Vivek Seshadri

About Vivek Seshadri

Strategic Chief Financial Officer with 15+ years of experience leading large-scale finance organizations, delivering enterprise-wide transformations, and driving sustained profitability in payments, fintech, and financial services.As a Leadership Team and Executive Committee member at Hitachi Payments, I lead a 100+ member finance, analytics, and legal organization overseeing controllership, business finance, FP & A, treasury, and strategic growth — both organic and inorganic — across one of India’s largest payments networks.I have orchestrated revenue growth from INR 1,500 crores to INR 3,300 crores and expanded EBITDA margins from 19% to 25% within four years, while implementing automation that transformed finance operations, reduced reporting timelines, and improved forecast accuracy. My M&A leadership includes the acquisition of Writer Safeguard’s cash management business, and I have modernized analytics through a data-lake architecture that accelerated insight-driven decision-making.Previously, as part of the founding team at U GRO Capital, I steered corporate strategy, fundraising, and investor relations, building relationships with leading global DFIs and driving evaluations of high-impact inorganic growth opportunities. My earlier career in investment banking at Avendus Capital and J.P. Morgan saw me execute 15+ M&A and fundraising transactions totaling over US$2 billion across enterprise technology, consumer, BFSI, and business services sectors.I am passionate about scaling finance functions, leveraging data-driven insights, and enabling sustainable growth that maximizes long-term stakeholder value.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd

   Apr 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Steered revenue growth from INR 1,500 crores to INR 3,300 crores and EBITDA margin expansion from 19% to 25% over four years.• Leading a 100+ member enterprise finance team covering FP & A, business finance, M&A, analytics, legal, and controllership functions.• Head strategic M&A initiatives, including the global expansion of the business.• Driving end-to-end automation across the finance vertical, improving reporting efficiency, accuracy, and forecast reliability, R2R automation, inventory and fixed asset management.• Responsible for leading board meetings and group stakeholder management.• Serve as an Audit Committee Member & Board Observer at Hitachi Cash Management.

Education

• CFA Institute

  Chartered Financial Analyst Level 3, Asset Management, Corporate Finance, Alternate Investments

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  PGDBM, Finance

  2008 — 2010

• University of Mumbai

  BE, Electronics & Telecommunication

  2004 — 2008

• Global Association of Risk Professionals

  Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Risk Management

  2009

Skills

• Private Equity Funding
• Corporate Finance
• Private Equity
• Finance
• Valuation
• Investment Banking
• Financial Modeling
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Equities
• Strategy
• Capital Markets
• Financial Structuring
• Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions