Rishit Mehta Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Mh, In

India

Leading all aspects of global financial systems and processes for Quantum group and transform existing commercial operations

India

Business Partnership / Client Management :- Play a key role in client growth, strategy and initiatives- Lead commercial activities in a way that ensure that stakeholders across the business are engaged, consulted, and advised as required or needed- Ensure business leaders understand the drivers of performance and options to improve resultsClient Relationships :- Maintain strong, trusted relationships with the client and the client’s procurement and agency management teams where applicableNegotiations and Deal Mechanics :- Lead procurement and finance negotiations for all commercial aspects of client relationship – Including ownership of the pricing desk- Develop Deal Mechanics including, pricing, KPIs, and PRIP structures- Ensure service agreements optimizes risk protection and financial driversContract Compliance :- Provide a framework and toolkit for client contract compliance- Lead the Client Contract Risk and Compliance audits and assessments- Facilitate client teams’ adherence to the Delegation of AuthorityCommercial Practice & Strategy :- Implementation, development and roll out of Global Commercial Strategy- Commercial Policy Setting, New Business Framework & Pricing Board- In-Life Cycle Commercial GovernanceTalent and Capability Development of Client Commercial team

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Commercial Partnering :- Commercial insights provided across all services within the Agency and Cross collaboration across Groupe Agencies- Cost benefit and profitability analysis across Tech projects while evaluating resource augmentation requirements- Drive rate card negotiations with other Network Agencies across the world - Agency representative team lead for SAP rollout- Business performance monitoring on revenue, Personnel costs and OI on a regular basis along with focus on new business pipeline and organic growth opportunities from existing clients

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Business Partnership (Corporate Strategy/Planning and Budgeting):- Set up a global agency in an emerging market such as India by providing finance leadership by creating a robust 5 years financial plan to provide strategic direction.- Evaluated and partnered in developing newer business revenue streams - Blacksheep Studios, Social/Digital and Content Studio etc contributing ~ 20% of total revenue and 25% of operating profit- Focused cost management through negotiations, exploring alternatives and leveraging resource efficiencies leading to improved margins every year - Ensured that no activity within business compromises professional objectivity. - Spearheaded legal contract negotiations and finalization of Client Agreements - Successfully led all other support functions like HR, Admin and ITFinance Specialist:- Extensive exposure of working with a Shared Service Centre model - Ensured finalization of accounts in adherence to Global policies, Indian GAAP and Accounting standard and handled internal , global as well as statutory Audits.- Monitored the processing of all accounting information pertaining to the India operations and controlling the cash disbursements, receivables, payables, payroll and other accounting information.- Ensured timely adherence to overall government laws and regulationsStrategic Business modelling and Leadership:- Executed partnership deals and business models for Production, Content and Entertainment businesses - Streamlined processes enabling the team to reduce the time needed to do month end closing tasks by over 30%- Led and built up “high performance team” by conducting regular technical training to enhance functional knowledge.Treasury :- Successfully developed and implemented Standard Operating Business Processes - Improved client collections reducing the receivables from 75 days to 45 days- Cashflow projections and funding requests for HO review and approval.

Mumbai Area, India

Business Finance Partnership (Corporate Strategy/Planning and Budgeting):- Helping the marketing teams on evaluating commercial feasibility of tactical offers / promotions on various products / categories;- Analyze and circulate daily performance evaluation trackers - Inventory management – Store & DC MBQ’s and reduction of expired products- Analysis on Dump , Shrink and Markdown in each categories- Pvt. Label vs. Branded products management & overall vendor management - Statewise / Citywise / Storewise performance analysis – vs prior months and vs AOP

Mumbai Area, India

Overall gammut of finance function for India operations

Starting point in the professional career, joined as finance executive focussed on taxation matters and working closely on statutory & internal audit and other compliances

Ca, Accounting And Finance, Pass - First Attempt

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Finance, General

Education record