Nakul Gandhi

• Drove profitable growth for business by implementing strict cost controls and partnering with operations and procurement leading to Margin uplift by 300 bps.
• Implemented strong processes for improvement in DIR, DSO and inventory days resulting in reduction in working capital requirement.
• Built financial strategy for investment in new geography of over USD 100Million.
• Implementation of Automation solution for P2P process resulting in lower TAT for posting AP invoices by 2 days
• Collaborating closely with sales and QS teams to devise optimal pricing strategy, contributing to winning more bids.
• Coached and developed high-performing finance team, fostering culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.

• Led finance function in identifying key risks for business which was instrumental in delivering financial performance for business segment
• Partnered with procurement and logistics teams to structure international procurement model for capital products utilizing export incentives and lower cost of procurement generated saving in excess of $2M.
• Streamlined financial processes by implementing efficient budgeting and forecasting systems.
• Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.

• Developed a financial model for the group which included 11 portfolio companies to reflect five-year growth projection based on free cash flow from operations
• Led group-wide exercise of benchmarking revenue recognition policy across all companies in the group
• Led financial audit function for the company and close out of financials with external auditors.

• Responsible for overall financial management of Completions and Drill Bits product line for India
• Managed Segment profitability by working with logistics team to help in reduction of product cost by 200bps.

Heading team of 9 Management Accountants in charge of Schlumberger Financial reporting and results consolidation of Asia Pacific Region.