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Finance student exploring healthcare operations and consulting

Third-year Finance major blending classroom finance with a healthcare operations externship to learn how money, process, and care connect.

Work samples

Projects include work from my Healthcare Operations & Consulting externship at the Institute of Mental Health and related finance coursework, focused on operations, process analysis, and financial

  • Cross-Functional Business Strategy Simulation - Capsim
    Cross-Functional Business Strategy Simulation - Capsim

    Executed cross-functional R&D, marketing, production, and finance decisions using forecasts and competitive analysis to improve simulated profitability, market share, and stock price.

About me

Third-year Finance major blending classroom finance with a healthcare operations externship to learn how money, process, and care connect.

I am Manya Keyur Desai, a third-year Finance student at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. I have some work experience and I'm completing a Healthcare Operations & Consulting externship with the Institute of Mental Health. I am exploring roles that connect finance, operations, and health services.

Externships

Healthcare Operations & Consulting Externship

Institute of Mental Health

Experience

Project Manager & Recruitment Strategy Director

FACES Consulting · May 2026 – Present

Market Analyst Summer Intern

Lab Services and Solutions Pvt. Ltd. · May 2026 – August 2026

Financial Analyst

Gies Capital Association · February 2025 – February 2026

Consultant & Recruitment Strategy Analyst

FACES Consulting · September 2025 – May 2026

Consultant

EntreCORPS · February 2026 – May 2026

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Gies College of Business

Bachelor of Science in Finance · Class of 2027

Skills

Financial analysisOperational process mappingHealthcare operationsConsulting basicsExcelData interpretation

Cross-Functional Business Strategy Simulation - Capsim

Executed cross-functional R&D, marketing, production, and finance decisions using forecasts and competitive analysis to improve simulated profitability, market share, and stock price.

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