Akshata Kamath

Akshata Kamath

Impact-driven Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with 8.5 years of experience leading initiatives in digital transformation, FP&A, internal audit, and financial analytics. As a financial expert and analytical thinker, I thrive on driving impact, enabling smarter decisions, and continuously evolving as a strategic partner to the business.

Work Experience:

8.5 Years

Industry:

Consulting | Technology

Function:

Data Science & Analytics | Finance

Work Experience

Tata Consultancy Services Limited (Global IT services, consulting, and business solution organization)

  • Lead - Corporate Finance Analytics
    • Advised CFO office on finance transformation through standardized digital reporting using Qlik Sense and Power BI, reducing manual reporting time by 80% and improving decision agility.
    • Designed and institutionalized 20+ interactive dashboards across finance and non-finance functions eliminating information asymmetry and acting as a strategic partner to CXOs in monthly and quarterly reviews for 50+ business units.
    • Conceptualized and delivered a CFO Cockpit dashboard covering 50+ lead and lag indicators, establishing a replicable decision-support model and enabling 50% faster decision cycles through automated alerts and real-time insights.
    • Partnered with the CFO office to implement data-driven strategies optimizing working capital and improving profit margins by 100bps.
    • Built and mentored an 8-member high performance analytics team; trained 200+ finance professionals globally, embedding a self-service analytics culture and reducing delivery time from 3 weeks to 2 days.
       
  • Assistant Manager – Risk Analytics & Internal Audit
    • Led global quarterly audits across finance functions handling transactions worth ₹2L+ crore annually, advising leadership on compliance, governance, and risk mitigation across regions.
    • Identified control gaps in global payroll processes leading to financial leakage; recommended corrective measures to address “Leave Without Pay” discrepancies, resulting in ₹10 crore in cost savings and improved payroll accuracy.
    • Automated 100+ risk scenarios for Continuous Control Monitoring, accelerating issue detection and reinforcing enterprise risk management.
    • Part of the core team recognized with the Future CFO Excellence Award 2023 by CXOciety, Singapore, for digital audit transformation using in-house analytics capabilities,  establishing a replicable practice model and reinforcing enterprise-wide governance and controls.
    • Conducted SOX Internal Financial Control audits across Revenue and Bill-to-Collect functions, identifying critical control lapses and driving targeted remediation with cross-functional teams. Also led workshops for audit and finance teams on effective sampling techniques, improving audit quality, consistency, and compliance awareness.
       
  • Senior Executive – Financial Planning & Analysis
    • Managed end-to-end MIS reporting for business units with ₹1,20,000 crore in annual turnover, delivering insights on revenue, cost, and margins to drive strategic decisions and financial control.
    • Built Qlik Sense-based financial benchmarking reports to analyse key metrics, enabling leadership to identify gaps and drive cost and performance improvements.
    • Automated recurring manual processes in Revenue and Related Party Transactions using R and Python, saving 8 man-days per quarter while enhancing accuracy, consistency, and audit traceability through structured logging and validation.
       
  • Executive – Compliance & Internal Control
    • Digitized and managed the issuance of 300+ Letters of Authority (LOAs), including evaluation of appropriate delegation of powers to functional heads based on role, risk exposure, and compliance needs. Strengthened cross-functional accountability and enhanced transparency in compliance tracking and audit readiness.
    • Revamped LOA issuance process, reducing average turnaround time from 7–10 days to less than 24 hours, increasing process efficiency by 90%.
Accomplishments
  • Received “Star of the Month” award twice at Tata Consultancy Services for exemplary performance in driving analytics dashboard development and leading LOA digitization initiatives.
  • Received “Special Initiative” award at Tata Consultancy Services for independently conducting IFC Management Testing across multiple finance processes.
  • Awarded the entry scholarship at IIM-A in recognition of exceptional academic performance and leadership potential, granted to top-performing students upon entry into the program.
  • Finalist, FinTech Olympiad 2025 – Selected among 40,000+ national participants for excellence in financial technology innovation and problem-solving.
Education
  • Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • Company Secretary, Institute of Company Secretaries of India
  • Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai
Certification
  • Certified Qlik Sense Business Analyst, Pearson Vue
Extra-curricular
  • Semi-Finalist – IIMA WIMWI Product Event (25 teams out of 219 teams).
  • Actively participated in sports, music, and dance events organized within corporate and professional networks.
  • Avid trekker with a passion for monsoon and high-altitude treks.
  • Core Team Member (Learning & Development) - BETA – The finance and Investment Club, IIMA
  • Core Team Member (Client Acquisition) - Forum for Industry Interaction (FII) Club, IIMA
  • Live Project Intern, Persistent Systems (Delivery Excellence Group) – Developing an AI-first performance analytics dashboard to enhance project delivery insights.