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Amit Sharma

Hyderabad

Summary

Seasoned Credit Underwriter/Analyst with over 12 years of progressive experience, an in-depth knowledge of analyzing financial reports and report writing. Adept at identifying risk indicators and delivering actionable recommendations for multimillion dollar credit decisions.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. AVP/Sr. Commercial Banking Portfolio Manager

Wells Fargo
09.2021 - Current
  • Part of Middle Market banking (MMB) team, responsible for performing end-to-end Annual reviews and Renewals of Term loans/working capital loans/Notes/Commercial cards, of U.S based private/public companies having revenues in the range of $10 million- $1 billion and ticket size of up to $20 million.
  • Role primarily includes, preparing credit reports for complex deals, assigning internal risk ratings, executing post closing/loan booking, training new joiners, Qc of reports prepared by other analysts, process reviews, stakeholder management, and reporting
  • Performing Financial forecasting/projections for higher ticket size direct credit loans
  • Scope of work involves use of various internal and third-party tools like FIS Optimist, D&B, Moody’s RiskCalc and CreditEdge
  • Continuously monitoring of assigned portfolio, basis the positive/negative news events and take necessary credit actions based on it
  • Was part of setting up a Pre-underwriting team of 60 FTEs, responsibilities involved, preparing job descriptions, taking interviews, finalizing candidates etc.

Team Leader

Bank of America (BA Continuum India Pvt. Ltd)
09.2015 - 09.2021
  • Part of business banking team of Bank of America, performing annual and quarterly credit reviews of working capital loan and small business term loans of ticket size ranging $10 thousand to $1 Million.
  • Portfolio includes private companies based out of U.S, revenues ranging from $2 million to $25 million.
  • Worked on various adhoc projects related to global public companies as well, example, created an early warning system basis Moody’s excel add-ins for enhanced monitoring for high-risk public companies
  • Providing regular process trainings/underwriting expertise to junior analysts and new joiners.
  • Prepare comprehensive credit risk reports including thorough financial analysis, risk-mitigation identification, and data interpretation for sound underwriting decisions
  • Spread company’s financials on Moody’s MRA/Credit lens to see trends in operations and appropriately determine the probability of default
  • On-going monitoring of assigned portfolio mainly comprised of tech companies and fintech start-ups; monitoring includes analysis of quarterly results, financial/industry developments, news events etc
  • Interacting with client team to determine causes of positive and negative financial operating trends of obligor
  • Presenting the final report to the line of business and assigning internal rating to the company
  • Prepared and continuously updating process related documents like SOPs and Job Aid
  • Assisting Team manager in performing QC, monitoring CTQs, updating process related docs like SOPs, Job Aid etc.

Senior Research Analyst/Associate

Exl Services Ltd.
07.2013 - 08.2015
  • Primary responsibilities include performing annual and interim credit reviews of the existing and new counterparties of the assigned portfolio consists of transport fuel and petrochemical companies, Airlines and Banking companies and evaluating/recommending credit limit for them
  • Managing a team of four Analysts, responsible for work allocation, performing quality checks, delivering the final work to the client, and conducting the weekly calls with the client analysts
  • Preparing Financial Spreads from the financial statements and analyzing the company’s profitability, liquidity, and leverage position with the help of various ratios
  • Preparing detailed credit underwriting reports in collaboration with client analysts and Credit Managers
  • Commenting on industry specific key performance indicators including, reserves analysis for oil and gas companies, fleet analysis for airline companies and loans and advances, capital adequacy and assets analysis for banking companies
  • On-going Monitoring & Surveillance of assigned portfolio, which includes rating changes, financial/industry development, news events etc
  • Using tools like Moody’s RiskCalc, Moody’s Credit Edge/KMV, S&P Credit Pro, Capital IQ, Factiva, Bloomberg and Reuters for data sourcing, forecasting, and financial/industry development
  • Have worked on various Advoc and pilot projects like credit analysis for mid and small size enterprises for a UK’s leading multinational bank.

