Lalit Valecha

About Lalit Valecha

Lalit Valecha is a Founder Partner at Ahuja Valecha & Associates LLP (AVA), a leading Chartered Accountancy firm headquartered in Pune, with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Dubai. He leads the Transaction Advisory Services practice, advising global clients across the USA, Germany, UAE, and Singapore. Having activively worked on more than 200+ complex Cross border transction structuring and Advisory for early stage startups in PE/ VC financing and also on M&A deals. Established in 2005, AVA has grown to 19 partners (including 9 ex-Big Four professionals) and a team of over 350. The firm provides end-to-end solutions in Assurance, Direct and Indirect Taxation (including GST Advisory), Transfer Pricing, Risk Advisory, International Tax, Foreign Trade Policy, Cross-Border Structuring, Deal Support, Digital Transformation, ESG consulting, and Virtual CFO services. AVA serves a diverse clientele ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups.Lalit is a regular speaker at forums such as ICAI, ICSI, BCAS, FICCI FLO, IAPA, and IIT Dharwad, and serves on advisory boards of several B2B SaaS startups. He also collaborates with VCs like Better Capital, Multiply Ventures, Neon Fund, Alkemi and Eximius capital for transaction Advisory services. Prior to founding AVA, Lalit was part of the assurance practice at PwC Pune, where he worked on audit engagements across sectors including technology, banking, engineering, and media.

Experience

1. Financial Advisor

   Supergaming

   Mar 2020 — Present · Maharashtra, IN

   Fractional CFO

Education

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Management costing

  1998 — 2001

• CPA Australia

  Associate Member

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant, Accounting and Finance

• Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

  Independent Director, Corporate law, Finance and Corporate Governance

  2020 — 2020

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant, Accounting and Finance

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Due Diligence
• Financial Reporting
• Auditing
• Assurance
• Financial Analysis
• Business Planning
• Tax Advisory
• Company Valuation
• Consulting
• International Tax
• Internal Audit
• Risk Management
• Financial Accounting
• Internal Controls
• Accounting
• Tax
• Financial Modeling
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Tax