Vikram Jain
General Manager - FP&A, Treasury & Strategic Finance at Asian Paints
About
Finance leader with 15+ years of experience in diverse finance functions at Asian Paints. Currently leading FP&A, Treasury/Banking, Capex and Strategic Financial Management at Asian Paints Current role (since 2022): Passionate about Technology and Numbers, leading finance professionals that partner with business in achieving growth and profit objectives. Building data-led decisioning at Asian Paints Focused on delivering tactical and strategic decision inputs to MD/CEO and Board Bridging numbers and business insight to craft strategic financial plans and track KPIs that drive real results Managing Cash, Capex and Costs at Asian Paints – generating sustainable returns, fuelling growth, optimising ROI and building long-term competencies Leading high performing, analytical and dynamic talent at Asian Paints Finance function Past roles (2010 to 2021): Expertise in leading and transforming Finance operations at Asian Paints. Have led tech-driven transformations that created Digital processes and generated long term efficiencies Established strategic systems as early adopters and industry first: SAP – SFIN on HANA, SAP Product costing, SAP CO-PA for business/product profitability (during the Finance Controllership role – R2R) Implemented regulatory & compliance processes (Ind AS, Companies Act 2013, Compliance portal) that underpin Asian Paints Governance and Compliance leadership (during the Finance Controllership role – R2R) Digitally transformed Shared Services Centre (Finance P2P engine of Asian Paints) – created a strategic cohort of Digital processes led by technology + people + controls. Created long-term cost competencies (during the Finance Operations role – P2P) Strong execution capability with expertise in leading large-sized team (20-100 members) and managing stakeholders
Experience
Genreral Manager - Finance (FP&A, Treasury and Strategic Finance)
Asian Paints · Full-time
Associate General Manager - Finance (FP&A, Treasury and Strategic Finance)
Asian Paints · Full-time
As part of FP&A++ role for Asian Paints Group, leading a team sized 25+ finance professionals responsible for Business performance monitoring, Strategic evals, Capex & Cost management, Treasury management and MD/CEO decision support Business Performance Management - Leading team of finance professionals that work closely with Business teams in delivering growth and profitability objectives - from planning, analysing to executing initiatives - Leveraging AI/Tech for dashboarding/tracking business KPIs - Data backed tactical and short-range decision inputs/support to executive leadership Strategic Finance - Leading financial evaluation/due diligence for strategic projects and M&A - Proposals with decision inputs are presented to MD/CEO & Board - Responsible for Long-term financial planning, capital allocation and strategic decision input to MD/CEO & Board Cost and Capex Management - Managing cost budgets and driving cost control / cost excellence projects - Annually undertake Rs 400 crs+ capex evaluations driven by ROI and equally important non-financial metrics Capital & Risk management - Formulating Asian Paints Investment framework & Risk Management processes – aligned to stakeholder needs and ensuring consistent adherence - Cash management and Return optimisation in volatile money markets (treasury portfolio of over USD 500 mn+). Delivering superior, sustainable returns through premier-quality assets - Short term working capital flows monitoring and tactical calls with business - Raising long term debt for Strategic Capex (>USD 300 mn raised) – both INR and FX - Managing relationships with bankers, financial institutions, credit agencies and regulatory bodies
Associate General Manager - Finance (Shared Services)
Asian Paints · Full-time
Head Shared Services Centre of Asian Paints. Captive unit of Asian Paints with team sized 100+ people with multiple centralised processes - Championed Digital transformation of Shared Services wherein over 90% of the processes were digitised by leveraging top class technologies resulting into >60% of the transactions processed in touchless form without human intervention (60% efficiency out of 10 million+ transactions p.a.) - Introduced Industry first AI capabilities well ahead of the AI evolution - Delivered best in class process quality and delightful experiences to stakeholders that created an edge over others in industry - Built a strong foundation for Tech-led Finance at Asian Paints creating long-term strategic cost competence - Above all a Happy and highly engaged team that stood as a strong pillar behind all the success
Education
Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)
Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.), Business/Commerce, General, Business/Commerce, General
2004 - 2007
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