Manish Gupta
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
Delhi, India
Toptal member since August 12, 2021
Manish is a qualified chartered accountant with over 15+ years of experience in real estate, hospitality and startups. He has been hands-on with controlling, planning, revenue and cost optimization, and ERP implementations during his career. Manish has learned operations management and strategic thinking and is obsessed with customer excellence and a balanced growth approach. He is always eager to learn new concepts and skills and is not afraid to try and venture into uncharted territories.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Executed Joint Venture with Banyan Tree Resorts
ERP Project Implementation
Live Class Training on Financial Modeling to Teach Forecasting
Expertise
- Budget Controls
- CFO
- Finance
- Financial Controlling
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Financial Reporting
- Joint Ventures
- Three-statement Modeling
Work Experience
CFO
Htoo Group of Companies
- Served as a core team member to establish and execute the joint venture with Banyan Tree Resorts.
- Performed ERP implementation for 16 hotels in the group company from procurement to final testing.
- Task-forced team members for establishing operational procedures and customer journey maps.
- Created and set up the management information systems, internal control system, and financial reporting processes.
- Worked on business development and management, while acting as a CEO and MD in absence.
- Carried out a study for corporate re-structuring to be tax-efficient and gave flexibility by splitting ownership and management operations.
- Raised funds for project development and routine operation needs.
- Supervised monthly end closing process, consolidated financial reports, and created a decision-making dashboard providing critical insights.
- Maintained annual budgeting exercise, quarterly forecasts and monthly analysis to compare results and provide owners with useful insights into business.
Financial Controller
Shangri-La
- Partnered with GM to turn around the hotel from loss-making to profit-making.
- Drove revenue management and cost management for a hotel through consultation and coaching.
- Managed the capital expenditure budget and its procurement process to save costs for the hotel.
- Led the operations team and task forces to establish internal controls and corporate policies to succeed in failed audits since company establishment.
- Helped sales and marketing team with revenue management and pricing strategies.
- Acted as a part of the quality control team to establish customer delight processes.
- Prepared financial reporting in compliance with the stock exchange as the company was listed on the Thailand stock exchange.
Assistant Financial Controller
Shangri-la Hotels & Resorts
- Was responsible for monthly forecasting and annual budgeting exercise for planning and control.
- Piloted software updates and labor productivity measurement process.
- Performed financial analysis on monthly basis for recommending cost control measures to operational departments and CEO in monthly P&L review meetings.
- Managed team performance to smoothen the monthly book closing processes.
- Led the team to pass all major corporate audits for finance and Internal controls.
- Prepared financial reporting for submission to Thailand stock exchanges.
Assistant General Manager, Finance
Basundhra Properties Pvt Ltd
- Re-structured financial statements and processes to automate, so that a small team could manage finance operations in 16 sites.
- Recovered long outstanding accounts receivable through follow-ups and site visits. It helped the company to optimize funds flow in a better way and maintain the site's payables.
- Managed to obtain a credit facility from a bank to borrow funds during the financial crisis of 2008 to continue operating the company and keep it afloat.
Audit Manager
T R Chadha and Company
- Completed SOX compliance audit of a listed company and carrying out a risk assessment exercise to comply with listing requirements for English Clays Limited.
- Worked on fraud investigation assignment for a hotel company (name withheld) to identify the extent of fraud and reconstruction of their receivable accounts to enable them to recover the amount.
- Conducted operational audits of various listed and unlisted companies to help them identify internal control gaps in processes and improve profitability.
- Performed tax audits of various companies to help them complete their tax requirements.
Auditor
Sood Brij & Associates
- Performed audits of nonprofit organizations on behalf of CCF and other international donor agencies to ensure utilization of funds donated by them.
- Conducted an audit of various small businesses and finalize financial statements for reporting to the company board and tax authorities.
- Undertook an internal audit of news agency for two years to help them identify internal control gaps and ensure charging for news.
Education
Certificate in Corporate Law
Institute of Company Secretaries of India - Delhi
Chartered Accountant (CA) in Finance
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Delhi
Bachelor's Degree in Finance
Delhi University - Delhi
Certifications
Writing Business Plan
LinkedIn Learning
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
ICAI
Skills
Finance
Accounting, Budget Controls, P&L Forecasting, Cost Management, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Financial Reporting, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Revenue & Expense Projections, Budgeting, Three-statement Modeling, Controller, Cash Flow, Revenue Modeling, Cash Flow Modeling, Profit & Loss (P&L), Debt Raises, Working Capital Management, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Business Intelligence (BI), CFO, Capital Budgeting, Financial Systems, Market Research, Finance Structures, RiskMetrics, Private Equity, Valuation Analysis, Taxation, Funds Flow, Fundraising, Corporate Finance
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
Industry Expertise
Real Estate Modeling, Real Estate, Corporate Structure
Data & Analysis Software
QuickBooks Online, Xero Accounting, Intuit QuickBooks, Oracle ERP
Other
Finance, Financial Controlling, Planning, Financial Statements, Annual Budgets, Business Analysis, Business Planning, Monthly Close Process, Financial Forecasting, Budget Modeling, Financial Reporting Dashboards, Financial Controls & Processes, Reporting, Bookkeeping, Rewards, Cash Flow Analysis, P&L Analysis, Financial Analysis, Investment Analysis, Fractional CFO, Consolidated Reporting, Excel Modeling, Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF), Pitch Decks, Excel 365, Skype for Business, Research, Dashboards, Audits, Financials, Business, Cost Control, Internal Control, Project Management, Business Development, Strategy, Auditing, Tax Audits, Operations, Startups, Business Models, Business Structuring, IFRS Financial Reporting, Business Plan Consulting, Zoho Books, Microsoft Power BI, Due Diligence Consultant, Pricing Models, Request for Information (RFI), Waterfall Modeling, Market Research & Analysis, Business Law, IT Audits, Corporate Law, Legal, Joint Ventures, Expansion, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR), Consulting, Risk Assessment, SEC Financial Reporting, Dashboard Design, Data Visualization, Microsoft 365
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