Arvind Agarwal

Strategic Thinker and Proven Finance leader with experience of leading a team of 300 talented professional as Financial Controller of Vodafone. Part of India's Biggest M&A and biggest IPO readiness Project in recent times with hands on experience of leading complex projects such as SAP, IND AS, IFC, SOX, GST,Due Diligence etc. Key Stregnths-TEAM Management, CHANGE Management, PROJECT Management I also led Finance team of biggest circle of Vodafone India as CFO and partnered business in reigniting growth story of Vodafone Flagship circle to jump to double digit CAGR from low single digit. This resulted in significant & sustained growth of Revenue Market leadership (RMS) .This could be done as i highlighted the opportunity in data and post-paid business early enough to take head start before the others. I also championed LRP exercise for Mumbai circle and created ROCE awareness for Senior Leadership Team, while actively participating during national and regional reviews, and circle visits of the Vodafone Chairman and Group CFO. Being in this role, I had the great opportunity to drive the cost control project ‘Sarvottam’, which resulted in the sustained savings doubling EBITDA from 800 Crore to 1600 Crores in 3 years with 1200bps Margin improvement.We secured 12000 Crores of investment in Mumbai including renewal of expirig license for 20 years and buying additional Spectrum for next generation data network.Mumbai has been meeting its budget and forecasts consistently through these years, due to an optimistic yet responsible budgeting while tightly monitoring the performance against agreed targets. I also led one of the most efficient credit & collections operations, and drove CSAT & NPS through customer process improvement projects. My working styles include working with business acumen, strategic thinking, seeing the big picture, adding value through cross functional inputs, and handling demanding situations with relative ease and passion.