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Siddharth Phukan

Siddharth Phukan

Leadership - Strategy & Growth | Fintech Expert
Bengaluru

Summary

A fintech expert with more than a decade of experience in Business Development, Key Accounts, Product Development and strategies for growth and was part of the founding team of one of the leading payment companies of India - Cashfree Payments. Regular speaker in fintech events.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Director - Key Accounts

Cashfree Payments
10.2024 - Current
  • Spearheading overall growth strategy for key accounts, driving business expansion and increasing revenue by 55%.
  • Successfully managing relationships with top-tier clients, ensuring customer satisfaction, retention, and long-term partnership development.
  • Leading cross-functional teams to execute large-scale strategic initiatives, including market entry, product innovation, and operational efficiency improvements.Instrumental in scaling the business by identifying new market opportunities and formulating data-driven approaches for sustainable growth.
  • Representing the company at industry events, building networks with stakeholders, and strengthening the company's position as a market leader


Vice President - Growth & Strategy

Adfactors PR
07.2023 - 09.2024
  • Company Overview: India's largest PR firm
  • Direct reporting to the Founder and MD to make and execute growth strategy in Financial Services Domain
  • Work as a fintech consultant to support in financial domain in their reputation building & management
  • Few of the clients managed are Juspay, Simpl, Ring, NPCI, etc
  • India's largest PR firm

Director - Key Accounts

Cashfree Payments
04.2018 - 07.2023
  • Company Overview: As a founding team member of Cashfree payments had delivered the growth story of 0 to 1 and then scaling from 1 to 100
  • Worked across departments - sales, products, ops, risk, policy etc
  • Onboarded and managed enterprise accounts such as Cred, Meesho, Nykaa, IRCTC etc
  • P&L owner of portfolio 6000C+ per month
  • Led National team of 15 members spread across Delhi, Mumbai & Bangalore
  • Launched lending product which scaled up to 100cr disbursements per day
  • Launched split settlements for Swiggy, custom apis for Amazon Pay and scalable products for Dream11
  • Handled marketing campaigns for growth as well as churn for business revival
  • As a founding team member of Cashfree payments had delivered the growth story of 0 to 1 and then scaling from 1 to 100
  • Achieved 50% of companies GMV target of 50k crore in FY22-23 at Cashfree
  • Represented Cashfree in various fintech events as a speaker
  • Launched multiple new products in payments for business growth such as Pre-auth, Cashgram in Payouts, Smart routing for higher success rate

HDFC Bank
08.2016 - 03.2018

●Managed a portfolio of merchants with monthly volume of INR 100 Cr+.

● Consistently met key metrics like float, cross sell, volumes and profitability

● Bagged business from new to bank accounts and providing payment solutions to them

● Managed cross-selling of assets, lending and liability to existing/new merchants

Deputy Manager (Marketing)

Tolexo
12.2015 - 05.2016
  • Company Overview: subsidiary of IndiaMart
  • Subsidiary of IndiaMart
  • Managed the P&L function for K12 Business of Digital Classrooms, Career Development centers in the region, Edge makers and Microsoft Certification Program
  • Seized the deals like Sainik School, Army School, DPS and more.

PayU Payments
04.2015 - 12.2015

●Increased GMV from 80K to 94 Lakhs in span of 7 months (May-Nov)

● Led teams of technical pre-sales in identification, qualification, valuation, and pursuit-to-contract; build and lead a fixed sales team in acquisition of new opportunities

Tata Motors
04.2011 - 04.2012
  • Improved team efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing innovative management strategies.
  • Identified areas for improvement within the department, implementing strategic initiatives to address gaps in performance or resources.

Junior Engineer

PSL Ltd.(Punj Group)
08.2010 - 03.2011

● Handled projects related to fabrication, assembly, testing and dispatch of assemblies needed in Pipe Mills titled as

● Rotation Station, Shot Blaster, De-Coiler and Flattener

Education

Study Program - Operations

Great Lakes Institute of Managment
04.2013 - 04.2015

Mechanical Engineering - undefined

Bharati Vidyapeeth
04.2006 - 04.2010

Skills

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Accomplishments

  • Achieved 50% of companies GMV target of 50k crore in FY22-23 at Cashfree.
  • Represented Cashfree in various fintech events as a speaker.
  • Launched multiple new products in payments for business growth such as Pre-auth, Cashgram in Payouts, Smart routing for higher success rate.

Timeline

Director - Key Accounts

Cashfree Payments
10.2024 - Current

Vice President - Growth & Strategy

Adfactors PR
07.2023 - 09.2024

Director - Key Accounts

Cashfree Payments
04.2018 - 07.2023

HDFC Bank
08.2016 - 03.2018

Deputy Manager (Marketing)

Tolexo
12.2015 - 05.2016

PayU Payments
04.2015 - 12.2015

Study Program - Operations

Great Lakes Institute of Managment
04.2013 - 04.2015

Tata Motors
04.2011 - 04.2012

Junior Engineer

PSL Ltd.(Punj Group)
08.2010 - 03.2011

Mechanical Engineering - undefined

Bharati Vidyapeeth
04.2006 - 04.2010
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