Zaid Hussain
Kolkata
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Transformation Consultant
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Mumbai
02.2026 - Current
- Entrusted with expanded state-level responsibility, operating from the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA), Navi Mumbai as a central coordination and control point for PMAY(U) 2.0 implementation across Maharashtra, overseeing ULBs, RDMAs, and DAOs.
- Positioned at the core decision-making and monitoring layer, supporting DMA in state-wide governance, execution strategy, and performance tracking for urban housing rollout.
- Driving centralized oversight mechanisms, including design of monitoring frameworks, trackers, and reporting systems to enable real-time visibility for state leadership across districts.
- Acting as a bridge between policy (State PMU / DMA) and execution (ULBs & field agencies), ensuring alignment of ground-level implementation with state-level objectives.
- Serving as District Head for Pune, representing GT Bharat as the lead advisory partner to the Government of Maharashtra.
- Led end-to-end coordination with State PMU, ULBs, CLTCs, and DMAs, ensuring timely submission, modification, and compliance of housing proposals.
- Acted as the primary GT Bharat representative for Pune district, facilitating approvals across SLAC, SLSMC, and CSMC, ensuring regulatory and technical compliance.
- Provided technical and administrative advisory to ULBs, CLTCs, and DMAs to enhance DPR quality, accelerate approvals, and standardize execution processes.
- Prepared and reviewed DPRs and Annexure 5A / 5B proposals, ensuring alignment with PMAY(U) 2.0 guidelines and state policy frameworks.
Consultant Public Sector Advisory
IndiHomes Consulting
Pune
08.2025 - 01.2026
- Serving as District Head for Pune on the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 project, working in coordination with GT Bharat management, the lead public-sector advisory firm to the Government of Maharashtra.
- Supporting State Government departments, implementing agencies, and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) as part of the GT Bharat–led advisory framework for large-scale urban housing implementation across Pune district.
- Generated various types of monitoring mechanism for regional divisional offices in form of centralized trackers in the backend for central team to monitor.
- Provided technical and administrative advisory to ULBs, City Level Technical Cells (CLTCs), and Divisional Monitoring Agencies (DMAs) to facilitate approvals from SLAC, SLSMC, and CSMC, serving as the primary GT Bharat acting head for Pune district.
- Coordinated multi-stakeholder communication between ULBs, State PMU, DMAs, and GT Bharat’s internal teams to ensure timely submission, modification, and compliance of housing proposals.
- Facilitated end-to-end beneficiary registration on the PMAY Unified Web Portal, including document verification, issue resolution, and escalation management in coordination with the State PMU.
- Prepared and reviewed Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and Annexure 5A / 5B proposals in line with PMAY(U) 2.0 guidelines.
- Organized and supported IEC, awareness, and capacity-building workshops in coordination with ULB officials to enhance citizen participation and address beneficiary queries.
- Monitored implementation progress and reporting metrics across divisions, ensuring adherence to central and state government guidelines for execution and fund utilization.
- Supported issue resolution and grievance redressal, coordinating between beneficiaries, ULBs, and the PMU to enable smooth and timely project execution.
- Implementation Partner to Grant Thorthon Bharat. Working on PMAY(U) 2.0 as District Head for PMAY 2.0 catering to the Government of Maharashtra.
Equity Research Analyst
STOCKEDGE
Kolkata
01.2024 - 07.2025
- Spearhead research initiatives within the hospitality and healthcare sector, providing in-depth analysis and strategic insights.
- Conduct market research to identify emerging trends, competitive dynamics, and potential growth opportunities within each sector.
- Formulate comprehensive investment theses based on qualitative and quantitative research.
- Analyze key drivers such as revenue growth, margin expansion, capital allocation, and risk factors.
- Providing detailed swot analysis, con call summary, ratio analysis and concluding with an investment rationale for the retail clients.
- Manage and cultivate relationships with retail clients, providing investment advice tailored to their risk and investment objectives.
