Atul Sharma

A natural leader and problem solver, I meticulously contribute to developing, executing, and succeeding with strategic and operational initiatives while navigating unpredictable market and economic conditions to maximise shareholder value—a turnaround specialist aiming to deliver above-average shareholder returns.

Taking full responsibility for all financial management functions and statutory obligations. Focused and adaptable to deliver on organisational targets whilst ensuring compliance with all internal policies and legislation. Dedicated to optimising and enhancing teams/individuals through mentoring, adopting best practices, and leveraging operational/technological advancements. 

Passionate about cultivating grassroots skills to deliver “first time” right outputs, enabling organisations to scale, adapt, or reinvent themselves while thriving in challenging, thought-provoking, and ambiguous working environments.

Skills and Specialisms

Empathetic Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving | Budgeting and Forecasting| Management Reporting | Finance and Administration Management | Statutory Reporting | Control and Auditing | Financial Modelling | Business Transformation | Project Management

Profile

• Versatile & adaptable sector experience - Pharma, Energy, Logistics, Teleco, FMCG, Manufacturing, SAAS and NGOs
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills to seamlessly partner with the executive teams, exercise thought leadership and develop executable strategic plans with follow-up to close
• Comprehensively articulates commercial “success stories” whilst anticipating outer years' performance by understanding the lowest level business levers to effect positive change
• Providing immediate direction and confidence to stabilise operational functions and thought leadership to endorse/support strategic plans
• Proven ability and trusted advisor to reframe/reimagine finance operations, develop perceptive management reports, and increase productivity through process improvements (profits & cost reduction), cultural development and supporting stakeholders to achieve milestones
• Prepared and represented the selling party in preparing a business for a trade sale & asset carve-out (e.g. managing data requests & legal agreements) and managed all legal deliverables
• Proven ability to present clear, crisp, and actionable business performance updates to the SLT/EB/EC, allowing executives to grasp progress, concepts, benefits, and risks immediately
• Solid managerial, operational, risk management and strategic capability covering financial and management reporting (i.e., Board packs), and managing multi-year internal and external audit cycles 
• Using recognised, results-oriented problem-solving techniques and methodologies (e.g., ADP, Lean Sigma, Kaizen, A3, etc.) in driving structured solutions to complex business issues