Saurajit De In 60 Seconds
Finance professional with experience of more than 2 decades, spread across large, reputed organizations in hospitality, Banking and insurance, media and entertainment, BPO and healthcare.
Finance leadership positions as CFO of Philippines entities in the previous two assignments. Expertise in FP&A, controllership and business support functions.
True collaborator, communicator and people manager.
Specialist Skills
Budgeting & Forecasting
Led FP&A team through major acquisition of sports telecast rights.
Business Planning
Planning of new sports TV channel in Sony, the direct sales model in Disney publishing.
Profit Improvement
Price increase in select key products in Philippines pharma market.
Cash Flow Improvement
Improved collection from one key distributor, to reduce DSO by 30 days.
Management Information
Management reporting experience spanning of over a decade including US GAAP reporting in multinational companies as well as consolidated financial reporting.
Track Record Highlights
- Increased profitability of BSV Philippines by driving price increase of select few products.
- Reduced working capital blockage by setting up process to help accelerated AR collection, and help business manage with optimum inventory by designing a robust demand and supply planning with manufacturing team.
- FP&A lead at Sony at the time of bidding for initial telecast rights of cricket Indian Premier League. Setting up of the process profitability and cash projection of the company, work on obtaining bridge loan to meet the working capital gap.
- Key team member in setting up new business vertical of Disney publishing in India.
- Implementation of accounting standards on consolidated financial reporting, while working in Taj group of hotels- a complex group of subsidiaries and associate entities.
Sector Experience
- Hotels
- Banking
- Life Insurance
- Media
- Business Process Outsourcing
- Pharmaceutical