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 Worked on number of projects for top-tier and boutique investment banks, hedge funds, asset management, private equity and corporate clients. The key tasks include: business valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions support and new business decision analytics Responsibility for project planning, problem structuring, designing research methodology, client interaction and final delivery to them Leading global research teams for clients spanning across the professional services arena and responsible for developing team members and mentoring them for continuous improvement in delivery Engaged in extensive written and oral communication with the client to discuss project scoping, budgeting, effort estimation and research outcome of the projects Identifying training needs of junior analysts and constantly monitoring their performance thus be a part of their career development. Create and manage Workflow Tools and Knowledge Repositories for strong project management, governance and knowledge management Drive automation and efficiency improvements by creating macros and related tools Liaise with senior management including AVP, VP to communicate project progress and obtain sign-offs Strong command over various secondary research databases such as Factiva, SNL, Thomson, Factset, Bloomberg and CapIQ

 Building valuation models including Precedent Transaction and Trading Comparables using items from company’s annual report Updating trading comparables, spreading the precedent transactions and benchmarking Preparing and updating pitch books and doing secondary Industry research and preparing company profiling i.e. short profile, long profile and transaction profile  Building template for company profiling as per the client requirement Ratio analysis including studying various items of financial statements and arriving at different ratios and analyzing them Preparing a recurring industry newsletter with detailed insights of industry trends, management changes, market movement, M&A updates, strategy and policies

 Products comprised company profiles, buyer/target list generation, industry landscapes, newsletters, theme-based products, sector updates and industry research In addition, worked on competitive landscape, financial analyses, benchmarking, M&A case studies, and ‘what-if’ analyses Analyzed the financial reports of the global companies to present the data in a standardized and comparable fashion enabling valuation modeling and forecasting Financial analysis using relative valuation techniques like comparable company analysis, M&A transactions and conducting accretion and dilution analysis Study the comparative summary of trading multiples and other key operating metrics of a company and its peers. This analysis provides relative valuation using valuation multiples like EV/EBITDA and EV/Revenue  Overview of a company's business, operations, financials, products and services, customers, ownership and management. Comprehensive profiles could also include broker ratings and recent news.  Working knowledge of databases like Bloomberg, Fact set, Factiva, Reuters, SNL and Cap IQ