Saraswat Bhattacharya

About Saraswat Bhattacharya

Financial due diligence, financial modelling, business strategy and analytics and…

Experience

1. Manager, Strategy and Transactions

   EY

   Dec 2022 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Financial due diligence:• Performing financial due diligence of M&A deals that included corporate and private equity buy and sell sides and carve out transactions to assist potential buyers and sellers to make an informed investment/divestment decision through an understanding of the business, competitive positioning, strengths, weaknesses and challenges of the Target business.• Performed due diligence procedures and analyses that included, among others, quality of earnings, net working capital, cash burn, net debt, capex and fixed assets, free cash flow, employee payroll, price-volume analysis, analysis detailed balance sheet and income statement, related party transactions. • Review, analysis and summarisation of contracts and agreements (loans, bonds, lease, collaboration etc.) highlighting key contingencies, liabilities, financial obligations, indemnity.• Analysis of financial business information and identifying key business drivers• Understanding and evaluating financial and commercial operation of businesses, key business drivers, and industry trends.• Analysed financial performance of target companies and contributed in drafting questions for management meetings.• Analysis of current trading and outturn analysis; analysis of viability of forecasted earnings• Reviewed audit and annual reports to highlight issues with significant financial/transactional impact.• Identifying key issues to the deal and their impact on valuations, price consideration or the sale and purchase agreement (SPA)• Completion account: preparation and testing of methodologies followed in preparation completion account vis-à-vis SPA• Writing financial due diligence reports• Sector: Infrastructure (renewable energy – solar power, rooftop solar, water treatment), Real estate construction, Manufacturing (medical devices, FMCG), Services• Financial modeling: preparation of FDD financial models/data books (including creation of flatfile using Alteryx for data book creation)

Education

• Patha Bhavan

  School Level, General

  1989 — 2001

• National High School

  High school level, Commerce

  2001 — 2003

• University of Calcutta

  M.com & B.Com(H), Accounting and Finance

  2003 — 2008

• Queen Mary, U. of London

  M.Sc. (Econ), Finance and Investment

  2008 — 2009

Skills

• Economics
• Portfolio Management
• Strategic Planning
• Financial Analysis
• Mis
• Business Planning
• Finance
• Spss
• Microsoft Office
• Business Analysis
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Eviews
• Financial Modeling
• Strategy
• Business Analytics
• Economic Research
• Banking
• Business Performance Analysis