Professional Summary
My experience is in Transaction Advisory Services, Risk Management, Banking and Teaching. I would like to apply my knowledge, experience and educational background as a Senior in the Financial Accounting Advisory Services service line at EY LLP. I am confident that the exposure, interpersonal and communication skills, that I have gained by living in Canada, MENA and different parts of India will enable me to make value-added contributions to EY LLP.

Skills

· Analytical Research using Oxford Economics, S&P Capital IQ, Factiva, Dun & Bradstreet, Deal Scope, Factiva, Bloomberg, U.S & E.U Blacklist, Moody’s Analytics, BMI Research and Reuters

· Financial analysis

· Writing

· Financial Modeling

· Public Speaking

Work experience

Senior Analyst – Valuation, Transaction Advisory Services                                  Nov 2016 – Jun 2018, EY LLP

· Selected for a secondment to the Transaction Advisory Services team, in EY – Abu Dhabi.

· Won a ‘Special Mention Award’ for delivering high – quality work for a Channel 2 engagement to value a group of educational institutions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

· Conducted equity valuation of companies in the education and oil-and-gas sectors.

· Reviewed third-party valuation of asset and equity valuation of companies in the banking, telematics, brokerage, petrochemicals, real estate, hospitality, healthcare, aerospace and defense, metals and mining and FMCG sectors.

· Conducted secondary research for developing a satellite city and low-cost housing in the UAE.

· Made internal presentations on the advantages and limitations of relying on third-party valuation reports as part of ‘Knowledge Sharing’ within the team.

· Conducted a Knowledge Sharing session on ‘Management of Conflicts of Interest’ with the aim of providing our team with a holistic view of how conflicts of interests are managed at EY.

· Developed a database on past real estate projects, which is to serve as a reference to identify comparable transactions for future projects.

Supervising Analyst, Conflicts – Risk Management Services                         July 2015 – Nov 2016, EY LLP

· Transactions reviewed included Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Private – Public Partnerships (PPP), and routine Advisory transactions involving Risk Management, and Valuation of assets for Financial Reporting and Tax Purposes.

· Achieved an annual performance rating of ‘4’ out of ‘5’ for having exceeded laid-down expectations for FY – 16.

· Won the ‘Spot Award’ in January 2016 for exceeding monthly targets by 128%.

· Selected to lead team in a project to test ‘PACE’, which was a new user interface to review transactions.

· Selected to be part of the core team involved to implement and train team members on the new (i.e. Phase 3) protocols for conflict checks initiated by the Advisory practice of EY-USA.

· Monitored performance of 4 counselees and gave regular suggestions for improvement. This helped all my counselees to achieve performance ratings of 3 or above in the FY – 16 Annual Appraisal.

· Regular contributor of articles on activities and achievements of the Conflicts Team, visits by Global Leaders and other events, which were published on the EY Intranet.

Lecturer-Economics                                                                                                                      June 2015, Chinmaya Vidyapeet (College), Kochi

Credit Risk Analyst (Corporates and Financial Institutions)                          July 2012- March 2015, National Bank of Oman

· Analyzed credit health of the corporate and financial institutional portfolio of OMR 1 mn approximately in order to determine the appropriate amount of exposure limits and other lending conditions.

· Conducted periodic stress tests, and prepared the Corporate Credit Portfolio Review Report on a quarterly basis to analyze the concentration risk and asset quality of the bank’s corporate portfolio, and its compliance to regulatory and internal ceilings.

· Reviewed and updated bank’s policy in line with the Central Bank regulations.

Management Information Systems Officer (Corporate Credit)                        Oct 2006- June 2012, National Bank of Oman

· Prepared MS PowerPoint presentations on Enterprise-Wide Risk Management, and other MIS reports for internal use.

Education
· BBA, Schulich School of Business. York University, Canada,                                    May 2004

· MA-Economics, York University, Canada                                                                   May 2006

· MA – Risk Management, Simon Fraser University, Canada                                    June 2006

Other Qualifications
· Passed Level 1-Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Examination in the 1st attempt, CFA Institute                                                                                                                          Dec 2010

· Passed a Certificate Course in Financial Modeling, Indian Institute of Quantitative Finance                                                                                                                                      Dec 2015

Other Interests
· Team Leader – Communications, EY Cares (the corporate social responsibility arm of EY LLP), Kochi

·  Compère, International Women’s Day Celebrations – EY Kochi, March 2018

·  Compère, Onam Celebrations – EY Kochi, August 2017

· Won the ‘Count-the-bones’ public-speaking event as part the ‘Quality Fest 2016’, EY Kochi, 2016

· Competent Communicator and Competent Leader, NTI Toastmasters Club – Muscat, 2007 – 2008

· VP-Public Relations & Editor, NTI Toastmasters Club – Muscat, Oman, 2008