
• Forecasting
• Mergers
• Accounting
• Business Strategy
• Treasury & Forex Management
• Variance Analysis
• Project Finance
• Mergers
• Financial Planning
• Financial Structuring
• Finance