Divya Jain

Considered "right hand" to the Group CFO, working closely with both corporate finance and the group executive team. Lead Group accounting & reporting function across Australia, NZ and UK, managing financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, 5-year financial plans, three-way forecasts, statutory financial reporting, production of entity-level and consolidated financial statements, tax-related lodgements and reporting for the JAG Executive Board
• Direct management of four accountants working at different time zones
• Lead establishment of the new Group Reporting Function by designing of monthly reporting and consolidation templates (36 entities, 3 regions, 4 brands), implementation of a consolidation tool, assisted ERP integration process, finance process documentation and workflow improvements
• Play a lead role in the preparation of financial updates, analysis, and board content for the leadership team, Board of Directors, and investors.
• Manage and oversee the taxation affairs of the organization and liaise with the external tax firm for specialist advice, thin capitalisation, DTAA etc.
• Manage and oversee the cash flow of the company and ensure it has the appropriate controls and transparency for the Board and executive
• Manage the Auditor relationship and ensure the organization is compliant with accounting standards
• Provide guidance to teams around technical, commercial, and operational issues
• Partner with the CFO on fundraising activities including banking, investor relations, due diligence and closing activities.
• Supporting CFO on strategic projects and opportunities as JAG expands to new geographic markets and acquisitions
• Oversee Risk Management to ensure the business has a solid risk framework in place

• Excellence in financial modelling leading to a significant contribution to Exec team with Three way forecast now available at D12 of each month from a quarterly/half year ritual

As manager with Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) practice at EY, was primarily focused on accounting and financial reporting solutions for clients across multiple sectors

• IFRS implementation and advice on UK/US GAAP

• End-to-end preparation of accounting policy manuals, accounting memos and white papers

• Accounting change specialist, having managed numerous IFRS 15 & IFRS 16 projects, providing tailored and practical solutions

• Preparation and review of annual financial reports to rectify disclosure gaps and identification of accounting issues and improvement opportunities

• Lead process improvement for finance through training and development of new processes and tools, establishing standardisation, system implementations, drive continuous process improvements within finance function to align global and national policies and processes

• Hands-on accounting support and stakeholder management including industry-based secondments

• Preparation of monthly/quarterly/annual financial statement including coordination with offshore shared services team

• Establish and coordinate budget process, compile, monitor and analyze actual performance against budget with cross functional teams

• Active involvement in business to identify improvement initiatives for economic performance (growth, profitability, cash flow)

• Ensure timely completion of statutory audit and submission of corporate tax

• Manage secretarial compliance, conduct Board Meetings, manage statutory registers, Board Report, Committee reports and Company House filings

• Stakeholder management with Executive teams and external parties including banking syndicate, insurers, legal advisers, and others as required to support business

• Ownership of P&L of Foods division (Frito Lays), including preparation and coordination of annual audited consolidated financial accounts, managing monthly/quarterly/annual management reporting with detailed analysis
• Supporting team for accurate and timely submission of direct and indirect tax
• Involved in process enhancements, system implementations and recommendation of best practice and innovations
• Recognised with PepsiCo star award twice in less than 2 years
  

Audit of listed and non listed clients with specialised experience in oil & gas, manufacturing, hospitality and real estate sectors. Consistent star performed with best of learning and relationships earned.