Ex-Tally CFO consulting firm KayEss Square acquires Consark’s tax division

Meet Sathya Pramod: from Deloitte and AOL to CFO at Tally.
In 2017, he left the corporate world and, along with Shivadutt Bannanje (former Tally Legal Head), co-founded KayEss Square Consulting—a Bengaluru-based consulting firm focused on early-stage and mid-sized businesses.
Soon after, Aparna Sambasivan, a former Deloitte consultant, joined to lead finance.
They quietly grew to 70+ professionals with strong expertise in finance, legal, risk, IB, and compliance. The missing piece: Tax!
Their next move: acquiring Consark Advisory’s Tax Compliance & Advisory Division.

By 2025, KayEss Square had grown into a 70-member team of Chartered Accountants, lawyers, Company Secretaries, and CFAs.

“We were thriving across finance, legal, and accounting,” says Sathya.

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Former Deloitte, Tally Leaders Consulting Firm Acquires Tax Division to Scale Fast—completing its finance, legal, and compliance stack. For Sathya Pramod, it’s about accelerating growth through smart, inorganic bets.