1. SHALENDER D GAUTAM (SDG)
Mobile: +91 - 95600 17919
E-Mail: shalendergautam@gmail.com
Passport Number – J0950383
SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL
~Aiming for challenging opportunities in the areas of Process Management, Inventory Management, Auditing with a growth
oriented organisation of repute for delivering sustained organisational growth in dynamic environments~
CORE COMPETENCIES
Accounts & Finance
Auditing/ Internal Controls
Taxation
Statutory Compliance
Process Management
Liaison & Coordination
Inventory Management
MIS/Reports
PROFILE SUMMARY
• B.Com, Executive MBA – Finance & Retail, CA Intermediate, CA Final – Group 2
Pass with nearly 12 years of rich experience in Finance & Accounts, Auditing &
Inventory Management majorly in the Retail industry
• Skilled in preparing key reports to exercise financial control and enhancing overall
efficiency of the organisation
• Demonstrated excellence in significantly reducing shrinkage by employees &
customers through monitoring of stock on daily basis and taking strict corrective
action immediately
• Expertise at handling the inventory function, to curtail inventory-holding expenses
and adherence to the minimum inventory level to minimize wastage
• Holds to credit in successfully designing & implementing effective material
coding/customer management systems to automate the store activities, leading to
increased efficiency
• Resourceful in managing day-to-day accounting functions including finalisation of
accounts, accounts reconciliation, auditing, statutory compliance, etc.
• Accurate and precise in all work related assignments with the ability to contribute
to corporate financial goals
• Team Player with excellent analytical & interpersonal skills with abilities in grasping
new concepts & utilising them in a productive manner
SKILL SET
Finance & Accounts
• Designing & implementing systems, procedures & manuals for the preparation & maintenance of statutory books of
accounts and financial statements while adhering to time and accuracy norms
• Ensuring that a true and fair view of the financial position of the company is presented by timely preparation of annual
reports; conducting variance analysis to determine difference between projected & actual results and implementing
corrective actions
Auditing/Internal Control
• Designing systems / procedures entailing mapping business processes and studying workflow to design solutions with a view
to facilitate internal financial control and accomplish organisational goals
• Conducting audits; evaluating internal control systems / procedures, preparing audit reports with a view to highlight the
shortcomings and implementing necessary recommendations
Inventory Management
• Ensuring proper documentation/accounting of materials/stores functions and conducting stock verifications and updating
variances; ensuring compliance to all the statutory requirements for smooth execution of retail store operations
• Handling the inventory function so as to curtail inventory holding expenses and adherence to maximum and minimum
stocking system for various materials and minimize wastage
Taxation/ MIS
• Computing & arranging for timely deposit of direct & indirect taxes (e-TDS, Income Tax & Sales Tax, Excise, Service Tax, VAT,
etc.) and filing of returns for timely completion of assessment and ensuring statutory compliance
• Overseeing preparation of MIS reports to provide feedback to top management on financial performance and assist in
decision-making process
2. WORK EXPERIENCE
Nov’14 Onwards; Jasper Infotech Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon - Snapdeal
DM – Internal Controls
Present Role:
• Managing PAN India internal controls & process improvement across warehouses.
• Conduct physical verification of stock at agreed warehouse with ops team and ensure that identified
shrinkages are debited to the respective partners.
• Conduct checklist based review at warehouse along with measurement & comparison of improvement with
last review and to ensure closure of NC's (Non Compliance) w.r.t last review.
• Drive internal audits by ensuring adequacy of scope coverage, recommendations & management comments.
Follow up with the auditee on closure of audit observations, post expiry of the timelines
• Issue reports of operational excellence reviews of warehouse & ensure operational personnel reduce NC's
(Non-compliance) & improvement of scores by one level from their previous audit
• Document internal process, risk assessment & risk mitigation, ethics & compliance along with TAT's for various
activities. Circulate quarterly report highlighting the process gaps/deficiencies identified basis various checks
with process excellence team - 5th of subsequent month from quarter end
Aug’14 to Oct’14; Future Retail Ltd., Mumbai
DM – IT – Process Compliance & Audit – Business Transaction Solution (BTS)
Highlights:
• IT process audit across group along with launching of new promotion scheme with integrated technology.
• Reconciliation of pay back points initiated in short duration which was not initiated for couple of years
Aug’10 to Aug’14; Carrefour Wholesale Cash & Carry (India) Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon
Senior Manager - BOUCLE Complete (Process Compliance i.e. Internal Audit)
Highlights:
• Was managing first Cash & Carry Store at Seelampur, Delhi as well as four more stores running in Jaipur,
Meerut, Agra & Bangalore
• Ensuring adherence to group norms & process compliance at stores in respect to receiving, ordering, stocks &
sales (complete flow of goods) i.e. parameter management & breakage management; checking inventory by
cycle count on daily basis to know the variances, delivery schedule, etc.
