Chakshu Grover

About Chakshu Grover

With 10+ years of experience at the intersection of Finance & Technology, I specialize in…

Experience

1. Vice President

   Goldman Sachs

   Dec 2020 — Present

   Joined as an Analyst and got promoted to Associate & Vice President in Dec’18 and Dec’20 respectively Leading a team of 6 mortgage structuring strats that includes planning, recruiting, training and performance evaluation Key member in structuring/pricing of all major deals the desk has pursued/originated in the EMEA/APAC region since joining including all EDML transactions (Netherlands, €1b+), Project Tara (KBC\'s loan sale, €1.9b) and many other larger non-public deals Structuring work entails cross collaborating with various parties including working with the seller, rating agencies, trade analytics, controllers, sales, traders etc. to provide different analysis depending on a trade\'s life cycle Designed multiple loan products based on market demand and opportunity, helped launch lending platforms in Australia, Japan, UK and Netherlands and exit the loan portfolios through securitization and whole loan sales Designed reporting infrastructure used for estimating desk’s PnL from its origination platforms in the EMEA/APAC region which is also utilized for rate setting across different products offered by the firm Structured multiple senior debt financing deals for GS including financing to some of the early-stage fin-tech startups Regularly involved in deal execution and preparation of pitch books, valuation models and other marketing materials Responsible for managing internal rating agency models, enabling the firm to avoid sunk costs for non-binding bids

Skills

• Java
• Data Structures
• Html
• Linux
• C++
• Python
• C
• Algorithms
• Programming