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Bikash Agarwala

Bikash Agarwala

Bengaluru,Karnataka

Summary

Accomplished finance executive with a proven track record at Wipro Limited, Infosys, IGATE, Capgemini and Price Waterhouse adept in strategic thinking and execution excellence. Skilled in deal structuring,financial modeling and business stakeholder management demonstrating leadership traits in managing $1B+ revenues and consistently driving profitable. Expert in treasury and risk management, Financial Planning and Analysis, demonstrating exceptional global cultural acumen and leadership in high-stakes environments.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Head Function, Healthcare Sector

Wipro Limited
07.2022 - Current
  • Vertical Finance Head with approximately $1 billion of yearly revenue for the US geographic area.
  • Responsible for managing contracting, cost optimization, revenue estimation, and margin estimation.
  • Challenging role with deal structuring, deal pricing, supporting global deals, and closely working with the business head.
  • Closure of MSA and SOW by closely working with Legal, Customer, and Sales teams to enable business.
  • Support business leader through management review and drive business growth for the vertical
  • Price Negotiation across multiple customer in the vertical either through cost of living adjustment, niche skill premium
  • Able to close a multi-million dollar deal with a complex structure involving multiple towers.

Head Function, Finance for Retail Distribution and Transportation Vertical

Wipro Limited
04.2019 - 06.2022
  • Vertical Finance Head with more than $500 million yearly revenue across geographies.
  • Responsible for managing contracting, cost optimization, revenue estimation, and margin estimation.
  • Challenging role with deal structuring, deal pricing, supporting global deals, and closely working with the business head.

Head of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Wipro Limited
01.2016 - 03.2019
  • Responsible for driving service profitable growth by highlighting the catalysts of growth, cost-taking initiatives, travel cost optimization, and driving the collection, invoicing, etc.
  • Improved margin by 2.0% through an initiative that implemented a travel budget tool, optimized a $4M annualized cost, increased real estate utilization through consolidation with savings of $1M in annualized costs, and worked with BCG for cost optimization while bringing in the rationalization of costs using cost levers.
  • Managed sales finance with more than 50 sales employee and actively drove the whole cycle from target setting to achievement.
  • Reduction of DSO by 10 days through the implementation of best practices in unbilled debtors.

Manager, Finance-Treasury

IGATE Global Solution Limited (Capgemini)
04.2013 - 12.2015
  • Independently managed currency risk in G7, with a hedge book of more than $300 million, and risk management through forwards and options.
  • Handled a large cross-border flow of around $500 million.
  • Fundraising in the international market HYB with $325 million and Term B $360 million.
  • Managed money market fund of more than $500 million.
  • Actively involved with rating agencies like S&P and Moody’s for the rating upgrade of IGATE before the debt refinance.
  • Managed other treasury activities, like cash flow forecasting, loan servicing, liquidity management, and cash management (Corporate Banking).

Corporate Finance –Treasury Team and Consolidation

Infosys Limited
06.2008 - 04.2013
  • Exposure on financial risks are faced by the company, how to manage those risks, and the importance of a process-driven organization.
  • Currency risk management with a hedge book of more than $1 billion, and total exposure in exports of $7 billion and imports of $3.5 billion.
  • Exposure was across the G7 and Fixed Income portfolio with more than $4 billion.
  • Handled large flows within India, as well as cross-border transactions, such as the acquisition of around $250 million, dividend funding, etc.
  • Cash management (corporate banking) with a bank account in more than 30 countries, and implemented a host-to-host payment gateway.
  • Implemented a banking solution for real-time access to bank balances, and transfers across the globe.
  • 100% compliance with Treasury Policy for Risk Management, as approved by the Board of Directors, and compliance with various R.B.I.
  • Circulars
  • Handled the Money Market portfolio of more than $3 billion in the Indian market through investing in instruments like fixed deposits, certificates of deposit, and money market mutual funds.

Articleship

Price Waterhouse
05.2005 - 06.2008
  • Efficiently and independently conducted Statutory Audit, Tax Audit, Limited Review and miscellaneous certification job
  • Clients: - Phillips Carbon Black limited, DPSC Ltd., Quaker Chemical India Limited, Pioneer Friction India Limited
  • Assignments:- Statutory Audit, Tax Audit, Limited Review and various certification works
  • Planning and conducting Statutory audit of various Private and Public Limited Companies
  • Maintenance of statutory records and dealing with other secretarial works
  • Finalization of Books of Accounts
  • Taxation matters as required in Tax Audit
  • Various Certification jobs

Education

CFA -

CFA
06.2018

Final -

I.C.A.I.
11.2007

B. Com (Hons.) -

St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
01.2005

P.E. (II) -

I.C.A.I.
11.2004

Higher Secondary -

R.C.H. School
Raiganj, W.B.C.H.S.E
01.2002

Secondary -

C.B.S.E
01.2000

Skills

  • Strategic thinker
  • Execution excellence
  • Global culture
  • Deal structuring, financial modeling
  • Able to close a multi-million dollar deal with a complex structure involving multiple towers
  • Merger and Acquisition
  • Insights on key financial metrics to drive profitable growth and drive business performance, manage the Financial Performance and Analysis team
  • Treasury, foreign exchange risk management, fund raising, liquidity management, global cash flow management, banking relationship

Affiliations

  • Managed Treasury for Housing Society and guided them how to manage the books of Housing Society.
  • Actively supported for Food Drive from Society during COVID to support and provide food to marginal section of society

Accomplishments

  • Stood 2nd in School in Higher Secondary Examination in 2002
  • Best Team award in 2008-2009
  • Best Service Line team for profitable growth consecutive year 2018-19 and 2019-20 where i was managing the FP&A
  • Best Rate Realization for the Retail, Distribution and Transportation Vertical in FY 20-21

Timeline

Head Function, Healthcare Sector

Wipro Limited
07.2022 - Current

Head Function, Finance for Retail Distribution and Transportation Vertical

Wipro Limited
04.2019 - 06.2022

Head of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Wipro Limited
01.2016 - 03.2019

Manager, Finance-Treasury

IGATE Global Solution Limited (Capgemini)
04.2013 - 12.2015

Corporate Finance –Treasury Team and Consolidation

Infosys Limited
06.2008 - 04.2013

Articleship

Price Waterhouse
05.2005 - 06.2008

CFA -

CFA

Final -

I.C.A.I.

B. Com (Hons.) -

St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata

P.E. (II) -

I.C.A.I.

Higher Secondary -

R.C.H. School

Secondary -

C.B.S.E

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