Rising Star in India since 2023

Viraj Bhogle

Director
KNAV

KNAV is an Atlanta, US based firm offering a complete suite of services including Assurance, Advisory, Tax and Transaction Advisory Services. KNAV started operations in 1999 with offices in the US and has ever since expanded in Canada, India, Netherlands, UK, and Singapore. The firm’s 300+ employees serve a diverse range of clients from our offices across the globe.

KNAV has been catering to distinct requirements of multinational organizations as they expand and establish in new geographies. With its qualified team of pioneers in Assurance, Advisory, Tax and Transaction Advisory Services, KNAV distinguishes itself through its client-centric focus and partner-led solutions.

KNAV’s with its expertise and experience provides support at each step for organizations to meet the regulatory requirements and accounting frameworks enabling businesses to flourish. Being a robust organisation with over two decades of international experience serving various industries viz. Automotive, BFSI, Entertainment & Media, Manufacturing, Pharma & Healthcare, Retail, Technology, Telecommunication, etc., KNAV still retains its customized and partner-led solutions.

As one of the frontrunning member of Allinial Global, the No. 1 association of legally independent accounting and consulting firms, KNAV’s strength lies in the combination of technical expertise as well as rich collective experience of their executive teams. KNAV’s association with Allinial Global encourages it to procure cross fringe expertise from professionals across the globe.

KNAV is led by a group of self-driven and dynamic leaders who over the years have contributed to growth and cross border reputation. All the partners are thought leaders and cross qualified. Every partner leads a team of highly qualified Chartered Accountants, Certified Public Accountants, Chartered Financial Analysts and MBA’s.

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Viraj Bhogle is the Director, Transaction Advisory Services, at KNAV at their New York office with a very strong finance, auditing, and data analytics background. With a career spanning over 12 years, in a wide variety of roles with progressively increasing responsibilities, he has been most recently involved as a Director within the firm's transaction advisory service line handling M&A deals covering financial/accounting due diligence's (both buy-side and sell-side). Before this, Viraj was a key member of the core assurance team and responsible for conducting year-end audits and quarterly reviews on financial statements prepared under US GAAP and IFRS serving cross-cultural clients and companies across industries.

Professional Experience

In his 10+ years of professional experience, Viraj has advised multiple Indian conglomerates and private equity firms across industries to successfully navigate throughout the entire transaction life cycle delivering tailored advice attuned to the client’s need.

Viraj focuses on validating the key financial, operational, and strategic aspects of every transaction so that the client’s focus can be on structuring and negotiating a favorable transaction.

His expertise helps the client to determine the accuracy of historical earnings, quality of earnings and assets, and the sustainability of earnings in the future to help them uncover the maximum potential value of the transaction.

Previous to this, Viraj was a key member of the core assurance team and was responsible for conducting year-end audits and quarterly reviews on financial statements prepared under US GAAP and IFRS serving cross-cultural clients and companies across industries.