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While most finance professionals strive to ensure compliance and strengthen accounting, CEOs often find finance leaders falling short in business partnering. Playing a Strategist and Catalyst for the CEO's business growth aspirations is an expressed ask from today's CFO. This convergence of finance and business is what I specialize in. My expertise lies in leading strategic finance processes with a focus on cost management, P&L management, and end-to-end digitization across the value chain. I am CMA Nutan Manish Karawde, a trusted business partner having delivered 3X turnaround growth. Core impact stories: 1] 1.5% book impact delivered. 3 times fast-tracking of Statutory audit closure process. 2] Spearheaded repositioning of finance value creation across value-chain. Evangelist who fosters culture of excellence, aligning strategies with purpose. 3) Maiden Business Excellence Assessment, aced it with a Star rating. Led & rallied team of 300 plus employees. 4] Digitally enabled Dynamic project bidding model designed, delivering pilot phase success rate of 70%. Potential business impact of Profit margin increases by ~ 0.5% points, strike rate improvement by 5%, and enhance winnability margin by 1-2%. 5] For Board driven KPI on Capital Efficiency improvement, designed and crafted Finance Optimization framework, leveraging effective levers for working capital management, EBITDA focus, and related parameters. Releasing blockage of funds. 6] Spearheaded & championed digitization of Financial Planning & Analysis, MIS to be automated through integrated EPM tool. Successful phase 1, paved way for large-scale adoption across the organization covering Rs.14000+ crore of business value. Finance lens beyond accounting. Excellence with Business Partnering. Grow where it matters and get slimmer where needed. If you find this interesting, Feel free to write to me at nutan.karawde@gmail.com