Akash Soni

About Akash Soni

MBA Finance & MarketingCorporate Finance Infrastructure Banking• Responsible for project appraisal & structuring long term/ sub-debt funding to provide customised financing solutions to infrastructure companies• Conducting in-depth industry analysis and to monitor business sector trends, policies for identifying business opportunities in the market and business group to provide customised financing solutions to Infrastructure clients. • Conducting credit analysis and to identify various risks and mitigation techniques, basis the same generate a detailed rating report and calculate minimum pricing to be charged to ensure a risk adjusted return on capital.• Preparing Credit Appraisal Memorandums for issuance of fresh facilities as well as renewal of existing facilities. The appraisal includes financial modelling, company analysis, industry analysis, risk analysis, group relationship strategy, account strategy, securitization, pricing, rationale and facilitating disbursement and loan recovery.• Monitoring borrower’s business, financial performance and market developments to generate business leads as well as help risk monitoring and exposure management to detect early warning signals or significant changes • Preparing Term Sheets, security documents and Liaising with stakeholders like Risk, Credit, Trade, Treasury, Capital Markets, Legal, and Operations team to maintain credit hygiene, conduct daily business and end use monitoring.• Identifying cross sell opportunities including structured Trade Products, Treasury, Forex, Term Deposits, Cash flow routing through Escrow and CASA.

Experience

1. Senior Manager-corporate Finance

   YES BANK

   May 2017 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Corporate Finance Infrastructure BankingY-PEP 2017• Actively involved in Major deals: INR 2.8 Bn Project Finance Loan for setting up a 50 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan under NSM for NTPC INR 2.4 Bn Project Finance Loan for setting up a 34 MW solar power plant in Telangana for State DISCOM INR 2.1 Bn Project Finance Loan for setting up a 40 MW solar power plant in Karnataka under open access policy INR 2.5 Bn Rupee Term Loan funding at Balance sheet level to a major energy company in Mumbai INR 68.5 Bn sanction of working capital facilities to a major listed engineering conglomerate for various bids, projects. INR 50.0 Bn sanction of Rupee Term loan towards acquisition financing of a large steel plant for a major listed steel company, with a commitment letter for bidding purpose. USD 150 Mn (~INR 10.5 Bn) ECB financing to a speciality steel ( galvanised, colour coated ) producing unit for modernization and capacity enhancement in Maharashtra. INR 7.5 Bn Rupee Term Loan to a MNC client for development of LNG Terminal and Regasification facility in Gujarat. INR 5.8 Bn Project Financing and takeover for setting up of Cement Grinding unit of 1.2 MTPA Capacity in Maharashtra. INR 4.3 Bn Rupee Term Loan towards acquisition financing of a 4.7 MTPA Steel Pellet Plant in Odisha for a Major listed steel company. INR 4.0 Bn Rupee Term Loan for acquisition of a floating Barge to a Major Ports Company in Gujarat. INR 2.0 Bn Rupee Term Loan funding at Balance sheet level to a major real estate developer. INR 1.0 Bn takeover of existing Rupee Term Loan facility from a leading commercial bank towards an Oil and Gas Exploration company in eastern India.

Education

• Dwarkadas.J.Sanghvi college of engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Production Engineering

  2009 — 2013

• G.D. Somani Memorial School

  ICSE

  1995 — 2007

• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Major in Finance & Minor in Marketing

  2015 — 2017

• JAI HIND COLLEGE, MUMBAI

  High School, Science

  2007 — 2009