Our Leaders With a view to ensure specialized services, we insist that each partner specializes and delivers one specific practise area. As such, we identify each service with a named partner.
Girish Kaushik
FCA, RV (IBBI), DipIFR, DISA
Partner – Consulting & Valuation
Girish is a finance professional with over a decade of corporate experience, including leadership roles with Big 4 firms. As Partner at JAA since 2014, he leads the firm’s Consulting, Valuation, and Startup Advisory practice.
He specializes in valuations, transaction and family office advisory, virtual CFO services, and ESOP structuring. His work spans startup valuations, purchase price allocations, due diligence, and succession planning for family offices.
Girish has led several marquee engagements, including the restructuring of a ₹600 Cr family office, capital allocation advisory for a ₹100 Cr fund, and strategic structuring for high-growth startups. He has delivered over 100 valuation engagements in the last two years across varied industries and transaction contexts.
Advisory Services
Strategic Finance Office – Fractional CFO, Business Plan, Pitch Deck, FP&A Due diligence and transaction advisory – review of quality of earnings, assets, cash flow & working capital for any target is a key critical step. Time-bound diligence, including tax and compliance with a flavour of business impact, helps assess risks and opportunities.
Transaction advisory – end-to-end advisory including evaluation of term sheets, mock/vendor DD, data room preparation, transaction and instrument structuring, document negotiation. Our teams have provided advisory services to certain key transactions over the last few years.
Vendor diligences help internal health checks – similar to external due diligences, but with an intent to detect and remediate.
Valuation – fair valuation of businesses, companies, financial instruments, ESOPs, both as a chartered accountant and Registered Valuer, is a critical component for decision-making and transactions.
Specialist support includes valuation of intangibles, complex financial instruments, and ESOPs.
Archana has nearly a decade of experience with Big 4 firms and is a founding partner at JAA since 2012. She leads the firm’s Audit and Accounting Advisory practice, specializing in Ind AS / IFRS implementation, statutory audits, and financial reporting across diverse industries.
Her expertise covers statutory and tax audits, accounting policy design, revenue assurance, and consolidation of financial statements. She has led over 50 audit engagements for companies ranging from startups to large corporates, providing tailored assurance and advisory solutions.
Archana has supported several complex projects including Ind AS convergence for large enterprises in media, manufacturing, and technology sectors, IFRS reporting for international groups, and US GAAP advisory on standards such as ASC 350, ASC 606, and ASC 985.
Outside of work, Archana enjoys playing the keyboard.
Archana Ashok
FCA, DipIFR
Partner – Audit & Accounting Advisory
Aradhana Ashok
FCA, DISA, FAFD (Cert.)
Partner – Governance, Risk & Control
Aradhana has nearly a decade of experience with Big 4 firms and is a founding partner at JAA since 2012. She leads the firm’s Governance, Risk, and Control practice, focusing on strengthening internal controls, enhancing governance frameworks, and mitigating organizational risks.
Her expertise spans risk-based internal audits, information systems and ERP audits, SOX and internal financial controls, anti-fraud reviews, and development of policies and SOPs. She has led multiple internal audit and advisory engagements for global companies, including multinational manufacturers, digital startups, and mobility platforms.
Aradhana has extensive experience in IT general controls testing, post-implementation ERP reviews, and fraud risk assessments, helping clients establish robust control environments and process efficiencies.
Outside work, Aradhana enjoys playing the guitar.
Audit & Assurance
With deep global audit experience, our audit team is working with listed and unlisted corporates today across industries.
Our GRC practise, which includes IS audits, IFC, and is building forensic as an area, melds into internal audit as an anchor service. We work with multi-national manufacturing companies, GCCs, and other industries.
Ishita brings over two decades of experience in tax and regulatory advisory, including leadership roles with Big 4 firms. She joined JAA as Partner in 2020 and leads the firm’s Tax and Regulatory Services practice.
Her expertise covers corporate and international tax advisory, business restructuring, ETR management, transfer pricing, and tax litigation support. She advises clients on tax-efficient structuring, BEPS and POEM assessments, IP migration, and cross-border personnel movement, ensuring compliance and strategic tax optimization.
