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EDUCATION
INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (ISB) (GMAT- 710)
Post-Graduate Programme in management (Expected Majors: Finance & Strategy) Apr 15 Mar 16
Experiential Learning Program: Recommended an expansion strategy for a leading NGO aimed at reducing education inequity
- Redesigned branding strategy and improved market penetration, targeted at a 20% increase in teacher recruits deployed across state
Consulting project: Selected to provide strategic recommendations for a US social enterprise to venture into Indias solar market
- Developed a go-to-market strategy and recommended a customer value proposition for the CEOs consideration.
Evaluations Core team, iDiya (ISBs social venture competition): Engaged with top management of venture capitalists in social sector
- Evaluated business models and shortlisted applications using advanced statistical methods; identified 9 new online sources to
successfully market iDiya
INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA (ICAI) Hyderabad
Chartered Accountant, Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Jun 08 May 12
Cleared all 3 levels in the first attempt (pass percentage of CA level 3 - 15%); certified SAP FI Application Associate
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (IGNOU), Bachelor of Commerce (Accounts & Finance) Dec 08 Jan 12
WORK EXPERIENCE
ERNST & YOUNG LLP (EY) Hyderabad
Consultant Risk Advisory Services Aug 12 Mar15
Managed and executed internal audits, process reviews and risk management assignments primarily in health care and life sciences vertical
Business Development Initiatives:
Instrumental in generating additional revenue of 15 million from existing client; recommended process automation solutions
Responsible for successful proposal for a client in the private life sciences sector, for Finance & Accounts Manual for a fee of 1 Million
Key Client Engagements:
Performed vendor management and procurement reviews for a multinational pharma company with 4.8 billion turnover
- Performed data analytics for supply chain function and recommended de-risking practices with a risk exposure of 43 million
- Suggested improvements to deploy 14 million working capital through better negotiation of vendor payment terms
Provided significant recommendations to the Audit Committee of a leading educational institution on the following aspects:
- Accounting policies for fixed assets and debtor management with a 12 million impact on the P&L A/c of the company
- Monitoring mechanisms for marketing spends of 30 million by analyzing correlation between applications and spends
Proposed improvements to project management process of R&D projects formal knowledge transfer mechanisms, use of Gantt charts
Suggested debtor credit policy revisions to reduce the bad debt incidence and improved customer invoice terms to reduce sales returns
Improved HR and payroll process by providing key value additions to the manpower planning and recruitment functions; resulting in
increase of employee satisfaction across various divisions by 10%
Responsible for implementation of a financial reporting tool for a SEC listed pharma company with turnover of $7.7 billion
- Assisted in designing a comprehensive reporting framework that was adopted across all cross-cultural offices of the company
- Provided process improvements that led to reduction in lead time for book closure, budgeting and forecasting processes by 1 week
- Improved the accuracy of the product wise financial results used by the C-suite for taking business decisions
- Aided change management by providing guidance documents and hand-holding support to the process owners
Key Achievements:
Awarded EY Excellerator pan India award for best performing teams for finance transformation project in Aug 14
Awarded KUDOS individual award for handling crisis situation, taking over an engagement from manager, at a maiden client in Jan 14
Leadership and Stakeholder Management:
Mentored and led teams of analysts through various engagements and assisted in their goal plan development
Conducted training sessions on report writing in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for new recruits (analysts)
Presented audit observations to Department Heads and gained their buy-in for recommendations and process improvements suggested
Firm Contributions:
Conducted a knowledge sharing session with team member for Hyderabad team on revised provisions of Companies Act 2013
Published a whitepaper on Biosimilars at a firm wide level on knowledge portal, received appreciation from service line partner
M. BHASKARA RAO & CO. Hyderabad
Article assistant in one of the top 3 domestic firms in the state Jun 08 Jan 12
Performed internal, tax and statutory audits for listed and private companies in the seeds, life sciences and energy sector
Led a team of 4 to perform statutory audits and quarterly limited reviews for NSE listed companies
EXTRA CURRICULARS AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Mentored school children at municipal schools in Hyderabad during May 12 to Aug 12 through Dharma Initiative Trust
Awarded a CSR trophy for valuable contribution to the Ernst & Young clothes donation drive in Nov 14
Organized blood donation camps at Hyderabad and Vishakhapatnam as a volunteer with Dharma Initiative Trust
Trained Carnatic music singer (6 years of training) Performed multiple group and solo performances for 500+ audience
Trained water color artist (4 years of training) Conducted elementary painting/sketching workshops to 50+ underprivileged children