Charu Baldwa, Associate Consultant

Charu Baldwa

Associate Consultant

Global Management Consultants

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
7 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 11 Months

Associate Consultant at Global Management Consultants
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2020

Supported core team in analyzing gap between current corporate practices and international best practices in the areas of L&D, Leadership, HR management, Talent acquisition, financial reporting, economic policies for a government firm; translated client needs into business analytical needs
▪ Assisted in creating high-level strategy roadmaps for multiple clients requiring sustainable solutions for various problems arising due to COVID 19 scenario.
▪ Worked on business development by procuring leads and setting up meeting with potential clients
Worked on digitizing processes and Learning modules based on client requirements.

Associate II/ acting senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • India - Bengaluru
  • December 2016 to March 2018

Increased efficiency by 30% and accuracy by 90% for Partners’ profit allocation through developing and managing process
improvement workstream
▪ Increased the conversion rate of incoming tax assignments by 20% into the team from other international PwC locations by
developing expertise on Foreign Tax Filings
▪ Increased capacity of undertaking assignments, increased delivery of Zero Defect returns and reduced quality check and review time
by supervising and guiding 4 associates and analysts
▪ Collaborated with Senior leadership to define project timelines, budget, scope and expected deliverables
▪ Managed and supervised engagements for private equity clients, performed tax analysis and research, reviewed Federal and State
Tax returns, Workpapers, and K-1 Allocations for financial clients and provided advisory which resulted in extra incremental revenue
for the firm
▪ Ensured compliance with all operational, legal, security, and regulatory requirements through the establishment and monitoring of
standard operating procedures
▪ Worked on tax compliance and analysis for 30+ clients that included one of the world’s largest Private equity firms and Investment
banks

Analyst - Tax at Grant Thornton
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2014 to December 2016

Developed client engagement budgets in accordance with pricing and competitor analytics
▪ Managed, trained, and motivated team of analysts and new hires, with a strong focus on optimizing their productivity and
performance
▪ Facilitated and implemented quality and operational improvement initiatives for organization-wide processes to improve business
productivity
▪ Prepared Business, Individual, Federal, and State tax returns; specialized in Partnership Tax Returns (Fund of funds and Private equity
firms)

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at The University of Hong Kong
  • July 2019

Pursuing MBA In General Management at The University of Hong Kong with last semester at London business School. Electives studied at The university of Hong Kong: Multinational Enterprise Strategy Management Consulting Advanced Corporate Finance Financial Crisis, governance and regulations Electives studies at London Business School Financial statement Analysis Emerging Economies Global Strategy Corporate Strategy

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Alliance Business School
  • June 2014

MBA in Finance

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Microsoft Excel
Analytical Skills
Corporate Finance
Financial Statement Analysis
microsoft excel
US taxation
Bloomberg
process improvement
atleryx
team work
analystical skills
financial analysis
interpersonal skills
leadership

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Mandarin
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Writing, Reading, travelling