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BHAVNA AGRAWAL

Gurugram

Summary

Senior Analyst at D. E. Shaw India, specializing in financial operations, valuation & modeling, and risk management. Eager to deploy skills in a new opportunity that offers career growth and the chance to make a lasting impact on team profitability.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Private Equity Valuation Senior Analyst

D.E. Shaw & Co.
Gurugram
06.2023 - Current
  • Perform private equity valuation using Discounted Cash Flow, Market Methodology, Sum of Parts, and OPM Back Solve methods.
  • Conduct extensive company/industry research, financial statement analysis, and other forms of due diligence for private investments.
  • Maintained and updated valuation models to incorporate investment terms, documented detailed methodology for valuations, and regularly reviewed deal inputs for relevance.
  • Implement and maintain robust controls for the accurate pricing of equity assets, both exchange traded and OTC.
  • Prepare a monthly report for the Valuation Working Group, which includes significant updates on portfolio companies, major PnL drivers at the fund level, and changes in the valuation assumptions.
  • Participated in team efforts aimed at automating processes that achieved optimal efficacy over the long term.

Compliance Analyst

D.E. Shaw & Co.
Gurugram
04.2021 - 05.2023
  • Responsible for implementing controls to mitigate insider trading risks stemming from interactions with counterparties and the financial market.
  • Process owner responsible for implementing internal controls on portfolios in accordance with investor agreements, ensuring strict adherence to contractual compliance.
  • Collaborated with team members to enact trading restrictions on sanctioned securities for the entire company. The sanctions specifically targeted Russian entities under US sanctions.

Corporate Treasury Intern

OmniActive Health Technologies
Mumbai
04.2020 - 06.2020
  • Recommended and implemented efficient cash pooling processes and strategies for corporate treasury.
  • Assisted in the preparation of financial statements and reports, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
  • Conducted analysis on multiple mutual funds utilizing diverse metrics in order to create an investment strategy for INR 40 Cr.

Education

MBA - International Business

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Gurugram
03-2021

BAF - Finance and Accounting

SVKM's Mithibai College
Mumbai
04-2019

Skills

  • Financial Valuations
  • Equity Research and Analysis
  • MS Office tools like Excel and PPT
  • Bloomberg
  • Financial Markets
  • Attention to Detail
  • Multitasking
  • Analytical research
  • Risk Mitigation

Certification

  • CFA Level 1, CFAI
  • Private Equity, Dun & Bradstreet
  • Bloomberg Market Concepts, Bloomberg
  • CMA Foundation, ICAI

Accomplishments

  • Cleared CFA Level with 90+ percentile
  • Promoted and Acknowledged for hardwork and dedication
  • Secured 2nd Runner up position in M&A competition, organized by IIFT
  • Secured 1st Rank in under graduation

Timeline

Private Equity Valuation Senior Analyst

D.E. Shaw & Co.
06.2023 - Current

Compliance Analyst

D.E. Shaw & Co.
04.2021 - 05.2023

Corporate Treasury Intern

OmniActive Health Technologies
04.2020 - 06.2020
  • CFA Level 1, CFAI
  • Private Equity, Dun & Bradstreet
  • Bloomberg Market Concepts, Bloomberg
  • CMA Foundation, ICAI

MBA - International Business

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

BAF - Finance and Accounting

SVKM's Mithibai College
BHAVNA AGRAWAL