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Raja Gullapudi is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with over 14.5 years of experience in effectively managing complete accounting portfolios. Currently, he is the Finance Entity Controller & CS at Corning Incorporated, a German-based manufacturing company. He is capable of handling GL, MIS, FP&A & Budgeting activities, ensuring timely compliance of statutory matters besides assisting audits. Raja is an expert problem solver and has addressed various issues with practical solutions like real-time tagging of fixed assets and elimination of cash office operations. With his experience and practical knowledge, he was able to turn around his current organization to profits, which was in continuous loss for 2 years earlier by reducing the outsourced finance activities and implementing the process of natural currency hedge. He has received appreciation from Bosch India's Director for identifying eligible expenditure for 200% weighted income tax deduction, resulting in a year-on-year cost saving of INR 3 million. Raja has worked with Baer Shoes (India) Private Limited as Director and General Manager in the past. Raja has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has expertise in Accounts, Financial Management, Auditing, Company Law, Costing, ISCA, Direct and Indirect Taxes. In addition to his financial expertise, Raja also possesses technical skills in AWS, Backend, Software Engineering, Search, JavaScript, TypeScript, Product Management, Kubernetes, Redux, Microservices, and Web. He has 5.78 years of relevant experience in these areas. With his years of relevant experience and drive for results and positive outcomes, Raja is a valuable asset to any organization.