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Ishan Gupta, CMA

Summary

Consultant at Praxis Global Alliance in the Financial Services team with prior stints at Bain & Company and Deloitte USI, bringing 2+ years of experience across due diligence, consulting, strategy, and finance. Certified US CMA, CFA Level III candidate, and IIM Indore MBA with a strong academic record and recognised team player for structured problem solving, analytical depth, and strong stakeholder management skills.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Consultant

Praxis Global Alliance
Mumbai
09.2025 - Current
  • Drove due diligence on a Fintech SaaS target; sizing 5 markets in lending, underwriting and SCF SaaS by crafting sizing approach, driving expert discussions and analysing secondary data
  • Benchmarked the target against 5-6 peers to evaluate the market position; analysing right to win and areas of development for target
  • Built research report on MSME financing (answering 15-16 key questions) to uncover credit gaps and shape product recommendations

M&A Consulting Intern

Deloitte USI Consulting
Bangalore
04.2024 - 06.2024
  • Performed valuation for a $30Bn Industrials firm in US to assist in potential strategic spin-off of Healthcare Division
  • Estimated $4M one time IT Separation Costs for spin-off, identifying potential savings of $100K p.a. via vendor analysis
  • Drafted roadmap for 3 months of SMO operations laying 20+ milestones for a major S&P500 Spinoff's IT separation
  • Devised 3+ automated models, saving 15+ hours/week equivalent to $10K, by tracking project completion for 1200+ technologies

Associate

Bain and Company
Gurugram
07.2021 - 06.2023
  • Product specialist for product performance enhancement; improving load times by 20% for client dashboards
  • Achieved a constant case NPS of over 90% for 18 sprints by agile managing and leading 6 member QA team
  • Conducted recruitment process for 2 vendors and conducted training and KT sessions for 11 new members
  • Highlighted 5+ key improvement areas for 3 major US airline clients by accessing reaction to COVID pandemic
  • Evaluated post COVID effects on Share of Wallet and defined 5 OKRs for accessing online mode user journey
  • Fast track promotion to Associate in Apr' 23 with top rating and upward career trajectory consistently for 2 FY
  • Streamlined operations with next 4-quarter resource projections, delivering $50K post-tax savings
  • Saved 40 hrs per week of the team by introducing an end-to-end automated QA process for product front end

Education

CFA Level 2 -

CFA Institute
07-2025

CMA -

IMA
04-2025

MBA -

IIM Indore
03-2025

B.E. - MPAE

NSIT
Delhi
06-2021

Class XII - CBSE

Happy School
New Delhi
01.2017

Class X - CBSE

Happy School
New Delhi
01.2015

Skills

  • Financial Modelling, Equity Research
  • PowerPoint, Excel, MS Office
  • Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Python

Research Thesis

The Impact of Covid on M&A: An Analysis of Financials of Healthcare Industry

  • Analysed M&A impact on Indian healthcare firms pre- and post-COVID using financial ratios & statistical tests
  • Found M&A-led deleveraging post-COVID but no immediate gains in profitability or efficiency due to hurdles
  • Identified post-COVID surge in healthcare M&A; firms prioritizing financial stability over aggressive expansion

Timeline

Consultant

Praxis Global Alliance
09.2025 - Current

M&A Consulting Intern

Deloitte USI Consulting
04.2024 - 06.2024

Associate

Bain and Company
07.2021 - 06.2023

CFA Level 2 -

CFA Institute

CMA -

IMA

MBA -

IIM Indore

B.E. - MPAE

NSIT

Class XII - CBSE

Happy School

Class X - CBSE

Happy School

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