Prasidha Murali

Consultant @ FACES Consulting

About

I’m drawn to challenges with no clear playbook - where complex financial and business problems demand sharp analysis, creative thinking, and practical solutions. At Ernst & Young, I helped Fortune 500 clients navigate risk, streamline controls, and turn data into actionable insights that improved operational efficiency and decision-making. Over two years at EY, I built expertise at the intersection of business risk consulting, internal controls, and financial audits - translating complex processes and industry regulations into insights that strengthened client resilience and strategic decision-making. With a solid grounding in accounting, finance, and data analytics, I bring both the technical depth and the business acumen to see the bigger picture and deliver impact where it matters most. Now, as an MS Finance student at UIUC, I’m focused on corporate finance, valuation, and financial modeling - building the toolkit to help organizations turn complexity into clarity and drive impactful, data-backed decisions.

Country

United States

City

Champaign

Industry

Management Consulting

Skill

Risk Reporting, Financial Control, Data Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Internal audit, Business Process Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Consulting, Risk Management

Experience

Consultant

FACES Consulting

2025-9 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Champaign, Illinois, United States

- Accelerated growth and differentiation for companies by architecting go-to-market strategies, leading focused teams, and delivering insights that drove key business wins. - Optimized market and competitor insights to identify new positioning opportunities and developed targeted rollout and revenue frameworks that advanced client growth. - Managed project milestones and client updates, ensuring analytical findings were clearly communicated and translated into effective business decisions.

Senior Risk Analyst

2024-11 - 2025-6 · 8 mos

India

- Led risk-based internal and SOX audits across procurement, sales, payroll, inventory, logistics, ITGC and payment processes for Fortune 500 clients, ensuring adherence to US GAAP, ICAI standards, and industry regulations. - Facilitated BPM initiatives, mapping and optimizing 150+ workflows across Order-to-Cash and Record-to-Report cycles using IBM Blueworks, reducing redundancies, accelerating cycle times. - Designed Risk & Control Matrices for 300+ controls, executed testing of 600+ operational and financial controls, and translated findings into actionable recommendations presented to senior leadership. - Delivered high-priority audit findings and executive decks to board-level stakeholders, influencing remediation plans and ensuring closure of enterprise-critical risks. - Conducted process assessments, walkthroughs, and design-level control testing, prepared SOPs, and implemented control enhancements.

Risk Analyst

2023-6 - 2024-10 · 1 yr 5 mos

India

- Performed comprehensive process evaluations, conducting risk assessments and internal control testing across diverse functions, uncovering critical control gaps, and delivering strategic remediation recommendations. - Developed and deployed interactive dashboards and trend analyses that highlighted control gaps and operational inefficiencies, enabling corrective actions that strengthened compliance and improved process reliability. - Hosted knowledge-sharing sessions and tool trainings (Power BI, Excel, Alteryx), enhancing team capability and accelerating adoption of analytics in audit.

Education

Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2025-8 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Coursework: Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Derivatives, Applied Financial Analysis, Investments, Financial Economics, Applied Portfolio Management, Information Consulting, Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition, Revenue Management