TULIKA RANA

• Led audits for high-profile nonprofits, including MoMA and the Met, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, SOX, and donor-imposed fund restrictions.
• Prepared and analyzed complex financial statements and Form 990 filings, strengthening external reporting across over $100 million in nonprofit assets.
• Oversaw fund testing across fixed assets, contributions, investments, payroll, and receivables, improving audit accuracy and cycle efficiency.
• Ensured appropriate fund use by reviewing donor intent documentation, and increasing budget alignment across multiple restricted funds.
• Identified financial discrepancies and recommended control improvements, leading to a 15% reduction in audit exceptions.
• Built SQL reports and Power BI dashboards for financial presentations, enhancing stakeholder understanding and decision-making.
• Rotated across Tax, Consulting, and Wealth Management departments, deepening exposure to financial reporting, and fund compliance.
• Supported financial planning efforts through expense tracking, reserve analysis, and monthly reconciliation processes for Dean-level reporting.

• Assisted dozens of low-income taxpayers in accurately filing federal and state returns, maximizing eligible benefits, while ensuring full compliance with IRS regulations.
• Proactively identified and resolved complex tax discrepancies, expediting approval timelines, and significantly reducing the rate of rejected or flagged returns.
• Played a key role in intake, documentation, and eligibility verification under high-volume, time-sensitive conditions, contributing to smoother daily operations.
• Cultivated strong working relationships with clients and IRS representatives, demonstrating professionalism, discretion, and fluency in tax law and procedural requirements.

Promoted within one year for leading analytics-driven transformation across financial risk and compliance.

• Designed and implemented advanced statistical models—including stress testing, loss distribution analysis, and sensitivity simulations—to assess credit and operational risk, improving data-driven forecasting across ₹9,000+ crore ($1.084 billion) in assets.
• Created interactive dashboards in Power BI and Tableau for real-time tracking of fund utilization, branch-level delinquencies, and loan recovery trends, enhancing executive visibility and enabling faster decision-making.
• Conducted detailed financial and operational audits across high-risk branches, uncovering control weaknesses, reconciling discrepancies in fund allocation, and initiating corrective policy changes in alignment with internal SOPs.
• Built and institutionalized a scalable internal control framework integrating both preventive and detective measures, which led to a 50% reduction in loan processing and reporting errors within 2 months.
• Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders—including finance, accounting, and compliance heads—to ensure risk policies aligned with internal audit cycles, financial statement timelines, and regulatory inspections.
• Led team-wide capability development by mentoring over 15 analysts and junior managers on statistical modeling, audit documentation, and internal reporting standards.

• Conducted equity research and short-term market forecasting using statistical models (e.g., moving averages, RSI, Bollinger Bands) and macroeconomic analysis.
• Supported HNI portfolio managers with financial analysis, investment tracking, and custom research briefs tailored to client-specific asset strategies.
• Assisted in building and presenting data-driven investment theses, incorporating market trends, price-volume behavior, and valuation benchmarks.
• Collaborated with senior analysts to improve reporting and research output, increasing efficiency in client-ready equity reports.

A Fortune 500 Japanese asset management firm overseeing mutual fund operations in India.

• Conducted quantitative analysis of mutual fund portfolios using distribution trends, risk-weighted return metrics, and sector allocation data.
• Assisted in policy reviews and audit preparation by identifying gaps in investment compliance and aligning practices with SEBI regulations.
• Created reporting templates and dashboards for portfolio performance tracking, improving audit traceability, and risk transparency.
• Collaborated with internal audit and investment risk teams to assess internal controls, and recommend structural adjustments for fund optimization.