SWETA GUPTA ☎ +91-6398476398 ✉ sweta.001@gmail.

com

10 years of international experience in Business Partnering, Finance & Strategy, Program Management and Transformation
along with Pre-MBA experience in Technology. Skilled in stakeholder management and leading high performing teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Groww (Unicorn Fintech Start-up) 2020-Present India
Director Business Finance
● Leading (a) P&L + FP&A (b) Business finance (c) Investor Reporting, and (d) Partnerships & Operations
● Organized 3-yr Financial & Strategic Planning workshops across business units; helped businesses translate plans into
actions with focus on maximizing ROI and right prioritization of OKR’s
● Drove 5x growth in ARR through pricing change for Broking; coordinated with 6 business partners and got BoD approval
● Spearheading optimization of Tech and Marketing costs achieving annual savings of ~25% within 6 months; renegotiated
contracts with combined value of $17m with GCP, AWS and other key vendors
● Recommended the “first launch product” with best market fit and business case under Credit (new business unit) by
conducting primary market research with customers, banks and NBFC’s
● Facilitated filing of lending license with Indian Regulators by collaborating with Compliance, Accounts & Legal teams and
external consultants
● Directed due diligence for $30mn Series C and $83mn Series D equity fundraise with a lead time of less than a month

SRS Lifesciences Pte. Ltd. 2018-2018 Singapore

Group CFO
● Partnered with Country Heads, Sales & Operations to develop Portfolio Management and Prioritization Strategy to 2x product
footprint and ARR in one year
● Redesigned financial operations streamlining working capital and cash flow; optimized monthly closing from >15 days to 5

Novartis Pharma AG 2013-2017 Switzerland

Commercial Strategy Manager – Commercial Services NBS
● Built strong relationships with decision makers of top account managers and introduced new advanced tailored solutions
at no additional fixed cost resulting in >80% acceptance rate and CSAT of 4.5
● Initiated monthly Service Quality meetings with each account to collect customer feedback and proactively address
concerns resulting in new business opportunities and positive long-term client strategic alliances
● Co-led full strategic & operational review (client segments & products) of services impacting ~$50m bottom-line
Finance PMO & Head Finance – Support Functions, NBS
● Promoted 2 levels for outstanding performance and organizational impact; managing ~$200m in global portfolio
● Implemented a simplified, standardized and automated service charge model saving in-country man hours by 20%
● Conducted weekly Leadership Sound Boards across 11 countries to promote engagement and ensure buy-in for NBS from
key-stakeholders, senior management and the global finance community
Finance PMO, Novartis Business Services (NBS)
● Delivered NBS business case to Novartis Board, with a 5-year transformation plan realizing over $1bn in savings
● Recognized with ‘Spot Award’ for successfully launching “Day 1” with transfer of ~7000 associates to NBS from ~200
business units in 130+ countries within a record time of 3 months
● Designed and rolled-out new finance and operations blueprint across 200 reporting units in over 100 countries
including organisational structure, operational frameworks, governance model, savings tracking and resource allocation

Finance Associate, Group Business Planning and Analysis

● Assessed 5-year business plans and estimated up/down scenarios based on changes in macro-environment
● Developed risk mitigation plan saving ~$500m due to currency devaluation impact in countries with unstable currencies

Barclays Capital 2010-2012 Singapore/ London

Graduate Program – Analyst IT
● Rotated across 4 teams gaining experience in Software Development, Infrastructure IT, Production and Business Partnering;
consistently rated among top 10%
● Reduced cash tracking error by ~$3mn/month by standardizing FX sales transaction tracking (Java)
● Delivered 70% performance improvement by re-engineering and migrating the legacy Fixed Income Settlement System
originally developed in C++ to SQL Database

EDUCATION
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate Certification 2019-Present Singapore
Indian School of Business 2012-2013 India
Post Graduate Programme in Management (MBA) – major in Finance and Marketing (Dean's List)

National University of Singapore 2005-2009 Singapore

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Second Class Upper Hons, 100% Scholarship Awarded)