Little Italy - Accounts Head

- Provides leadership in the development for the continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives

- Ensure credibility of Finance group by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts

- Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance & Accounting functions, all Statutory compliance's of the organisation

- Evaluates and advises on the impact of long range planning, introduction of new programs/ strategies and regulatory action

- Establish and maintain strong relationships with senior executives so as to identify their needs and seek full range of business solutions

- Provide executive management with advice on the financial implications of business activities

- Manage processes for financial forecasting, budgets and consolidation and reporting to the Company

- Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities

- Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable federal, state and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting

- Devising methods and systems to stop revenue leakages and strict cost controls and waste management

- Manage and develop relations with key investors, bankers and all stakeholders

- Overall monitoring of total finance function of all group companies

- Manage and oversee the daily operations of the accounting department

- Process month and end year process

- Manage accounts payable/receivable, payroll and utilities, treasury & banking, budgeting, cash forecasting

- Coordinate and complete annual audits, liaison with auditors

- Provide recommendations to improve internal control systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions

- Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies and principles

- Assign projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy

- Monitoring and controlling Cash Flow, drive DSO (AR) and DOS ( Inventory) reduction

- Overseeing all regulatory & tax compliances

- Contributing in financial strategy

- Liasoning with banks and other financial institutions

- FP&A for all the businesses, Present MIS to the management and analyze and advise critical areas

- Preparing Annual operations plan (AOP) / Budgets for the group

- Reviewing Contract Terms & Conditions

- Advising business on pricing & commercial decisions

- Manage EBITA and cash flow improvement decisions

- Reporting to Group MD

- Revenue and expenditure variance analysis, capital assets reconciliations, check runs, fixed asset

activity, debt activity etc

- Audit and review of Franchise outlets, financial statements and reports of company owned outlets as

well as franchise outlets

Strategic Investment Planning :

- Determining and reviewing the company's direction for short and long term goals & expansion as well as diversification plans and accordingly forecasting investment requirements and their timelines

- Formulating a multi phased strategy towards equity dilution and/or syndication of debt in order to

meet the immediate and far future investment needs of the company

- Formulating and spearheading a comprehensive Investor Outreach and Communication strategy,

designing and updating an exhaustive IM and Investor prospectus

- Designing and updating an integrated Due Diligence, spearheading the Due Diligence and Term Sheet negotiation process with potential investors from time to time

- Determining and devising a sustainable strategy for suitable deployment of funds raised by way of equity dilution/debt syndication, defining a stringent protocol aimed towards ensuring optimum financial prudence and discipline with regard to the expansion and diversification plans of the company