Biswajit Choudhury

I have 17 years of experience in leadership roles in control functions in the field of audit, risk, fraud investigation, compliance, and assurance management (including Shared Service activities in FMCG and Financial Service sectors) and 7 years of business finance role around the Financial Management, Strategic Planning, and Accounts & Costing in various roles like regional accounting, working capital management, corporate finance, and capital markets (front and middle & back-office operations).

My track record counts among others:

Internal Auditing, Risk, and Controls: Extensive expertise in risk-based audits of financial, operational, commercial, production, compliance, and SOX audit engagements. Manage special reviews related to project assurance and fraud investigation.
Financial Management & Strategic Planning: Large experience in financials for annual business plans, budgeting, reporting, and deviation analysis of the actual performance compared to the budget through rolling estimates.

Accounts & Costing: Experience in working capital management involving route-to-market analysis, sales accounting, and credit monitoring.

My management style is collaborative and motivating. I have experience in setting up teams and encouraging in putting the acts together to implement the agreed roadmaps. I do take the role of a coach in order to get the team working in the right direction.

As an individual, I am transparent and truthful. I am good at driving roadmaps in implementing actions through thinking and perseverance. I create opportunities for continuous growth and development for myself as well as the team, through a synergy of excellent performance, teamwork, and interpersonal relationship.

Internal Auditing, Risk, and Controls: Risk-based auditing aligned to Internal Audit methodology - planning, execution, providing assurance to the business, and control functions. Manage special reviews related to project assurance and fraud investigation. Governance, risk, and control: Apply a thorough understanding of governance, risk, and control appropriate to the organization. Work closely to monitor Operation and Regulatory Risk for the company through Operation and Financial Risk Committees. Monitor Key Risk Indicators. 

Financial Management & Strategic Planning: Formulate budgets in tune with organizational objectives and profitability norms and review annual budgets, track performance, and strategic initiatives & identify key concern areas. Direct preparation of financial reports. Handle receivable management involving monitoring, reconciliation & liquidation plan of receivables. Deviation Analysis of the actual performance compared to the budget & prepares rolling estimates. 

Project Management: Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) implementation project in bottling plants gave me exposure to various critical projects for the company both as a lead and a team member. The projects targeted and defined growth strategy including expansion into specific existing markets, defining new distribution concepts within the existing model, and exiting non-performing markets. 

Accounts & Costing: Formulated business plans, monitored progress through rolling estimates, maintained books of account and validation of financial statements, track key assumptions of the plan, advise Management Committee, and influenced key stakeholders on any course corrections and new opportunities. 

Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Key Focuses: Accounting, Auditing & Assurance, Taxation

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Bachelor of Commerce, BJB College Utkal University (Bhubaneswar, India)

Key Focuses: Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Audit, & English