SVP of Client Relations & Strategy at Madras Accountancy. Chandu is a CPA and former PwC risk assurance consultant who works with U.S. accounting firm leaders on building offshore teams across tax, CAS, accounting and audit.
Chandrashekar (Chandu) Nagarajan, CPA, is SVP of Client Relations & Strategy at Madras Accountancy, where he has worked since November 2024. He works with CPA firm owners and managing partners who are building offshore teams across tax, CAS, accounting and audit, whether they are offshoring for the first time, strengthening an existing team, or moving on from a previous provider.
His view, shaped by years of conversations across the profession, is that successful offshoring is rarely about cost alone. It depends on continuity, communication, accountability and teams that work as a true extension of the firm. He attends more than 60 accounting conferences, alliance meetings and state CPA society events across the United States each year.
Chandu began his accounting career in audit and risk. He was a consultant in Risk Assurance Services at PwC India (2016 to 2017) and again at PwC in Chennai (2019 to 2020), where he assessed the design and operating effectiveness of process and entity-level controls and ran risk-based internal audits for clients in IT services, financial services, FMCG, power and automotive, including a large U.S. multinational. He has also worked as an audit associate at Ethics Plus Public Accountants in Dubai, where he advised clients on the introduction of UAE VAT, as a credit controller at Taweelah Aluminium Extrusion Company in the UAE, and as Internal Audit Manager at Sundaram Finance, leading fraud investigations, KYC monitoring and internal audit planning.
From 2021 to 2024 he held senior roles at Miles Education, rising to Senior Vice President of Corporate Relationships. There he worked with public accounting firms across the United States to place CPA candidates from leading U.S. universities, which gave him a close view of how firms hire, train and retain accounting talent.
Earlier in his career he spent a decade in business development and relationship roles, including at ITC Limited and Citibank India. He holds the U.S. CPA credential and is based in Bengaluru, India.
