May 2020 – Apr 2025 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Joined Onsurity at its inception and played a pivotal role in scaling the organization from Seed to Series B funding. As the first member of the Finance team, I was instrumental in building the function from the ground up. Over a 5-year journey, I led and contributed across multiple critical areas:
• Finance Controller: Led statutory audits, working capital management, payroll, accounts payable (AP), and accounts receivable (AR) processes with a focus on accuracy and timeliness.
• Due Diligence: Ensured financial, tax, legal, and secretarial due diligence readiness with minimal turnaround time and no major audit observations.
• Finance Operations (Fin-Ops): Collaborated cross-functionally with Tech, Product, Business, Partnerships, Operations, and Analytics teams to streamline financial operations and enable seamless business execution.
• Investor Relations: Managed end-to-end investor engagement, including pre-funding diligence, coordination with legal and secretarial teams, closure of transaction documents, and timely fulfillment of conditions precedent and post-funding activities.
• Principal Officer (Corporate Agency Arm):
• o Led the incorporation and operational setup of a wholly owned subsidiary.
• o Successfully secured Corporate Agency registration and handled all associated compliance.
• o Led post-registration processes including empanelment with insurers.

May 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Set up the Digital Insurance Broking company right from incorporation, getting license (one of the fastest company to get IRDAI license) and going live with commercial operations
• Ensured the empanelment with major insurers; took care of technology integration
• Built and managed first team to take it to about 50 people to set the ball rolling in Insurance Broking for the group

Jan 2016 – Feb 2020 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• Investor Relations and Finance Head:
• Monthly Financial and Operational MIS
• Monthly/Quarterly Business Updates and Investor Calls
• Finalizing Annual Report, Board Presentation and Quarterly Board Meetings
• Internal Audit
• Cost Rationalization measures
• Finalizing SHA/SSA/Addendum
• Worked closely with IBankers towards finalizing deck and financial model
• Managed banking relations and raised debt
• Legal Function
• General Management:
• Outsource Partner Management – Planning, Onboarding, Agreement and Terms Finalization; and Process Briefing.
• Engagement with Consultant and Advisors to seek inputs and share the update
• Vendor Management

Nov 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Worked on preparing appraisal reports to present to Credit Committee.
• Financial/industrial analysis and business evaluation to meet the requirements of venture debt
• Understand the funding requirements of the company and help them to choose the one which better suits their cash flows
• Worked on companies from Renewable energy, Financial inclusion and new age tech startups.

Feb 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Research and Financial Analysis of Indian companies, both Listed and Unlisted.
• Understanding Business Models of the companies and analyzing Sustainability and Scalability of the same.
• Collate the data from various sources and prepare comprehensive Research Reports