Pradeep R Ghatagar

Accomplished finance professional with 17 years of post-qualification experience in financial leadership, compliance, and strategic growth across global organizations. Expertise in driving financial governance, optimizing working capital, implementing ERP systems, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Adept at partnering with global leadership to enhance profitability, secure cost-effective financing, and enable sustainable business growth.

Since May’17                      KK Wind Solutions India Private Limited, Bangalore as Board Director & Senior Tax and

                                               Compliance Manager APAC – reporting to Director, Global Tax & Compliance, Poland.

                                               Prior to this: Board Director & Senior Manager Finance – reporting to Vice President,

                                               Global Finance, Denmark

Key Result Areas:

• Strengthened financial governance and compliance by directing Statutory (Big 4 auditors) and Internal Audits, achieving 100% regulatory compliance with zero major audit qualifications. Presented audited financials to the Board, effectively addressing and clarifying directors' queries.
• Drove financial strategy and planning, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, and cost management, ensuring accurate financial planning and enhancing profitability through data-driven insights.
• Optimized cash flow and working capital, ensuring liquidity, mitigating financial risks, and improving operational efficiency by streamlining receivables, payables, and inventory management.
• Spearheaded fundraising, securing cost-effective financing and maintaining an optimal capital structure to support business growth and expansion. (ECB Loan: INR 780 million, Infusion of Share Capital: INR 575 million)
• Ensured corporate governance as a Board Member, actively participating in Board and Shareholder meetings, ensuring timely statutory filings, and adhering to all legal and fiduciary responsibilities.
• Enhanced financial reporting and month-end closing processes, reducing reporting time through automation and process optimization, ensuring timely and accurate financial insights for strategic decision-making.
• Directed taxation and regulatory compliance, ensuring full adherence to tax laws while implementing strategies that delivered significant tax savings and minimized financial risks.

May’15 – May’17             Closure Systems International (I) Private Limited, Bangalore as Senior Finance Manager

 – reporting to Regional Finance Director, Hong Kong

Key Result Areas: 

• Led the Finance department in budget preparation, month-end closing, MIS reporting, variance analysis, and working capital management, ensuring financial efficiency and strategic decision-making as a Whole Time Director.
• Directed statutory, tax, and internal audits, as well as tax assessments, ensuring full compliance and risk mitigation.
• Developed, implemented, and enforced robust internal financial control policies to strengthen governance and operational transparency.
• Ensured compliance with all secretarial requirements, including regulatory filings and corporate governance obligations.
• Played a key role in liaising with Global Corporate Internal Auditors, facilitating seamless audits and adherence to global compliance standards.

Sep’08-Jan’15                Momentive Performance Materials (India) Private Limited, Bangalore as Manager FP&A

             – reporting to Senior Finance Manager 

Key Result Areas: 

• Handling monthly closing of accounts as per corporate global policy and ensuring accuracy. 
• Managing monthly analysis of Profitability, Working Capital, Cash Forecast, SBU wise Variance analysis, B/S Review, other MIS Reports and various ad-hoc analysis. 
• Developing and monitoring Annual Budget as well as Project Funding Analysis.
• Liaising with the auditors for smooth flow of Internal, Statutory and Tax Audit.
• Coordinating with banks for long & short-term loan requirements & compliances. 
• Overseeing cross charge services income from Intercompany like IT, BPO & R&D Center.

Highlights: 

• Successfully implemented SAP Profit Center Accounting Project and participated in many discussions in this regard at Germany with the global team in 2013.
• Won India Eagle Award for getting the term loan sanctioned to fund the new Chennai Plant investment in 2010.

Mar’07-Aug’08              Kennametal India Limited, Bangalore as Finance Executive

                                          – Reporting to Senior Finance Manager

Key Result Areas:

• Responsible for monthly MIS reports include AR ageing analysis, DSO business area wise.
• Supervised collection accounting by branches and Credit Risk Management by blocking customers.
• Handled intercompany collection of Scrap sales, Debit notes and Car Leasing.
• Coordinated with the auditors for preparing notes to accounts for Annual Report and for Tax Audit Report.
• Efficiently co-ordinated with SAP support team to develop SAP program for Debtors Collection report, Debtors ageing report and Sales register.

• Post Graduate Certificate Programme for Emerging CFOs from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore in 2024
• Advance Diploma in Management Accounting from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in 2016.
• Associate Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in 2006.
• Bachelor of Business Management (Finance) from Gulbarga University in 1999.