Rinkoo Somani

Strategic & business finance leader and chartered accountant with 25+ years of experience. Previous roles: (a) Chief of staff and Group CFO at a USD 1.7 Bn CIC (b) Financial controller supporting ED& CFO at a USD 460 Bn (in assets) largest financial conglomerate and (c) Financial Controller at retail focused private sector bank in Mumbai with USD 19Bn (in assets). Extensive experience in mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructuring, fundraising across equity, hybrid, & debt capital, legal and financial due diligence process, commercial and legal negotiations, P&L management, corporate strategy, and corporate finance. At family office - handled strategic functions such as capital allocation, risk management, fundraising across hybrid & debt capital, stakeholder management, succession planning, investment reviews, oversight on compliance and secretarial functions, IT governance, institutionalize the family office set up in form of regulated entities such as registered AIF (Category II) and NBFCs. Previous roles at HDFC Bank and HDFC Limited honed skills in group consolidation, controllership and financial operations. Dedicated to foster analytical excellence, strategic decision-making, align processes to meet organizational goals. Specialise in M&A, resource mobilisation, support to fund raise via IPO & QIBs, listed debentures issuances, corporate restructuring, large scale IT implementation & automation, Regulatory compliance, governance framework, taxation and Statutory and Internal Audit. Expertise - CFO of a listed company, M&A implementation and integration, internal control and automation, implementation of different GAAP, Ind AS, US GAAP, Corporate Restructuring, Direct and indirect tax litigation and audits, RBI regulations, Stat & internal audit, compliance audits, IT Audit, Project management, ERP and Treasury software implementation, end to end integration of systems, designing sustainable PMS structure, attracting talent, hiring, designing compensation structure & ESOP jointly with HR department.