Srinivas R

About Srinivas R

Senior Finance Professional with more than 29+ years of managerial experience in Financial Function in the FMCG Sector.Worked in Corporate Function, Business and Operations in the following Areas :Business Plans for setting up new business and Divisions.Setup a Loreal Subsidiary in Bangladesh. Strategies and Launch of New Division in Loreal India. Implement Key and strategic projects for Loreal India.Mergers and Acquisition of Business in cosmetics space. Manufacturing Strategies and ensuring optimization.Set up new business and new factories in different locations for Tax savings Strategic Role in the Finance Function Budgeting and Financial Controls.Cash Flow and Working Capital Management.Implementation of SAP FICO system. Accounting and Statutory AuditsSoft Skills: Excellent analytical skills, able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change.Clear thinking/problem solving, able to lead projects/process improvement within operations/finance function and able to break down complex issues into simpler steps and resolve them.Team players and have the ability to come up with solutions quickly and think through thesesolutions with others.

Experience

1. General Manager - m & a, Internal Control & Risk Management, Credit & Regional Control

   L'Oréal

   Jan 2020 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Worked closely with the leadership team and created a pipeline of ~50 companies in the Beauty Tech space and thereby creating deal opportunities for 4 companies. • Worked on these Business Plans, for the next 10 Years to see the viability of these companies and spearhead the process of due diligence ensuring we have clarity in the deals. • Set up the Active Cosmetics division in India, which would be launched in July 2023, and studied the eco-system of the Partnership in the Pharma space and created an efficient business model and business Plan for sustainability • Created a Dashboard for the Leadership team thereby ensuring all the critical aspects of the Business are captured and follow-up action done there by the strategy of the entity is measured. • Working as a Change Manager role as we are implementing a B2B transformation project for our offline business. • Launched Simplicity in our organization and ensure there were clear improvements in our enablement score of employees, thereby Improving some of the Key processes. • Value Creation projects in Finance and thereby delivering a saving of ~800M INR, mainly realizing the savings generated on Gross Margins & Margins from the Distributors.

Education

• SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2011 — 2013

• Institute of Cost Accountants of India

  Cost Accountant, Cost and Management Accounting

  1990 — 1995

• Annamalai University

  Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management, Financial Managemnt

  1995 — 1996

• D.G. Vaishnav College

  Bachelor's degree, Physics

  1985 — 1988

• Institute of Cost Accountants of India

  Master’s Degree, Cost and Management Accounting

  1990 — 1995

Skills

• Variance Analysis
• Project Management
• Mis
• Capital Budgeting
• Fmcg
• Indirect Taxation
• Accounting
• Budget Process
• Auditing
• Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
• Analysis
• Business Control
• Profit and Loss Management
• Budget Monitoring
• Strategy
• Financial Controlling
• Sap Fico
• Business Strategy
• Forecasting
• Sap
• Budgeting
• Team Management
• Budgets
• Finance
• Business Planning
• Internal Controls