Investment Associate

SANDEEP GUPTA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/INTERNSHIP

Investment Associate, European Investment Fund, IA2 & Partners/BCM & Partners (AUM US$1.3 Bn) Aug 2013 – Till Date

Worked with buy side institutional clients (Fund Managers & Senior Analysts) to analyse investments across industries

Developed & presented financial projections & operating models for prospective investment in fund’s equity portfolio

Generated profitable investment ideas, developing thesis & identifying catalysts to be presented to investment committee

Performed extensive fundamental research, legal document review, financial modeling, valuation and scenario analysis .

Analytic framework addressed company, industry, competitors, sector drivers, capital structure, liquidity, SWOT analysis

Role Performed comprehensive corporate and asset valuation analysis using discounted cash flow, accretion/dilution analysis,

& transaction & trading comparable, dividend discount model and (LBO) leveraged buyout methodologies

Responsibility

Examined financing covenants impacting the capital structure for investment in a major telecom company in Malaysia

Built fairly complex sovereign models to calculate the risk premium and default risk probability of sovereigns

Responsible for evaluating investment opportunities based on investment criteria and risk profile by conducting financial

due diligence and building excel models for prospective investments to assess debt profile and repayment capacity

Adept at evaluating investment opportunities using macro trend analysis, conducting due diligence and experience

working alongside investment professionals and fund managers for formulating investment strategies for the portfolio

Analyzed and originated investment opportunities in Telecom, Energy and Real Estate in SE Asia. Studied trends &

evaluated business plans. Forecasted economic returns and assessed capital structure for debt investments across tranches

Built a comprehensive database of debt issues, issuer credit characteristics, credit enhancement, and liquidity facilities

Summer Associate, Private Equity, SEQUOIA CAPITAL Apr 2012 – Jun 2012

Commended by Stovekraft MD and management for Excellent Work and received “Excellent Grade” among 4 interns

Developed a national business growth strategy for Stovecraft to achieve an additional INR 50 Cr. in annual profits in 2013

Achievements

Designed and implemented integrated financial models to analyze and measure financial & operational metrics (e.g. KPI’s,

&

Responsibility financial ratios, sales forecasting platform, integrated budget model, product pricing, productivity & MIS reports)

Recommended financial strategy & built financial models for profitability metrics, benchmarking & competitor analysis

Conducted Primary & Secondary Market Research with suppliers, distributors & wholesalers to improve profitability

Business Analyst, Capital Markets, NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE Mar 2010 – Sep 2010

Promoted within a month at NSE from Quality Analyst to Business Analyst as part of the Risk Management Team

Achievements NSE’s Certified Market Professional - LEVEL - 4, along with 11 NCFM Certifications across Asset Classes

& Single handedly managed DEUTSCHE BANK Account, the biggest client of NSE in the Risk Management space

Responsibility Led the First ever implementation of a business critical module (Security Lending and Borrowing Segment) in

NSE’s Risk Management Application (ENSETTLE) for DEUTSCHE BANK in the Indian Capital Market

Implementing Enhancements & Ensuring the regulatory compliance of ENSETTLE with latest SEBI regulations

Functional Analyst, Transaction Banking, ACCENTURE Jun 2008 – Mar 2010

Ranked “Consistently Very Top of the Peer Group” - Awarded to top 5% employees across the globe in Accenture

Saved INR 5 million and 25% in Quality Assurance effort for BARCLAYS BANK by implementing Orthogonal Arrays

Achievements Improved resource utilization by 15% and delivery time by 20% by setting up an off-shore ‘Test Data team” in India

& Saved development time by 30% and QA efforts by 25% by identifying risks related to application functionality

Responsibility Worked as Functional Analyst in Retail Banking for BARCLAYS BANK – London, on a project valued at US$ 108 mn

Increased billability by 30% by mentoring new joiners and optimizing their Resource Utilization Metrics

ACADEMIC PROFILE/ACHIEVEMENTS

PGDM IIM Ahmedabad 2011-13 2.81/4.33 GPA of 3.1+ in Finance Electives

B.Tech (Electronics) NIT Jamshedpur 2008 7.80/10.00 Dean’s List (Top 5% of the Batch)

Ranked 2nd by MIT, Boston in a batch of 216 Associate Software Engineers for the “Green Field Training” at Accenture 2008

Among top 47 students to be offered internship with CRISIL (a S&P Company) for their Certified Analyst Program at IREVNA 2010

Key Courses: Futures Options & Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Private Equity, M&A, Fixed Income Rates & Credit, Trading

Strategies, Alternate Investment & Hedge Fund, Valuation, Pricing Derivative Se curities, Game Theory, Strategy Consulting, Macroeconomics

Skills: Financial Modeling, DCF, Financial Due Diligence, Private Equity, LBO Valuation, Bloomberg, Security Analysis, Investment Banking

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

General Secretary, NIT Jamshedpur – Responsible for handling relationships with industry, academia and various student groups 2007

Head - Core Organizing Committee (Sponsorship and Public Relations Cell), UTKARSH ’06 (a National Level Tech Fest) 2006

CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS

Contests Taught LBO Model, DCF Analysis and Multiples analysis resulting in multiple members securing internships in finance

IIMA/NIT Team Leader of the Winning Team at “Bulls Eye - The Trading Game” in FINOMENA, IIM Ahmedabad 2011

Academic Worked on a Live VC Deal - OfaBee in Mobile Apps space as part of Fund Management Course (Power Of Ideas)

Projects IIMA Built Financial Models & analyzed Industry Trend, Deal-Sourcing, Due Diligence, Term Sheet & Deal Structuring

Built a Multi-Parameter Model similar to S&P and Moody’s to assign Sovereign Debt Rating to South Africa (Baa1)

Chief Editor College’s Annual Magazine ‘MANTHAN’ and started ECE Branch’s Monthly Magazine ‘ELECTRONICA’ 2006

Sports/Music Captain – IIM Ahmedabad’s Cricket Team in SANGHARSH ’12, Lead Vocalist – Accenture’s Rock Band (INSANE)

E-mail: ***********@******.*****.** Mobile: +91-963******* Address: BTM Layout, Bangalore - 560102

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