Bhargavi Agrawal

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India5 yrs 8 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in financial variance and scenario analysis.
  • Proven track record in developing digital financial tools.
  • Recognized for enhancing operational effectiveness at Nestlé.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Finance professional with expertise in financial analysis and digital tool implementation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Financial AnalysisFinancial ReportingCompliance Management

Other Skills

Advanced MS ExcelExcel DashboardsFinancial Variance AnalysisSensitivity AnalysisScenario PlanningPower BIMicrosoft Power AutomateMicrosoft Power AppsInternal AuditsMicrosoft ExcelData AnalysisOperations ResearchQuantitative ResearchBusiness AnalyticsQuality Assurance

About

Finance professional with hands-on experience across P&L analysis, financial variance analysis, scenario modelling, and financial automation at Nestlé. Proven ability to design and implement digital tools that enhance governance & control, allow data visualization, improve ROI, and generate significant cost savings. Recognized by senior leadership for driving initiatives that strengthen operational effectiveness and market execution. Skilled in Power BI, Power Automate, and financial analysis with a focus on insights-led decision-making.

Experience

5 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 2 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 10 mos
Current Experience

Nestlé

2 roles

Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Delivering bi-monthly board-level presentations to review P&L performance, target deviations and future outlook of categories
  • Leading monthly forecasting, variance analysis & scenario planning improving visibility into business performance and supporting financial planning cycles
  • Performing deep-dive performance analysis across volume, pricing, and mix, identifying key contributors to variance versus forecast and targets of topline and bottom-line
  • Owning South Asian Region (SAR) P&L consolidation and performance reporting, partnering with multiple business units to deliver insights to Zone AOA and global stakeholders.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams across finance, sales, and operations to drive data-backed insights and support strategic decision-making
  • Built financial models and KPI tracking frameworks to support business cases, planning exercises, and ongoing performance monitoring
  • Developed Power BI dashboards and integrated a GenAI-enabled financial Chatbot, enabling brand-level analytics and quick data access for stakeholders
  • Conducted peer benchmarking and profitability analysis for Nestle India, identifying cost optimization opportunities and improving resource allocation decisions
  • Winner of ACCA Strategic Business Case Challenge 2025
Financial ReportingFinancial AnalysisAdvanced MS ExcelExcel DashboardsFinancial Variance AnalysisSensitivity Analysis+1

Finance Management Trainee

Jun 2024Mar 2025 · 9 mos

  • Built and deployed an interactive dashboard for auditing 6000+ distributors & 5.2M retailers across SAR
  • Developed an Excel dashboard to identify low-ROI outlets, optimizing incentive spend & resource allocation
  • Developed dashboards to flag audit risks across Finance, Production and QA functions in Nestlé factories
  • Analyzed energy consumption of Boiler, Chiller and Air Compressor to drive 0.5M kWh savings annually
  • Led training sessions for 300+ employees to improve market operations effectiveness and governance
  • Automated approval workflows using Power Platforms (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Query)
  • Received ‘Certificate of Achievement’ from CFO & Finance Leadership Team for driving high-impact projects
Microsoft Power AutomateMicrosoft Power AppsInternal AuditsExcel DashboardsCompliance ManagementMicrosoft Excel+1

Phonepe

Management Trainee

Aug 2023Oct 2023 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Created user personas to propose features for EDC machines & Paylinks to enhance product adoption
  • Identified 17 service providers available for collaboration to increase PhonePe's market presence
  • Analyzed competitors' pricing structure of EDC and Paylinks to propose pricing strategy for PhonePe
  • Met ~150 merchants to identify pain points | Recommended investment in 3 new payment solutions
  • Crafted Solution Handbooks detailing all payment solutions for internal use & merchant reference

Sbi capital markets

National Winner, SBI Capital

May 2023Dec 2023 · 7 mos

  • Presented a detailed research paper on 'Proactive role to be played by players in the financial sector in India for effective adoption of ESG framework'
  • Highlighted the small, medium and long term actions that should be taken by SEBI and RBI

St. gallen symposium

Leader of Tomorrow

Apr 2023Apr 2024 · 1 yr · Sankt Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland

  • Research article selected amongst Top 100 articles of the St. Gallen Symposium 2023, Switzerland
  • Invited to 52nd St. Gallen Symposium held at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland in 2023

Analytics club spjimr

President

Apr 2023Mar 2024 · 11 mos

Baif institute for sustainable livelihoods & development

Management Intern

Mar 2023Apr 2023 · 1 mo · Udaipur, Rajasthan, India · On-site

  • Initiated 3 projects by formulating a forward market linkage strategy for 5 FPOs to sell farmers' output
  • Helped farmers earn regular & stable income without being dependent on market price of their crops
  • Conducted thorough field visits to assess project implementation, and ensuring effective execution
  • Recognized for high impact projects that delivered high satisfaction in farmers and built trust with NGO

Cognitute

Co-Founder & Director

Aug 2021May 2022 · 9 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

  • Founded and scaled an Ed-tech platform offering live consultancy projects & industry software training
  • Partnered with B-Schools & consultants to deliver hands-on learning for students via live corporate projects
  • Delivered investor & client presentations, led product strategy, daily operations, and corporate partnerships

Qversity

Research Analyst Intern

Dec 2019Aug 2020 · 8 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Onboarded 4 out of 17 corporate trainers from industry to 'Corporate Training Partner' opportunity
  • Designed and launched the course on ‘Financial Modelling’ that contributed to 40% of website traffic
  • Increased enrolment by 3% in 7 live online courses after detailed analysis of 6 ed-tech competitors
  • Role in selling LMS system to GLA University | Enrolled 100/10,000 GLA students in online courses
  • Increased website engagement to 10% with a team of 6 by data analysis of social media campaigns

Training and placement cell, maharaja agrasen college

3 roles

President

Jun 2019May 2020 · 11 mos

Core Member

Jun 2018May 2019 · 11 mos

Member

Jun 2017May 2018 · 11 mos

Government of india

Policy Analyst

Dec 2018Jan 2019 · 1 mo · Janpath, Delhi

  • Reduced child labour by 2% in Janpat, Delhi | Awareness raised by a staged act with 1000+ guests
  • Trained 12 labors at workplace for vocational skills | Increased productivity of unorganized labor
  • Improved overall output of 12 unorganised labour by vocational training at their workplace
  • Conducted primary survey of 70 labours to improve the govt. policies for unorganized sector
  • Interviewed 70 labors to recommend changes in government policies for unorganized sector

Markos - the marketing society, mac du

President

Jun 2018Jun 2019 · 1 yr

Dr kleenz laboratories private limited

Management Trainee

Jun 2018Jul 2018 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

  • 30% increase in B2C sales of cosmetic products through acquisition of 8 clients for bulk orders
  • Brought 6% increase in website retention rate by publishing 6 informative blogs on varied topics
  • 2% improved ratings and 9% increased work efficiency with prompt resolution of the client concerns

Win over cancer

Public Relations and Strategic Management

Jan 2018Aug 2018 · 7 mos · Delhi NCR

  • Onboarded 2/11 companies for sponsoring events and providing funds for NGO as their CSR activities
  • 20% increase in awareness about breast cancer by engaging 200+ college students via 2 NGO booths
  • Spent 60+ hours at AIIMS Hospital, Delhi to interact with and distribute prosthetic bras to 15+ patients

Education

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business

Business Administration and Management — General

Mar 2024Apr 2024

SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

PGDM — Finance

Jan 2022Jan 2024

Delhi University

B. A. (Hons.) Business Economics

Jan 2017Jan 2020

Bal Mandir Senior Secondary School

Jan 2003Jan 2016

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