Ashish Agrawal has over 13 years of experience in finance and accounting roles. He is currently the Finance and Accounts Lead for Cargill India's Cotton Business Unit, where he supervises accounting, finance, reporting and other responsibilities. Previously he held roles of increasing responsibility at Cargill India, including managing statutory compliance, financial reporting, and accounting functions. He has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce, is a Chartered Accountant, and holds an LLB in Taxation.

1. ASHISH AGRAWAL Email: ashishag1@rediffmail.com
Speak at +91 99536 90580
Career Objective:
To be a dynamic senior finance professional of an esteemed organisation where, I can use my skills, knowledge and
practical business acumen gained in 13+ years, to improve the organizational effectiveness, develop talent & high
performing team and thereby enhancing my own knowledge to grow with the growth of organisation.
Professional Qualification:
C.A. Final both group first attempt May, 2003
LLB - Taxation (DAVV, Indore) June, 2005
Educational Qualification:
B.Com. (DAVV, Indore) April, 2000 64%
Work Experience:
Organisation: Cargill India Private Limited, Corporate Office, Gurgaon
(A world’s largest closely held US MNC with a global turnover of over $120bn having main businesses of
refined oils manufacturing (Major Brands – Nature Fresh, Gemini, Sweekar, Rath, Wipro Sunflower &
Leonardo Olive Oil), wheat flour, animal feed & protein nutrition, sweetener & starches and trading in
grains & oil seeds, sugar, cotton, Risk & Asset Management services etc. in India)
Period: From July 2006 - till date
Designation: Finance & Accounts Lead, Cotton India Business Unit (BU)
Reporting to: BU Controller, United Kingdom
 Acting Finance Lead/ Controller for Cotton India business.
 Supervising accounting, finance and monthly P&L reporting for Cotton business in India.
 Leading affairs of the business unit (BU) accounting, reporting, audit, direct & indirect tax compliances, transfer
pricing, cash management, balance sheet reconciliations, Fx exposure, commodity position reporting, futures,
equity, budget, US GAAP reporting, International Tax package, cross border recharges & cost allocation, PTP,
OTSC, RTR & Decision support process designing, implementation & transition etc.
 Active role as business partner for financial planning & analysis of commercial decisions.
 Leading Global Finance Projects of consolidation and streamlining processes across global Cotton locations.
 Leading team of direct and indirect reports supporting finance and accounts function in India.
 Go to person for transition of transactional finance activities of India business to Finance Shared Services.
 Collaborate with other BU and functions to optimize use of resources, extend help and sharing best practices.
 Handling, monitoring and reporting Global Fx exposure of BU and setting up annual Fx exposure limits of the
other geographies including India, UK, Brazil, China, Pakistan, Africa Region.
 Working with UK team for month-end close related processes of regional business.
Designation: Manager – Corporate Accounts (Joined as Assistant Manager, promoted to Deputy Manager in Nov’07)
Reporting to: Country Financial Controller, India
Earlier assignments:
 Based in Liverpool, UK worked as Accounting Manager for Cotton business unit on short term assignment
from Oct’10 to Jun’11. Worked on various aspects of finance function. Trained & developed people, designed,
improved and implemented various processes to bring accuracy and efficiency.
 Responsible for Monthly and Quarterly US GAAP financial reporting along with other requirements for three
entities in India, leading a team of six qualified accountants for this task. Act as a primary contact point for India.
 Preparation and consolidation of financial statements as per Indian GAAP for statutory and tax audit carried
out by KPMG of a legal entity and active engagement in audit since planning to finalisation. Consolidation
comprised financials of different business units (BU) of the company such as Refined Oils trading and
manufacturing, plastic film manufacturing, Treasury, Trade & structured Finance (TSF) and Admin (Rs.1,000/-
crores+ turnover).
 Working with Cargill Tax team and consultants for Income Tax return filing and other tax related matters
including transfer pricing and assessments. Preparation of International Tax Package for US Reporting.

