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Upma Gulati

Finance Lead | Business Finance, FP&A, Profitability & Cost Control | Kraftshala (Ed-Tech) | Ex-Tagra & Tagra CAs

New Delhi

5+ years of work experience

Kraftshala
Apr 20265 mosPresent

Delhi, India

Leading the FP&A function at Kraftshala. Building FY27 budget, rolling projections, and partnering with business heads on variance reviews. Owning unit economics and program-level cost visibility, project-managing the campus rollout, and working with the tech team to automate financial operations and reporting.
Kraftshala
Oct 20241 y 5 moMar 2026

Delhi, India

Drove EBITDA profitability through budgeting and cost optimization. Led accrual-based revenue accounting transition. Led commercial leasing and vendor negotiations for Kraftshala's first offline campus (~20% execution cost savings). Closed fundraise (Jan 2025) and led ESOP administration, share dematerialization, and statutory filings.
Kraftshala
Sep 20222 ySep 2024

Delhi, India

Designed cost-control frameworks that saved over ₹30 lakh/year. Automated MIS, projections, unit economics and cut reporting cycle time by 60%. Collaborated with domain heads to build variance analysis.
Kraftshala
Sep 20221 ySep 2023

Finance manager

Kraftshala
Dec 20218 moAug 2022

Senior finance associate

Kraftshala
Jun 20215 moNov 2021

Finance associate

Kraftshala
Dec 20205 moMay 2021

Remote

Sep 20194 mosDec 2019

Gurgaon, India

Got my start in finance here. Learned the basics — Tally accounting, client communications, and the early-stages of GST, Income Tax, TDS, and ROC filings.

Upma’s AI Stack

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Education

Janki Devi Memorial College

Bachelor's degree, Business/Commerce, General

Janki Devi Memorial College

20143 yrs2017

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Headline

Finance Lead | Business Finance, FP&A, Profitability & Cost Control | Kraftshala (Ed-Tech) | Ex-Tagra & Tagra CAs

About

Building finance space at Kraftshala, an an Ed-Tech that's quietly become one of the most trusted names for career launchpads in India. What am I doing there? Leading the Finance Team and falling head over heels for numbers every second day! Up for a conversation over a cup of chai and to discuss more about Business Finance, Profitability, and life inside a startup scaling with soul!

Location

New Delhi

AI stack

claude

ChatGPT

Granola

Work experience

Finance Lead at Kraftshala, Apr 2026 - Present · 5 mos, Delhi, India, Leading the FP&A function at Kraftshala. Building FY27 budget, rolling projections, and partnering with business heads on variance reviews. Owning unit economics and program-level cost visibility, project-managing the campus rollout, and working with the tech team to automate financial operations and reporting.

Senior Finance Manager at Kraftshala, Oct 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 y 5 mo, Delhi, India, Drove EBITDA profitability through budgeting and cost optimization. Led accrual-based revenue accounting transition. Led commercial leasing and vendor negotiations for Kraftshala's first offline campus (~20% execution cost savings). Closed fundraise (Jan 2025) and led ESOP administration, share dematerialization, and statutory filings.

Manager-Finance & Accounts at Kraftshala, Sep 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 y, Delhi, India, Designed cost-control frameworks that saved over ₹30 lakh/year. Automated MIS, projections, unit economics and cut reporting cycle time by 60%. Collaborated with domain heads to build variance analysis.

Finance Manager at Kraftshala, Sep 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 y, Finance manager

Senior finance associate at Kraftshala, Dec 2021 - Aug 2022 · 8 mo, Senior finance associate

Finance associate at Kraftshala, Jun 2021 - Nov 2021 · 5 mo, Finance associate

Finance intern at Kraftshala, Dec 2020 - May 2021 · 5 mo, Remote

Associate - Finance and Taxation at Tagra & Tagra Chartered Accountants, Sep 2019 - Dec 2019 · 4 mos, Gurgaon, India, Got my start in finance here. Learned the basics — Tally accounting, client communications, and the early-stages of GST, Income Tax, TDS, and ROC filings.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business/Commerce, General, Janki Devi Memorial College

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