Swati Agarwal Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

- Leading cost recovery model for Unilever technology organization end to end across globe - Maximize tax deductions on the global cost incurred and thereby safeguarding Unilever profitability- Partnering Tax SME and local country on the global allocation and support on local regulations and audit- Create and maintain a strong documentation database of all services provided from UniOps to all business units including new services to be provided in the future (e.g. FFO Experiences), update relevant policies and design new polices.-Engage with wider UniOps Finance Transformation to determine the optimal set up for the cost recovery process.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Managed ETS IT budget 200M and handled major and complicated software contracts. Provide insights for complex business problem to reveal opportunity, manage risk and steward scarce resources• Supported over 100 countries as a Business Partner, engage with Cluster head on their local cost and global allocation• Setting up billing structure and allocation of software expenses ( SAP, Oracle & Microsoft) for all countries to ensure cost optimization at Unilever level. Also aligning the countries on the need basis for their respective allocation• Currently working on the change management aligning the new ways of working & leading automation agenda of Unilever• Ideation and implementation of tool for cross charging to achieve excellence in compliance and standardizing processes, therby increasing efficiency and reduce manual non value added efforts.• Business partner IT heads to deliver target and collaborate and consult with business, procurement, cluster and central IT team to identify opportunity and risk• Own and Coordinate the submission of forecast and budget transfer in the system highlighting key movement

Bengaluru Area, India

Key Member of Financial Planning & Analysis team and critical business partner to various business units. Own P&L and related financial reporting including budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis. Stakeholder management with short turnaround time. Being open to change in response to new information or challenging circumstances and to work in ambiguous situation.Key deliverables* Prepare financial information for business reviews and provide value added analysis with key highlights to executive management*Partner with Business Management team, manage queries and support in decision making*Facilitate financial book close . Also, produce and analyses flash reports to identify and track appropriate performance measures*Responsible for consolidation of P&L, track variances and provide explanation*Monitoring the monthly performance against the forecast and provide necessary guidance to achieve the budget target*Preparation and submission of budget at global level in Hyperion based system *Validation of various opex projects to drive process improvement and cost management*Ensure compliance with legal and accounting requirement ,as per company policy*Interaction with cross functional team to support strategic decision and support future initiative*Member of the decommission committee at General Motors representing Finance for evaluation of bid and ensure the integrity of the process as per the company policy *Depolyment of Hyperion/ Essbase system at General Motors for India which was to be used for all future forecast and actual reporting . Extensively involved in the production and testing phase . Also involved in providing training to the Indian team

Bengaluru Area, India

I have an exposure of managing multiple company structures of foreign companies in India including Singapore, UK, Japan & Dubai. My key responsibilities includes• Reviewing customer contracts and creating invoices as well as uploading the invoice information on the licensing portal for client accounts. Work with sales coverage team and customer to resolve billing, tax or other issues.• Perform Internal Audit reviews for the Indian company to identify risk and existing risk management / control practices. Identify areas of weakness / exposure and develop practical recommendations to manage these exposures.• Preparation of annual budget and monthly forecast and consolidation of the budget for the group companies. Detailed investigation of variances including commentary on actuals v/s budget & forecast.• Finalization of annual accounts in consonance with the applicable accounting standards and various requirements under the company law. Managing and ensuring all regulatory, statutory and tax related requirements and payments are met as per law.• Consolidate financial statements of companies in a group which share economic value.

Master'S Degree, Chartered Accountant

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