CA INTER · GST PRACTITIONER · 14+ YEARS

Vipin Nair: Finance & Accounts leader

Fourteen years of hands-on leadership in accounting, direct and indirect taxation, statutory audit and financial reporting across India, Singapore and Australia. Seeking a Manager, Finance and Accounts role.

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14+Years in finance and tax
₹180 CrBalance sheet managed
USD 100 Mn+Volume across 3 tax jurisdictions
10 → 5Days to month-end close
Professional Summary

Finance, tax and compliance, end to end

Target role: Manager, Finance and Accounts, with ownership of financial reporting, taxation, statutory compliance and audit for a mid to large balance sheet organisation.

Finance and accounts professional with more than 14 years of experience across accounting, direct and indirect taxation, statutory audit, financial reporting and regulatory compliance. Currently leads finance operations for a ₹180 crore balance sheet institution with over ₹100 crore in cash and bank balances and roughly ₹20 crore of annual donor inflows across multiple restricted fund pools. Previously directed multi-jurisdictional tax compliance for a crypto exchange processing over USD 100 million in trading volume, and led finance for an SGD 20 Mn IT services business.

A CA Inter (ICAI) and certified GST Practitioner with deep working knowledge of Income Tax, TDS, Advance Tax, scrutiny assessments, end-to-end GST implementation, input tax credit reconciliation, FCRA compliance and donor fund governance. Strong on month-end close, general ledger finalisation, budgeting, variance analysis and MIS, with hands-on ERP experience across Tally, Zoho Books, ERPNext, SAP and Microsoft Dynamics Navision.

Finance reports, a calculator and a growth chart
Professional Experience

Where I have delivered

Current

Assistant Manager, Finance and Accounts

CIIE Initiatives (IIMA Ventures) · Technology Business Incubator, IIMA

Apr 2024 - PresentAhmedabad

₹180 crore balance sheet · ₹105 crore+ cash and bank · ~₹20 crore annual donor inflows · two group entities

  • Authorise 300+ vendor and grantee payments a month across restricted fund pools, with TDS and budget validation before every disbursement.
  • Lead Income Tax, TDS and FCRA compliance; prepare Utilisation Certificates for 15+ government schemes and 50+ donor-funded projects, closing statutory audits with zero adverse remarks.
  • Cut the month-end close cycle from 10 to 5 working days across two group entities.
  • Control procure-to-pay, ageing and bank reconciliations across a ₹100 crore+ treasury over 23 banks.
  • Drive ~15% cost reduction on finance and professional services renewals through benchmarking and consolidated sourcing.
  • Govern unspent grant balances committed through March 2028, with budget-head-wise utilisation, burn projections and variance reporting to leadership.
  • Deliver MIS on project-wise cash flow, budget vs actual and profitability for management, board and 50+ funders.
  • Implemented GST compliance from scratch for 20+ incubated businesses and mentored founders on registration, HSN/SAC, filing and ITC reconciliation.
  • Identified an accrued interest undercount in a debt-to-equity conversion, preventing a potential ₹1.25 crore loss.
  • Reconstructed the approval and compliance trail for a portfolio write-off, cleared without qualification, and built a write-off checklist now used as standard practice.
  • Executed CWIP to fixed asset capitalisation under AS 10 in line with audit requirements.
  • Initiated an ERPNext-Kotak Bank API integration: 75% less manual processing, ~₹1 lakh annual savings, delivered in 3 months.
  • Automated bank reconciliation into ERPNext, saving ~30 hours of manual work every month.
One-year contract

Senior Financial Analyst

OmniFusion Innovative Labs Pte Ltd · IT Services

Feb 2023 - Mar 2024Ahmedabad

SGD 20 Mn turnover

  • Monthly book closure with audit-ready financials and an MIS pack (revenue, margin, receivables ageing, cash burn), cutting close time by 25%.
  • Built a project-wise budget vs actual model across 100+ projects, enabling in-quarter cost correction.
  • Owned India GST, TDS and Advance Tax with zero late fee or interest exposure.
  • Handled Singapore GST, ECI, ACRA and IRAS compliance and consolidated financials under Singapore GAAP.
Digital assets

Senior Executive, Accounts and Taxation

Awlencan Innovations India Ltd (ZebPay)

Jun 2021 - Jan 2023Ahmedabad

USD 100 Mn+ exchange trading volume · three tax jurisdictions

  • Directed tax compliance across India, Singapore and Australia through a period of heavy regulatory change.
  • Executed Singapore GST, ECI and ACRA filings with IRAS support, and Australian BAS filings.
  • Filed GSTR-1, 3B and 9, reconciled GSTR-2A, handled TDS, Advance Tax and STPI/Softex compliance.
  • Ran the full accounts payable cycle, 500+ invoices a month, plus book closure and audit walkthroughs.
Own practice

Designated Partner

Grow Wise Ventures LLP · Accounting & Management Consultancy

Apr 2015 - Jun 2021Ahmedabad

45 SME clients · ₹50 lakh to ₹10 crore turnover · team of 3

  • Founded and scaled an accounting and compliance practice; owned closures, audit readiness and client relationships.
  • Governed Advance Tax, GST, VAT, Service Tax, Excise, Income Tax, TDS, Form 15CA/15CB and tax audits.
  • Structured financials and CMA data for ~₹5 crore of working capital and term loan sanctions.
  • Implemented Tally, Zoho Books and ERPNext for clients; recognised as a Tally Bronze Partner.
  • Handled MCA filings, incorporation, strike-off and liquidation, EPF, ESIC, PT and GST refunds for exporters.
Articleship