• Responsible for monitoring stock-out situation & taking corrective action so that sales are not hampered
• Carrying out real time updation of inventory & clearing out old & slow moving stock by offering discounts;
imparting awareness & knowledge to employees on process compliance
• Overseeing the Customer Registration Process in CMT (Customer Management Tool), verifying the entered
data & validating accepted business license with the help of the Customer Database Management Team
including DEO & Auditor; managing data with real time accuracy
• Conducting fortnightly checking of known & unknown loss for all stores and updating variances/losses to
COMEX (Committee of Executives) Directors; checking the monthly & daily scorecard of BOUCLE complete
checklist for process compliance
• Efficiently initiated codification task of master data updation related to Promotions across all the stores from
Sept’13 onwards involving:
o Handling PBM – Price Benchmarking on weekly basis, Fortnight Catalogue, In-Store Promotion, Decote,
MOC, Quarantine, etc. with a team of four persons (providing support to the store on daily basis including
weekends)
o Dexterously resolved the Price Mismatch Issue on immediate basis for the benefit of both the Operations
Team & customers
• Demonstrated excellence in executing the Pre-stores Opening with full responsibility of customer registration
after conducting complete checking on the basis of valid & approved license collected from Canvasser’s
o More than 1 lacs customer was successfully registered before store opening across all the stores post
validation
• Successfully completed on the job training given by the company at Jakarta, Indonesia for 3 weeks and 1
month training at India given by a professional from Indonesia
3. Nov’07 to Jul’10; Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon as Asst. Manager Internal Audit - North
Highlights:
• Effectively managed the entire Northern Region of Dubai based - Land Mark Group
o Lifestyle - 4 Stores (Gurgaon, Noida, Delhi & Jaipur) Max - 5 Stores (Gurgaon, Noida, Delhi, Agra &
Lucknow) LMG (Bossini) - 4 Stores (Noida, Delhi, Lucknow & Ludhiana), 3 Fun City (Gurgaon, Delhi &
Jaipur), 2 Food Court - Poly Nation & The Yellow Chilli ( Delhi ) & 2 Warehouse (Gurgaon)
• Regularly visited the stores for monitoring operations like checking:
o Sales Billing at Cash Counter, Reverse Entries, Hold Invoices, Markup, Markdown, Discount, Void Invoice,
Exchange, Alteration, GVTS (Gift Voucher Tracking System)
o Third Party Gift Vouchers, Stock Inward & Outward, PRN (Purchase Return Notes), RGP (Returnable Gate
Pass), HR- Attendance, Leave Cards, etc.
• Merit of saving the company in millions by plugging the loophole in point calculation in Christmas Merry Miles
Scheme gift voucher which was to be distributed on all India basis
• Dexterously conducted fortnightly checking of card swipe to avoid misuse; proactively reported any deviations
to VP Finance Internal Audit
• Instrumental in carrying out physical inspection at store floor to identify loopholes at cash counters & to verify
items without hard tag, soft tag, etc. took effective steps to reduce shrinkage & prevent loss
Oct’06 to Oct’07; Lilliput Kidswear Ltd., New Delhi as Manager Accounts
Highlights:
• Efficiently handled key stores (clients/franchises) like Lifestyle, Piramyd, Shopper’s Stop, Metro, Mochi, Regal,
Regal (Inc-5), Ritu Wear, The Loft, Foot Mart (Pantaloon), Reliance, etc.
• Played a key role in monitoring the dispatch of shoes
• Managed all India branches - EBO (Exclusive Brand Outlets) & MBO (Multi Brand Outlets)
• Effectively control the pending payments from debtors by doing the religious follow up & reminding them on
regular intervals.
INITIAL EXPERIENCE
Sep’05 to Sep’06 Ken Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Transaction Verification Auditor (TVA)
Project Office: Worked for ABB (Asea Brown Broveri) Ltd. (MNC) at DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation), Tilak
Nagar
Aug’02 to Oct’03; M/s Gandhi Minocha & Co. (Chartered Accountants), Ambala Cant. as Audit Assistant
Nov’01 to Jul’02; M/s Tilak Raj Chadha & Co. (Chartered Accountants), New Delhi as Audit Assistant
ARTICLESHIP EXPERIENCE
Jul’99 to Oct’01; M/s Naresh Kumar Singla & Associates (Chartered Accountants), Chandigarh as Article Clerk
EDUCATION
• Executive MBA in Finance & Retail Management - NIBM
• B.Com. from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra – First class graduate.
• CA Intermediate, CA Final – Group 2 Pass
• First class achieved in 12th
class Commerce stream by scoring top 10 position in college & 70% achieved in
11th
class by scoring third position in the college.
Other Qualifications:
• OECD Anti-Bribery Course from Organisation from Economic Co -0peration and Development in year 2006
• Management Development Program (MDP) from Pegasus, Dehradun from 25th
to 27th
May’10
• IIA – Institute of Internal Auditor Annual conference “New Skills for the Internal Auditor” attended on 19th
&
20th
Feb’16
• Managerial Essential 1&2 Course completed on 18th
April’16
4. IT SKILLS
• Well versed with DOS, Windows, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint), Internet Applications,
Accounting Software like Tally 4.5,5.4 & 6.3, ICICI Home Loan Package – Finnone & Siebel, Software of
Centurion Bank – Kapitty and SAP, P4CM PLUS stock management & P4MD PLUS promotion management in
Carrefour ,Uniware – WMS in Snapdeal
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 22nd
January 1980
Address: # G02,T-A2,Tulip Orange, Sohna Road, Sector – 70, Gurgaon – 122018, Haryana
Languages Known: English & Hindi
LinkedIn Profile: Shalender D Gautam /shalendergautam@gmail.com
Location Preference: NCR
Wife: Mukta Kumari – Sap Fico Sr. Consultant – PepsiCo – Gurgaon, India – 98108 95434