Akshay Jain
Chartered Accountant
Mumbai
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at Thermo Fisher, excelling in strategic planning and data analytics. Proven leader in optimizing processes and driving financial targets, demonstrating strong problem-solving and team-building skills.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager, Corp FP&A
Thermo Fisher
04.2022 - Current
- Facilitated strategic collaboration with India country leader and India finance leader in driving MBR, QBR, STRAP, AOP.
- Optimized, simplified, and automated revenue and bookings forecasting processes.
- Implemented of pricing dashboard at APJ level
- Supported country director for weekly win room calls
- Established a strong partnership with functional leaders of shared services
Manager, Finance
Thermo Fisher
04.2019 - 03.2022
- Partnered with commercial leader to achieve financial targets of LCD business (CAGR 15% from 19-22)
- Developed "Chemicals Swasthya" Power BI tool to enhance insights and boost productivity
- Collaborated with commercial leader for Serum deal during Covid (largest LCD order valued at $15M)
- Improved month end activities and processess
- Partnered with SCM and Commercial team to reduce E&O and meeting DOS targets for continous 3 years
- Facilitated EBITA expansion by ~250 basis points from 5% to 7.5% during 2019 to 2022
Manager, Taxation
Thermo Fisher
01.2016 - 03.2019
- Directed successful rollout of GST throughout Pan India.
- Supported completion of old pending assessment which helped to reduce tax exposure by ~$40M
- Successful completion of 5 years service tax audit
- Managed team of seven individuals including off-roll personnel
Proprietor
Akshay Jain and Company
09.2011 - 12.2015
- Handled tax-related matters such as VAT, CST, TDS, service tax, and excise.
- Statutory compliance working for multiple states.
- Handling and preparation of assessment-related work
- Ledger reconciliation and scrutiny.
- Issuance of statutory forms for the state of Maharashtra.
- Compilation of VAT audits under various states.
Articleship Trainee
Singrodia Goyal and Company
04.2007 - 03.2010
Education
Chartered Accountant -
ICAI
Mumbai 04.2001 -
B.Com -
Rajasthan University
Jaipur, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Strategic planning
Talent development
Operations management
Resource allocation
Data analytics
Cross-functional collaboration
Team building
Team leadership
Problem-solving
Training and development
Time management abilities
Timeline
Senior Manager, Corp FP&A
Thermo Fisher
04.2022 - Current
Manager, Finance
Thermo Fisher
04.2019 - 03.2022
Manager, Taxation
Thermo Fisher
01.2016 - 03.2019
Proprietor
Akshay Jain and Company
09.2011 - 12.2015
Articleship Trainee
Singrodia Goyal and Company
04.2007 - 03.2010
Chartered Accountant -
ICAI
04.2001 -
B.Com -
Rajasthan University
04.2001 -