Zara Muradali

National Industry Leader, Life Sciences at Grant Thorton

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Zara Muradali is the national Life Sciences industry leader at Grant Thornton Advisors LLC. With nearly 30 years of experience in the public accounting industry, she specializes in finance and tax strategy and transformation, federal tax, cost and performance improvement, finance operations, change management, strategic planning, business development, corporate integration, business intelligence, mergers and acquisitions, post-merger integration and enterprise resource planning financial systems.

Prior to joining Grant Thornton in 2018, Muradali was a Tax partner at KPMG LLP, where she successfully launched its Accounting Methods and Credits practice.

Muradali is a certified public accountant in Massachusetts and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She also serves on the board of MassMEDIC. In 2023, Muradali was named a Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association luminary for her dedication to the healthcare industry. Additionally, she is an active member of Chief, a private network designed for the most powerful women executives to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence and pave the way to bring others with them.

Muradali’s leadership also extends beyond the teams she leads and the clients she serves. As an executive sponsor for Grant Thornton Equality GT business resource group, she helps cultivate an inclusive environment for the firm’s professionals who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Muradali received a master’s degree in taxation from the D’Armore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.