Audit Assistant

S N Shah and Associates · Chartered Accountants

Mar 2012 - Feb 2015Ahmedabad

  • Independently represented Income Tax scrutiny cases; conducted statutory, internal, concurrent (bank), stock and revenue audits.
  • Filed Income Tax, Service Tax, VAT, CST and TDS returns across multiple verticals.
Skills & Core Competencies

What I bring to a finance team

Accounting & Reporting

Finalisation of accounts, Schedule III financials, month and year-end close, GL, AP/AR, bank reconciliation, fixed assets and CWIP, Ind AS and IFRS, internal financial controls.

Taxation

Income Tax, TDS, Advance Tax, tax audit, scrutiny u/s 142(1), 143(3), 144, Form 15CA/15CB, GST implementation, GSTR-1/3B/9/9C, ITC and refunds, Singapore GST/IRAS, Australia BAS.

Compliance & Governance

FCRA, Utilisation Certificates, grant and donor fund management, Companies Act 2013, MCA/ROC filings, EPF, ESIC, PT, STPI and Softex, DPDP Act.

FP&A & Systems

Budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis, project cash flow, working capital and CMA, costing, portfolio valuation, financial modelling, MIS and board reporting.

Tally PrimeZoho BooksERPNextSAP FICOMS Dynamics NavisionAdvanced ExcelPower QueryERP ImplementationProcess Automation
Projects · Domain-Led Finance Automation

Finance expertise, shipped as working software

Personal projects built alongside my finance role. I author the specification, design the user flow and encode the tax and accounting logic, then test against statute and real cases, using AI tools as the engineering partner.

Direct Tax

Income Tax Calculator FY 2026-27

Salary, 44ADA/44AD, house property, capital gains with CSV upload, Chapter VI-A deductions and advance tax with quarterly due-date reminders.

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Ind AS

Ind AS Copilot

Browser-based Ind AS accounting reference and audit assistant covering 21 standards and 25 worked case studies.

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Compliance

Compliance Manager

Statutory due-date tracker and compliance dashboard for Indian entities.

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Accounting

MSME Accounting Software

Vouchers, Schedule III financials, GSTR filing, payroll and inventory in one modular, offline-capable app.

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Fund Accounting

AIF & SIF Fund Manager

Fund manager workbench for alternative and specialised investment funds covering NAV, capital calls and investor reporting.

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Personal Finance

Personal Finance Manager

Budgeting, expense tracking and financial analysis workspace with AI insights and Google Drive sync.

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Markets

Stock Market Explorer & Portfolio Manager

Live prices, charts, entry/exit signals and fundamentals scoring; tracks equity, mutual funds, crypto and FDs with P&L and XIRR.

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Workflows

Goals & Task Manager

Track daily tasks and team projects with Kanban boards, Google Calendar sync and data exports.

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Valuation

Financial Model & DCF Valuation

Linked three-statement models, DCF valuation and a printable valuation report.

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Education
  • M.Com, Finance and TaxationIGNOU · 2018
  • PG Diploma, International Business and TradeIGNOU · 2017
  • B.Com, Finance and TaxationGujarat University · 2013
  • CA Inter (IPCC)ICAI · 2011
  • HSC, CommerceGujarat State Board · 2010
Certifications
  • GST PractitionerGovernment of India · 2017
  • Financial Modelling and ValuationGrant Thornton Bharat · 2023
  • IFRS and Ind ASGrant Thornton Bharat · 2023
  • Advanced GST Return FilingStudycafe · 2024
  • DPDP Act ProfessionalServQual · 2026
  • SAP FICO, QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Zoho Books, AI in FinanceSimplilearn
Knowledge Hub

Sharing what I have learned about compliance

Free, source-backed guides and community resources on Indian company law, SEBI regulations, GST, income tax and labour laws, written from fourteen years of practice.

News & Blogs

Fourteen in-depth guides with applicability tables, filing workflows, due dates, penalties and official sources, plus a regulatory updates feed.

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Community Help

Plain-language explainers for taxpayers, survival guides for micro-businesses and a study zone for commerce and law students.

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Support Us

Voluntary support that keeps study material, MSME workshops and awareness drives free for everyone.

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Gaumata Raksha

A community initiative for shelter, nutrition, veterinary care and self-sustaining Gaushalas for indigenous cattle.

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Mission

Proud Ancient India, rich with young talent: together, we can lead a better nation

India gave us our freedom, our education and the opportunities that helped us stand on our own feet. Our soldiers guard the borders and our police keep us safe, through every holiday and festival. Our freedom was won through the sacrifice of leaders such as Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh and Lokmanya Tilak. Building the nation is not the Government's task alone; it is every citizen's duty.

The Knowledge Hub and its community initiatives are my way of giving back: a non-commercial, not-for-profit effort, undertaken purely for community and social service.

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Let's talk

Hiring a Finance & Accounts Manager?

I am based in Ahmedabad and open to roles that own financial reporting, taxation, compliance and audit. References are available on request.

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