PRIYA YADAV 99713 76870 priyakrishnayadav@gmail.

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EDUCATION .
Indian School of Business | PGP | Strategy & Leadership Jun 2021 – May 2022
• Accenture B-School Challenge (top 5% teams): Solved Operations problem in the Business Simulation round of Strategy Case Competition
• Awarded ‘Mentor Maestro’ by Deputy Dean for delivering P2P sessions on Economics and Finance for the batch of 300+ students
• Strategy Consulting Project: Development of CSR strategy for Société Générale to engage 133,000 employees across 61 global locations
• Section Representative, Academic Affairs Council: Coordinated among 300+ students, faculty, and academic cell to streamline academic affairs
• Ideated first-ever ‘TEDx at ISB’ slated with cutting edge research breakthroughs across business fields by ISB faculty
Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi | Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) Jul 2014 – May 2017.
• Co-founder, LIFT: student club focused on ethical leadership; guided & managed a team of ~20 students to organize 10 speaker sessions
• Sponsorship coordinator, History & Political Science Society: raised 10% of the budgeted funds (₹60K) for the annual event, Odyssey’15
WORK EXPERIENCE .
EY-Parthenon | Associate, Strategy Consulting Jun 2022 – Present
Advised Fortune 100 technology, media & telecommunications giants on key strategic issues & commercial due diligence for private equity
EBITDA Transformation: Worked with the C-suite executives of top tech MNC to help improve financial efficiency of $200M revenue CX unit
• Conducted analysis of income statement & high revenue accounts, and benchmarking with competitors to identify 20+ cost-saving levers
• Prioritised 7/20 saving levers of $10M: utilisation, subcontractor cost, third-party payroll integration, low margin accounts, rate hike
• Improved EBITDA of BU by ~5% (15.2% to 20%) by improving utilisation by 5%, rate hike of $2M, reducing subcontractor cost by ~$1M
• Captured EBITDA by devising risk assessment framework and bid vs did, identifying risks early on and reducing profit leaks during projects
Commercial Due Diligence: Facilitated investment decision to acquire Malaysia based B2B marketing service provider ($25Mn revenue)
• Assessed viability of Malaysia by modelling 30+ political, social, economic & technological parameters against 4 alternate locations
• Projected cost advantage of 70-80% in Malaysia over onshore market basis talent availability (for 4x growth forecast) and salary cost
M2i Consulting | Senior Analyst Jan 2018 – Apr 2021
Worked on ~30 advisory, research & training projects for NBFC-MFI, NGOs & banks for upscaling, improving sustainability & impact evaluation
• Led firm’s initiative to obtain a license for providing Smart Certifications by preparing a framework for conducting Surveillance Audit
• Streamlined the data collection processes for primary research by defining protocols and quality controls, reducing error rate by 25%
Key Projects:
• Due Diligence: Facilitated acquisition of a microfinance company worth ~$100M by banking client through loan portfolio audit
o Conducted 10 branch audits and on-field data collection in a culturally different environment while overcoming the language barrier
o Validated compliance between credit policy and actual operations, and verified portfolio through house visits and field interviews
o Guided a team of 4 and identified the critical risks that microfinance company faced to help the client in making investment decision
• Advisory: Reviewed & documented HR policies & processes, identify gaps & recommend changes for better employee efficiency
o Worked with department head and team to gain initial understanding and mapping of established processes and existing policies
o Highlighted major gaps– lack of effective communication mechanism, high staff attrition, and expectation setting with new joiners
o Recommended measures such as exit interviews, flexible work timings, change in incentive structure, and outsourcing of recruitment
o Lowered staff attrition rate by ~5% and improved employee satisfaction by setting up employee grievance redressal mechanism
• Monitoring and Impact Evaluation: Conducted comprehensive assessment of implementation and impact of biogas project of NGO
o Planned primary research survey by jointly working with stakeholders and prepared research tool on mWater, ensuring data quality
o Trained and supervised a team of 15+ enumerators to ensure 98% accuracy of the data collected from over 3,000 respondents
o Analysed and compared quantitative & qualitative data with benchmarks using Stata and Excel to provide impact insights on project
• Product Development: Redesigned and led development of digital training platform, acquiring 7 new NBFC-MFI and banking clients
o Collaborated across client and cross-functional teams to identify the areas of improvement in course deployment & user engagement
o Designed the training application to automate the processes of user registration, course deployment and tracking performance
o Improved employee efficiency by 80% and increased users by 200X by standardizing processes & revamping digital training platform
Arboreum (Part-time) | Business Development Associate Feb 2021 – Apr 2021
Developed market strategy for an international peer-to-peer lending start-up (ex-McKinsey founder) to explore opportunities in India
• Market Research: Identified prospective MSME clients for B2B partnership and streamlined market strategies to enter various industries
• Product Customisation: Ideated & presented pitch-decks for potential client engagement & tailored P2P lending model for clients’ needs
• Client Engagement: Piloted a project with a client in feminine hygiene space, providing financing solutions to their customers
• Grant Competition: Led the firm to the semi-final round of Cisco Agri Challenge by modelling credit solutions for 50M+ Indian farmers
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES & CERTIFICATIONS .
Social Initiatives
• Managed a team of 15 people to organize Global Citizen India’s promotional event in Delhi, with a footfall of over 10,000 people
• Taught 30+ underprivileged primary school students Mathematics and English as a part of the National Service Scheme
Interests
• Dance: Performed Indian classical (Kathak), Bhangra, and Bollywood dance at Talent Nights and cultural events at school and college
• Writing: Blog on latest development in Indian Microfinance Industry: Lookout for Another Microfinance Crisis at the Doorstep
Certifications
• Completed courses in Sustainable Business Strategy and Global Business from Harvard Business School Online (2020)
• Certified Level 3 (middle and top-level management) microfinance professional by Sa-Dhan Association (2019)