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Maku Agarwal

Bangalore

Summary

Dedicated SaaS, banking & Fintech professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Director - KAM/SAM,Customer Success, New Initiave

Razorpay Software Private Limited
2022.04 - Current

I lead the SaaS & Neo-banking vertical and am responsible for managing and growing the India business across three LOBs - Razorpay X, Payroll, and Source to Pay (S2P). I am a key contributor to the company's zero-to-one journey, overseeing multiple departments, primarily driving new initiatives, revenue, business growth, and customer success.


Roles and Responsibilities:

Neo Banking - (https://razorpay.com/x/)

  • Currently managing Annual TPV of INR 3 trillion across 500 Large Enterprises in India (95% of Org's volume). My responsibilities here include sales, renewals, retention, servicing, and growth (15-20% QOQ) in overall business.
  • Handling Business banking book (CA) of INR 2000 Crores, spread across 3 banks. - Responsible for customer retention, renewals, revenue realization, NPS.
  • Leading the Strategic Accounts Team, Key Accounts & Customer Success Team of over 20+ members (SAM/KAM/CS).
  • Day-to-day, driving and managing teams across geography with a strong cadence of deal closure on a monthly and quarterly basis, ensuring over-achievement of quota, revenue, and retention goals.
  • Building and scaling large enterprise accounts portfolio, building strong customer relationships at CXO levels, inspiring and motivating a sales team of diverse Account Executives.
  • Managing AE's to help drive and close both strategic/complex deals as well as regular run rate smaller deals.
  • Representing company at high-profile industry events and conferences to enhance brand visibility, generate leads, and position the company as a thought leader.
  • Working closely with internal teams (product, Engineering, Tech support, Finops, Banking, and PSE) to ensure client satisfaction and gather product feedback for continuous improvement. Facilitating cross-functional communication to optimize sales strategies.

Payroll - (https://razorpay.com/payroll/)

  • Responsible for leading Customer Success Team for the payroll business across India.
  • My responsibilities include retention, NPS, revenue realization, customer satisfaction, renewals, and relationship management.

Source 2 Pay - (https://razorpay.com/x/source-to-pay/)

  • Implementing a customer-first approach throughout organization and demonstrating the value of customer success from business perspective.
  • Leading growth charter by establishing OKRs, KPIs, customer metrics to track, and every other measurable score that effectively gauges the performance of the entire department.
  • Increasing renewal rates and reducing churn. - Expanding revenue in accounts through cross-sell and up-sell.
  • Influencing future lifetime value through higher product adoption, customer satisfaction, and overall health scores.
  • CRM - Coaching CS team to establish and maintain strong relationships with key clients, understanding their needs, and ensuring they receive exceptional service.

VP- Branch Banking, Cluster Head - Bangalore

RBL Bank Limited
2016.11 - 2022.03
  • As Cluster Head, am responsible for driving strategy, marketing, business and operations in order to grow RBL's partnership and market share with clients
  • work with the Sales Leadership team to set strategic objectives and run the day-to-day business & operations for the Bank
  • Currently managing large network of 22 Bank Branches with over 200 bank staff and GL size of over 2000 crores
  • Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits
  • Complete ownership of Profitability & loss Management
  • Develop business plan and execute the growth strategy for the region
  • Complied with Audits, regulatory, legal and ethical requirements to protect bank assets
  • Cost-efficient customer acquisition and ensuring smooth management of high values/volumes of transaction
  • Managing large key Accounts and various business/fintech partners for bank
  • Responsible for AML, KYC & compliance parameters on all relationships onboarded
  • Define, track and improve key metrics
  • Collate and analyze key daily/weekly/monthly data on various performances and report key findings
  • Generate new product ideas, enhancements to existing products and collate requests from both internal and external requestors.

Sr. Manager - Branch Head (Branch Banking)

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
2015.03 - 2016.10
  • Heading a Titanium Branch with a total team size of 14 skilled members
  • Being a new branch (opened only in April 2015), my prime responsibility included recruitment, training and managing the assigned productivity and goals of all the team members
  • Overall responsible for Branch P&L, day to day operations, risk management and business acquisition across all the parameters
  • Managing multiple lines of business which includes CASA acquisition, Trade & Forex, Insurance, Mutual Fund, and Assets products etc
  • Achievement: Successfully managed to hire & train the team shortly after launching the branch
  • Have overachieved the branch target on CASA Acquisition & Deepening (220% of YTD target in 11 months), Cross-Sell of Life Insurance products (Approx
  • 200% of YTD targets), and cross-sell of Mutual Fund (Wealth Management) (No
  • One position across PAN India in Titanium Category Branches), and most important KPI No One Branch for Titanium category - January, February & March.

Sr. Wealth Manager - Investment Banking

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
2013.04 - 2015.02

Customer Service Manager - Branch banking

ING Vysya Bank Limited (Now Kotak)
2011.09 - 2013.03

Sr. Sales Officer - Corporate Banking Division

Rowyah Marketing - Dubai
2010.11 - 2011.07

Relationship Manager - Banca Channel

Ras Al Khaimah Bank, UAE
2008.03 - 2010.08

Education

Certificate in Investments (FC250x) -

IIM Bangalore
2020

Post Graduation Diploma in Operations -

ICFAI, Bangalore
2013

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) -

ICFAI- Bangalore
2012

Bachelor of Business Administration -

IMTS, Noida
2008

NISM Series V -

AMFI, Bangalore
2011

Skills

  • SaaS, PaaS, BaaS, Digital Banking
  • Team Leadership & Management
  • Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Sales, Customer Success & Retention
  • KPI & Performance Metrics
  • Process Optimizations & Automation
  • Customer Onboarding & Training
  • Product Roadmap Development & Execution
  • Communication, Negotiation and conflict resolution
  • Problem Solving & Decision Making
  • Cross-Departmental Collaboration
  • Professionalism & Empathy
  • Strong work ethics
  • Strategic thinking, Communication
  • Revenue and P&L Management
  • Expert empathy skills with high emotional intelligence

Languages

English
Hindi
Kannada (Basic)

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that all the information given above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Director - KAM/SAM,Customer Success, New Initiave

Razorpay Software Private Limited
2022.04 - Current

VP- Branch Banking, Cluster Head - Bangalore

RBL Bank Limited
2016.11 - 2022.03

Sr. Manager - Branch Head (Branch Banking)

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
2015.03 - 2016.10

Sr. Wealth Manager - Investment Banking

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
2013.04 - 2015.02

Customer Service Manager - Branch banking

ING Vysya Bank Limited (Now Kotak)
2011.09 - 2013.03

Sr. Sales Officer - Corporate Banking Division

Rowyah Marketing - Dubai
2010.11 - 2011.07

Relationship Manager - Banca Channel

Ras Al Khaimah Bank, UAE
2008.03 - 2010.08

Certificate in Investments (FC250x) -

IIM Bangalore

Post Graduation Diploma in Operations -

ICFAI, Bangalore

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) -

ICFAI- Bangalore

Bachelor of Business Administration -

IMTS, Noida

NISM Series V -

AMFI, Bangalore
Maku Agarwal