Profile
Rachana has over 8 years of experience, with over 5 of those as a CPA working with clients from medical, real estate, hospitality and manufacturing industries, and 3 years of experience working as a CA at Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC). As a CPA, she has navigated the intricate world of accounting and taxation helping businesses optimize their fiscal health. Her toolkit includes financial analysis, tax strategy, and business insights.
Professional Background
Rachana's career began as a CA. She worked for 3 years with audits and taxation for clients, and she stepped into the world of international taxation (Transfer Pricing) at PwC where she worked with clients from Auto Industries such as Volkswagen, Goodyear tires and Mercedes. As a CPA, she worked on special projects such as the Payroll Protection Program ('PPP') loan applications and forgiveness, HRSA reporting for doctors and peer reviews. Her degree in Business Analytics, allows her to blend her expertise as a CPA, with analytics techniques and areas of study such as predictive modelling and machine learning, to extract actionable insights from raw data to optimize the client's businesses. She is an amateur coding enthusiast in Python, R, and SQL, with a deep interest in spreadsheet decision modelling.
Education
In addition to CA and CPA, Rachana has a Masters in Science, in Business Analytics from Texas A&M University, Commerce and a Bachelors in Commerce from University of Pune, India.
Fun Fact
When Rachana is not crunching numbers, she immerses herself in the practice of Ashtanga Yoga which she is trained in, in Mysore, India. Rachana loves playing basketball, and she enjoys spending time with her toddler and husband camping, exploring new restaurants or simply dancing.
