Corporate finance
- Treasury and banking
- Working capital
- Budgeting and MIS
- Lender reporting
- Multi-currency accounting
- Consolidation
Expertise
Experience and expertise
A career spent inside finance functions, across sectors and jurisdictions, now applied to advisory, forensic and compliance work.
At a glance
- Years of finance and CFO-level experience
- 25+
- Countries of professional practice: India, Uganda, Tanzania
- 3
- ERP platforms implemented or migrated: SAP, Oracle Fusion
- 2
Career
Career timeline
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Present
Principal, Vaz & Associates
Chartered Accountants, Mumbai
Advisory, forensic, tax reconciliation and accounting practice, with engagements across India and for clients with interests in East Africa.
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2026
Finance Controller and Performance Management System Lead
Research and analytics sector, Mumbai
Financial control, reporting and the design and operation of a performance management system.
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2019 – 2021
Chief Financial Officer
Edible oil refining and bulk packing
Led a multi-currency finance function covering treasury, banking, costing, reporting and statutory compliance.
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2018 – 2019
Finance Controller
Cement manufacturing, Uganda
Financial control and reporting for a manufacturing operation, including costing, controls and compliance under local regulations.
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2015
Certified Forensic Accountant
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Completed ICAI's forensic accounting certification, covering fraud detection, investigation techniques and data analysis.
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2010 – 2014
Finance Manager
Retail sector, Tanzania
Managed the finance function and team, bank financing arrangements, reporting and controls for a multi-location retail business.
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2006 – 2010
Associate General Manager, Finance and Accounts
Highways and construction infrastructure
Finance and accounts for infrastructure projects; core team member on the migration from Oracle to SAP ECC6.
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2001
Qualified as a Chartered Accountant
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Admitted as a member of ICAI after completing articleship. Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai.
Capabilities
Areas of technical depth
Tax and forensic
- Forensic accounting
- GST reconciliation
- AIS and Form 26AS
- NRI taxation
- DTAA relief
- Internal controls
AI, systems and automation
- AI tools for finance
- Google Apps Script
- Python
- Excel VBA
- Digital transformation
- SAP ECC6
- Oracle Fusion
- Tally Prime
- QuickBooks Online