2.  Have engaged as core team member for Merger of 5 legal entities into one flagship Company in 2008.
 Statutory compliances which included TDS, TCS, WHT, Service Tax, FBT, Advance Tax calculation and
deposition of taxes and filling of periodic returns of two legal entities, obtaining lower TDS certificates.
 Monthly integrity checking in JDE, monitoring and control over the chart of accounts (system administrator
role for a legal entity).
 Active participation in monthly reporting of largest BU in India i.e. Refined Oils in terms of valuation of over
$90 million inventory, consolidation of all India stock reconciliation, position reconciliation of open contracts,
P&L discussion, corporate reporting (scheduled reporting including P&L for the month)
 Budgeting of SG&A expenses, variance analysis and looking out for cost saving measures for Pune location.
 Preparation and review of monthly balance sheet reconciliations of the accounts handled by corporate
accounting team and MIS reporting for management review. Team Lead for 3 accountants.
 Participated in implementation of JDE in a newly taken over legal entity as a part of core team responsible for
ERP implementation.
 Acted as a core team member for implementation of global sub-system (S&D module) for Cotton business,
speaking with ERP (JDE) for recording of transactions including quantitative, Forex and position information.
 Payroll accounting, automation of various accounting, reporting, payment and business processes.
 Imparted training on financial reporting to India BU Finance team and to Malaysia Corporate Accounts team.
 Participated in various CSR activities from planting a tree to running.
Awards and recognitions:
 Promoted twice within three years as Deputy Manager and then as a Manager.
 Only finance employee so far to go on offshore short term assignment from India.
 Member of cross functional team nominated for 2008-09 CFO Award, which is Cargill’s most prestigious global
award of financial excellence.
 Awarded four times as ‘STAR of the quarter’ across finance function of Cargill India.
 Recognised various times as member of ‘STAR Team of the quarter’ for various contributions.
 Cotton being awarded as ‘Best Finance Reporting Team’ for five FY since 2011 across Cargill India.
 Represented India as participant for regional training on financial reporting at Singapore in 2007 and 2008.
 Imparted training to Malaysia team for rolling out of new financial reporting package of USGAAP.
 Attended various programs within Cargill such as Leadership development, presentation skills, smart hiring,
project management etc. Completed Asia Pacific High Performance Management edition in 2013 and Global
Finance Emerging Leader edition in 2014.
 Nominated for the program Young Finance Leaders’ Network organized by CFO Institute, New Delhi.
Previous Work Experience:
Organisation: M. Munshi & Co., Chartered Accountants, Indore
Period: From May’04 to June’06
Key Responsibilities:
 Internal Audits of various domestic and multinational company’s branches which included:
- Reviewing of all the areas of accounts, finance and inventories as per the audit schedule of the different
departments designed by the HO.
- The work involved in-depth analysis of various parameters and review of procedures.
- Reporting of the various lacunas observed and suggestive measures for further improvement in the working
procedures of the company.
 Independently carried the Statutory and Tax Audit of Banks, State Govt. organisation, Private Limited, Public
Limited (both Closely held and Listed) Companies, Proprietorship and Partnership Firms mainly engaged in the
business of crushing of Soya seed, construction, trading concerns, manufacturing units, advertising agencies,
NBFC, Architect firms, Transport Services etc which included:
- Review of financial aspects of the company in consideration to various laws and compliance of various
Accounting Standards issued by ICAI.
- Finalisation of financial statements such as Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss a/c, Cash Flow Statements and
other statutory disclosure.

3.  Special assignments handled independently:
- Surprise physical verification of inventory of principal company held by C&F Agent, Job worker, loan
licensees.
- Collateral inspections and stock audits on behalf of banks of the companies having borrowing from the
banks to validate the security cover of the lender.
- Physical verification of fixed assets of the company engaged in telecom services across the state of MP, which
include equipment and other assets at tower sites and at the branch offices.
- Audit for investigation of the company engaged in the manufacturing of the cigarette and transportation of
the same across the country.
 Imparted consultancy in relation to the Income Tax matters and prepared the income tax returns.
Organisation: D. Patel & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Indore
Period: From August’03 to April’04
Key Responsibilities:
 Accounting and computerized book keeping for the companies/ firms engaged in the business of spinning of
cotton yarn, trading in stocks and derivatives.
 Statutory and Tax Audit of Banks, Private Limited, Public Limited Companies, Proprietorship and Partnership
Firms mainly engaged in the business of Cotton Ginning, Pressing, Spinning and Oil mill Unit, Bulk Drug
manufacturing unit, Fabrication of Motor Body etc and carried the audit till the stage of finalisation.
 Preparation of quarterly results to publish in media of the listed companies.
 Preparation of CMA and CRA for project financing.
 Filing of regular returns with the Registrar of Companies.
 Preparation and consultancy for the Income tax returns of various assesses.
Articleship with:
Firm: Rajendra S. Goyal & Co., Indore and D. Patel & Associates, Indore
Period: From April’00 to December’00 & From January’01 to July’03
Computer Skills:
Fully conversant with operating various ERP packages such as SAP (R/3), JDE (AS 400), ITAS, BaaN (IV) etc. and strong
hands on MS Excel, Word, Power Point (MS Office).
Skills and Strengths:
Key Strengths - Good analytical & presentation skills.
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, curious, nimble & resilient.
- Capability to lead, co-ordinate, motivate and develop work participants.
- Innovative, adaptable & result oriented.
Personal Details:
Date of Birth 1st November, 1981
References available if required.
(Ashish Agrawal)