Ishita has led several high-impact projects, including unlocking multi-year refunds for global IT clients, restructuring over 25 Indian entities for a multinational diagnostics group, and providing proactive wage code and transfer pricing advisory for large corporates.
Outside of work, Ishita enjoys cooking and is an avid lover of Rabindra Sangeet.
Ishita Bhaumik
ACA, Grad CWA
Partner – Tax & Regulatory Services
Suchindra R. K.
FCA, RV (IBBI)
Partner – Indirect Taxation
Suchindra is an All-India CA rank holder and a Big 4 alumnus with deep expertise in Indirect Taxation. He joined JAA as Partner in 2015 and leads the firm’s GST and Indirect Tax Advisory practice.
He specializes in complex GST advisory, litigation and compliance support, advance rulings, and business structuring under GST, SEZ, and STPI frameworks. Suchindra has advised leading enterprises across sectors on tax optimization, structuring, and compliance management.
Notable engagements include securing a favourable GST advance ruling for a British subsidiary in the diagnostics sector, providing end-to-end GST compliance support for over 100 clients, and serving as GST advisor to well-known e-commerce brands.
Outside work, Suchindra enjoys sketching, yoga, and agriculture.
Tax and Regulatory Services – Ishita Bhaumik and R.K. Suchindra
Comprehensive tax management strategy needs a multi-jurisdictional / multi-legislative approach to be proactive and effective.
Our experts provide services both in Direct / Indirect taxes to corporates, businesses, and high-net-worth individuals.
Direct Tax
Our tax services include:
- Corporate and International Tax
- Transfer Pricing
- Indirect Tax
- Deal Advisory, Mergers and Acquisitions Tax
- Global Mobility Services
- Succession Planning
- Dashboarding for taxation across all segments of the corporate world
Yashaswini has extensive corporate experience since 2007 and has been a Partner at JAA since 2019. She leads the firm’s Controller as a Service (CaaS) practice, providing Virtual CFO, Virtual Controller, and Outsourced Accounting solutions to growth-focused organizations.
Her expertise spans finance function setup, MIS and budgeting, cashflow management, policy and process design, and investor reporting. She partners with clients to strengthen financial governance, streamline operations, and enable strategic decision-making.
Yashaswini has successfully scaled finance functions for organizations growing from 30 to over 500 employees, led finance teams across retail and hospitality chains, and worked closely with investors and founders of VC-funded startups in the fintech, analytics, and consumer sectors.
Outside of work, Yashaswini enjoys arts and crafts, and shopping.
Yashaswini Jayasimha
FCA, ACS
Partner – Controller as a Service
Controller as a Service & Company Secretarial Services – Yashaswini Jayasimha
Setting up and running an end-to-end accounting, controllership, and FP&A function for businesses of varying sizes and complexities is something that our team has done from the inception of the firm.
We take care of accounting, compliances, audit support, and MIS functions for over 100 clients across industries.
Whether as part of the end-to-end outsourcing or as a specialized secretarial offering, our team helps businesses stay compliant with company law regulations, compliances, filings, board documentation, and investor relationships. The combination of qualified internal teams and strategic partnerships with practicing company secretaries allows us to offer comprehensive services.
D. M. Suresh
B.Com, B.A.(H), FCA, DipIFRS, FAFD (Cert.)
Director – Assurance & Advisory
Suresh is an accomplished finance professional with over 22 years of post-qualification experience spanning assurance, consulting, and corporate finance. His background includes leadership roles as VP–Finance and CFO across industries such as manufacturing, services, and cybersecurity, along with prior experience at PwC in both Assurance and Advisory practices.
An All-India rank holder at multiple stages of his academic career, Suresh combines technical depth with a practical business perspective. His core expertise includes IND AS / IFRS advisory, fraud detection and prevention, internal financial controls design and testing, and controllership and risk consulting.
Suresh is also deeply committed to mentoring students in accounting and financial reporting standards, reflecting his passion for professional education and thought leadership in the field.