- Personalized interaction in the Stock edge social platform to communicate investment ideas, market outlooks, and sector-specific updates.
- Assisted clients in understanding complex financial data and translating it into actionable investment strategies.
- Attended earnings calls, analyzing investor briefings, and corporate presentations of assigned companies to gather insights from company management.
- Synthesize information from these events to update financial reports, adjust forecasts, and refine investment rationales.
- Created and maintain proprietary financial models for blue-chip stocks and sector leaders, incorporating detailed assumptions about growth rates, cost structures, and capital expenditure plans within the hospitality sector.
- Conducted sensitivity analyses and scenario modeling to evaluate the impact of various economic and business conditions on company performance and valuation, presenting the same to the senior manager.
- Authored research reports in form of ipo notes, valuation notes including initiation coverage, quarterly updates, and thematic reports.
Equity Research Associate
V.T. Capital
Kolkata
12.2022 - 03.2023
- Trained in the fundamentals of analyzing the healthcare sector, with a focus on hospital operations and financial performance, under the mentorship of equity analysts.
- Analyzed annual reports, quarterly financial statements, and Draft Red Herring Prospectuses (DRHPs) of companies within the healthcare sector, particularly those in the higher market cap segment.
- Extracted key operational data to evaluate company performance, including revenue growth, profitability, liquidity, and ratio analysis.
- Conducted in-depth operational data analysis of leading hospitals, focusing on key performance indicators such as ARPOB, ALOS, Occupancy, IP and OP volume.
- Prepared comparative operational performance reports, identifying trends and benchmarking hospitals’ efficiency, cost structure, and revenue potential.
- Learned to prepare comparative performance reports, benchmarking hospitals on operational efficiency, revenue generation, and valuation.
- Prepared comprehensive research report, including company profile, sector overview, and detailed historical financial analyses, to support investment decisions for the analysts.
- Developed an understanding of how these metrics feed into broader equity research models and valuation techniques for the healthcare sector, contributing to investment recommendation by the senior analysts.
Finance Intern
Tata Motors
Kolkata
06.2021 - 07.2021
- Conducted comprehensive benchmarking studies to compare Tata Motors’ financial performance against key competitors like Ashok Leyland and Mahindra & Mahindra.
- Analyzed various financial metrics, including sales volume, profit margins, cash flow, inventory turnover, and other key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate Tata Motors’ market position and operational efficiency.
- Performed detailed financial ratio analysis to assess liquidity, solvency, profitability, and operational efficiency.
- Calculated key ratios such as return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity, and operating margin to benchmark Tata Motors against industry standards and competitors.
- Developed actionable insights and recommendations based on benchmarking results.
- Suggested strategic initiatives to improve Tata Motors' competitive position, including optimizing cost structures, enhancing production efficiency, and refining product pricing strategies.
Education
Chartered Financial Analyst Program -
CFA Institute
03-2023
Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) -
The Bhawanipur Education Society College
KolkataA.I.S.S.E -
South Point High School
KolkataSkills
- Data interpretation and Presentation
- Public Policy & Advisory
- Problem Solving
- Analytical Thinking
- Accountability and ownership
- Time management
- Effective Collaborator
- Strong eye for detail
- Critical thinking
- Results-driven
- Client handling
- MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Python
- HTML
- Project management
Languages
- Hindi
- Bengali
- German
- French
- English
Academic Accomplishments
- 2 times Bronze Medal-International Math Olympiad (IMO)
- Merit holder for full marks in Business law in higher secondary
Timeline
Transformation Consultant
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
02.2026 - Current
Consultant Public Sector Advisory
IndiHomes Consulting
08.2025 - 01.2026
Equity Research Analyst
STOCKEDGE
01.2024 - 07.2025
Equity Research Associate
V.T. Capital
12.2022 - 03.2023
Finance Intern
Tata Motors
06.2021 - 07.2021
Chartered Financial Analyst Program -
CFA Institute
Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) -
The Bhawanipur Education Society College
A.I.S.S.E -
South Point High School