Saurabh Agarwal
Finance Leader | 13+ yrs | CA | FMCG | Business Partner | Controllership | Strategy | Sales Finance | Supply Chain Finance | Driving growth & safeguarding P&L at scale
- Role
- Sr Finance Manager - Sales Customer Marketing and Centre of Excellence at Unilever
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Saurabh Agarwal
Chartered Accountant with 13+ years of diverse leadership experience at Hindustan Unilever Limited, driving business growth and financial stewardship across multi-billion INR portfolios. I bring deep expertise in controllership, business partnering, supply chain finance, Sales and Marketing finance and corporate social responsibility — with a track record of safeguarding profitability, driving strategic transformation, and leading high-performance teams.Key highlights include: • Partnered India’s leading haircare business steering P&L through hyperinflation and market volatility • Led Group Financial Accounting & CSR, managing a 30-member professional team and overseeing COVID relief initiatives • Delivered cost optimization for Personal Wash India and export controllership • Currently partnering Customer Development (Sales), shaping GTM strategy, resource allocation, cost-to-serve excellence, leading e-b2b platform Shikhar and driving savings. I thrive on solving complex business challenges, building collaborative partnerships, and driving sustainable, long-term value creation.
Experience
Sr Finance Manager - Sales Customer Marketing and Centre of Excellence
Feb 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Customer Marketing and Centre of Excellence Finance lead for Sales function2. Leading the performance management3. Driving Savings & effectiveness in Cost to Serve for our Trade & Consumer spends4. Finance lead for Digital Selling hub for our e-B2B app Shikhar & ONDC initiatives.5. Head Finance for Premium Retail Organisation Omni-channel GTM for Beauty & Wellbeing portfolio
Education
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Chartered accountant
2009 — 2013
Mithibai College of Arts Chauhan Institute of Science and Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
2012
GH High School
SSC
2007
Skills
- Policy
- Auditing
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Modeling
- Income Tax
- Microsoft Office
- Financial Planning
- Microsoft Excel
- Statutory Audit
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Internal Audit
- Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Valuation
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Tax
- Internal Controls
- Management
- Tax
- Financial Analysis
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