Arvind Kumar

Associate Consultant

Da Nang City, Vietnam10 yrs 3 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in advising startups on business strategy and fundraising.
  • Proven track record in managing high-net-worth client portfolios.
  • Strong background in banking and consulting across multiple regions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Fintech and BFSI with a strong focus on strategy and investment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Management ConsultingInvestment ManagementRetail BankingWealth Management ServicesStrategic PlanningBusiness StrategyFinanceSalesOperations ManagementInsuranceBusiness DevelopmentLife InsuranceEntrepreneurshipLeadership

Other Skills

Start-up ConsultingFundraisingArtificial Intelligence (AI)TeamworkFinancial PlanningPortfolio ManagementResearchTeam ManagementBranch ManagementCredit CardsBranch Banking OperationsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Partner Relationship ManagementCommunity DevelopmentEvent Management

About

As a seasoned professional with a background in banking, insurance, and consulting, I have dedicated my career to helping individuals and businesses make informed decisions about money, strategy, and risk. My journey includes roles in leading BFSI organizations like HDFC Life, HDFC Bank, and Axis Bank where I successfully managed retail and high-net-worth portfolios while exceeding performance targets. Since 2024, I have been self-employed as a Senior Management Consultant and Angel Investor across India and Southeast Asia. My expertise lies in advising startups on business strategy, operations optimization, fundraising preparation, financial modeling, and decision-making processes. At Self-Employed Consulting Services for solopreneurs within the professional services industry framework outlined by our community mission is to connect professionals while offering independent strategic guidance tailored specifically around Financial planning operations!

Experience

Self-employed

Independent Investor & Strategy Consultant (Startups/SMEs)

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · India & South East Asia · Remote

  • Strategy & execution: Advise early-stage startups and SMEs on business model clarity, go-to-market strategy, and execution roadmaps.
  • Operating cadence: Help founders set simple operating rhythms (weekly reviews, KPI dashboards, accountability) to improve decision quality and cashflow visibility.
  • Fundraising readiness (angel/pre-seed): Strengthen investor narrative, improve pitch materials, and build clean driver-based financial models aligned to the story.
  • Research & analytics: Run structured market/competitor research and synthesize insights into crisp, decision-ready documents.
  • Founder support: Coach founders/core teams on prioritization, communication, and stakeholder management.
  • Investing: Manage a thesis-driven personal multi-asset portfolio (public markets + select alternatives) with documented research, risk rules, and periodic rebalancing; maintain lightweight tracking in Excel/Google Sheets.
  • Ways of working: Deliver remote, async-friendly engagements with defined scope, timelines, and written deliverables.
Management ConsultingStart-up ConsultingInvestment ManagementFundraisingArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Axis bank

Branch Relationship Manager- Priority Banking

Sep 2022Oct 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

  • Managed a portfolio of priority / HNI clients, growing balances and deepening product penetration across term deposits, remittances, mutual funds and insurance while maintaining full regulatory and internal compliance.
  • Acted as a single point of contact for key clients, handling daily banking needs, resolving service issues and coordinating with internal teams (operations, wealth, lending) to deliver quick, high-quality responses.
  • Drove digital banking adoption among affluent customers by analysing usage patterns, identifying friction points and working with product/ops teams to improve the experience.
  • Regularly reviewed branch MIS and client portfolios to identify at-risk relationships, proactively retain balances and cross-sell suitable wealth and protection products.
Retail BankingTeamworkWealth Management ServicesFinancial PlanningPortfolio Management

Acuvon consulting

Consultant

May 2022Aug 2022 · 3 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Worked on strategy and operating-model projects for financial-services and consumer clients in the Middle East, benchmarking a regional bank’s policies and processes against global best practices and redesigning key policy and process architecture.
  • Built market-sizing and business-plan models for a proposed digital bank in KSA, including TAM sizing, revenue scenarios, pricing structures and high-level regulatory considerations.
  • Designed go-to-market and financial models for a JD.com B2C partnership in KSA, covering unit economics, competitive landscape and overall business case.
  • Supported senior consultants with structured analysis, management-ready presentations and board-level documentation across multiple engagements.
Strategic PlanningResearchManagement ConsultingBusiness Strategy

Hdfc bank

2 roles

Deputy Manager

Promoted

May 2021Apr 2022 · 11 mos

  • Managed HNI and preferred-banking clients, leading acquisition, portfolio deepening and retention across deposits, cards and third-party products (investment and insurance).
  • Grew the mapped portfolio from ~USD 1M to ~USD 5M in two years by focusing on relationship quality, product fit and share-of-wallet expansion.
  • Consistently achieved 150%+ of revenue targets, ranking among the top performers regionally, and received awards from the Zonal Branch Banking Head and National Head – Credit Cards.
  • Coached junior RMs and customer-service staff on client acquisition strategy, service standards and cross-sell, contributing to higher branch productivity and income.
FinanceWealth Management ServicesRetail BankingSalesTeam ManagementPortfolio Management+1

Assistant Manager

Sep 2018May 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Managed a portfolio of priority/HNI clients, covering day-to-day banking needs, service recovery and cross-selling of liabilities, investment and insurance products.
  • Increased liability balances and product holdings by targeting under-penetrated existing customers and running focused campaigns.
  • Oversaw key branch operations (cash levels, ATM management, basic fraud control) and contributed to the branch ranking among the top performers in the region on overall income metrics.
SalesOperations ManagementBranch ManagementCredit CardsBranch Banking Operations

Icici prudential life insurance company limited

Associate Financial Services Manager

Jul 2017Aug 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Led bancassurance sales across ICICI Bank branches, partnering with branch managers and staff to drive life-insurance business while maintaining compliant sales practices.
  • Achieved sales and persistency targets through joint calls, customer meetings and campaigns focused on protection and long-term savings products.
  • Trained branch staff on need-based selling, documentation and product features, enabling them to identify leads and close straightforward cases independently.
  • Prepared regular performance and funnel reports for regional leadership, highlighting branch-wise gaps and recommending action plans.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)InsuranceSalesTeamworkPartner Relationship Management

Hdfc life

Business Development Manager

May 2015Jun 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

  • Recruited and led a team of ~15 advisors (CAs, doctors and independent professionals), driving individual and team-level life and health insurance production.
  • Conducted regular training and joint field work to improve advisors’ prospecting, needs analysis and closing skills, helping many clear IRDA certification on their first attempt.
  • Consistently delivered strong results, ranking among top performers in health-insurance contests in the region.
  • Selected as a brand ambassador for the Smart Achievers Program, representing the organization in campus and early-career outreach.
Life InsuranceLeadershipBusiness DevelopmentSalesTeam Management

Kiit e-cell

Student Coordinator (Core Lead)

Aug 2013Apr 2014 · 8 mos · Bhubaneshwar Area, India

  • As Student Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship Cell at KIIT, I co-led initiatives to promote entrepreneurship across several department and schools. I recruited and managed a core team that helped establish the club as one of the most active E-Cells in Eastern India, organised workshops, competitions and guest speaker sessions for aspiring founders, and collaborated with the KIIT Technology Business Incubator to run startup-focused events on campus.
EntrepreneurshipLeadershipTeamworkCommunity DevelopmentEvent Management

Education

KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA — Marketing

Jan 2011Jan 2014

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Insurance

Jan 2015Jan 2016

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