Kavya Chowdary Maginampati

Key Insights

Tax Law Interpretation, Project management, Team Leadership, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting , Problem solving, Analytical skills, Business strategy, Compliance Management, Communication and Stakeholder Engagement, Consulting, Quality management.

Responsibilities

• Managed the end-to-end process of identifying eligible R&D activities and preparing comprehensive documentation for tax credit claims.
• Lead and mentor a team of 30 associates and managers, interface daily with multiple project managers, legal attorney and ensure compliance with IRS guidelines.
• Reviewed qualified research expenses and analysed qualified activities identified by associates to maximize tax benefit for the clients.
• Formulated, organized and monitored multiple project teams by coordinating cross project activities.
• Led cross functional teams to streamline project status updates by improving, planning and decision making processes by 30%.
• Defined and documented recurring tasks and processes, ensuring stakeholder comprehension and enabling a 20% increase in operational efficiency.
• Collaborated with project managers and team directors to integrate client feedback, reducing gaps and issues especially on pq quality by 15% in subsequent releases to IRS.
• Project management for approximately 2000 clients/engagements per annum with diverse portfolio of Manufacturing, Engineering, AEC, Food & Beverage, Agriculture , and Software which is 40 Million dollars in annual revenue.
• Co-authored and reviewed Research and development ( R&D) tax credit and Employee Retention Credit (ERC) reports for MSMEs submitted to the IRS( Internal Revenue Service), US
• Coordinating on time client deliverables and workflow management between the India project team and it's US counterparts for R&D tax credit
• Talent Recognition and development- ensured 0% attrition and 40 Percent of team members scaling up in a span of one year
• Train and develop associates to manage a high volume of consulting engagements/studies to ensure milestones and deadlines are met or exceeded while ensuring all quality standards are met
• Attend and participate in daily management meetings to evaluate development of associates and team leads in R&D practice and implement new training procedures and processes to ensure employee development

Contribution to the Organisation

Conducted several learning and development initiatives. Prepared training modules, and guides.
Trained and mentored around 20 leaders to fit them on the job with all skill sets essential. Among them, currently 8 are senior managers and rest of them are associate managers

Founder and Manager of 20 member "Process Development Team" to streamline internal processes to ensure improved quality and create an everlasting impact

Core part of Hiring Team

Responsibilities

• Interviewing and selecting candidates during technical round
• Developed smoother hiring process of selection with continuous development of hiring committee
• Curated a 3- step approach focused on relevant technicalities, formatting, and operational aspects to increase efficiency while curating R&D reports.

Key Insights

Data Analysis, Time management, Flexibility, Risk Assessment, Client Account Management, Perspicacious approach

Responsibilities

• Involved in pretesting of TV commercials for one of the leading e-commerce and FMCG brands, provide insights in terms of engagement and its ability to build brand associations
• To check the KPIs on regular basis and act as a liaison between project management team and data processing team, ensuring all the tasks are accomplished as per scheduled timeline
• Developing a clear understanding of clients objective and need for the study, liaise with the clients on the study related aspects
• Analyze the data and provide actionable insights, communicate the recommendations to optimize the performance, create lasting impressions to the audience
• Preparation of proposal, research design, questionnaires, financial documents as per the need, end to end planning and execution of project
• Analyzing the findings, prepare a detailed quality report on performance of the creative and able to give solutions t their market specific problems if any

Key Insights

Negotiations, Timely customer service, Building customer relationships, Reduce Post purchase dissonance

Responsibilities

• Establish, develop and maintain positive business and customer relationships
• Exploring Clients through cold calling and regular visits to potential sales prospects like Apartments, Companies etc.
• Analyse the market potential, track sales and status reports
• Expedite the resolution of client problems and complaints to maximize the satisfaction
• Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule

Key Insights

Mentorship, Communication skills, Decision making, Enhance Leadership skills

Responsibilities

Delivering training programs on

• Communication skills
• Aptitude Orientation
• Reasoning
• Interview Preparation
• Evaluated trainee performance and provided constructive feedback to support continuous improvement efforts.
• Monitored industry developments and adjusted curriculum as needed to ensure alignment with current best practices.
• Conducted post-training assessments to measure success and identify areas for improvement in future sessions.