My journey

From engineering foundations to financial decision support.

A contextual view of the work behind the résumé—focused on the financial questions addressed, the analytical responsibility, and the environments in which the work was delivered.

Dec 2025 — Present

Financial Coordinator

Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. · Pennington, NJ

Performs product-level budget and operating-expense analysis, reviews 500+ monthly SAP S/4HANA transactions, and prepares recurring reporting on variances, spending, and financial performance drivers.

Jun — Dec 2025

Financial Analyst

Community Dreams Foundation · Champaign, IL

Built financial dashboards, modeled revenue projections, and reconciled 500+ accounts to strengthen revenue visibility and monthly performance reporting.

Jan — Dec 2025

Course Assistant

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Supported instruction in corporate finance, investments, and statistics, including DCF valuation, WACC, portfolio theory, capital budgeting, and the evaluation of financial models.

Aug — Oct 2024

Project Analyst

International Monetary Fund · Washington, DC

Integrated 20+ years of GDP and regional economic data, built regression and time-series forecasting models, and synthesized findings into executive briefs for directors across four countries.

May — Sep 2022

Financial Analyst Intern

Zydus Healthcare Limited · Mumbai, India

Supported forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, working-capital reporting, and credit-risk evaluation within a pharmaceutical finance environment.

Graduate education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Gies College of Business
M.S. in Finance (STEM), with an Asset Management specialization and Data Analytics in Finance concentration.

2023 — 2024 · GPA 3.7 / 4.0
Interdisciplinary foundation

NMIMS University

Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering
Dual-degree MBA in Technology Management and B.Tech. in Electronics and Telecommunication—an early foundation for combining financial judgment with technical fluency.

2018 — 2023 · GPA 3.6 / 4.0