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Yogam Ponnambalam

Candidate ID: 436993

Career Summary

Head of Finance and Accounts with successful career spanning 20+ years with track record of maximizing wealth, optimizing cost,compliance,accounting and budgetary control. Backed with MBA Finance, M.Com and certification of CMA US and ACMA India.

Skill Set

Growth Strategies,Corporate Controllership,Start up turn around, Financing and Auditing

Professional Information

Total Experience : 23

Nationality : India

Qualification Level : CA / CS / CFA / All Professional Finance Degrees

Job Function : Accounts / Tax / CS / Audit / Finance

Work Location Preference : Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE

Detailed Profile

Head of Finance, A change agent with a dynamic career with proven track record in steering the entire finance & accounting control, start-up turn around. Achieving momentum for varied scale project with key alliances & finance strategies. Being detailed and focus on analyzing and creating efficiencies and learning new methods to create these has driven my success combined with my ability to build effective partnerships and communicate and negotiate with people.
I intend to make positive and cost efficient change in the operation, where I can mentor and empower others to succeed while wealth maximizing by taking a detailed analysis of the companies’ systems and processes.
• A result-oriented professional offering 23+ years of a successful career in varied industries including Chemical /Petro Chemical, oil & gas, polymers, manufacturing furniture, interior designer, contracting , Electronics trading, FMGC, Information Technologies (IT) with diverse roles distinguished by commended performance in:
• Establishing consistent and appropriate business practices, enhancing controls for credit risks and building staff/supplier morale at a time of financial distress; instituting controls, teamwork and accountability throughout the entity
• Proven Controller of accounting, internal control, automation, system control, consolidation, finalization of books with expertise knowledge on IFRS, IAS and GAAPs, establishing budget and budgetary control.
• Finding innovative means to fund project and financial needs of the organization at difficult times
• Directing the corporate financial controllership, governance, compliances & risk management, strategic planning, forecasting and costing
• Spearheading project financing & capital budgeting, Strategic & salable business plan preparation, CAPEX monitoring, new investments decisions and providing support to portfolio management
• Reducing the cost of funding through successful administration of working capital and cash flows. Devising a financial strategy supporting the company’s business strategy and to optimize capital structure and cost of capital.
• Developed reputation for weathering cash flow management, working capital arrangements to enable global cash co-ordination as member of the cash committee
• Effective and accountable in high-profile executive roles in arranging adequate working capital requirement for fast growing high value trading organization over USD 175 million with best and profitable pricing for the company
• Skilled in establishing organizational reporting structure and proper Job description ensuring timely useful report generation for timely decision making and financial performance improvement
• A strategist cum implementer with recognized proficiency in accomplishing corporate plans and goals successfully.
• Expertise and experiences in implementing Tally ERP, Next ERP, Orion ERP etc.