Rathish Kumar Thacheth

Strategic Planning: Evangelize the financial outlook by formulating the financial strategies that support the business vision and objectives. • Financial Leadership: Ensure financial operations are scalable, supporting the growth trajectory while maintaining operational efficiency. • Financial Oversight: Drive the full spectrum of financial operations, delivering precise reports and optimizing overall business performance. • Financial Frameworks: Create and execute finance & accounting frameworks, accelerating improvements and supporting scalable growth. • Treasury Management: Supervise treasury, ensuring efficient management of cash reserves, working capital, and investment portfolio. • Mergers & Acquisitions: Lead financial due diligence processes and assist in evaluating mergers & acquisitions to support growth initiatives. • Internal Controls: Maintain robust financial controls, minimizing the potential for fraud and ensuring integrity across all financial processes. • Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the development of accurate financial forecasting models, supporting the long-term fiscal strategy. • Feasibility Studies: Conduct comprehensive feasibility studies and strategically craft high-value proposals to drive business growth. • Audit Control: Champion audit control processes within finance and accounting, ensuring unwavering compliance and transparency. • Transfer Pricing Models: Conceptualize effective transfer pricing models to optimize global tax efficiency, substantially boosting profitability. • Costing: Create costing methodologies for laboratory services, driving financial sustainability while maintaining high service standards. • Receivables Management: Actively manage the receivables, ensuring cash flow optimization and robust risk mitigation strategies. • VAT Compliance: Oversee VAT compliance and execute corporate tax strategies, ensuring adherence to multi-jurisdictional regulations. • Team Leadership: Manage a high-performing, diverse team of professionals, driving excellence and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Deliverables: • Orchestrated the development of a business strategy, defining actionable objectives and setting clear long-term growth targets. • Delivered a detailed and strategic five-year business plan, establishing a clear roadmap for continued expansion. • Provided finance advisory services, focusing on profitability enhancement, meticulous cost control, and effective fund management.

Managed a portfolio valued at USD 500 million, directing initiatives that delivered both growth and profitability as per corporate objectives. • Drove business transformation, leading initiatives that enhanced operational efficiency, elevated productivity, and reduced total costs. • Formulated financial plans, guiding key decisions such as capital investments, post-investment analysis, and competitor benchmarking. • Led cost optimization initiatives, driving strategic dis-investment, and managing the balance of debt and equity for capital efficiency. • Oversaw liquidity management and working capital optimization, ensuring financial flexibility and agility for growth. • Executed superior inventory management strategies, increasing turnover while significantly reducing obsolescence losses. • Led the preparation of financial reports in collaboration with Big 4 auditors, ensuring transparency and strict compliance. • Built a corporate governance framework, ensuring the organization exceeded compliance expectations and met stakeholder objectives. • Introduced and implemented stringent internal controls to ensure financial integrity, accuracy, and reporting compliance. • Led, mentored, and developed a high-performing team of 100, fostering a culture of innovation, empowerment, and continuous growth.

Directed business plan validation processes, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and maximizing profitability. • Conducted in-depth variance analyses to identify discrepancies, executing corrective measures to ensure accurate financial forecasting. • Led the transformation of underperforming business units into consistently profitable segments, delivering sustainable revenue growth. • Achieved remarkable profitability growth, securing ISO: 9000 certification and reinforcing the organization’s commitment to quality. • Orchestrated the transition to Oracle ERP, streamlining operations and enhancing data accuracy through seamless system migration. • Managed external financial reviews and audits with Big 4 firms, ensuring full regulatory compliance and operational transparency. • Created and enforced financial systems, policies, and procedures, enhancing internal financial control and safeguarding organizational assets