Nilesh Kashinath Raut has over 18 years of experience in finance roles across diverse industries. He has expertise in financial strategy, credit control, project financing, business development, corporate finance, and working capital management. Most recently, he was the Senior Finance Controller for Culture Machine Media Pvt Ltd, where he helped streamline processes, set up internal controls, and ensured statutory compliance across global entities. Prior to that, he held senior finance roles such as Senior Manager-Accounts & Finance at Heurtey Petrochem India Private Limited and Head - Accounts & Finance at Kaizen Automation Pvt Ltd. He holds an MBA in Finance and is a qualified CA.

1. CA NILESH KASHINATH RAUT
701/ 3, The Discovery,Dattapada Road,Borivali (East),Mumbai 400066.Phone: 9821596635;Email:nileshkraut@gmail.com
18+ Years of accomplished experience in diversified industries with strong credentials in rolling out innovative financial strategies
to generate operational economy across diverse functional disciplines in MNCs (7+years) and India Inc (11years)
PROFILE
 Consummate professional with capabilities inorganizing credit control, project financing, business development, corporate
finance, structuring means of finance, debt restructuring, working capital management.
 Experience in project cost estimation and reports,resource planning and group consolidation, financial analysis,
profitability estimates,cash flowprojections, calculation of various financial ratios / parameters and economic indicators
 Proven expertise in structuring of MIS system and Budgeting, defining standard operating procedures & internal controls;
deft in exercising strict budgetary control, variance analysis, appraisal of actual performance and MIS management
 Talented and profit driven Finance & Accounts Professional with demonstrated career success in steering entire range of
finance, accounts,audit, taxation, compliances and operations
 Computer savvy with sound experience in Tally ERP,SAP by design, QuickBooks, ERP S, Citrix and Hyperion system
 An all rounder intellect blending leadership, communicationand negotiation skills with sound business practices
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CULTURE MACHINE MEDIA PVT LTD (ALEPH GROUP) Dec 2014 – August 2016
(MNC engaged in Digital Media)
Senior Finance Controller
Heading finance and accounts department of Aleph group companies
Heading accounting,financeand risk management operations of the Group of companies alongwith development of a financial
and operational strategy, ensuringstatutory compliances of lawof land in India,USA,Singapore,ensuring ongoing development
and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accuratefinancial results in IFRS.Reporting
to Promoters , Board members and Investors.
Selected achievements:
 Streamline of processes and policies, set up of ICFR, TP modelacross all global entitiesand setting up of MIS and
Budgeting system
 Ensuring POEM of the overseas entities
 Treasury Management
HEURTEY PETROCHEM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (MNC) June 2011 – Dec 2014
(MNC engaged in the business of Engineering,Procurement &Commissioning)
SeniorManager-Accounts & Finance (Repositioned from DGM – Accounts & Financeas per group HR policy)
Headed complete accountingoperations and finalization of accounts along with consolidation of project accounts ,reporting to
FinanceDirector and Board members atFrance, directingfinanceteam of 8 qualified subordinates,coordinating with all internal
and external stakeholders for preparation of all deliverables required at each stage ofLOP,MIS,Budgeting fund
management,secretarial and other statutory compliances including direct and indirect taxes.
Selected achievements:
 Strategic decision of setting up of manufacturing unit instead of outsourcing in order to reduce cost, increase
profitability
 Setting up of Project offices for foreign entity in India
 Selection for finance seminar at Paris
 Fund management including arranging LC,BGs,CC, working capital facility, overdraft Facility and Term Loan.
 Preparation, Review and Updation of Business Development Budgets for each stage of the Project Lifecycle

2. KAIZEN AUTOMATION PVT LTD - GO MUMBAI BRAND (MNC) May 2009 – May 2011
(MNC engaged in the business of Automatic Farecollection system)
Head – Accounts & Finance
Reporting to Board members (Capivest Investment Bank from Bahrain) responsible for finance and accounting operations
involving fund management, budgeting&overall MIS management, seamlesslyliasoning with the marketing team for facilitating
business development of profitable business plans/ strategies, interacting with existing and new client for business growth,
statutory compliances,policies and procedures as per the company’s norms and statutory provisions and liasoning with auditor
from Big four firms and internal auditor,human resource management
Selected achievements:
 Set up of MIS system for board members
 Prepared business plan for presentation to prospectiveinvestors and business setup abroad (Colombo)
 Played pivotal rolein revivingcompany from crisis
 Set up of Internal control system and HR policies
 Handled IFRS audit of Big 4
KAPSTONE INDIA PVT LTD - RUSTOMJEE GROUP Jun 2007 - Apr 2009
(India Inc engaged in the business of construction of residential & commercial complex)
Manager - MIS & Taxation
Reporting to financecontroller,MIS reports on project progress and project budgets with variance analysis for Board members ,
preparation of consolidated group accounts,financial reporting,liasoningwith Banks and Financial Institutions for project loans,
direct taxation,handling of personal management portfolio
Selected achievements:
 Improved ERP system and developed management reporting system
 Handled accounts of 54 SPVs upto preparation of financials for statutory audit
 Successfully handled Due Diligence Audit for possible equity finance
MEDIAEDGE:CIA INDIA PVT LTD - A GROUP M COMPANY Mar 2006 - May 2007
(MNC engaged in the business of media planning)
MIS &Taxation Manager
Reporting to Finance director forMIS and budgeting for all the locations across India with parallelreporting to Head Office in
Singapore,ensuredstrictcomplianceto statutory requirements in relation to TDS, Income Tax, FBT etcas well as SOX compliance
&coordinated with Sox Auditors, payroll processing of all branches
Selected achievements:
 Successfully completed MIS training(Hongkong)
 Automated the MIS procedure
SHEMAROO ENTERTAINMENT LTD Jan 2000 - Mar 2006
(India Inc engaged in aggregation,distribution,production & postproduction work of filmand entertainment content)
Accounts Controller
Finalisation of accounts with consolidation of all the divisions ,timely MIS reports to management,supervised accounts
&taxation matters while seamlessly coordinated with various external agencies such as auditors, tax consultants, bankers etc
Selected achievements
 Played active member of Group core team for deciding organization policies and introducing processes
 Prepared Project report for expansion of business activities and negotiated with the bankers for getting credit lines
 Handled assignment of merger of a group company
 Implemented new accounting policies along with Tax planning

3. BORKAR & MUZUMDAR – CA Firm Oct 1991 – Dec 1999
Articled Clerk/ Tax & Audit Manager
Underwent practical training for Three years as an articled clerk. Subsequently continued as a semi qualified
assistant and handled various taxation and audit assignments of Corporate,Banks,Partnership firm,Sole
Proprietorships, Trust,AOP and Individuals.
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS PERSONAL DETAILS
MBA Finance 2011 fromNMIMS,Mumbai - CPGR 3 out of 4 Date of Birth: 6th July 1971
CA- November 2007 from ICAI, New Delhi Language Proficiency: English,Hindi,Gujarati and Marathi
Bachelor of Commerce 1991 from Mumbai University 63% Passport No:F9137614 (DOI: 04.09.2006 - DOE:03.09.2016)
Undergone training for IFRS from “ConsultIFRS”