Inder 'Ben' Sachdeva
CPA, MBA
Olathe,KS
Summary
Accomplished, versatile, and innovative financial executive with a proven track record of managing organizational resources and delivering sustainable financial results. Creating strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align with key business initiatives. Solid business acumen with unique competencies in all aspects of finance and accounting, including optimal working capital management. Passion for continued improvement, creating and managing highly effective teams dedicated to serving the organization in a cross-functional manner. Demonstrated ability to design metrics and key ratios comparing historical and current performance resulting in informed management decision-making
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CEO General Manager
Avatar Management Services, Inc.
Olathe, United States
05.2014 - Current
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
- Evaluated employees' strengths and assigned tasks based upon experience and training.
- Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
- Established and updated work schedules to account for changing staff levels and expected workloads.
- Approved regular payroll submissions for employees.
- Applied customer feedback to develop process improvements and support long-term business needs.
- Raised performance in areas of sales, management and operations by identifying and targeting areas in need of improvement.
- Achieved or exceeded financial goals on regular basis by controlling expenses, optimizing schedules and regulating inventory usage.
- Increased revenue by 150% over a ~6 year period
- Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and terms to maximize business operational performance.
Director of Finance
Compass Minerals
Overland Park, KS
03.2006 - 12.2013
- Established and enforced controls on revenue and expenses to protect company assets.
- Analyzed financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis.
- Analyzed financial data regarding product performance and customer performance and developed reports for key stakeholders.
- Prepared business unit level 3 and 5 year strategic plans, budgets and forecasts and presented to senior management
- Produced reports outlining financial data to assist management with making strategic and operational decisions.
- Monitored budget, revenue and variance trends for $350M+ company, regularly apprising Business Unit General Manager of department's financial standing.
Senior Financial Analyst
H&r Block
Kansas City, MO
06.2005 - 03.2006
- Developed presentations and reports to inform and educate stakeholders and financial teams on growth possibilities.
- Tackled both annual and quarterly budget management tasks and developed financial models from benchmarking.
- Developed forecasting tools to analyze revenue variance, business pipeline and industry trends.
Education
MBA - Finance
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS05.1996
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS12.1987
Skills
- Strategic and Financial planning expert
- Process implementation
- Staff Leadership and development
- Accounting and cost management
- Operations management
- Project Management
- Logistics and vendor management
- Board Presentation skills
- Excellent communicator
- Skilled negotiator
Certification
CPA - certified passed exam
Securities broker - series 7, 6 and 63
Certified Pest Control Operator 7A, 7E and 3B
Languages
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Punjabi
Native or Bilingual
Urdu
Limited Working
Timeline
CEO General Manager
Avatar Management Services, Inc.
05.2014 - Current
Director of Finance
Compass Minerals
03.2006 - 12.2013
Senior Financial Analyst
H&r Block
06.2005 - 03.2006
MBA - Finance
Baker University
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance
Kansas State University
CPA - certified passed exam
Securities broker - series 7, 6 and 63
Certified Pest Control Operator 7A, 7E and 3B
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