Avijit Kundu

Avijit is an ICMA & MBA (Finance). He has been in the Finance profession for 30+ years with a mix of industry-cum-consulting experience in Performance Management, Business Finance and Financial Control. He started his career with Aditya Birla Nuvo and his experience spans across multiple manufacturing industries like Textiles, Metals, Chemicals, Petrochemicals. He has been instrumental in setting up ERP driven business process for green field ventures. Over the years he has provided functional leadership in upgrading the FP&A systems of organizations. In his previous assignment as Principal Consultant and Senior Domain Expert (Finance) in TCS, he has lead consulting engagements in performance management for various industries. Presently he is the Senior General Manager – Finance at Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. Apart from being the FSSC – Head, he also leads the Business Finance, Costing, Budgeting, MIS activities and plays an active role in P&L management of the organization.

The article has been authored by Avijit Kundu with Insights from the Tower Heads – Sanjay G Jha, Arunabha Biswas and Abhik K Bose.