Nikhil Banga
Global Head Of Valuations
Gurgaon
Summary
I am a certified financial modeler, a recognized leader in intangible asset valuation, corporate budgeting & forecasting and various facets of corporate finance with over 12 years of experience. In my latest role, I spearheaded an ambitious global expansion to 18 markets and managed an international team based in the UK, China and India. For the full suite of BrandZ projects please visit https://www.kantar.com/campaigns/brandz/
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global Head of Valuations
Kantar BrandZ
GURGAON
08.2016 - Current
- Establishing the leadership of BrandZ in intangible asset valuation.
- Creating and maintaining strategic partnerships with Bloomberg, S&P Capital IQ and other world-leading financial institutions to promote the credibility of BrandZ in the financial community.
- Validating the financial and commercial value of building a strong brand, a company’s most important intangible asset & proved that the share price of listed companies of strong brands outperformed S&P500 and MSCI World Index.
- Leading the global expansion of the BrandZ project to 18 markets by setting up a global framework and dynamic localisation plans, building and managing a global team based in the UK, China and India.
- Leading client interactions and helping them understand the levers of intangible asset creation by linking market & consumer perceptions of a brand.
- Managing multiple global valuation projects simultaneously.
- Driving communications on the latest global brand building landscape and consumer trends on LinkedIn channel of Prof. Jonathon Wilson who is a 4x LinkedIn TopVoices winner.
Manager - FP&A
Home Credit
Gurgaon
10.2012 - 07.2016
- Leading a team of corporate budgeting.
- Planning and budgeting accurately to provide business with resources needed to operate smoothly including preparation of annual budget/quarterly forecast - revenue, volume, OPEX and capacity planning.
- Preparation of P&L and Balance Sheet, variance analysis, Management Business Report.
- Liaisoning with treasury team to determine and flag funding needs.
- Helping marketing team in establishing product pricing and creating life time profitability of products.
- Controlling costs to keep business operating within budget and increase profits.
- Establishing department budgets and communicating clearly with head of departments to keep everyone on same page and working toward established budgets.
- Monitoring and analyzing business performance to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments.
Finance Executive
Twin Engineers Pvt Ltd
Pune
04.2011 - 10.2012
- Pioneering the creation of cost sheets to establish right pricing.
- Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting of financial and business analysis.
- Analyzing financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis.
- Enhancing internal control systems and procedures to bring down accounts payable and receivable days by 30%.
- Improving overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.
- Supporting CFO with special projects of improvements related to cost optimization.
Education
MBA - Finance
IMDR (Regular)
Pune 05.2009 - 04.2011
B.Com (Hons.) - Commerce
SGGSCC, Delhi University (Regular)
New Delhi 06.2005 - 06.2008
Skills
MS Excel
Financial Modeling
Intangible Valuation
Financial Analysis
Budgeting & Forecasting
Effective Communication
S&P Capital IQ
Accomplishments
- Provided trainings on valuation methodology to Kantar local offices, attending client meetings and media interactions across Germany, South Africa, China, Saudi Arabia and India.
- Back to back promotions in 2014-15, climbed up the ladder from manager to global head of valuations within a short span of 5 years.
- High growth achiever throughout the career.
- Selected to be a part of 'Junior Odyssey’ in my early days of career which is focused on strengthening the Junior Management level.
Certification
Financial Modeling
Timeline
Global Head of Valuations
Kantar BrandZ
08.2016 - Current
Manager - FP&A
Home Credit
10.2012 - 07.2016
Finance Executive
Twin Engineers Pvt Ltd
04.2011 - 10.2012
Financial Modeling
02-2011
MBA - Finance
IMDR (Regular)
05.2009 - 04.2011
B.Com (Hons.) - Commerce
SGGSCC, Delhi University (Regular)
06.2005 - 06.2008