Rahul Agrawal

Business Development Executive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in business finance with 8 years of experience.
Proven track record in cost optimization and margin analysis.
Skilled in project management and stakeholder collaboration.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Financial Analyst specializing in cost management and business finance within the Fintech industry.

Contact

rahulagrawal11912@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Business FinanceProject ManagementFinancial AnalysisCost ManagementBusiness MetricsFinancial Performance

Other Skills

Business Case PreparationProblem SolvingCost optimizationMargin’s analysisInventory planning and managementDiscount analysisFinancial ReportingData AnalysisVendor NegotiationMargin AnalysisFinancial MetricsInventory ManagementCritical ThinkingSocial InfluenceMarket Analysis

About

CA with 8 years of experience in business finance,budgeting, valuations, variance analysis, management reporting, cost optimization, commercials closure, agreement finalisation, project management, etc -Preparing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts. -Preparing MIS , performing variance analysis and providing insights to take better business decisions. -Partnering with business teams, controllership teams and anchoring monthly leadership reviews. - Negotiating with the vendor and closing the deals from requirements understanding to agreement signing. - Giving insights on margins improvement and discount models to improve profitability. - Building roadmap for potential savings to improve EBITDA -Finding out leakages and presenting and driving opportunities to plug the same. -Driving strict adherence to the timelines on all the deliverables. -Driving automation of various processes and support various projects and initiatives.

Experience

Swiggy

Senior Manager- Business Finance

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Business Case PreparationProblem SolvingBusiness FinanceProject Management

Livspace

Business Finance Manager

Oct 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pharmeasy

Business Finance Manager

Sep 2017 – Sep 2021 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Weekly preparation of Business Review Deck for top management review
o Preparation of actual vs. plan unit economics
o Tracking of financial metrics, operational metrics and KPI’s
o Collaborated with revenue, supply chain, procurement, marketing team to ensure cost reduction targets achieved.
Cost optimization
o Contributed to the profitability of the organization by effectively managing the cost drivers.
o Ensured control over the supply chain cost through timely management reports, rate negotiation with vendors, vendor selection, etc.
o Defining payment structure for doctors and revisiting them from time to time to align with the budgeted cost.
Margin’s analysis
o Analysis for better margins to achieve organizational plan.
o Assist procurement team for identifying margins leaks.
o Tracking of FC wise and city wise weekly & monthly margins
o Tracking of bulk, local and Hub purchases for margins comparison and controls
Inventory planning and management
o Inventory analysis for better working capital management
o Inventory valuation and finalization on monthly basis
Discount analysis
o Analysis for better discounting system and proposed different discounting model for reduction in discount cost.
o Analysis for leakage in discount leading to savings in discounts.
Supporting multiple stakeholders for closure of compliance's required for investor requirement and due diligence.
Lead the project for migration of stores from one entity to other.
Review and approval of Incentives for revenue growth.