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Focused professional with experience spanning through financial markets, corporate finance and macroeconomics with deep insights in corporate valuation, capital markets and Industry analysis specific to financial institutions. Proven credentials in influencing leadership decision making through financial modeling and critical analysis.

Professional Experience: (4 Years 3 Months)

Current Organization: Microsoft Global Services India (MGSI), Microsoft Corporation, Hyderabad (India)

Designation: Business Analyst

Tenure: March 2008 onwards

Strategy and Planning

• Designed the broader strategy for the entire MGSI comprising of 450 people in different service lines as a member of the core team responsible for Strategy and Business Planning. Prepared the roadmap in collaboration with the Leadership team in Hyderabad which helped in strategic decision making for the leadership team in Redmond

• Developed complex financial models and location strategy model for Microsoft Services which helped the team in laying down the roadmap for the next 3 years. The model is aimed to be proactive in financial planning and moving closer to Hub and Spoke model and scale up the activities of Microsoft offshore services by 300% in the next 2-3 years

• Diagnosed selective locations in different geographies for opening up centers similar to MGSI (India) which would serve as a low cost hub for MCS (Microsoft consulting services) which in turn would help save $ 300 Mn per year for Microsoft. The sample set of countries is spread across continents with the team finally settling down to 2-3 countries which would maximize returns from offshoring the work

• Collaborated closely with the sales force and analyzed complex data aligned with Microsoft services to win a $ 10 mn project. The effort help the subsidiary meet planned target and help achieve positive bottom line

Previous Organization: McKinsey & Company, Gurgaon

Designation: Research Analyst

Tenure: May 2005 to March 2008

Industry Analysis

• In depth understanding of Investment banking industry as a consequence of the credit crisis including the value chain, Industry trends, competitive analysis, change in risk management perception, key performance Indicators and key challenges. The study is being used by the Information Technology and Architecture team in Redmond to address challenges of the respective banks by technology improvements which would make banks much more efficient with the slew of Microsoft Products to be launched in the coming year.

• Diagnosed the existing opportunities and challenges in the Greece Banking market (worked on an engagement In Greece with the team for 2 months). Studied the entire sector and conducted extensive competitive analysis for a $ 12 bn Bank. The inputs helped the bank to go for an inorganic growth outside Greece as against an organic growth in the country with the market already saturated. The bank has been able to tackle the crisis pretty well with its assets growing @ 15% annually in the last 2 years due to diversity

• Deep analysis of the Indian stock market bringing out the relationship between trading volume and price movements of the major stocks in India .

o Key finding included Indian stocks displaying positive correlation between price movements and trading volumes, however the relation is not necessarily asymmetric

o Daily VAR for investments in index at 95% confidence interval stands at 2% of the portfolio value which underscores the tremendous volatility (8% per month and the average return of 1% per month with negative skewness, data from 1998 to 2008 )

• Researched and prepared a document on fundamental levers driving M&A which later became a referring document for M&A cases in McKinsey. The study underscores the approach toward post-merger management; both top down and bottom up as well as the means to achieve a greater synergy once the merger takes place. The study also included the trends in M&A with respect to success rates and the most important deciding factor stood out to be the timing of the deal. The

Other Prominent Activities

• Derived McKinsey’s proprietary enterprise value formula from Bloomberg which is now used by McKinsey Corporate Finance consultants worldwide for transaction multiple analyses

• Trained 50+ McKinsey consultants in Atlanta and Chicago offices on self-help tools; shared best work practices and strengthened existing relationships with the research network. The effort helped save huge travelling expenses and time for the given consultants in their training purposes

• Partnered with European local client development and research teams to identify potential client opportunities for McKinsey & Co. in the Eastern European region; resulted in five new clients for the Firm.

• Led the operational functions of a 15-member team; conceived efficiency measures resulting in the formalization of semi-monthly “Knowledge Building Sessions” (on financial concepts, client presentation, data synthesis, and analysis) and a 20% increase in capacity utilization

Educational Qualifications:

• Masters In Business Economics with dual specialization in Finance and Econometrics from Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi. Was among the top 3 in the class of 55

• 2002: Bachelor of commerce (Hons) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.

• 1999: Higher Secondary, ICSE, De Nobili School.

Additional Qualifications:

• National Stock Exchange Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM)

Capital Market (Dealers Module):70% and Derivatives Module:80%

Interests:

• Studying and following stock price movements

• Formula 1, playing cricket and football

• Reading Books (Finance related) and watching movies