Kiran Kumar

Biography

Kiran joined Amicorp in 2004 as the Head of Internal Accounting Department and was stationed in the Amicorp Curaçao office for a year. He returned to his native Bangalore in 2005 where he setup the Amicorp captive back office. Kiran played a key role in establishing and implementing the centralized finance, accounting and management reporting systems for Amicorp offices globally. In June 2010, Kiran assumed responsibilities as Groups Chief Operating Officer (COO). His focus included providing functional guidance to all the regions to ensure standardization of internal operational practices across Amicorp; develop and implement global systems and processes with a focus to improve efficiency within the Group and its branch offices. In September 2015, Kiran moved to Singapore and is presently part of the management team responsible for client operations in addition to being a member of the board of the top holding company of Amicorp Group. Kiran started his career in 1998 in the finance and accounting department at IBM, Bangalore. Prior to joining Amicorp, he worked for a private management consultancy company, providing incorporation, incubation and outsourced support solutions to global corporations including Applied Materials (USA), BEA Systems (Hong Kong), Zellweger Uster (Switzerland), Luwa India (Zurich) and Broadcom (USA). Kiran has considerable expertise in establishing and managing financial operations; he was engaged in ERP and financial systems implementation, obtaining the ASCAA (Accounting System and Security Control Audit) and ISO certifications for BPO/KPO and ITES of multinational corporations. He has presented technical papers on various topics in the areas of finance, tax and accounting. Kiran is a Chartered Accountant by profession and is fluent in English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil.

Research Interest

financial systems implementation