Akshat Agarwal Email & Phone Number

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Leading Commercial & Finance function for South region (General & Modern Trade) (Revenue INR ~1900 Cr) – {Managing team of 10 experienced members}• Co-pilot for driving sales, Commercial hygiene, governance & internal control including business partner management.• Enabler and controller for Depots & fulfilment centres, Custodian of SOPs, statutory and company policies.• Budgeting & management of trade marketing, Cap-ex spends, ensuring ownership of allocation, utilisation & variances.• Ideating & drive process improvement, working capital mgt., customer delight & issue resolution.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Preparation & appraisal of Annual Business Plan (ABP) of the Trade Marketing channel of FMCG Sales & Distribution division of the company and presentation of the same to stakeholders.• Design and evaluate the commercial feasibility of the schemes/construct for in-store marketing programs for businesses - Foods, Personal Care, Agarbatti & Matches. Program evaluation norms include range parameters, category stocking and category growth.• Design and execution of Direct payment project to more than 50,000 loyalty outlets across India• Identification, negotiation and engagement with marketing agencies to merchandise the program members under different channels - GT, MT and Institutional channels.• Commercial finalisations for warehouses for advertising materials across India including the safety and operation compliance• Ensuring timely closure of books of accounts and timely internal/external reporting on a monthly/quarterly basis and liaison with Auditors – Internal and Statutory.• Key member in several cross divisional/functional taskforces. Significant contributions include preparation of baseline spends, financial simulations & modelling and evaluating commercial feasibility of strategic recommendations.• Continuous monitoring of Pan India costs for the retail - channel regularly (~ INR 200 Crs/25 Million USD) and exploring multiple avenues to maintain costs within acceptable levels.

Gurgaon, India

Working in Risk Assurance Services (RAS)

Gurgaon, India

My prominent internal audit clients have been: Dabur India Ltd & its foreign subsidiaries and Jubilant Foodworks LtdA) Dabur India Ltd- Internal audits of following functions of Dabur's indian operations-• Procure to Pay function• Financial & Closure• Logistics• MarketingI've also performed plant audits at the Baddi & Silvassa manufacturing facility of Dabur.B) Performed onsite review of the following foreign subsidiaries of Dabur India Ltd. :- Namaste Labs ( Chicago, USA)- Dabur UK Ltd. ( London, UK)- Dabur Egypt Pvt Ltd ( Cairo, Egypt)- Dabur Nepal Pvt. Ltd. ( Kathmandu, Nepal)All audits included review of following areas:• Procure to Pay• Quality assurance• Manufacturing• Inventory control• Order to Cash• Fixed assets and capitalization• Statutory compliance with local laws• HR, payroll and admin

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Chartered Accountant

Qualified in first attempt with an aggregate of 62% and exemption in 6/8 subjects

B.Com (H)

Activities and Societies: Young Entreprenuer Society Scored an aggregate of 80.68%

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Activities and Societies: Represented in Maths Theta Competition, Represented the school and Indian Embassy at ECO-Q 2012

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