Vikas Jalan
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Finance Expert
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Toptal member since November 19, 2021
Vikas is a self-driven professional, chartered accountant, and MBA graduate with 20+ years of experience with MNCs, promotor-driven growth businesses, and startups across different geographies. He has experience in multiple functions of finance. In the last 10+ years, Vikas has built expertise in FP&A and corporate initiatives such as PE, fundraising, M&A, and corporate strategy. As a part-time freelancer, Vikas wishes to share his experience to help companies with short-term resourcing needs.
Career Highlights
Case Studies
Efficiency in Price Increase and its Impact on Revenue and Profitability
Financial Due Diligence for a Target
Software Expertise
- Microsoft Excel
Other Expertise
- Accounting
- Analytics
- Audits
- Business Planning
- Corporate Finance
- DCF Valuation
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Work Experience
CFO
OmniActive
- Impacted profitability strongly through various initiatives, achieving 2x growth in EBITDA in 2+ years.
- Transformed operational finance through outsourcing, process standardization, enhanced controls, automation, and training.
- Managed the fundraising process of $135 million to replace an existing PE investor with a strategic US-based PE investor.
Business Unit CFO
Lupin
- Drove the profitability in the India business to 2x in four years.
- Implemented goods and service tax (GST) as a business project manager.
- Implemented a turnaround in generic business, leading to profitability improvement from 4% to 17%.
- Assisted in the implementation of a profitable growth strategy by creating five new business units over a span of 18 months.
- Supported the launch of OTC business and the creation of delegation of authority for a newly created business line.
CFO
Lupin
- Set up systems and processes for accounting and supply chain operations from scratch to ensure strong internal controls, checks, and balances.
- Conducted contract negotiation, credit risk, and operation management with major distributors and suppliers.
- Revamped the IT setup to transform IT into a business enabler, including implementation of a new accounting system.
Senior Financial Analyst
General Motors
- Helped negotiate revolving bank debt of $40 million and managed an around $400 million project financing facility at Uzbekistan.
- Supported decision making for a $10 million retail divestiture project in East Africa and restructuring of $50-million operations in East Africa.
- Oversaw the managerial reporting activity for cash flows and liquidity management for APAC.
Budget Analyst
World Bank Group
- Involved with Bank groups Head office at Washington, D.C (USA), ADB, and IFC in completing SOX requirements under Section 404 of Sarbanes Oxley Act. Established procedures for documentation of key processes using the Sigmaflow tool.
- Assisted the unit head in the implementation of benchmarking, Six Sigma, and Lean initiatives. Instrumental in institutionalizing the Six Sigma and Lean program at the bank’s office, Chennai.
- Worked with the bank’s head office to implement a single measurement index for capturing and evaluating the effectiveness of each unit’s performance.
Manager
Genpact
- Managed accounts payable operations for GE Energy spread over three sites in India, Hungary, and Mexico. The job involved streamlining the process, managing new transitions, and customer and people management.
- Delivered high-impact quality projects to drive costs down and reinforce controllership and standardization.
- Acted as an operations leader for five processes relating to accounts payable, including wire payments, EFT payments, repeat payments, PO rejects, and voucher rejects for GE businesses.
Management Trainee
Dabur.com
- Handled the annual budgeting for the Baddi unit of the company independently.
- Assisted the company with special projects such as new ERP implementation.
- Took responsibility for the preparation of costing MIS, including variance analysis.
Education
Master in Management Degree in General Management
Asian Institute of Management - Makati, Philippines
Certifications
Chartered Accountant
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Skills
Finance
DCF Valuation, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Accounting, Corporate Finance, Direct Taxation, Indirect Taxation, Due Diligence, UK GAAP, CFO, M&A Modeling, Fundraising, M&A (Sell-side), Corporate Treasury, Taxation, Chartered Accountant (CA), Pricing Strategy
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
Industry Expertise
Lean Six Sigma
Other
Contract Negotiation, Analytics, Business Planning, Corporate Planning, Audits, Sales Strategy, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Dashboards, Costing, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Process Improvement, Transition Management, Six Sigma, Annual Budgets, SOX Compliance, Treasury, Cash Flow Management, In-licensing, Company Strategy, Threat Modeling, IT Projects
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