Headline

Strategy & Finance @ Capital One | Payments, Credit & UPI Strategy | Ex A&M, EY, PwC | MBA IIM Lucknow, CA, CS

About

Mahesh is a seasoned strategy and finance professional with a impeccable track record of driving corporate strategy, business transformation, and performance improvement for global organizations across diverse sectors. His work spans commercial due diligence, corporate and growth strategy, cost optimization, bid advisory, financial advisory, and management consulting engagements that have shaped critical business decisions for clients across sectors. Mahesh's career reflects a rare blend of Big Four rigor, consulting sharpness, and operator experience, having contributed to high-impact mandates at Capital One, Alvarez & Marsal, Amazon, EY, and PwC. Across these organizations, he has built deep cross-sector expertise in FinTech, Manufacturing, IT, Energy, SaaS, and Distribution, earning multiple recognitions for outstanding achievements across these organizations along the way. Mahesh brings deep exposure to payments, credit, and UPI strategy and has taken this further by independently conceptualizing new fintech products, from problem framing through execution planning, demonstrating a genuine product-strategy mindset that extends beyond traditional finance and consulting boundaries. He holds an MBA from IIM Lucknow and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary, giving him a rare combination of strategic, financial, analytical, and legal fluency that he brings to every engagement.

Location

Karnataka

AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

gemini

github copilot

Work experience

Manager at Capital One, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos, · Growth Strategy · Strategic & Executive Finance

Manager, Business Transformation Services at Alvarez & Marsal, May 2022 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Results-driven strategy consultant with a strong track record across multiple sectors, including infrastructure, logistics, pharmaceuticals, technology, and real estate. Extensive experience in commercial due diligence, advisory, project management, cost optimization, and investment evaluation. Key projects include: • Advised on greenfield air cargo terminal setup for a global supply chain company; drafted technology vision for the company, and developed a 40-year business model for a major warehouse management company • Commercial due diligence for investments in Indian med-tech, SaaS, National bakery chain, apparel companies, among others • Redesigned the distribution value chain for top Indian pharma companies, unlocking cost savings, superior information visibility across value chain • Spearheaded cost optimization initiatives, resulting in significant CapEx and OpEx savings for a fitness startup • Post-merger project management and turnaround efforts for a heavy equipment manufacturing company, achieving EBITDA improvement and turnaround • Closed three deals and evaluated multiple investment proposals for a Warehousing AIF Strong expertise in financial modeling, market opportunity assessment, headroom assessment, Right-to Win, competitive analysis, Go-To-Market, strategy formulation, and operational transformation, delivering impactful results for clients across diverse sectors Campus recruitment drives: IIM-B, IIM-L

Summer Intern, Amazon Future Builders Program at Amazon, Apr 2021 - Jun 2021 · 3 mos, • Finance and Operations dashboard (Amazon Foods) • Technology implementation program (Amazon Fresh) • New Initiatives (Amazon Pay)

Strategy & Finance - Founding team & Mentor at Li-Circle, Oct 2020 - Jan 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos, 0-1, 1-10 experience in: • Operations and finance strategy • Corporate Strategy • Funding • Plant operations • Team building

Proprietor at Vruddhi Consulting, Apr 2019 - May 2020 · 1 y 1 mo, Bangalore

Associate, Transfer Pricing at PwC, Sep 2018 - Apr 2019 · 8 mos, Sectors: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Wind Energy, ITeS, KPO, Digital Content, Edtech, Distribution • 'Master File' as per BEPS Action Plan • Advance Pricing Agreements (Unilateral APA) • Transfer Pricing Assessments – TPO, CIT(A), DRP, ITAT • Benchmarking intercompany transactions for Transfer Pricing compliances

Proprietor at Mahesh V M and Co., Aug 2017 - Sep 2018 · 1 y 1 mo, Bangalore

Consultant at Ernst & Young, Aug 2015 - Jun 2017 · 1 y 10 mo, Bangalore

Senior Associate at Trianz Holdings, Oct 2014 - Jul 2015 · 9 mo, Bangalore

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Chartered Accountant, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Company Secretary, Institute of Company Secretaries of India