Abhilesh Bhargava Email & Phone Number

Troy, MI, US

Midland, Michigan, US

• Manage a team of 7 with oversight of a $3B capital spending portfolio, sustainability targets, and economic evaluations for a $50B company, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and resource efficiency.
• Collaborate with the VP of Strategy on high-stakes initiatives impacting stock performance, delivering precise analysis and strategic recommendations directly for the CEO and CFO.
• Focus on developing advanced predictive models and maintained GAAP compliance to keep CapEx spending within 3% of the target, optimizing project prioritization amidst major investments, including a $1B project in Canada.
• Upgraded economic evaluation standards across the organization, enhancing financial analysis proficiency for 200+ finance professionals.
• Reduced capital approval cycle by 12 days through cross-functional process enhancements, improving reporting efficiency and accelerating resource allocation decisions.

Midland, Michigan, US

• Led a 6-person global team for a $2B business, overseeing monthly closings, financial estimates, and long-term profit planning while coaching team members, resulting in several promotions and revitalized performance.
• Guided a 15-member team to successfully defend against three anti-dumping lawsuits from China, protecting $10M in margins for major chemical clients like Dow.
• Handpicked in 2021 to join an elite team tasked with doubling top-line revenue within 3 years, contributing to market expansion, cross-selling, three acquisitions, and a joint venture in Saudi Arabia with a projected.
• Secured 5 new customer contracts by putting innovative pricing models in place, accelerating negotiation timelines and profitability

Midland, Michigan, US

• Directed a global team of 4 with a focus on executing profitability and investment analyses, achieving $5M in annual price improvements and supporting sustainability targets across diverse contracts.
• Acted as a subject matter expert on pricing, asset optimization, and profitability, guiding business leaders through complex financial challenges and empowering them to apply financial concepts independently.
• Organized and led asset-optimization studies, customer profitability forecasts, and Toll-Buy evaluations, earning high praise from top leadership for impactful insights.
• Updated finance website for the Oxygenated Solvents unit, enhancing data accessibility and streamlining information flow to support better decision-making.

Midland, Michigan, US

• Supervised 2 credit analysts to optimize a $1.2B Accounts Receivable portfolio, achieving a 30-day DSO target and mitigating daily exposures of $10M through strategic contract negotiations.
• Improved Dow JV loan portfolio credit quality from 85% to 96%, earning CFO recognition, and implemented a counterparty credit model aligned with Moody’s standards for enhanced risk assessment.
• Increased trade margin by $11M by redesigning the credit risk management process for smaller customers, driving profitability and operational efficiency.

Midland, Michigan, US

• Brought on to focus on ensuring maximum payout for bankruptcy cases, while preserving customer relationships.
• Recovered $4M+ in bankruptcy cases by strategically navigating pre-bankruptcy exposures while maintaining strong customer relationships.
• Designed and implemented a new credit insurance platform to secure a $1B credit portfolio, enhancing risk coverage and financial stability.

Hired and promoted twice during tenure, focusing on the entire product development lifecycle, from conception to production, for this Top 100 automotive supplier of various components and systems to global client base. Created finance budgets to track costs during each stage and reported to management on quarterly basis. Primary attention to roof systems –.

Mba, Finance And Strategy

Master Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering