Designing and implementing comprehensive M&A strategies; supporting due diligence (DD) and negotiations for clients; liaising with counterpartiesStrategic Thinking & Detailed Execution• Analyzed 70+ acquisition targets’ financial statements and business plans by building complex financial models from scratch, targets were ranging from car manufacturers to pharmaceutical companies, telecom providers to space technology startups• Managed 50+ projects from business plan analysis, contract negotiations to closing support • Led various types of DD (Finance, Tax, IT, etc.), thoroughly grasp details and made presentations to clients’ managementProject Management Skills• Supervised ten M&A projects simultaneously, collaborated with company management, lawyers, specialists of IT, valuation, accounting, and tax, closed deals worth over $5B in total• Acted as advisor to a restaurant management company, which had seen significant drop in earnings due to COVID-19; handled strategic partnership negotiation with buy-side, coordinated with banks and investors• Initiated financial model improvement project, conducted division-wide survey to collect opinions, reduced valuation work hours by 2,500 hours/year

Analytical Skills, Leadership & Teamwork• Reviewed quarterly loan portfolio credit reports of SMFG (Japan’s mega-bank group) by assessing loan loss risks based onkey drivers (financial position, operating results) and qualitative information (management qualifications, borrowers’ reputation, industry news) of 100+ clients; identified risks and drove client’s $50M decision change• Handled auditing internal controls for premiums, claims, and investments of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, non-life insurance subsidiary; assessed client’s internal control system, verified quality of operations, and provided 10+ actionable proposals on process improvement• Managed team of 5 auditors governing on-site audit for the third largest insurance group in Japan: planned annual audit schedule, identified fraud and non-compliance risks, designed audit procedures, and negotiated staff assignments• Spearheaded global audit team, coordinating KPMG’s and third-party auditors operating in 20+ client subsidiaries overseas; directed audit procedures and reported findings to client’s senior management including CFO

Led system renewal project for Japanese listed retailer with over $500M net sales: created overall schedule and monitored progress; interviewed client’s manager; collaborated with systems engineers to design and build functions using SQL; completed system accuracy test; as a result, built ten functions increased productivity by 40%

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