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Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, your profile looks good on the surface. You have got solid finance experience across FP&A, marketing finance, and revenue ops, and handling a $50M+ budget definitely shows leadership and business impact.

The CIMA qualification with national ranks adds credibility and offsets any quant concerns. INSEAD, HEC, and ISB are all realistic targets given your experience, though the PE switch might need a bit of story work, focus on linking your current analytical and strategy exposure to investment decision-making. Do you have a GMAT score yet? or any mock scores? With a good GMAT score, strong essays, and clear post-MBA goals, you’ll have a really competitive shot.

I’d be happy to offer you a free profile review for your target programs to see where you stand and how to boost your chances, happy to help!
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You can also email me your CV at: priyankak@aringo.com
Good Luck!

Thanks for sharing your profile @veroaperiam. You have good quantitative credibility (CIMA), cross-border finance experience, and high-impact ownership (large budgets & contracts). Your key tasks: Get a strong GMAT, demonstrate direct investment/transaction readiness (modeling, deal exposure, portfolio/valuation work), and target schools and networking that feed PE recruiters. INSEAD / HEC / ISB are sensible choices; add a few PE-feeder schools to your list to widen options.

Other schools you can explore: LBS, Columbia / Booth / Wharton / Stern, Oxford Saïd / IESE / Cambridge Judge.

Private equity hiring patterns have also shifted recently: large PE firms adjusted early-offer practices and timing (some delaying early recruiting), so recruiting calendars may move, and competition will be intense for juniors with direct deal experience. This means: networking, demonstrable modeling & valuation skills, internships or project experience, and alumni advocacy will be decisive.

Good technical credentials: CIMA + CS Foundation + BCom + measurable finance ops ownership → immediate credibility. Managing a global marketing budget of USD 50M and pricing/revenue ops for $100M+ contracts, these are headline metrics for your resume/essays. Cross-border exposure & stakeholder management, attractive to global PE funds evaluating cross-country deals. Combination of strategy + operations: valuable for PE value creation roles (post-acquisition operational improvements).

Gaps to close:
Direct deal/investment experience (critical for PE). Get short-term, high-impact project work: pro-bono or paid PE/VC analyst projects, join a boutique M&A advisory or internal strategy team, or help an early-stage fund with market due diligence or financial models. Deliver a completed LBO or valuation model you can show and discuss.

GMAT FE 675+ (aim 730 classic if possible). This is a safe target to be competitive at INSEAD/HEC and for good consideration at top PE feeders.

Finish a dedicated financial modeling course and complete case projects. Add these to your application and LinkedIn.

PE-specific narrative: Convert responsibilities into investment-facing outcomes: like “I optimized marketing ROI, enabling reallocation of $X to higher-return channels, an approach similar to portfolio rebalancing” is weak phrasing; instead, focus on value-creation levers, margin expansion, or restructuring that mirror PE playbooks.

Start alumni outreach now (INSEAD/HEC/ISB alumni in PE), request informational interviews, and target 2-3 mentorship relationships.

Have you taken any GMAT diagnostic yet? If yes, what score? If not, when can you plan to take one? Do you have any direct exposure to investor/deal work (due diligence, vendor/vendor consolidation, budgeting for acquisitions, valuations)? Preferred post-MBA geography for PE (London, Singapore, NYC, India)? Are you open to starting in operational/portfolio roles before deal roles? Do you plan to pursue any further credentials before applying?

We would love to learn more about your academic background, extracurricular activities, professional experiences, and personal journey so we can offer a more tailored assessment of your profile and evaluate your chances at your target schools more accurately. Feel free to book a profile evaluation session.

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