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MBA with extensively diversified experience in setting up new entities, & turning around businesses. Functional expertise include corporate finance, accounting, treasury, human resources, operations, project management, supply chain, shared services, investments, grants, compliance, legal affairs, procurement and office infrastructure by designing and implementing user friendly IT enabled services |
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Area of Expertise: |
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Administration, HR, Management, Accounting/Finance
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Communications, IT, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Director, CEO, COP, President
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Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
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Private Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Professional Experience: |
Rajesh Arya comes with demonstrated success as Finance and Operations leader in diverse industry and operating environment with expansive global footprint, market and community reach. He is an MBA with extensive strategic business management, finance, operations, human resources and project management experience. During over two decades of his multidimensional career he enhanced corporate and stakeholder value through effective change management, team building and overcoming limitations from scarce financial and human capital resources.
He successfully identified and addressed complex operational issues, market and competitive demands of multi stakeholder ever-evolving business climate, and affected positive outcomes to build world-class, market-leading organizations. By applying contemporary business acumen in supporting multi-million leading global enterprises operating in 100+ cities, launching a high-end niche venture and turning around multinational foundations and corporate businesses Rajesh created his unique goodwill in the industry.
Rajesh Arya is a versatile professional who evolved from grass root to a strategic level, by nourishing his competencies and skills. He has led highly reputed corporate as well as not for profit sector entities in his past.
He recently concluded a business transformation project with John Snow, Inc. as its India Operations Director. He has successfully navigated JSI's maiden strategic investment internationally, transitioning from project based to a country office business model. While he is responsible to guiding the JSI management in the United States helping them take prudent decisions, he has successfully managed expectation of the country team to migrate into a different work culture altogether without compromising institutional mission, vision and values.
After this grand success the company has adopted a business as usual model and Rajesh is excited to look for another challenging opportunity to cover a wider landscape, with a seriously led organization.
In his past Rajesh has worked at senior management level with C-Quest Capital Green Ventures, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation and Clinton Foundation, where he managed average annual business worth US$21 million. He is expert in establishment of start-ups, managing change with rapid expansion and re-engineering of obsolete or sub-optimal systems by establishment of sustainable and highly efficient policies on risk, accountability, financial, operational, corporate governance, human resources, information and communication technology and standard operating procedures to manage businesses efficiently.
Rajesh is also an IFRS certified forensic professional by KMPG and a part qualified CA from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Over the last twenty years of his professional career, he worked in the corporate and development sector, including Library of Congress (US Embassy), the British Council, Care International, and the
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Education: |
ACADEMIC UPDATES
Master in Business Administration with specialization in Finance, from CSM Institute of Graduate Studies, Canada
2001-2003
Chartered Accountant (Intermediate), from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi, India
1991-1993
Bachelors of Commerce with Honours, from Delhi University, India 1988-1991
SPECIALIZED TRAININGS
Certified Forensic Accounting Professional, by Indiaforensic 2009
Grants and Contracts Compliance Training by USAID 2016
Global Technology Infrastructure and MS office, from The British Council and NIIT 2006
Certified IFRS professional, by KPMG 2008
Diploma in Supply Chain Management, from Alison 2015
Diploma in Operations Management, from Alison 2014
Fundamentals of Health and Safety in Workplace, from Alison 2015
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
1. Represented Clinton Foundation in India during President Bill Clinton's visit to India in year 2006. I was part of his motorcade and managed widely scattered logistics in collaboration with the trip director, HQ team, personal security team and the media personnel.
2. Represented Shakti Foundation during philanthropic visit of Hewlett, Packard and Mcknight families in 2011. I was point of contact for the visit plan, logistics and invites and worked in close collaboration with the Foundations' counterparts in the US, ClimateWorks HQ team, FICCI and the Indian team members.
3. Developed Finance manual and HR manual for Freedom from Hunger, India Trust, New Delhi, India
4. Developed a "business case" for IMS Health to set up a not-for-profit business in India.
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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