Arvind Agarwal
Group CFO PayU India , A Prosus- Naspers Fintech Ex Nykaa /ExAmazon / Ex Vodafone/ Ex BG Group
- Role
- Group CFO and Ed, Payu India at PayU
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Arvind Agarwal
Strategic Thinker and Proven Finance leader with experience of leading a team of 300 talented professional as Financial Controller of Vodafone.Part of India\'s Biggest M&A and biggest IPO readiness Project in recent times with hands on experience of leading complex projects such as SAP, IND AS, IFC, SOX, GST,Due Diligence etc.Key Stregnths-TEAM Management, CHANGE Management, PROJECT Management I also led Finance team of biggest circle of Vodafone India as CFO and partnered business in reigniting growth story of Vodafone Flagship circle to jump to double digit CAGR from low single digit. This resulted in significant & sustained growth of Revenue Market leadership (RMS).This could be done as i highlighted the opportunity in data and post-paid business early enough to take head start before the others. I also championed LRP exercise for Mumbai circle and created ROCE awareness for Senior Leadership Team, while actively participating during national and regional reviews, and circle visits of the Vodafone Chairman and Group CFO. Being in this role, I had the great opportunity to drive the cost control project ‘Sarvottam’, which resulted in the sustained savings doubling EBITDA from 800 Crore to 1600 Crores in 3 years with 1200bps Margin improvement.We secured Crores of investment in Mumbai including renewal of expirig license for 20 years and buying additional Spectrum for next generation data network.Mumbai has been meeting its budget and forecasts consistently through these years, due to an optimistic yet responsible budgeting while tightly monitoring the performance against agreed targets. I also led one of the most efficient credit & collections operations, and drove CSAT & NPS through customer process improvement projects. My working styles include working with business acumen, strategic thinking, seeing the big picture, adding value through cross functional inputs, and handling demanding situations with relative ease and passion.
Experience
Group CFO and Ed, Payu India
Nov 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Education
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
leadership Development Program, Digital and M&A
2017 — 2017
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
CA, Chartered Accountant
1995 — 1998
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
CS, Company Secretary
1996 — 1999
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ACA, Finance , controllership and assurance
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
SMP, Business Administration and Management, General
2019 — 2020
Stanford University
GSB Executive Education Program, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Planning
- Telecommunications
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Mis
- Management
- Project Management
- Inventory Management
- Optimization
- Tax
- Six Sigma
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- Lean Methodology
- Change Management
- Erp
- Process Improvement
- Vendor Management
- Six
- Business Planning
- Crm
- Chartered Accountancy
- Company Secretary
- Logistics
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Business Analysis
- Forecasting
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Governance
- Negotiation
- Management Information Systems (Mis)
- Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
- Team Management
- Business Strategy
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