AZIZ KOTADIA
Tucker, USA
Summary
A qualified Chartered Accountant with over 29 years of extensive experience in Strategic Planning, Legal, Finance & Accounts, Auditing & Taxation, Financial Control & Statutory Compliance in India & overseas. An effective leader with excellent communication, analytical, team building and relationship management skills.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Executive Officer
AGN Kotadia USA LLC / Mavrick Group of companies (USA)
04.2014 - Current
- Restructuring and acuisition
- Handled various litigations and Sues (Immigration and Other Law related) and successfully managed it.
- Development and monitoring of budgets of entire group on a regular basis and develop short-, medium-, and long-term financial plans and projections.
- Financial Plannings, Tax Planning and business development
Head – Finance, Accounts, Projects, Legal & Compliance
Universal Education Group
10.2008 - 08.2013
- Managed to availed finance for 4 capital projects from nationalised banks, Established cordial relationship with bankers / NBFCs.
- Develop budgetary and MIS system for entire group and implemented in all units.
- Restructured finance & accounts departments
- Successfully managed various legal matters
- Notable Contributions:
Chief Finance Officer (HOD for Finance, Legal, Capital Projects)
Aga Khan Education Services
02.2006 - 05.2008
- Restructured Accounting system and automate 90% of Monthly, Quarterly and Annual reports.
- Completed TWO significant & complicated Construction projects within the stipulated deadlines within the approved budget.
- Availed multi-year external funding from Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and European Union, Also, annual funding from various international and local agencies.
- 9 months worked as Acting CEO in the absence of CEO.
- Notable Contributions:
General Manager
Mahakali Group of Companies
01.2004 - 03.2006
- Efficiently design and implement entire system (Financial, Administrative, Marketing, Sales team etc) for the newly established group in India.
- Successfully managed to get substantial finance / credit facilities from nationalised banks.
- Notable Contributions:
Manager – Finance & Operation
Kazinga Channel Office World Ltd.
05.2002 - 08.2003
- Capably got 3-4 big tenders; designed financial & administrative systems and monitored its implementation.
- Made efforts in getting the company the ISO 9002 certification.
- Restructured IT Workshop and Copier Workshop and made them profit making from the 3rd month.
- Introduced & handled weekly Sales Team meetings, Monthly Organisational Review Meetings, etc.
- Successfully introduced Debtors management system and reduced Creditor T/O ratio from 90 days to 48 days.
- Notable Contributions:
HOD – Finance, Legal, Systems and Rural Education Assistance Programme (REAP)
Aga Khan Grants and Review Board for India and Aga Khan Education Services, India
01.1998 - 04.2002
- Undertook a survey of all 49 REAP Centres and developed progress plan & made a Project Proposal for EC for MSRRP for the Educational Rehabilitation Programme funding for the Gujarat Earthquake.
- Successfully taken lots of Cost Reduction action & represented AKES, I in the International Workshop on Educational Management Information System.
- Implemented the learning’s in the School Management Reporting System
- Redesign of Human Resource System in accordance & efficiently designed Employment Contract format.
- Vertically and horizontally expand the reach of GRB,I
- Notable Contributions:
Education
Bachelor of Law -
Mumbai University
Mumbai, India01-2010
Management of Developing Organization - undefined
Narsee Monjee Institute of Social Studies
Mumbai, India01-2002
Chartered Accountant - undefined
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Mumbai, India01-1997
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Saurashtra University
India01-1993
Skills
- Overall operation of the organisation and group companies
- Development of team, objectives and goals of the organisation and implementation of it
- Fund Raising (national and International Donors) and Treasury Management
- Well verse with most of legal laws and handle any difficult situation in adherence to the applicable law
- Strategic planning – designing & implementing
- Finance & Taxation Management, Human Resource Management, Handling complex management issues
- Conceptualization to execution of capital projects
Personal Details
English, Hindi & Gujarati
Timeline
Chief Executive Officer
AGN Kotadia USA LLC / Mavrick Group of companies (USA)
04.2014 - Current
Head – Finance, Accounts, Projects, Legal & Compliance
Universal Education Group
10.2008 - 08.2013
Chief Finance Officer (HOD for Finance, Legal, Capital Projects)
Aga Khan Education Services
02.2006 - 05.2008
General Manager
Mahakali Group of Companies
01.2004 - 03.2006
Manager – Finance & Operation
Kazinga Channel Office World Ltd.
05.2002 - 08.2003
HOD – Finance, Legal, Systems and Rural Education Assistance Programme (REAP)
Aga Khan Grants and Review Board for India and Aga Khan Education Services, India
01.1998 - 04.2002
Management of Developing Organization - undefined
Narsee Monjee Institute of Social Studies
Chartered Accountant - undefined
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Saurashtra University
Bachelor of Law -
Mumbai University
Seminars
Attended various Seminars and workshops
Other Assignments
Other Voluntary Service:
- The United Credit Co-op. Bank Ltd. – Director (for two year) & President (for 3 years)
- Development Credit Bank Ltd – Committee Member Edu Loan Product
- AKES, I - Director Portfolio In charge of Finance and EDP
- AKPBS, I - Director Portfolio In charge of Finance, HR and Operation