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title: "Upma Gulati - Finance Lead in New Delhi | Tal"
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# Upma Gulati on Tal

## 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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