anand krishnakumar

Co-Founder

India22 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder of multiple finance-focused startups.
Expertise in M&A and financial advisory services.
Strong background in financial reporting and compliance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a focus on M&A and financial advisory services.

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Controllership FunctionsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Financial ReportingRaising Venture CapitalDebt RaisingPrivate EquityValuationCorporate FinanceFinancial ModelingDue DiligenceM&A experienceMergersInvestment BankingEmerging MarketsStrategy

About

Most finance teams don't have a technology problem. They have a trust problem. They don't trust that the close is actually done. They don't trust that the reconciliation is system-verified and not just signed off. They don't trust that the variance explanation reflects what actually happened. So they check. And recheck. And rebuild the same spreadsheet bridge one more time. That's not a people problem either. It's what happens when the R2R process was designed around manual effort and never redesigned around anything else. I spent years on the practitioner side — as a Big4 auditor, through M&A, valuations, and fundraises — watching finance teams work harder than they should have to. That's what led to Consark. We build agentic finance infrastructure for the R2R cycle — AI that doesn't just surface information, but executes the work. Close orchestration. Transaction matching. Variance analysis. Audit readiness. Not tools that ask finance to do more. Systems that let finance review instead of prepare. The CFOs and Controllers I speak with aren't looking for another dashboard. They want systems that execute. They want to stop being the last line of defence against bad data. That's what agentic AI in finance should actually solve — not another layer to manage, but a system that closes, matches, and explains without waiting to be told. That's the problem we're working on. If you're thinking about what R2R should look like when it's actually working — follow along.

Experience

Consark.ai

Co-Founder

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · On-site

Baywiser

Co-founder

Apr 2018 – Present · 8 yrs · Greater Chennai Area

Consark’s marketplace ecosystem “Baywiser” comprises of boutique advisory firms and point-solution product companies which are present across different geographies. Baywiser ecosystem partners are experienced professionals who have rich experience in finance, accounting and compliance domains gathered either from working with Big 4 accounting firms or functioning as ex-CXOs. Baywiser has been able to cater to varied requirements of a customer due to this functioning and diverse ecosystem.

Arkus capital

Co-Founder

Jan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 3 mos · On-site

Arkus Capital offers M&A advisory, capital raising, valuations & other transaction advisory services to middle market entities globally

Consark advisory services llp

Co-Founder

Jan 2013 – Feb 2023 · 10 yrs 1 mo · On-site

Arkcap financial advisors llp

Co-founder & Principal

Jan 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Chennai Area

ArkCap is an investment bank providing focused advisory services to mid-market entities in private equity fund raising, debt raising, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and other financial matters.
With the founding on Consark, ArkCap’s IB practice merged into Consark as Transactions practice.

Deloitte & touche

Senior Associate

Jan 2007 – Mar 2010 · 3 yrs 2 mos · United Arab Emirates

Was a key member on engagement teams of D&T’s largest global clients viz. Microsoft, General Motors and ArcelorMittal
Assisted one of the world’s largest automobile companies in carving out one of their units. This involved preparation of carve-out financial statements, advising on international accounting issues and deal structuring
Exposed to multi-functional assignments in industries including banking, financial services, manufacturing, power & energy, media, telecom and IT services

Ernst & young

Audit Senior

Jan 2006 – Dec 2006 · 11 mos · Oman

As an Audit Senior-
Led teams on audit engagements of small and medium enterprises under the International Financial Reporting Standards
Assisted the Transaction Advisory Services practice in financial due diligence assignments in telecom & energy sectors
Performed internal audits and provided key business area insights to client senior management and stakeholders
Was promoted to Audit Senior within six months of joining the firm as an Engagement Auditor
As an Engagement Auditor-
Performed statutory audits at field level which included all activities from planning the audit programs to be performed, finalization of the financial statements to follow-up for fee payment by clients

Deloitte haskins & sells

Apprentice

Oct 2002 – Sep 2005 · 2 yrs 11 mos · India

Professional training as an apprentice is mandated as part of the Chartered Accountancy program in India. As part of Deloitte's Assurance Services team, performed statutory and tax audits at field level for clients across industries including manufacturing, IT services, energy and advertising among others