Rakesh Kumar Das Chitra 203,Kores Nakshatra,

e-mail:rakeshdas@mail.com Pokharan Road No.1,

(+91) 8082430693 Vartak Nagar, Thane-400606,
Maharashtra, India.
SYNOPSIS

Finance professional with more than fifteen years of hands on experience in Short Term & Long Term Finance,
Treasury, Financial Accounting, MIS, Audit and Banking Relationship.

KEY SKILL SETS

 Forex & Treasury  Trade Finance

 Fund raising – Long Term & Short Term  Financial / Business Analysis
 Cash Flow management  Annual Business Plan & Budgeting
 Foreign Trade management &  Banking relationship & liaison
Documentation  Accounts MIS and Variance analysis
 JV, Merger & Acquisition  Finance management for Subsidiary

KEY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 Arranged funding of more than Rs.4000 Cr for new businesses in Mahindra Intertrade & Essar Group.
 Managed finance and treasury of subsidiary spread across multiple geographies (India, UAE & Indonesia)
 Trade financing : More than USD 400 Million of buyers / supplier credit arranged in last 3 years
 Structured forex trade deals.
 Excellent working relationships with private sector as well as PSU banks
 Completed financial feasibility/viability study of more than 8 projects.
 Completed Credit Rating Exercise for Mahindra Intertrade Ltd; Essar Steel Ltd.
 Completed IFRS training from Consult IFRS.

WORK EXPERIENCE (in Reverse Chronological Order)

Mahindra Intertrade Limited (MIL) Since Jan 2012

MIL is M&M Group Company engaged in the business of Flat Steel Processing having 5 Service Centre in India
and one in UAE. It is also involved in International trading, steel imports, scrap imports etc.

Position - Head – Finance, reporting to CFO. Leading a team of five members, managing the financial affairs of
MIL and its six subsidiaries, the work profile includes:
 New project business strategy and viability analysis;
 Joint Venture/M&A negotiation and drafting of agreement;
 Financial feasibility for strategic decision making;
 Project Finance/ Long Term Funding.
 Loan Document drafting.
 Banking relationship and liaison.
 Working Capital, Forex & Treasury Management;
 Annual business plan, Cash flow, Budgeting;
 Investment of Surplus Funds.
 Deciding strategy for Forex hedging and convening Risk committee meeting.
 Coordinating for board and committee meeting, finalizing agenda, minutes etc.
 International and Domestic L/C and related documents handling.
 Monthly MIS and variance analysis.
 Finalization of accounts, Statutory and IFC audit.
Essar Group: From April 2007 – Jan 2012

Position - Senior Manager-Corporate Finance, in the Corporate Finance Team.

Job profile included:

Project Finance: Steel and Power Business

 Project Appraisal;
 Finalization of PIM
 Loan Documentation; CP Compliances
 Credit Rating Exercise; Coordinating with LLC, LIA and LE for the Due Diligence Report;
 Syndication/Financing of Projects;
 Liaising with banks and Financial Institutions like PFC and REC;
 Accompany bankers and Lenders Engineers to site visit.

Trade Finance and Treasury

 Handling of total CAPEX exposure of more than Rs 4800 cr.
 Fund Based Finance Management – Reducing cost of interest by investing ideal funds and hedging forex
exposure.
 Non Fund Based Finance Management – Letter of credit, availing Supplier’s Credit and Buyer’s Credit
and its rollover to ensure saving in cost of finance.

Bank Liaison:
 Liaison with Banks and doing follow up related to loan proposals of different business verticals.
 Bank relationship and coordination with the Banks and FIs for bankers (consortium) meet.

Assam Company Ltd, Kolkata (Member of Duncan Mcneil Group, UK) From Apr 2004 – Apr 2007

Position - Deputy Manager – Finance

Job profile included:
 Working Capital Management, Preparing Cash Flow, Cash Budget and CMA data.
 Looking after the entire operations relating to Inland as well as Foreign Letter of Credit which includes
the opening of L/C, their smooth negotiation from time to time in liaison with the suppliers and the banks.
 Preparation of various Financial MIS on weekly and monthly basis.

Nepal Overseas Marketing Company Private Limited, Kathmandu, Nepal From Aug 2002 – March 2004
Position - Finance Controller
Job profile included:
 Handling Accounts & Finance matter of the company being sole importer and super distributor of Gillette,
Johnson & Johnson, Wella, and Yardley in Nepal.
 Handling finalization of accounts and day to day financial affairs of the company.
 Preparation of A & P report for Gillette and Johnson & Johnson on monthly basis and reporting the same
to the concerned companies.
 Looking after the entire VAT and Income Tax matters.
Deepak Agarwal Associates, Chartered Accountants, Kolkata. From Sept 1999 – July 2002

Position - Paid Assistant

Job Profile Included:
 Leading audit team & Conducting Statutory Audit and Tax Audit including finalization of accounts.
 Specialized jobs of secretarial works such as preparation of Minutes of Board Meeting and Annual General
Meeting of Companies.
 Preparation of bank proposal with respect to Term Loans on behalf of clients.
 Preparation of CMA data for banks on behalf of client(s) for renewal of sanctioned limit for funded as
well as non-funded working capital.
 Visiting and attending Income Tax Department on behalf of the client for assessment and case hearing.

ARTICLESHIP
K.L.Bothra & Co, Kolkata. Aug'96-Aug'99
 Handled Statutory Audit, Tax Audit etc. of various Companies independently.
 Taken active participation in the finalization of accounts of various companies both Public as well as
Private Limited.
 Various Specialized Jobs like Preparation of BRS, Sales report, Budget Preparation, Loan Projects, etc.
 Various Secretarial Jobs like Preparation of Investment Register, Fixed Assets Register etc. and allied
ROC matters. Handled IT Files of Individuals, Firms etc.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Professional:

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India – Final, (May’ 2002)

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India – Intermediate (Dec’2000)

Academics:
Bachelor of Commerce (Hons), Seth Anandram Jaipuria College, Calcutta University – 1997, Kolkata.

LANGUEGES KNOWN
PROFICIENT: English, Hindi and Bengali.
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Word, Excel, Power Point.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth: 23rd April 1976.
Marital status: Married.
INTERESTS
Playing Chess, Soccer and Cricket, Meditation.

CURRENT LOCATION: Mumbai, Maharashtra

NOTICE PERIOD: Three Months.
REFERENCES – Will be provided on request