This week on the SuperChat with SuperCFO series, we are proud to present Deepak Goel, a well-rounded professional with sound knowledge and a rewarding experience thus far. He has the distinction of becoming the CFO of Hoppers Crossing Club Ltd, Australia, within just 8 years of entering the finance and accounts profession. Deepak is married with a son and lives in Melbourne, Australia where he heads the Accounting and Finance division of Hopper’s Crossing Club Ltd, Australia. Despite being born in India and with work in Australia, Deepak does not have a craze for Cricket, but loves Tennis,... Read More →

This week on the SuperChat with SuperCFO series, we are proud to present Dynshaw Italia, the dynamic and affable CFO of Bluewater Bio Limited, a water technology company in the wastewater treatment business. Dynshaw has a rich 18 year experience in the Senior Finance Management teams of leading global companies. He has been the recipient of two sterling accolades i.e., in 2007 as the Young Finance Director of the Year (at the Real FD and CBI’s Finance Director Excellence Awards), and in 2006 as Finance Director of the Year (Growing Business at the Accountancy Age Awards). Dynshaw is on the board... Read More →

The benefits of drafting a solid, crisp and effective resume are only too obvious. Firstly, it opens the doors to your dream job by landing you with interview discussions with your potential employer. Enumerated below are some important tools and tips that one must not overlook whilst drafting an impressive summary of one’s professional achievements. Know the Raison D’etre – The purpose of drafting a resume is to land up as many interviews as possible and not land up jobs. Oftentimes, people write long pieces of prose which gets boring to peruse and usually lands up in the trash can. Know... Read More →

Meet Manu Mehra, Director of Restructuring Advisory with KPMG (UAE), and a well-seasoned finance professional with expertise in Debt Advisory, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Equity Valuations, Financial Planning & Analysis and Treasury Management. He possesses 19 years of rich & diverse experience ranging from Banking (55%), Industry (25%) and Advisory (20%). Education: Bachelor in Commerce (B.Com.), Chartered Accountant (CA). Companies Worked with: KPMG (United Arab Emirates), Abu Dhabi National Energy Company “Taqa”, HSBC Investment Banking, Gulf Total Tractebel Power Co.,... Read More →

Energetic, knowledgeable, passionate, driven, positive – some of the qualities that strike you when you meet Ajay Kapoor, the dynamic Chief Financial Officer and Head Legal of North Delhi Power Ltd., a joint venture between Tata Power Company and the Government of NCT of Delhi, India. NDPL has won several accolades for its pioneering efforts in power distribution reforms. Education: Bachelor in Commerce (B.Com.), Chartered Accountant (CA), PGDM in Finance and Marketing and Bachelor of Law (LLB). Companies Worked with: North Delhi Power Ltd (NDPL), GVB Private Ltd., Network Ltd., Hitech Drilling... Read More →

It is always said that the first impression is the last impression. Success of an individual evidently lies in his interpersonal skills and his business knowledge. Your overall communication skills and your persona play an important role in leaving an indelible effect on the opposite person. In essence, you are responsible for creating your own image for the world to gauge and react. Presenting yourself more astutely and professionally in an official environment like a job interview is half the battle won! Many studies and analysis have led to the same conclusion that a person is judged within... Read More →

Inflation: There are many technical definitions about Inflation. In simple terms it represents increase in cost of products and services over time. Increase in cost also directly results in lower buying power and is therefore the X factor that drives down value of money. I have been reading newspapers and listening to expert interviews that are filled with a lot of technical jargon on the need for reforms & RBI/Central Bank’s intervention to control inflation, and how economies would face problems as a result of inflation, etc. etc. etc. But what does this mean to us? There are lots of matters... Read More →

What do Reddit, HootSuite, Quora, Foursquare among many others have in common? They were all victims of the Amazon Cloudburst which took place last week rendering the complete outage of the above services for a few hours. This resulted in a massive loss in productivity and business opportunity for these businesses that have rented Amazon’s cloud computing services to store and showcase massive amount of content. Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping store, launched its cloud computing business in 2006 on a pay per consumption model. Amazon Web Services provides inexpensive, customizable... Read More →

Every year around this time, corporations pay special attention to the top talent in their company. As the appraisal season takes momentum, this special care for the hitherto taken for granted talent intensifies. Around this time we at SuperCFO, get more than our usual share of phone calls from top CFOs and CEOs requesting to help them look for opportunites that marry their career aspirations. While we are more than happy to serve them, this does not bode well for the HR divisions of businesses who do not give talent management its due importance. Usually around the year HR divisions in companies... Read More →

In Part I, we have discussed about some real life examples from SME’s across multiple functions like Accounting Systems, Compliances, and Cash Flow Forecasting. Following on the Part I examples, we commence with Part II where some more examples on functions like Receivables Management, Cost Management, Fund Raising and Finance Reporting, will be dwelt upon. RECEIVABLES MANAGEMENT It is surprising to see that many a times SME’s chase banks for Working Capital / OD limits, while running huge receivables from clients. Infact, there are some large companies who actually fund their working capital... Read More →