Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, June 2026 — Unilever has promoted Saurabh Agarwal to Group Financial Accountant – HUL & Subsidiaries, expanding his leadership responsibilities across Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and its subsidiaries. In his new role, he leads a 35-member finance team responsible for end-to-end financial accounting, group reporting, statutory compliance, and the Record-to-Report (R2R) function, ensuring robust financial governance and reporting excellence across the organization.
Prior to this promotion, Agarwal served as Senior Finance Manager – Sales | Customer Marketing and Centre of Excellence at Unilever, where he partnered with the Customer Development organization to drive growth, profitability, and strategic decision-making across the sales function. He led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives covering tax transition, commercial model redesign, incentive structuring, portfolio optimization, digital enablement, and performance governance, while supporting large-scale market expansion and strengthening operating discipline.
Earlier, he was Senior Finance Manager – Haircare Category India, managing the financial performance of HUL’s Hair Care business, including iconic brands such as Clinic Plus, Sunsilk, Dove, Tresemmé, and Indulekha. He successfully navigated commodity inflation challenges while balancing market share growth with industry-leading profitability through disciplined P&L management, strategic pricing, competition analysis, and cost optimization initiatives.
Previously, Agarwal led the Centre of Excellence – Record to Report function for HUL & Group Companies, where he managed a team of more than 30 finance professionals overseeing centralized financial accounting operations. During this period, he also partnered with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) function and led finance operations for HUF while driving finance transformation initiatives across the group.
Before that, he served as National Supply Chain Finance Manager – Personal Wash, overseeing finance operations for seven manufacturing facilities across India producing soaps, sanitizers, and body wash products. His responsibilities included cost management, financial controls, restructuring projects, investment evaluation, inventory optimization, sourcing strategy, and world-class manufacturing cost deployment initiatives.
Earlier in his Unilever career, Agarwal worked as Assistant Finance Manager – Exports, serving as finance partner for the exports business with annual revenues exceeding ₹1,200 crore. He led trade banking automation, transfer pricing, RBI compliance, GST implementation, financial governance, audit management, and operational restructuring initiatives supporting international business growth.
Prior to joining Unilever, Agarwal worked as Associate – Portfolio & Credit Risk at IntelleGrow, where he specialized in venture financing, financial analysis, credit appraisal, portfolio management, and investment evaluation across sectors including agriculture, healthcare, clean energy, and livelihoods.
Earlier, he served as Associate – Institutional Equity at Morgan Stanley, managing corporate actions, financial products, client portfolios, regulatory compliance, and supporting Ultra High Net Worth (UHNI) clients across complex financial instruments.
He began his professional journey with Chaturvedi & Shah, where he completed his articleship, gaining extensive experience in statutory audits, accounting standards, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, internal controls, and corporate finance.
With over 15 years of progressive finance leadership experience, Saurabh Agarwal brings deep expertise in financial accounting, statutory reporting, Record-to-Report (R2R), business finance, commercial finance, supply chain finance, financial transformation, governance, internal controls, taxation, business partnering, and enterprise performance management. His promotion reflects Unilever’s continued focus on strengthening financial excellence, governance, and operational leadership across its India business.
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