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Akul Ahuja

Finance undergraduate building conviction at the intersection of startup investing, Series A due diligence and financial modelling across fintech and SaaS.

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Profile

Analytical rigour, founder-level curiosity

Investment Analysis

Screening Series A opportunities: market sizing, competitive mapping, pitch-deck evaluation and founder assessment.

Financial Modelling

Valuation frameworks, scenario modelling and options strategy design combining technical and fundamental analysis.

Operations & Compliance

Hands-on with NBFC syndication documentation, banking partnerships, payroll data and regulatory filings.

Track record

Experience & internships

    • Validated financial data accuracy across 2,000+ companies and 2,000+ mutual fund schemes by reconciling platform data against the NSE website.
    • Conducted stock analysis and published market commentary on LinkedIn to grow the company's presence in the fintech space.
    • Provided continuous product feedback to the founders and benchmarked the platform against Claude and ChatGPT.
    • Supported outreach to Indian wealth managers and international clients, including US and Singapore hedge funds and investment banks.
    • Maintained payroll records and reconciled HR data using Excel and Zoho Workplace.
    • Verified compensation documentation, prepared offer/relieving letters and supported salary onboarding.
    • Assisted payroll compliance and reporting for smooth finance operations.
    • Developed a pipeline of 15+ potential clients and institutional investors through market research.
    • Managed documentation and compliance for banking partnerships with HDFC and Godrej Finance.
    • Coordinated agreement preparation and regulatory filings for NBFC syndication operations.
    • Ran market and competitive analysis on 5+ Series A startups including Centricity, Pocket FM and CRED.
    • Assessed market dynamics and go-to-market strategies across fintech and creator-economy verticals.
    • Evaluated pitch decks on value proposition, business model and founder execution capability.
    • Built a Power BI dashboard for real-time fasteners inventory tracking and daily operations.
    • Automated inventory visualisation and reporting, improving operational visibility.
    • Improved inventory management efficiency by 5% through standardised procedures.
Selected work

Projects

Equity Research

Equity Research & DCF Valuation — GAIL (India) Ltd

Excel · Financial Modelling · DCF · CAPM — Sep 2026

End-to-end financial statement analysis, DuPont decomposition and a 5-year FCFF model that valued GAIL at ₹166/share — a college CIA project now being developed into a full report.

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Conducted end-to-end financial statement analysis (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) with ratio and DuPont decomposition across 3 years — identifying margin compression (ROE 13% → 9%) driven by petrochemical losses despite stable asset efficiency and low leverage. Built a 5-year FCFF model with a CAPM-derived WACC of 10.18% and sensitivity testing on capex and growth assumptions, arriving at an intrinsic value of ₹166/share (vs. ₹175 market price) and a hold / buy-below-₹150 recommendation. College CIA project, now being developed into a full report.

  • Intrinsic value ₹166/share vs ₹175 market price
  • CAPM-derived WACC of 10.18%
  • ROE compression 13% → 9% traced to petrochemical losses
  • 5-year FCFF model with sensitivity testing on capex & growth
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Leadership

Chief of Operations — EDEC, The Business Society

CHRIST University, Bengaluru · Jan 2023 — May 2025

Directed supply chain, logistics and operations for a 100+ member team — running procurement, vendor coordination and timeline optimisation for South India's biggest business week and India's largest TEDx event with 12 keynote speakers.

Toolkit

Skills & certifications

Technical

  • SQL Intermediate
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Advanced Excel
  • Git
  • MS Office
  • Canva

Domain

  • Financial Modelling
  • Equity Research
  • Market Research
  • Due Diligence
  • Valuation
  • Consumer Behaviour

Leadership

  • Data Storytelling
  • Public Speaking
  • Problem Solving
  • Cross-functional Collaboration

Languages

  • English — C1
  • Hindi — Fluent
  • Punjabi — Basic

Certifications

  • International Business Context

    Coursera

    Sep 2026

  • Advanced Excel

    CHRIST University

    Sep 2025

  • Leadership & Team Effectiveness

    NPTEL

    May 2025

  • Financial Modelling

    Udemy

    Jan 2025

  • BA 2

    CIMA UK

    Jan 2024
In progress

Currently learning

SQL — Advanced

Self-paced · Advanced querying & analytics

Currently pursuing
  • Stored procedures & indexing
  • Performance tuning
  • Analytical SQL for dashboards

Data Analysis

Self-paced · Analytics workflow end to end

Currently pursuing
  • Data cleaning
  • EDA
  • Statistical analysis
  • Dashboarding
Foundation

Education

CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru

B.Com Professional (Hons) · CGPA 7.8 / 10

Jul 2024 — May 2027 (Expected)

Delhi Public School, Bopal — Ahmedabad

CBSE Class XII — 93% (Top 4)

Apr 2023

Army Public School, Jhansi

CBSE Class X — 90.8%

Apr 2020

Contact

Let's turn raw data into visual insight and sharp analysis.

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+91 79853 61260Bengaluru, Karnataka