Manish Arora
Delhi,
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive experience in due diligence, intelligence gathering and corporate investigations spanning various industries, including manufacturing, financial services, real estate, information technology, etc. Proven expertise in fraud detection and background verification. Successfully managed teams to deliver comprehensive reports to help client make informed strategic investment decision.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Delhi
08.2025 - Current
- Manage project timelines and resources for client deliverables, and facilitated team meetings to drive collaboration and communication.
- Develop training materials for new hires and ongoing staff development.
- Conduct comprehensive due diligence reviews for potential investments through acquisitions and mergers for private equity clients.
- Conduct interviews with key personnel to identify areas of risk associated with potential investments or acquisitions.
- Prepare detailed reports summarizing findings and recommendations for stakeholders.
- Communicate findings clearly to clients, ensuring transparency throughout the process.
- Assess the target company's operations, management team, competitive position, market opportunities, and financial performance.
- Develop comprehensive reports detailing findings from due diligence reviews of potential investments or acquisitions.
Senior Consultant
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Delhi
05.2024 - 08.2025
- Work on due diligence and corporate intelligence projects to help investors gain insights into the prospective firm.
- Connect with internal sources to understand processes and conduct related to operations and management.
- Assisting the director in making the team understand the scope, and plan the execution.
- Gain an understanding of operations and processes through online research.
- Highlight red flags related to the target company's dealings and operations.
- Conducting due diligence on key managerial personnel to gather insights on their conduct, lifestyle, and political connections.
- Led client engagement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and service delivery.
- Managed project timelines, ensuring adherence to client expectations and deliverables.
Assistant Manager
Connesso Consulting
12.2022 - 03.2024
- Managed a team of five due diligence professionals who indulged in L2 research, discreet calling for integrity, and senior management due diligence.
- Conduct investigative interviews in pre-investment, and gather discreet intelligence through discreet inquiries.
- Prepare due diligence reports for clients to make strategic, key investment decision-making, and compliance matters.
- Research specific targets (individuals/entities) in order to highlight any red flags that can be potentially damaging to an organization.
- Conducting background checks on KMPs, organizational structure, market reputation, business style, non-compliance, and liaison matters.
- Company profiling includes their inception, strengths, weaknesses, competition, and primary products or services.
- Prepare clear and concise department-wise reports for clients to make effective decisions.
Senior Business Analyst
Connesso Consulting LLP
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Due Diligence Investigations and Forensic reporting.
- Mentored junior analysts on best practices in business analysis methodologies.
- Presented findings and recommendations to management for strategic planning sessions.
Senior Service Operations Associate
Gartner Research And Advisory Services
06.2018 - 11.2020
- Responsible for a successful customer journey and touch points that create long term client engagement, driving adoption, retention, user/usage growth and supporting strategic objectives on the account level.
- Educate and spread awareness within the client-base about our capabilities to increase usage, leveraging the knowledge of product specialists. Increase adoption/usage by focusing on distinct users to increase usage and overall increase in number of users.
- Understand customer business and market trends and suggest ways to help clients address them through education on the product and/or connecting them with the right people internally to address those needs.
Associate
Fidelity Investment
08.2015 - 06.2018
- I worked in the Re-Registration and Transfers team, responsible for the processes relating to the consolidation of client holdings to Fidelity, or the processing of instructions where clients are moving holdings away from Fidelity.
- Developed training materials for junior associates on investment products.
- Trained new associates on operations, policies, and procedures.
Education
MBA/PGDM -
Institute of Management Technology (IMT)
Ghaziabad01.2020
B.Com - Business Administration And Management
IGNOU
Delhi01.2012
Skills
- Company profiling
- Fraud detection
- Discrete intelligence
- Fraud investigation
- Corporate investigations
- Intelligence
- Background verification
- Due diligence
Languages
Hindi, English
Accomplishments
Won the 'Gone Above and Beyond' award for delivering above expectations and beyond for all clients and projects
Rewarded the 'Ace of Initiative' award by the process leader for excellence in work, and for training team members
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
08.2025 - Current
Senior Consultant
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
05.2024 - 08.2025
Assistant Manager
Connesso Consulting
12.2022 - 03.2024
Senior Business Analyst
Connesso Consulting LLP
01.2021 - 12.2022
Senior Service Operations Associate
Gartner Research And Advisory Services
06.2018 - 11.2020
Associate
Fidelity Investment
08.2015 - 06.2018
MBA/PGDM -
Institute of Management Technology (IMT)
B.Com - Business Administration And Management
IGNOU