Raja Rajshekhar

Strategy & Finance Professional | Commercial Insights, Market Intelligence, M&A Advisory

Role
Manager, Strategy & Finance at Ascendion
Location
Pune, MH, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Raja Rajshekhar

Strategy and Finance professional with 9+ years of experience at the intersection of business insights, competitive intelligence, and financial planning. I specialize in uncovering growth opportunities, analyzing market dynamics, and translating complex financial and operational data into actionable strategies for leadership teams.I have served as a trusted partner to senior executives, delivering recurring insights on revenue growth, profitability, and pipeline health. My expertise spans enterprise strategy, M&A intelligence, account planning, and pricing optimization—enabling data-driven decision-making and market positioning.Core strengths include:Competitive & market intelligence (peers, disruptors, M&A, PE activity)Strategic finance (growth trends, profitability levers, forecasting)Commercial insights (pricing models, account mining, client conversion)Executive-level partnership (strategy decks, board notes, investment briefs)I bring a hybrid skill set across strategy, finance, and program management—equipping organizations to sharpen focus, sustain growth, and maximize enterprise value

Experience

  1. Manager, Strategy & Finance

    Ascendion

    May 2018 — Present · Vadodara, IN

    Own enterprise-wide financial insights delivery — conduct recurring analysis on revenue growth, profitability, pipeline trends, and operational metrics, turning data in insights. Lead forecasting and P&L insight delivery — synthesize revenue, margin, utilization, and pipeline trends into forward-looking guidance for AOP, quarterly forecasts, and leadership decision-making. Drive competitive and market intelligence — research on peers, growth disruptors, and M&A trends, delivering strategy decks, investment notes, and peer benchmarking studies that inform strategy Deliver commercial operational insights — on account mining, pricing dynamics, and client conversion—shaping improvements in segmentation, solutioning, and sales strategyassessments, and ensure reporting reliability. Strategic Business Partnering - Bridge business and data teams, translating operating model changes and transformation goals into reporting architectures, KPI & success metrics, and implementation roadmaps

Education

  • Delhi Public School, Bokaro

    12th, Physics, Chemistry, Maths

    1994 — 2008

  • Great Lakes Institute of Management

    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations

    2017 — 2018

  • Yeswantrao Chavan College of Engineering

    Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering

    2008 — 2012

Skills

  • Project Engineering
  • Commissioning
  • Project Planning
  • Primavera P6
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Procurement
  • Project Control
  • Project Estimation
  • Earned Value Management
  • Microsoft Project
  • Vendor Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Project Coordination

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