MANISH AGARWAL

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Chartered Accountant with 12 years of finance experience.
Expert in P&L management and financial analysis.
Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Finance professional with expertise in financial analysis and operations management.

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Skills

Core Skills

FinanceP&l And Cost OptimizationFinancial AnalysisFinancial Planning And Analysis (fp&a)Stakeholder Management

Other Skills

AccountingContract reviewCorporate FinanceDriving profitabilityExpense managementFinancial AccountingFinancial ReportingFinancial managementFinancial modelingFinancial presentationFinancial reportingManagement Information Systems (MIS)NegotiationP&L managementRevenue estimation

About

A Chartered Accountant with 12 years of diverse experience in Finance and Operations with experience in financial analysis, Annual operating plan, P&L management, revenue estimates, cost optimization, driving profitability, deal pricing, contract reviews & negotiations and supply chain. Strong experience of working with multiple business stakeholders and top management (CFO and business heads).

Experience

Swish

Head of Business finance

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Zepto

Associate Director

Nov 2024 – Mar 2025 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Finance

Licious

Associate Director

Jan 2022 – Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Finance

Edgeverve

Senior Member Finance

Dec 2015 – Apr 2023 · 7 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Driving profitability, managing P&L and key operational parameters of the business.
Reviewing the financial performance of the unit, preparation of detailed P&L for both estimates and actuals and drafting reports to the top management on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis.
Prepared financial models of business under various business scenarios with CFO.
Managed the entire expense provision of the unit. Ensuring the timely and accurate booking of cost & provision.
Estimating the revenue of the company by working closely with the business leaders, keeping a tab on the new deals in pipeline and undergoing through the contract of the deals signed for the purpose of revenue estimate
Responsible for the financial presentation which is presented to the board by the CFO.
Working closely with business team viz solution team, pre- sales team and sales team on deals. Owns all commercial related response on deals be it pricing, contract, financial re- engineering etc. needed for RFP or proactive bids.
Responsible for negotiation of master services, master license and support agreement.
Training the operations team on financial matters and end to end support on the operations for speedy closure.

Driving profitabilityP&L managementFinancial modelingExpense managementRevenue estimationFinancial presentation+4

Infosys

Senior Associate

Mar 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Managed the product business (i.e) Finacle unit in Infosys. As part of the organization restructuring in Infosys - Finacle business was demerged and merged with the subsidiary (i.e) Edgeverve Systems Limited. As part of this restructure was moved to the payroll of the Edgeverve Systems Limited in Dec 2015

Accenture

Financial Analyst

Nov 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Assist with forecast management activities (input collection, processing and report creation
Preparation of financial pack report monthly to show all variances in revenue and cost from forecast to actual data.
Track and report time report expenses and other P&L items. Periodically review expense budgets.
Raising of invoices and ensure its collection.