Ashish Singh
Private Equity Senior Associate
Bengaluru
Summary
Finance professional with 9+ years of experience across Equity Research, Private Equity Research and Taxation. Proven expertise in financial modeling, investment analysis, report writing and delivering high-quality, insight-driven research. Strong track record in leading and developing teams, managing end-to-end workflows and supporting recruitment and talent building initiatives. Adept at driving operational efficiency, maintaining high quality standards, and consistently meeting strategic objectives.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Private Equity Senior Associate
Gain.pro
03.2023 - Current
- Directed a 30-member US news team, establishing new processes and execution frameworks to improve SLA adherence, coverage depth, and overall delivery efficiency of US news updates.
- Led and managed a 12+ member research team, overseeing end-to-end company analysis, ensuring high-quality research outputs, timely delivery, and adherence to analytical best practices.
- Spearheaded India coverage strategy, overseeing research execution, investor targeting, quarterly goal setting, and efficiency optimization across the India workflow.
- Conducted final reviews of US, UK, Middle East and Indian private company profiles (financials, business, and revenue models, services, market positioning, deal background, and assessment) done by analysts and senior analysts.
- Played an integral part in shaping the investor product, wherein I was responsible for researching the funds and their strategies, as well as the amount raised to calculate the dry powder estimate.
- Contributed to the ABM project (marketing booklets) for one of the investors, and I was successful in acquiring them as a client.
- Helped establish company's APAC coverage by conducting business case rounds of ~15 Chinese analysts and eventually training them for 2 months.
- Actively contributed to hiring across roles, including Private Equity Analysts, Senior Analysts, and non-functional positions such as Customer Success Representatives, while also playing a key role in campus recruitment drives at Ramaiah and Christ University (Bangalore).
- Owned the onboarding and capability-building of 19 campus hires, leading program design and execution across stakeholders while personally driving business-focused training and performance readiness.
Equity Research Analyst
Goldman Sachs
12.2021 - 01.2023
- Succored in the preparation of quarterly First draft reports within 30 minutes of Earning release along with model update.
- Communicated with CFO's and Investor relation heads of companies under coverage to get regular insights and development for our research.
- Worked on various Thematic reports, came up with ideas and analysis for a report on Inflation and cost headwinds to our coverage companies.
- Held conferences and investor meets where I prepared questions for the company management to give the investors an insight of the company.
- Tracked News of companies under coverage and paraphrased it in 3-4 lines for our daily product and also assessed their impact.
- Helped automate various Market models and also created a new product for price tracking.
Equity Research Analyst
Crisil Gr&a
08.2018 - 11.2021
- Succored in the preparation of quarterly First draft reports within 30 minutes of earning release along with model update.
- Evaluated aspects of financial models like linking, valuation multiple calculation, IFRS 16 adjustments, of companies under coverage.
- Maintained various industry level databases which contains operational and financial KPI's of companies for over 15 countries under coverage.
- Aided the analyst to create a workflow system to track the FTTH rates across Europe and their price movement over the quarters.
- Assisted my client to prepare thematic reports by gathering and analyzing data from company reports ,Datastream and other regulatory websites.
- Produced fundamental research on companies along with financial statement analysis as well as industry trend analysis for industry and company quarter reports.
- Developed an efficient database system reducing the process time by 30%
- Constructed and maintained an ESG database of companies across sectors and regions for the client
Tax Analyst
Ernst & Young
04.2015 - 08.2017
- Reviewed client's Income portfolio to calculate their tax obligation by applying double tax treaties .
- Trained new team members on tax technical and also on client specific tax treatment.
- Formed a smooth workflow by liaising with the on shore team and making a proper task allocation system within the team
Education
Post Graduate Certificate - Financial Analysis
IIM
Kolkata05.2020
Bachelor of Commerce -
Christ University
Bengaluru05.2015
Higher Secondary Certificate -
ICSE Board
Jamshedpur05.2012
Skills
Equity Research
Private Equity & Venture Capital Research
Financial Modeling
Business & Industry Analysis
Financial research
Team Leadership
Process Design & Efficiency Improvement
Financial analysis
Report writing
Valuation techniques
Financial modeling
Accomplishments
- Currently Investment Banking trainer at Boston Institute of Analytics
- CFA - Level 2 candidate
- Design Thinking - Stanford University
- CIMA - Certificate in Business Accounting
- Took a teaching assignment for a disabled child in Bengaluru and helped her to understand simple concepts in Social Science and Mathematics.
Timeline
Private Equity Senior Associate
Gain.pro
03.2023 - Current
Equity Research Analyst
Goldman Sachs
12.2021 - 01.2023
Equity Research Analyst
Crisil Gr&a
08.2018 - 11.2021
Tax Analyst
Ernst & Young
04.2015 - 08.2017
Bachelor of Commerce -
Christ University
Higher Secondary Certificate -
ICSE Board
Post Graduate Certificate - Financial Analysis
IIM