Pankaj Rastogi Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Maharastra, In

▪ Spearheaded a successful program to minimize losses due to expiry and breakages, including shelf-lifeexpirations, leading to improved profit margins.▪ Strengthened inventory management practices, achieving 75% of products within target inventory days,with a long-term goal of reaching 95%.▪ Reduced accounts receivable days from 60 to 50, with a medium-term target of 30 days, optimizing theworking capital cycle and reducing interest costs.▪ Drove significant improvements in EBITDA through strategic cost management and operationalefficiencies.▪ Accelerated claims settlement, reducing the average processing time from 90 days to a maximum of 30days.▪ Standardized service levels across the distribution network by developing and implementingcomprehensive SOPs, ensuring consistency and efficiency

Mumbai, In

▪ Implemented the Cost Centre Concept within the company, enhancing clarity in vertical-wisegross and net margins.▪ Established a resilient accounting team, fostering a culture of ownership and teamwork,resulting in improved overall team performance.▪ Pioneered the introduction of budgeting, setting annual budgets and devising plans for theirachievement.▪ Spearheaded the creation of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and its alignment with keyperformance indicators (KPIs) for each functional head.▪ Established a framework to enhance transparency for audit and due diligence teams, while alsorevamping internal costing processes to make financial data more accessible and identifyunderperforming segments.▪ Evaluated new and emerging business opportunities to enable the management to take informeddecisions.

▪ Orchestrated an impressive 20-fold increase in financial growth for a company in wind energysector.▪ Successfully planned and executed demerger of O&M division from parent to 100% ownedsubsidiary by slump sale process along with successful assignment of all O&M agreements tounlock the equity value, provide opportunity to raise funds and effective management ofoperations.▪ Successfully raised funds from a premier NBFC against securitization of O&M receivables, firstof its kind for a renewable energy company in India. Subsequently, the loan was refinanced andup levered by another premier NBFC.▪ Successfully negotiated ‘One-Time Settlement’ with working capital lenders with haircut.Assignment included negotiations and getting approval from banks and successful completionof Forensic Audit.▪ Revolutionized the accounting system, financial planning, internal control, and reportingstructure.▪ Played a pivotal role in elevating the CRISIL credit rating from BB to BBB.▪ Diligently monitored plant-level margin performance, identified areas for improvement, andimplemented enhancements across various verticals and processes, including the analysis ofwastage, CoPQ, and resource optimization.▪ Established a transparent and potent metric management system, overseeing and measuringthe performance of the team.▪ Crafted a robust working capital management framework.

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Fca, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Statistics, Maths