Tejas Modi
About Candidate
Ambitious, Visionary, Technocrats – People described about myself.
As per Gallup’s Strength profile, Top 5 strengths are Relator, Focus, Activator, Ideation and Significance .
The foundation of my career has been built on the building blocks of my various experiences, that have led to the versatile, well-rounded professional that I am today. I have 15+ years of experience in leading the finance pillar and guiding the overall company performance by providing the organization with robust financial planning, budgeting and operational controls.
I bring to the table a strong track record of driving productivity and profitability, driving strategic planning along with strategy implementation, change management both within the finance function and at the organization level, challenging status quo with the business leaders to bring about performance improvements and business partnering across all levels of organization. I provide value as a specialist in raising funds from local banks, International financial institutes and Fintech. By controlling revenue leakages and managing operational expenses, I planned business strategies to maximize profitability.
— Career Pinnacles—
✅ Collaborated with the C.E.O. and the executive team to make decisions regarding the company financial strategy and operations.
✅ Established strategic cost optimization systems for monitoring various overheads and achieving maximum cost control.
✅ Worked effortlessly with team members to source AED45M through local banks and global sourcing to meet the company’s strategy on debt-equity and cost of fund.
My journey so far has given me innate experience in working with cross-functional teams. This has taught me the importance of building trusted relationships and inspiring a shared vision. As a result, I can bring to the table real-world experience in efficiently working on several key projects, minimizing time spent on report generation, and increasing time for analysis, insight sharing and informed decision making.
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Led the Money, Material and Compliance team at RELIANCE INTERNATIONAL to establish a trading business for petrochemical products globally. My role as Team Lead has been instrumental in steering the company's financial direction, ensuring meticulous financial planning and implementing cutting-edge systems for enhanced efficiency. Implemented robust processes and systems to grow Open credit business in GCC & Africa region, achieving a 4X increase in top-line revenue in the just 2nd year. Mitigated risk by onboarding credit insurance, international DCA, and Agents.
In this role, I excelled in preparing consolidated financial statements, creating annual budget and providing concrete action plan on ways to optimise expenses. My experience also includes researching, creating analysis reports and facilitating informed decision making. Favorite aspect of my job is the constant hustle to fulfill deadlines. So far, I have taken numerous critical steps while implementing/automating technologies that improve financial and accounting work. I was appreciated for making every minute count as a champion of productivity and innovation. Few profile highlights include: ☑ Set-up and led MIS team, who was responsible for conducting monthly Executive Management Review ( to Board members) for evaluating Key Performances (KPIs), thereby facilitating strategic and well-analyzed decision making. ☑ Led annual business plan, cost optimization and budgeting, which led to savings in overheads. ☑ Explored different avenues to fund company growth and decided on structure that best suits the company need (Term loan, Project finance, pre-shipment, post-shipment, TR, LC., Receivable financing, etc.). ☑ Successfully created back-office in Mumbai to transfer Middle-east accounting (data entry) work, which resulted in saving of operational manpower cost and setting benchmark of teamwork and connectivity between 2 sites of the organization.
As a Team Lead, I supervised the team in the areas of finance and tax due diligence as well created and maintained the data room for systematic exchange of information. With sharp communication skills, I drove standardization and continuous improvement of processes and controls to obtain the highest integrity of financial reporting. I was a core member of the finance team in the million dollars acquisition deal; third largest deal in the Ad Tech space ever (support partner - KPMG). Few profile highlights include: ☑ Worked with the C.E.O. on M.I.S. and Group level consolidation of Balance sheet, P&L and Cashflow statements for global subsidiaries (14 subsidiaries). ☑ Involved in planning and execution for setting up of business affiliates in various international jurisdictions like US, Canada, and U.K. ☑ Coordinated with entity level auditor to timely complete audit as per local laws in India, Mauritius, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and USA.
At Aramark (a NYSE listed global leader in food and facilities management), my role was to influence and drive business decisions/actions with appropriate analysis and comments. With sharp analytical skills, I have identified risks related to business and profitability along with providing suggestions to minimize them. On a more practical level, I have been actively involved in supporting the financial planning process through month-end closure, quarterly planning, and long-term planning while analyzing results ensuring execution and accountability across the business. I led the statutory audit of one of the big four accounting organizations for 3+years. Few profile highlights include: ☑ Executed the project for strengthening supply chain and accounts payable function, strengthened reporting aspects of sites with food/retail business. ☑ Planned and implemented ERP (invoicing module): a project to redefine the billing processes and revenue leakage control, which resulted to reduction of D.S.O. by 14 days. ☑ Conducted analysis about petty cash expenses site-wise (250+ sites) and its adherence to policies, which resulted in cashflow management and elimination of cash leakages. ☑ Led a team of 10+ members, the project resulted in a recovery of outstanding payments due for 2+ years valued in crores.
