Ramesh Venkatarathinam

Senior Management Professional with Construction Industry experience in
Finance & Accounts / Business Operations / ERP Designing & implementation of Microsoft Navision,
Microsoft AX, Oracle, Orion, Movex

PROFILE SNAPSHOT
A performance-driven professional with 31.5 years ( 16 years in Dubai and 5 years in Nigeria ) of rich & qualitative experience in:

-Finance & Accounts - Trade Finance - Budgeting & Feasibilities
- Business Operations - ERP & POS Designing - ERP & POS Implementation
- Financial modules -MIS Modules -Commercial Operations
- Retail & FMGC Experience - Wholesale & Manufacturing -Job & Project Costing
-Cost Control & reduction -Inventory Control -Internal Control
-Credit Control -Payables Management -Warehouse Management
- Recruitment & Training -Excellent Management skills -Administration
-IT Management -HR Management -Profit centre Head

• Proficient in handling entire accounting & finance functions including maintenance & finalization of accounts, working capital management, P&L account, balance sheet ( including consolidation of group companies), annual statutory & internal audit, and etc.
• Experience in arranging facilities from UAE banks and handling the issuance of all types of bank Guarantees, Letter of Credit, Trust receipt, LBD, etc. and various divisions of foreign exchange viz. import, export, guarantees, remittances, etc.
• Excellent understanding in formulating budgets, Long term business plan, Feasibilities studies, implementing systems/procedures, preparing key reports to exercise financial control and enhancing overall efficiency of the organisation
• Experience in Working as a Profit Centre head and having complete business knowledge. Experience in group companies, Trading company, Manufacturing company, FMCG and retail showroom
• Abilities in end-to-end implementation of ERP from requirement analysis to system study, designing, coding testing, de- bugging, documentation, designing and implementation. Experience Oracle based accounting software, Point of Sale, MOVEX, Microsoft Navision and Tally ERP, Focus, Oracle, etc.
• Deep involvement in the decision-making processes in adherence to financial regulations with the innate capability of driving business revenues via risk management, forecast and accurate analysis of financial data
• Proficient managing end-to-end HR processes at different levels in a matrix structure and ensuring risk & compliance for the business
• Expertise in managing business operations with focus on top-line & bottom-line performance and determining company’s mission & strategic direction as conveyed through policies & corporate objectives
• A team player with exceptional analytical, problem solving & interpersonal skills
• Excellent man-management skills, strong leadership, motivational skills, team building skills and highly organised professional in the line of work and experience in interacting with Senior and top management across the global teams along with an ability to influence at all levels to achieve the desired results.