Dean Choksi, Finance Expert in New York, NY, United States
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Dean Choksi

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Finance Expert

Location
New York, NY, United States
Toptal Member Since
April 7, 2017

Dean has experience analyzing businesses and helping finance growth as an analyst, IRO, and treasurer. As treasurer of a recently restructured public company, he created and upgraded multiple finance functions. Prior to that, he developed the investor relations plan for 2 public companies and helped raise over $1.4 billion of capital. Dean enjoys freelancing because it allows him to work with a variety of companies to help accomplish their goals.

Career Highlights

Treasurer | Senior Vice President of Finance
Newtek Business Services Corp.
Equity Research Analyst
UBS Investment Bank

Education Highlights

Bachelor's Degree
James Madison University

Case Studies

Work Experience

Treasurer | Senior Vice President of Finance

2015 - 2016
Newtek Business Services Corp.
  • Built and enhanced the multiple financial models for management reports, earnings forecasts, capital plans, capital raises, and liquidity management.
  • Developed policies and internal controls for capital management and asset valuation for SOX compliance.
  • Managed short and long-term liquidity needs to ensure sufficient liquidity to fund operations and maintain compliance with leverage ratios, debt covenants, and other relevant metrics.
  • Negotiated the credit agreements and amendments and managed relationships with lenders.
Focus areas: Strategy, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Cash Flow Forecasting, Valuation Modeling, Capital Structuring, Working Capital Management, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Financial Modeling, Corporate Finance

Executive Director of Finance | Head of Investor Relations

2012 - 2014
Fifth Street Management, LLC
  • Developed all the aspects of a multi-channel investor relations program and played a key role in raising capital for 2 public closed-end funds.
  • Conceptualized and wrote the press releases, earnings call scripts, newsletters, debt and equity investor presentations, and educational materials.
  • Acted in a direct role—raising over $1.4 billion of equity and debt via 6 equity offerings, 3 unsecured debt offerings, and an IPO.
Focus areas: Strategy, Capital Structuring, Fundraising, Equity Financing, Bank Debt Raises, Capital Raising, Investor Presentations, Investor Relations

Equity Research Analyst

2010 - 2012
UBS Investment Bank
  • Acted as the lead equity research analyst covering the U.S. consumer and specialty finance sectors.
  • Developed investment theses by analyzing strategy, catalysts, earnings potential, and valuation. Constructed financial models to forecast key financial and operational metrics.
  • Wrote detailed research reports, time-sensitive research notes, and created presentations. Marketed extensively to investors.
  • Conducted due diligence on multiple public and private companies to help determine UBS’ involvement in potential investment banking transactions.
Focus areas: Ratio Analysis, Comparable Company Analysis, Financial Modeling, Equity Research

Equity Research Analyst

2006 - 2010
Barclays Capital (and Lehman Brothers)
  • Acted as the senior member of the research team ranked #1 by Institutional Investor for Specialty Finance.
  • Wrote a high volume of detailed and thematic research reports on sectors under coverage as well as shorter company specific research notes.
  • Applied multiple equity valuation approaches (DCF, ratio analysis, comparable transactions and burn down analysis) to determine estimated intrinsic value per share and target price.
  • Built and maintained financial models and industry data files to forecast financial metrics and earnings. Utilized models to conduct sensitivity analysis of key earnings drivers and analyze trends and variances.
Focus areas: Market Research, Ratio Analysis, Comparable Company Analysis, Valuation Multiples, Valuation Modeling, Financial Modeling, Equity Research

Equity Research Analyst

2004 - 2006
RBC Capital Markets
  • Built and maintained financial models for companies in the IT consulting and business services sectors.
  • Wrote time sensitive research notes and longer-term thematic reports.
Focus areas: Valuation Multiples, Valuation Modeling, Ratio Analysis, Comparable Company Analysis, Equity Research
2003 - 2017

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in Financial Analysis

CFA Institute - Charlottesville, VA, USA

1996 - 2000

Bachelor's Degree in Finance and Economics

James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA, USA

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