Rahul Nihalani Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Mumbai Area, India

Mumbai Area, India

Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital Fund-raising / Syndication & Financial Advisory across Consumer, Industrial & Technology.

Mumbai Area, India

Mumbai Area, India

Advise Businesses on a range of financial and strategic issues, including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, wealth planning, tax planning and financial reporting purposes.Perform detailed analysis and business modeling, including: financial forecasting, discounted cash flow analysis, public company and precedent transaction valuation.

• Provided clients with mispriced investment ideas by researching companies undergoing special situations / turnaround like capital restructuring, Chapter 11 and corporate spin-off
• Gained valuable insights into sectors like midstream oil and gas (MLPs), Automotive components, Silicon chip and FAB industry, valuing companies using DDM, Yield sensitivity and Sum of Parts analysis
• Conducted equity valuation for “Energy Partner Ltd” (EPL), “SemGroup Corp” (SEMX), “Spansion Inc” (CODE), “GSI Group” (LASR), “Visteon Corp” (VSTO), using DCF, DDM and Trading and Acquisition Multiples
• Conducted searches for comparable companies in terms of sales, product profile, pricing, optimal margin to go as inputs to benchmarking industry valuation matrices
• Developed a robust three way Sensitivity Analysis Model using EBITDA, WACC and Revenue Growth which got immediate approval and appreciation from Institutional clients

• Analyzed trends in various investment vehicles for Defined Contribution plans and proposed ways to increase market share for BNY Mellon Asset Servicing division
• Proposed new product extensions as enhancements to the existing but ineffective product lines as part of a strategic plan submitted to the Asset management division part of which got immediate approval

• Helped 34 small businesses develop business plans, perform market research and create pro forma financial projections, resulting in four entrepreneurs initiating new ventures
• Implemented Search Engine Optimization techniques for 50+ small businesses’ websites that increased number of visitors to the sites and improved positioning in Web search results
• Helped 14 small business improve web design templates and create test cases for form validations

Conducted sensitivity and statistical analysis using crystal ball on financial statements along with market surveys to identify areas for cost reduction and right set of amenity mixProposed as part of a strategic initiative to get rid of loss making amenities which got immediate approval fetching the company increased profitability of 4% in form of reduced.

• Reduced operating cost by 14% and Inventory carrying cost by 8% by importing new machinery and also increasing overall supply chain profits using economic order quantity
• Implemented “Yellow Card” system for the SKUs that resulted in reducing default goods by 4%
• Initiated “180x6 a week” program for our contract employees that helped reduce labor cost by 17%

• Offshore Team Lead for 3 months reducing bug fixing and 911 escalation tickets by 12%
• Helped pre-sales team proposing a proof of concept for system integration between PeopleSoft 8.9 and Lawson ERP, client’s legacy system, which got immediate approval
• Prepared and implemented business process redesign for client’s custom built Products Module that improved system performance by 21% and reduced bad data by 4%
• Appointed as a Software Configuration Manager – CMMI Level 5 version 1.2 compliance
• Performed unit and user testing using Mercury Test Director for developments and customizations in Contracts and Billing modules

Mba, Finance

Master, Business Administration

VP Finance - Operations Club;

Bachelor Of Science, Information Science And Technology

Engineering - Information Technology