Wanderer
Apoorv Agarwal
Assistant Manager - Finance
Bengaluru
Summary
Results-driven professional with hands-on experience in Management Reporting, Financial Reporting, and Source to Pay function. Proven track record of navigating challenges with strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to new tasks. Recognized for adaptability, creativity, and a results-oriented mindset, dedicated to making meaningful contributions and advancing organizational goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Finance Manager
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
01.2025 - Current
- Analyzed and prepared monthly management reports covering production costs, inventory valuation, and business performance and Customer Profitability using SAP S/4HANA.
- Led global initiatives to optimize, automate, and enhance reporting processes, including the simplification of COPA (Cost Object-Profitability Analysis) assessments.
- Managed working capital reporting and analysis to identify slow-moving and high-value inventory, supporting strategic stock optimization.
- Assisted in global mergers, acquisitions, and brand disposals for Unilever, including the restatement of financial statements in compliance with reporting standards.
- Led Power BI and SAP Analysis for Office (AFO)-based analytics to detect anomalies and ensure alignment between financial and management reporting for Unilever.
Senior Finance Executive - R2R & S2P
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
10.2022 - 12.2024
- Ensuring effective month end close and overview all service provider activities to have accuracy and timeliness in month end close.
- Trial Balance Review with qualitative check.
- Country Lock Meeting- Preparation & Presentation
- Monthly Intercompany reconciliation process and Overdue follow up.
- Monthly BER metrics & loss tree- data validation, Analysis & commentary.
- Representing Operating Centre in all future finance projects.
- Maintaining accounting hygiene and coming up with initiatives and projects for better governance.
- Ensuring timely completion of SOX, Corporate and External Audit for OC owned controls.
- Taking responsibility for end-to-end financial accounting process for countries serviced.
- Managing Source to pay teams delivering values from our third party with compliance to service level agreements, refining their scope of work for better outcomes. Adhering to 100% compliance to controls and audits with zero control deficiencies.
- S2P Helpdesk transition with cost and FTE reduction globally.
- Liaising with 3rd party teams to build in control matrix for monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews and SOD conflicts check from audit controls perspective. Working closely with report team to finalize on reports and ways to extract data from different sources, collating data and presenting it in structured manner to facilitate management decisions.
Consultant – R2R & S2P
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
08.2021 - 09.2022
- Lead Outsourcing optimization project for Africa cluster to bring the outsourcing in Africa for R2R at par with global average in Unilever in terms of volume & cost.
- Lead Outsourcing of S2P related processes from business to IBM to bring same in line with globally followed practices in Unilever.
- Worked with Stakeholders in different countries to optimize & implement the best practices being followed in Unilever for accounting and reporting.
- Monitored the Go-live for transitioned processes in R2R & S2P to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
Consultant – GSKCH Integration Team
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Part of core integration team for “day 1 merger” of GSK CH (one of the biggest acquisitions of Unilever in recent times) with Unilever.
- Prepared and Finalized Standard Chart of GL account for GSKCH trial balance consolidation with HUL.
- Performed successful Transition for GSKCH Fixed assets from JDE (GSK ERP) to SAP (HUL ERP).
- Performed successful Transition for GSKCH banking processes from JDE (GSK ERP) to SAP (HUL ERP).
- Coordinated with Multiple stakeholders to ensure timely reporting during cut off & validated inputs received from them, providing the same to TPSP for reporting and consolidation purposes.
- Performed reconciliations after consolidation to ensure that all balances from GSKCH trial balances are migrated to SAP (HUL ERP) to secure completeness and accuracy in reporting.
CA Industrial Trainee – R2R South Asia
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
07.2019 - 05.2020
- Performed Intercompany Account Reconciliations.
- Performed Month end close accounting & reporting including variance and validation analysis.
- Took ownership of Balance Sheet and P&L (Non-Trade) for Sri Lanka region for reporting purpose.
- Worked for identification of areas of risk, underperformance & developed action plan to resolve.
- Ensure on time & accurate finance group reporting & present the result to country CFO on quarterly basis.
Internship – Direct Taxation
Mohinder Puri & Co.
03.2018 - 06.2019
- Got opportunity to support for Tax Assessment Proceedings.
- Supported in preparation of Transfer Pricing Reports.
- Preparation & filing of WHT Returns.
- Supported in preparation & filing of Income Tax Returns.
Internship – Taxation & Regulatory Services
TR Chadha & Co. LLP
07.2017 - 02.2018
- Prepared MIS Reports.
- Prepared & Monitored Payroll Allocations.
- Did Rectifications & preparations of TDS Returns.
- Performed Computations for Advance tax
Education
CA (Intermediate) -
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
11.2016 - 2017.11
Bachelor of Commerce -
School of Open Learning- University of Delhi
07.2015 - 2018.05
Skills
Creative thinking & problem solving
Change Management
Passion for High Performance
Agility & Resilience
Interests
Travel enthusiast
Food lover by heart
Cooking
Timeline
Assistant Finance Manager
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
01.2025 - Current
Senior Finance Executive - R2R & S2P
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
10.2022 - 12.2024
Consultant – R2R & S2P
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
08.2021 - 09.2022
Consultant – GSKCH Integration Team
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
10.2020 - 03.2021
CA Industrial Trainee – R2R South Asia
Hindustan Unilever Limited, HUL
07.2019 - 05.2020
Internship – Direct Taxation
Mohinder Puri & Co.
03.2018 - 06.2019
Internship – Taxation & Regulatory Services
TR Chadha & Co. LLP
07.2017 - 02.2018
CA (Intermediate) -
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
11.2016 - 2017.11
Bachelor of Commerce -
School of Open Learning- University of Delhi
07.2015 - 2018.05
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