Investment manager overseeing Assets, Partnerships with MFIs over 11 states & Institutional Impact funds from USA, Europe and South-East Asia. Responsible for the lending P&L and Planning monthly disbursements & collections with regular monitoring of financial & operational parameters to evade risk and maintain adequate asset dependency.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Head, Investments and Partnerships
Milaap.org
03.2022 - 02.2024
Company Overview: Milaap is a catalytic debt platform in India that channels and leverages public and private funding small businesses, capacity building, clean energy, sanitation, education, and health projects through a crowdfunded lending platform
Since 2010, Milaap has disbursed more than $30 million across all causes, funding 250,000+ borrowers across India benefiting both our Field Partners as working capital and low-cost financing instruments, as well as affordable micro-loans to households in underserved geographies across 23 Indian states
Milaap is a catalytic debt platform in India that channels and leverages public and private funding small businesses, capacity building, clean energy, sanitation, education, and health projects through a crowdfunded lending platform
Since 2010, Milaap has disbursed more than $30 million across all causes, funding 250,000+ borrowers across India benefiting both our Field Partners as working capital and low-cost financing instruments, as well as affordable micro-loans to households in underserved geographies across 23 Indian states
Manager, Investments and Partnerships
Milaap.org
03.2019 - 01.2024
Responsible for monthly disbursements & collections
I've maintained a 100% repayment with disbursements over 7M USD
Managing the lending P&L and have increased the revenue by 10%
An integral part of the growth team with experience of implementing new initiatives
Manage partnerships with 20+ Microfinance institutions across Pan India
Responsible for recovery of bad loans from past years
Credit underwriting and investment assessment for onboarding microfinance institutions
Work closely with the product team in enhancing the efficiency of the product
Business Analyst- Investments and Partnerships
Milaap.org
08.2018 - 02.2019
Responsible for planning month disbursement and imparting risk & credit analysis
Managing relationships with existing field partners and sourcing new partners for business expansion & portfolio movement
Making regular field visits to partners across India for operational due diligence and in search of distinct investment products
Defining modules in the LMS (Salesforce) and resolving operational issues
The achievement so far: Soley designed the entire Risk module for both micro and macro analysis
Overall the span of 1 year I revamped the monthly report to fetch credit and risk ratios including quarterly income statements, induced a system for branch analysis (Including district and state level), qualitative reports, and borrower level repayment analysis
Associate - Risk and Relationships
Milaap.org
08.2017 - 08.2018
As a Risk Associate, my responsibility is to handle risk for our investment portfolio
We have currently 30+ partners across India to whom we lend money through our crowdfunding platform
I am directly involved in visiting various partner and keep an eye on their ground operations
Other than this I look at the monthly report, quantitative reports, and branch level analysis
I am directly involved in framing structure for new products in the system and look after our fellowship program during the recruitment
Fellow
Milaap.org
01.2017 - 06.2017
Allocated with one of Milaap's field partner Mahashakti Foundation, I discover the ground reality of microfinance on the field, mainly bringing out powerful stories of change by taking interviews of rural people, documenting their stories, capturing their photographs or videos, taking care of communication between the NGO and Milaap
Audit Assistant
Mazars India
06.2016 - 12.2016
I handled 3 statutory audit projects with the team of clients with more than 5 Billion in revenue - Air Liquide India holding, Air Liquide north India and Jac recruitment
I was directly reporting to the Partner
And I also brought accounting fraud in notice & provided unbiased reports on audit findings
Analyst
Xeler8, Inc.
02.2016 - 04.2016
As a part of the team Xeler8, I was responsible for tracking E-commerce start-ups
I tracked and analyzed more than 400 start-ups in the domain
As a startup enthusiast, I used to consistently move on the search for new & innovative segments
Education
Executive Education Program, Community Organizing - undefined
Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship
Bachelor's degree, Business/Commerce, General - undefined
Zakir Husain College
IPCC- Group 1, Chartered accountancy - undefined
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Certification
Inside Xi's China, The Takshashila Institution
Timeline
Head, Investments and Partnerships
Milaap.org
03.2022 - 02.2024
Manager, Investments and Partnerships
Milaap.org
03.2019 - 01.2024
Business Analyst- Investments and Partnerships
Milaap.org
08.2018 - 02.2019
Associate - Risk and Relationships
Milaap.org
08.2017 - 08.2018
Fellow
Milaap.org
01.2017 - 06.2017
Audit Assistant
Mazars India
06.2016 - 12.2016
Analyst
Xeler8, Inc.
02.2016 - 04.2016
Executive Education Program, Community Organizing - undefined
Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship
Bachelor's degree, Business/Commerce, General - undefined