Associate Analyst-Bank Loan Rating

CRISIL Limited
07.2012 - 07.2013
  • Preparing detailed Credit risk assessment of the company, including industry, business/management and financial analysis.
  • Interacting with top management of companies and visiting sites of the manufacturing unit for understanding the nature of their business, the operations & risk factors associated with them
  • Performing forecasting for two to three years based on current market trends and client provided information and analyzing it
  • Interacting with bankers and auditors of the companies to follow up on the financial status of the companies
  • Calculating working capital requirements and identifying the limits
  • Presenting the final report to the rating committee and assigning the final risk rating to the company which is later released in Public domain

Education

PGDM - Finance

AICAR
Mumbai
01.2012

B. Com (Hons) - Accounts And Statistics

Rajasthan University, Commerce College
Jaipur
01.2009

HSC - Commerce

C.B.S. E
Surat
01.2006

SSC -

C.B.S. E
Surat
01.2004

Skills

  • Core competency is Credit Underwriting and report writing
  • Team handling and work flow management
  • Stakeholder management, process review and conducting trainings
  • Sound understanding of risk assessment and analytical tools like Moody’s MRA and Credit lens, FIS Optimist, S&P Credit Pro, Moody’s Credit Edge/KMV and Risk Calc
  • Knowledge of databases like Hoovers, Capital IQ, Factiva, Bloomberg etc
  • Ability to work under pressure without close supervision
  • Well versed with MS Office (Excel, word and PowerPoint)

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Wells Fargo, 09/27/2021 - Present, Part of Middle Market banking (MMB) team, responsible for performing Annual reviews and Renewals of Term loans/working capital loans/Notes/Commercial cards, of U.S based private/public companies having revenues ranging $50 million- $2 billion and ticket size of up to $20 million. Additional responsibilities includes, work flow allocation, Quality check of other analyst's reports, process review/improvement, reporting, hiring.
  • Bank of America, 09/11/2015 - 09/14/2021, Part of business banking team of Bank of America, performing credit reviews primarily for working capital loan and term loans, which includes annual or quarterly review of existing transactions. Providing process training/underwriting expertise to junior analysts and new joiners. Portfolio includes private companies based out of U.S, revenues ranging from $2 million to $25 million. Also, worked on various adhoc projects related to global public companies as well, example, created an early warning toolkit basis Moody’s excel add-ins for enhanced monitoring of high-risk public companies.
  • Exl Services Ltd., 07/15/2013 - 08/21/2015, Primary responsibilities include performing annual and interim credit reviews for the existing and new counterparties of the assigned portfolio consists of transport fuel and petrochemical companies, Airlines and Banking companies and evaluating/recommending credit limit for them. Managing a team of four Analysts, responsible for work allocation, performing quality checks, delivering the final work to the client, and conducting weekly calls with the client analysts.
  • CRISIL Limited, 07/02/2012 - 07/12/2013, Preparing exhaustive rating reports for regional clients, primarily located in Delhi NCR. Interacting with top management of companies and visiting sites of the manufacturing unit for understanding the nature of their business, the operations & risk factors associated with them. Presenting the final report to the rating committee and preparing the rationale for the finalized rating for public release.

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the above given information is true and to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Sr. AVP/Sr. Commercial Banking Portfolio Manager

Wells Fargo
09.2021 - Current

Team Leader

Bank of America (BA Continuum India Pvt. Ltd)
09.2015 - 09.2021

Senior Research Analyst/Associate

Exl Services Ltd.
07.2013 - 08.2015

Associate Analyst-Bank Loan Rating

CRISIL Limited
07.2012 - 07.2013

PGDM - Finance

AICAR

B. Com (Hons) - Accounts And Statistics

Rajasthan University, Commerce College

HSC - Commerce

C.B.S. E

SSC -

C.B.S. E
Amit Sharma