Project Manager

Finance Development Program

I am a dynamic and analytical finance professional with a diverse background in entrepreneurship, strategic business development, and financial analysis. With an MBA from the Yale School of Management, I am deeply engaged in the world of investing, innovation, and startup ecosystems.

My experience as the Owner/Director of Venkatesh Grand has honed my skills in operational management, revenue growth, and cost optimization. I successfully turned around a distressed business into a profitable entity and introduced innovative solutions such as a food surplus projection tool, which reduced food waste and increased delivery revenues during the pandemic.

At Dell Technologies, I excelled in various finance roles, including Global Business Operations, FP&A, Tech Support Finance, and Global Inventory Finance. I was recognized for developing automated dashboards, predictive models, and cost reduction strategies that significantly impacted business operations and financial planning.

Currently, at Owlto Finance, I am working in Business Development, focusing on strategic partnerships, client engagements, and reporting metrics to drive growth in the Web3 space.

With a strong foundation in accounting and finance, complemented by technical skills in private equity LBO modeling and Power BI, I am passionate about driving value creation and strategic growth in the dynamic fields of investment and startups.

I am eager to leverage my experience into the Business Development and DeFi space


Experience: 4 years

Yearly salary: $64,000

Hourly rate: $30

Nationality: 🇮🇳 India

Residency: 🇺🇸 United States


Experience

Owner / Director - Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
Venkatesh Grand - Hotels and Banquet Halls
2020 - 2024
A hospitality business with an annual turnover of $2M and a workforce of 120. Annually, the two restaurants serve 73K customers and the six banquet halls host and cater for 250 events. I am responsible for devising strategies and operating plans to grow the profitability and competitiveness of the business, achieve highest level of customer and employee satisfaction, and maintain accountability towards the society and the environment.
Finance Development Program
Dell Technologies
2019 - 2022
As a part of the finance rotational development program, I was required to study business trends, identify financial performance patterns and financial risk, build finance models, support budgeting efforts, prepare leadership presentation, make forecasts and projections to enable key decisions and analyze inventory. This work was done across four different roles as I moved within the company in tangent with my rotation program.
Associate
Mastanaiah & Co (Audit, Corporate and Tax Consultation Firm)
2016 - 2019
Performed internal, external and tax audits, M&A, security buyback, tax and financial planning for clients valuing $1M to $500M Led a foreign investment sell side M&A deal of $300M; Structured the payment plan to mitigate the tax obligation and ensured corporate law compliance. Developed post-merger business strategy for smooth transition both to buyer and stakeholders Solely led co-operative dairy audit; Evaluated financials and internal control to design process maps and procedures that align with the statutory regulations. This helped save working capital leakage of $50k a month and resolved tax penalties of $120k

Skills

accounting
business-development
finance
product-manager
project-manager
english
hindi
tamil
telugu