Gokula Gundamaraj
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Experience
Ernst and Young (E&Y)
Sept 2015- Current
Senior Valuation Analyst-4
Have been working as a Senior Valuation Analyst with the Valuation and Business Modelling team for approximately 2.0 years with experience and specialization in the valuation of business enterprises, common stock, intangible assets, minority and majority business interests, and privately held interests (ASC 805, ASC 820, ASC 718 and ASC 350).
● Provided financial and economic consulting services to assist clients with financial reporting, M&A, tax and regulatory compliance, restructuring and corporate strategic planning in a variety of industries, mainly technology and biotechnology
● Evaluated client businesses and assets through several approaches, including the Discounted Cash Flow Method, Guideline Public Company Method and Option Pricing Models
● Experience developing complex financial models to perform business enterprise and legal entity valuations, purchase price allocations, goodwill impairments, and valuation of intangible assets, including developed technology, in-process research and development, customer relationships, trademarks and trade names, deferred revenue and non-compete agreements
● Responsible for coordinating between audit teams and clients, and managing internal team members for data acquisition, analysis, and report and exhibit preparation
The Brenner Group April 2011 – Sept 2015
Financial Analyst, Cupertino, CA
Have worked as a Financial Analyst with Financial Advisory team for approximately four and half years. My key specialization included-
● Perform enterprise valuations of venture-backed companies in the technology and life sciences industries for stock option valuation (IRC 409A) purposes
● Apply discounted cash flow, market and cost approaches to determine enterprise value
● Utilize Black-Scholes option pricing models and probability-weighted expected return methodology to allocate value across various classes of equities
● Help the management team in the preparation of detailed valuation reports for senior management of client companies
● Proficient in Capital IQ
● Advanced Excel Skills
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services July 2007 – June 2010 Valuation Analyst, Hyderabad, India
Worked as an Associate Analyst with valuation team for approximately three years and was promoted to a Valuation Analyst in August 2009.
● Business Valuation included audit of various methodologies like Discounted Cash flow, Guideline Company Method, WACC in the financial models
● Property Valuation included Fair Value Audit Reviews, Purchase Price Allocations (ASC 805), Land Valuation, Lease Abstractions, Market Research
● Facilitated technical trainings formally and informally (on the job) and transferred knowledge to new hires
● Awarded “Outstanding Achievement” award twice during my three year tenure. Education
Osmania University, Hyderabad India
Master’s in Business Administration-Finance (2005-2007) - 3.96 GPA Jawaharlal University, Hyderabad India
BS in Mechanical Engineering (2001-2005) - 3.91 GPA UC Berkeley Extension – Business Valuation Course – (2010) - A Grade