Kashan Jawaid

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 14+ years of cross-industry finance experience.
  • Led financial strategy at India's fastest-growing quick commerce startup.
  • Expert in driving sustainable growth and operational efficiency.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic finance leader in the E-commerce and Quick Commerce sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyFinancial Management

Other Skills

Strategic NegotiationsContract NegotiationExecutive ManagementManagementTrainingFinancial AnalysisFinancial RiskFinancial ModelingFinancial PlanningPricingProfit MaximizationBusiness ProcessTeam Management

About

Kashan Jawaid is a strategic finance and business leader with over 14+ years of cross-industry experience spanning quick commerce, e-commerce, and IT services. He currently leads as the Head of Business at Zepto, one of India’s fastest-growing quick commerce startups. In this role, Kashan oversees financial strategy, operations, profitability, and working capital—playing a critical role in scaling the business across India and categories. His leadership is rooted in solving complex problems at scale, building high-performing teams, and delivering customer-first outcomes. Prior to Zepto, Kashan held senior finance roles at Myntra, Flipkart, and Wipro, where he was instrumental in driving sustainable growth, operational efficiency, and digital innovation.

Experience

17 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
4 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Zepto

2 roles

Senior Vice President - Head Business Finance

Promoted

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo · On-site

  • Driving profitability, scale, and strategic growth in fast-paced quick commerce environments.
Strategic NegotiationsBusiness StrategyContract NegotiationExecutive ManagementFinancial Management

Vice President - Head Business Finance

Sep 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · On-site

Strategic NegotiationsBusiness StrategyContract NegotiationExecutive ManagementFinancial Management

Myntra

2 roles

Director Business Finance ( Supply Chain Finance & Operations).

Promoted

Apr 2022Oct 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Driving cost efficiency, process excellence, and agile scalability across fast-paced e-commerce and quick commerce supply chains

Associate Director - Business Finance | Market Place & Revenue & Growth |

Apr 2020Apr 2022 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Established and scaled a high-velocity marketplace from the ground up, driving end-to-end revenue, growth, and profitability through agile execution, process excellence, and supply chain efficiency in e-commerce

Flipkart

2 roles

Business finance ( Electronics)

Promoted

Jun 2017Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

  • Managing Business Finance For Electronic BU- 1Billion dollar Business..

Business Finance ( Electronic Accessories)

Dec 2015Jun 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore

Wipro limited

5 roles

Business Finance Manager (Oil and Gas)

Apr 2015Nov 2015 · 7 mos

Business Finance Manager Asia Pacafic , Japan & China

Apr 2013Mar 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Responsible for preparing Commercial models and Pricing for bids for the region. Negotiate large commercials & contract negotiations with customers, partners & vendors.
  • Developing business strategies (Country, Long/ Short term), converting them into Operating plans, setting targets for sales force, monitoring & forecasting performance.
  • Responsible for delivering and driving Order Booking, Revenue & Profitability plans and successfully delivered growth numbers.
  • Manage SG&A within plan & proactively engage with multiple functions for implementing cost control & achieved significant cost savings year on year (Communication, Rental, Partners etc.,)
  • Bridge between sales dynamics and optimal commercial & financial risk for deals.
  • Possess end to end understanding of movement between Strategic Plan to Operating Plan to Execution (Order booking, Revenue, Margins & Collections) & drivers of emerging markets
  • Develop Pricing models, Country Price books, Cost structures and provide Consultancy on deals.

Business Finance Manager ( Greater China Region)

Promoted

Jan 2012Apr 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Financial planning, Budgeting and Forecasting for the Region.
  • Manage & profitably operate Strategic Development Centers in China. Converted the loss making centres in China into profit with focused initiatives.
  • Responsible for preparing Commercial models and Pricing for bids for the region. Negotiate large commercials & contract negotiations with customers, partners & vendors.
  • Drive Profitability by rolling out various initiatives & monitoring: PPC, Utilization, Bulge, Rookie, Offshore Rotation, Offshore mix, DSO have developed Strategy for the region in terms bringing down the per person cost by bringing localization and conversion of expatriates to locals.

Senior Pricing Analyst.

Promoted

Jun 2010Dec 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Provide Pricing support to business for all types of deals across Wipro Technologies
  • Customer Data Analysis to ensure right and Competitive Pricing.
  • Responsible for RFP responses.
  • OM Analysis for new and old deals to understand overall business impact.
  • Act as a consultant to the Business to provide detailed business case for new projects
  • Bid Valuation and input for commercial parameters.
  • Preparation of different Pricing Models like Cost Plus, Ticket Based, ARC/RRC model etc.
  • Analysis on contracted prices and margins and actively involved in all deal negotiations
  • Evaluating profitability for top Clients/Projects along with recommendations for improvements.

Senior Executive

Jul 2008May 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Maintaining the 100% compliance in terms of process for a part of large account in Wipro.
  • Coaching and mentoring new hires and outliers from teams assigned.\
  • Identify and apply principals that enable continuous quality assurance and process improvements in serving Customers.
  • Gauging Process Compliance issues and planning Corrective Action Plans for non-compliant agents.
  • Root Cause Analysis for attributes leading to a negative Customer Experience.
  • Preparing Process Level MIS and Team Level Top Defects basis the process TM Sheet report and prepare actionable items for agents impacting the process scores.

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Executive Business Management

Jan 2018Jan 2019

University of Calcutta

Accounting and Finance

Jan 2005Jan 2008

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