Ramesh Babu Meela

• Offering over 21 years of successful career in spearheading end-to-end Finance & Accounts Operations and driving strategic plans to enhance top-line & bottom-line profitability 
• Currently associated as Hub Finance Head wherein leading a team of 22 people and spearheading South India business covering Hyderabad, Chennai & Bengaluru (each having 5-6 clusters) while managing a total turnover of INR 1200 Crores
• Successfully spearheaded various initiatives & implementations aimed at critical business processes standardization, improvements & automations with key contributions in substantial cost control & enhanced value proposition, compliance & risk mitigation strategy
• Delivered business impacts by collaborating with the leadership team, investors, board of directors & external regulators through high-stakes decisions; drove performance management, training & development while defining KPIs in line with organizational goals
• Provided insight to the financial decision-making process through analysis, financial projections (planning, budgeting & forecasting) and reporting; ensured strong communication with financial stakeholders to build credibility
• Supported investment analysis & project feasibility studies including fund & cash management; established working relationship with Banks & FIs for raising funds
• Expertise in analyzing existing operations to identify inefficiencies, redundancies & risks, innovating workflow improvements to establish internal financial controls
• Drove strategic financial direction & leadership; performed due diligence of companies, steered processes transitions, reengineered existing process, reduced tasks involved & made process lean, resulting in significant savings in man hours & overall cost
• Differentiators & Success Levers: Passionate, focused & result-oriented professional with established skills in people management, relationship building, networking, coaching & mentoring, negotiation, critical thinking, mindfulness and leadership acumen

Charered Accountant - from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - 2003

Master of Commerece - 2005

Bachelor of Commerce - 1994