Akriti Gupta
Seasoned Financial Planning & Analysis Leader passionate about driving cost efficiency, revenue growth and business finance.
9+Years of Experience in Finance
₹40 CrRevenue Impact
$100 MFunds Raised
Recent Roles
Finance Controller
Akasa Air
Feb 2024 - Apr 2025- Led the International readiness of Akasa Air flight operations for all the Finance & Procurement requirements
- Mentored a team of 3 people for the Finance Controllership of APS, M&E, Marketing & HR departments
- Solved Business Problems to bring Cost Efficiency for Ground Handling, Call Centre, Maintenance & Engineering
- Supervised Financial Planning, Forecasting, P&L, Variance Analysis & monthly-closure using Excel, SAP, etc
- Managed stakeholders to aid Business Finance, Cost Control, Budgeting, tracking of KPIs, Contracting, etc
- Evaluated Pricing (PRASK metric) of Akasa Air & its competitor to figure out a path to reach steady state PRASK
- Reviewed the Expenses of FY24 to check for any leakages, contractual issues, etc. to optimize Cashflow and Cost
AGM - Corporate Strategy
Just Dial Ltd
Oct 2022 - Sep 2023- Drove Sales Strategy and Cost Optimization measures with the vision of eventually leading a function or vertical
- Prepared AOP FY24 targeting growth in Revenue & engagement and including re-seller model & cost reduction
- Evaluated Pricing / RPL in certain Category-Pincode which resulted in INR 40 cr. revenue (4%) increase annually
- Handled campus hiring initiative across IITs & other undergrad colleges to hire talent under GET program
- Analysed sales team performance to take corrective actions; formulated new incentive scheme for sales team
- Reduced effort to rectify ~6.5 lacs Chain listings; Identified 5,000 new Chain Categories to make it 30,000
Head - Finance
Repute Network
Sep 2021 - Sep 2022- Facilitated Financial, Regulatory & Product Strategy related activities of the firm, working directly with Founders
- Headed Corporate & Operational Finance for a 25-30 person start-up, paving the way for scale-up and growth
- Handled Investor Relations for debt raise; handled MIS, Budgeting & Planning for all functions using Zoho suite
- Developed P&L, Cashflow along with taking care of audit, payroll, payables, and receivables across channels
- Partnered with Banks and Fintech companies in order to revamp payment processes, payroll management, etc