-- CGPA: 3.

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EDUCATION
Indian School of Business (PGPM) | Intended majors: Finance & Strategy | GMAT: 770/800 (Top 0.1 percentile) Apr’19 - present
• Awarded the merit scholarship by ISB for a tuition fee waiver of INR 5 Lakhs (Awarded to <5% of total batch size of 900)
• Lead Coordinator, Artha 2019 - ISB’s Finance Conclave(ongoing): Leading a 31-member team to achieve 3x scale vs prior years
o Repositioned Artha from a 1-day speaker conclave to a 2-day finance carnival; introduced case competitions & events for the first time
o Managing a budget of Rs 25L, increasing footfall to 300+ (vs 100 last year); event launched by Lord Mayor of London
• Founder & head, Debate SIG: Conducted 6 debates in 3 months, increased scale to 100+ active members (vs average 50 for other SIGs)
• Campus champion (20/290) J&J Quest: Conducted extensive market research & devised marketing and strategy plan for biologics
• National Finalist (6/860) IIM Bangalore Strategy competition (Turn it Around) – Designed an in-depth resolution plan for Jet Airways
• Zonal finalist (60+ teams) CFA Institute Research Challenge 19 (ongoing) – Analyzed and presented an investment thesis on Cyient Ltd.
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) under the CFA Institute, USA Dec’14 - June’18
• Cleared all 3 levels of CFA in the first attempt with grade A (highest band) in 10/10 subjects in levels 1 & 2 and 8/10 in level 3
Chartered Accountant under the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Jun’12 - May’16
• Cleared all 3 levels of CA in the first attempt. (Top 0.25 percentile)
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata – Bachelor of Commerce (Specialization in Finance): CGPA 8.23 (Top 25/800) Jun’12 - May’15
Birla High School, Kolkata – Class XII 96.5% (3rd in school, 5th in city); Class X CGPA 9.8/10 (Top 5% of the batch) Apr’00 - Mar’12
WORK EXPERIENCE
Goldman Sachs, Associate, Finance division, Bangalore Oct’16 - Mar’19
2.5 years’ experience in valuations for Asia Special Situations Group (part of principal investing and lending division). Worked with cross-
functional teams in Hong Kong, Tokyo, London and New York to oversee financial position and deal reviews.
Key Achievements
• Fast track promotion from Analyst to senior analyst and then to Associate in a span of 2 years (vs an average of 4 years)
• Overall consistent ‘Outstanding’ rating & feedback from peers and seniors in the annual 360 Feedback process (Top 10% of employees)
• Only first-year analyst to lead a team of 15 senior analysts and associates for deal reviews (vs average time taken of 3 years)
• Represented GS in a 100 km long walk (31 hrs. vs avg 40 hrs.) organized by Oxfam (a global NGO); raised INR 1L for it to fight poverty
• Project lead (team size: 35) for a Community Team Works initiative by GS to help underprivileged children in a govt. school
Valuation, Diligence & Risk Management
• Facilitated quarterly valuation & recognition of P&L ($200M+ annually) for principal investment portfolio ($2.5B+ in assets)
o Performed financial modelling for private equity & single credit names - individually responsible for 15+ names (vs avg of 7 names)
o Price verified liquid bonds having combined deal size of $500M+, based on broker quotes (youngest member to perform PV analysis)
o Challenged investment team’s forecasts and corrected inputs to financial model based on benchmarking & industry analysis
• Facilitated expansion of Asia balance sheet size to 3x in 2 years including structuring, presentation and reporting to stakeholders
o Reduced time taken by 20% in financial & operational diligence through streamlining of information sharing in the review process
o Liaised with cross-functional teams globally to provide sign-off for upcoming deal reviews (closed 10+ deals vs avg of 5 deals)
• Structured and executed intra-company financing (deal size $100M+) to facilitate external investment in the Indian entity of GS
o Led a team of 15 on the valuation and presentation of inter-company CCD instruments (used by GS for the first time in Asia)
o Conducted extensive training on this across teams in HK and Tokyo (only employee with expertise on this in the Asia region)
• Improved efficiency to 1.5x in risk monitoring for $1B+ portfolio through stress testing & VaR analysis at a firm-wide level
• Achieved P&L impact of $30M+ by valuation of subsequent funding rounds in leading Indian e-commerce players (deal size $300M+)
Automation & Trainings
• Achieved 2x efficiencies by using self-automation tools to optimize daily and quarterly processes in the team
o Streamlined event tracking sheet and segment P&L reporting process using Share point, Deadline calendar and E-task
• Achieved collective saving of 100+ man hours per month by modifying daily P&L and Balance sheet reporting process for Asia region
• Cross-trained 10+ colleagues in Hong Kong on multiple processes, successfully transitioning these among regions
A. Jalan & Co., Articled Assistant, Audit division, Kolkata Sep’12 - Sep’15
• Led a team of 4 and independently conducted financial audits, internal audits and bank audits (only article to close 10+ audits in a year)
• Saved 100+ man hours as internal auditor, by suggesting optimizations in the record keeping process of a wallet manufacturing firm
• Saved more than INR 1M by highlighting & solving a significant loophole in the procurement process of a steel utilities manufacturer
EXTRA-CURRICULARS
Leadership Positions
• Elected Class Representative (1/80) & member of students’ union (50/4000), St. Xavier’s College Kolkata
o Improved student satisfaction by optimizing the process of lecture notes distribution and re -organizing academic calendar for CA exams
• Core committee, Xavotsav (national cultural fest), St. Xavier’s College Kolkata: Increased scale to 2x & footfall to over 2000+ (vs 1000+)
• Core Committee, Xavier’s Debating Society – Only commerce department representative (out of 800 students) in the society
o Increased membership in the club to 10x in 2 years making it the second most active club on campus (out of 20+ clubs)
o Contingent leader for 5 national parliamentary debates – Recruited debaters for college team (Broke regularly in top 8/100+ teams)
Debates and management fests
• Runner-up (2/75) Walk the Talk, an annual division wide debate contest in GS - attended by 300+ employees
• National winner (1/80) X-Confero, an inter-college debate hosted by St. Xavier’s college Kolkata; featured extensively in national media
• Campus Champion (1/100) International Relations, X-Calibre (St. Xavier’s Kolkata): Devised a carbon-trading strategy for France
• National runner-up (2/100+) Entrepreneurship, Prayas 2014 (Christ College Bangalore): Real-time simulation & B-plan pitch to VC
• National runner-up (2/1000+) Wiz National Spell-Bee Competition (only student to represent school in all 3 national finals that year)
• National finalist (5/120) Christ University Parliamentary debate: First amateur team from St. Xavier’s to reach national semi-finals