Gourav Prasad
Summary
Detail-oriented professional with experience in internal control, audit, tax, and credit rating industries. Expertise in accounting principles and financial transaction assessment supports effective decision-making and compliance. Committed to fostering team collaboration and cultivating long-term partnerships that drive results.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Junior Research Associate
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Noida
04.2025 - Current
- Created and analyzed DCF reports to estimate intrinsic valuations and evaluate sensitivity to key assumptions, supporting informed investment decisions.
- Conducted financial statement analysis under US GAAP, ensuring compliance and consistency in valuation models.
- Assisted in building LBO models, evaluating leverage structures, IRR, and exit strategies for private equity scenarios.
- Performed acquisition impact analysis within models, quantifying effects on earnings, cash flows, and capital structure.
- Extracted financial data and conducted benchmarking and peer analysis using S&P Capital IQ Pro to enhance equity research insights.
- Streamlined data collection processes across multiple models, enhancing accuracy of research deliverables and reducing training time.
Process Associate
ICRA Limited
Kolkata
01.2024 - 08.2024
- Finalized over 20 financial spreads of rated entities, ensuring compliance with rating mandates and methodologies.
- Evaluated key financial ratios in Bank & NBFC sector, including liquidity ratio, capital adequacy ratio, solvency ratio, CRAR, and Basel III (CET1), to inform credit assessments.
- Prepared comprehensive credit rating reports for multiple entities in the finance sector, majorly in Banks and NBFCs.
- Gained knowledge of various financing methods, such as fund-based, non-fund-based, and securitization, to enhance creditworthiness evaluations.
Article Trainee/Intern
S .Bhalotia & Associates
Kolkata
08.2022 - 11.2023
- Filed MGT-7, 7A, and AOC-4 along with internal audit reports for HNI client, identifying discrepancies in opening balances to ensure compliance.
- Assisted in optimizing accounts receivable/payable processes and prepared financial statements as per Schedule III of the Companies Act 2013, contributing to improved financial reporting.
- Prepared annexure for internal audit report and performed variance analysis of statutory dues (GST, TDS, PF, PTAX) for garment Co., enhancing audit accuracy.
- Conducted stock audits, physical verification of raw materials and finished goods for a listed electronics manufacturing Co.
Education
CMA Inter Group-1 -
ICMAI
06.2022
CMA Inter Group-2 -
ICMAI
12.2020
Bachelor of Commerce (H) - Accounts & Finance
The Bhawanipur Education Society College
Calcutta10.2020
CMA Foundation -
ICMAI
06.2019
Skills
- Research Methodologies
- Data Analysis
- Financial Modelling
- DCF modeling
- MS Excel
- Power BI
- SAP
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Word
- Attention to detail
- Time Management
- Multi-Tasking
- Team Collaboration
- Adaptability
- Interpersonal Skills
- DCF modeling
Certification
- Fundamentals of Credit Rating - ICRA
- Analysis of Non-Fund Based Limits - ICRA
- Rating of Hybrid Instruments - ICRA
- MS Excel - Udemy
- SAP FICO - ICMAI
Languages
- Hindi
- Bengali
- English
Timeline
Junior Research Associate
S&P Global Market Intelligence
04.2025 - Current
Process Associate
ICRA Limited
01.2024 - 08.2024
Article Trainee/Intern
S .Bhalotia & Associates
08.2022 - 11.2023
CMA Inter Group-1 -
ICMAI
CMA Inter Group-2 -
ICMAI
Bachelor of Commerce (H) - Accounts & Finance
The Bhawanipur Education Society College
CMA Foundation -
ICMAI