Tanya Venkatesh

• Materially strengthened the financial resiliency of a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical client by designing and executing a cash flow reporting and tracking function that provided visibility into $25B+ in annual spend • Led a workstream to enhance the efficiency of vendor transactions accounting process at Fortune 500 utilities client, and uncovered a $200M cash flow opportunity by implementing best practices in accounts payables management • Leader of New York chapter of the Eco-Innovators Group, an environmental activism organization dedicated to enhancing sustainability practices within office environments and among employees • Northwestern recruiting leadership (2024-present)

I was selected to institutionalize the experience and knowledge bank of student mentors by designing official training materials and spearheading standardized training of new hires. I identified areas for improvement in current processes and worked closely with leadership team to implement changes.

A seasoned mentor for the Chicago Field Studies Program. I helped over 100 students formalize and refine their voice and their resumes to best prepare them for their first professional experiences.

• During a two-month internship, I played a key role in working capital transformation project for a $10B health system • I conducted detailed interviews with 20+ employees across finance and operations to document current-state processes, identify inefficiencies, and recommend optimized processes and organizational design

Produced research report for Barber and Associates to demonstrate funding disparities between Black and White institutions by conducting interviews with Northwestern professors and collating quantitative literature research.

Programmed models on Stata to visualise client data and help client expand to new markets in the North-East United States

Authored 2 articles for Insights division (i) high costs in American healthcare industry (ii) policy evaluation of Indian agriculture bills and recent farmer protests (chosen for Editor's Picks)

(1) I designed requirements for a cutting edge revenue growth management tool by comparing and presenting 3 existing softwares to identify gaps in market. (2) I modeled weighted average share of search for 4 product categories of large CPG client by analyzing Amazon search data using R (learned R on my own for this project). (3) I assisted in development of sales pitches to over 10 public and private potential clients by researching their growth strategies, leading to 2 new contracts signed.

LEND is a 501(c)(3) non-profit microfinance organization that provides microloans and business consulting to small, minority-owned businesses in Evanston. While in a remote role, I created a practical questionnaire to analyze the impact of our loans over the past 10 years on the Evanston economy. I also updated onboarding materials and loan packet guidance in accordance with new lending practices due to COVID-19.

During the early pandemic, I worked in the US timezone while living in Singapore and distributed over $33,000 to 7 businesses, pending CARES Act relief. I was mentored by a strategy consultant from Ernst & Young-Parthenon to read financial statements, assess financial stability of a business, and assist small businesses on the brink of bankruptcy.

I created a database of over 70 search engine optimization keywords by dissecting the messaging of competitors like Shopify Kit, to aid with the launch of our AI marketing tool, Aim. I also developed an inventory of marketing materials for digital health companies and specialist physicians to market their practices on social media. I managed 2 workflows by scheduling biweekly client meetings and incorporating feedback to refine messaging of marketing campaigns

I piloted a social listening workflow by discovering search engine optimization keywords across 4 regions and conducting competitor analysis on digital maturity, relevance, and personalization of top 5 banks in Singapore to create metric of bank’s personalization performance. I learned to collaborate in a virtual setting with marketing and sales team to research and generate a comprehensive list of personalization metrics.

I constructed a questionnaire for and executed a detailed focus-group discussion to quantify the financial empowerment of micro lending on women in Lucknow I strategized with loan collectors on technique of questionnaire delivery to combat potential biases in primary data collection.

Davis UWC Scholar

Higher Level: Economics, Mathematics, Chemistry Standard Level: English, Computer Science, Spanish U19 Tennis Team (2013-2019) Magic Bus NGO - Chair (2017-2019)

Deferred admission to Kellogg MBA program, to matriculate between 2025-2028