Onkar Deshpande

About Onkar Deshpande

I\'m a Senior Business Finance leader with 11+ years of experience partnering with high-growth consumer technology businesses to drive P&L performance, cost optimisation, and data-driven decision-making.Currently serving as DGM – Business Finance at Acko, I act as a strategic finance partner to business and operations teams, owning revenue forecasting, margin improvement, and financial governance across Acko Drive and service centre operations.Before Acko, I spent 6 years at Swiggy driving financial planning and cost optimisation across customer experience and contact centre operations : • FP & A, AOP governance & rolling forecasts • P&L ownership & budget management • Variance analysis, scenario & sensitivity analysis • NPV / IRR & investment appraisal • KPI dashboards & MIS reporting • Business partnering across Business, Ops, Product & Tech • Cost optimisation & margin improvement • Incentive design & unit economics I thrive at the intersection of finance and business strategy — translating numbers into decisions that move the needle.

Experience

1. Business Finance

   Acko

   Apr 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Strategic Finance Business Partner to Acko Drive and Acko Drive Service Centre leadership — owning P&L reporting, revenue forecasting, and margin governance.• Lead financial planning, budget management, and AOP governance for service centre operations; drive variance analysis and course-correction to keep margins on plan.• Evaluate franchisee partner financial viability prior to LOI sign-off — conducting NPV and IRR analysis to assess profitability post royalty obligations and guiding go/no-go investment decisions.• Build and deliver MIS, KPI dashboards, and management reporting for leadership reviews.• Optimise cost levers across call centres, marketing CAC, and discounting aligned with P&L targets. Designed a margin-linked incentive model for technicians and service experts — improved EBITDA margins by ~INR 4 lakhs/month. Led turnaround of franchisee car service centres — achieved profitability in 3 of 4 locations within 8 months through demand growth, margin improvement, and fixed-cost rationalisation.

Education

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

  PGDM, Finance, General

  2013 — 2015

• SRM IST Chennai

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering

  2009 — 2013

Skills

• Team Management
• Portfolio Management
• Business Analysis
• Market Research
• Derivatives
• Financial Analysis
• Trend Analysis
• Risk Analysis
• Financial Modelling
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel