Nikhil Uppal, Finance Expert in Washington, United States
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Nikhil Uppal

Verified Expert  in Finance

Finance Expert

Location
Washington, United States
Toptal Member Since
November 3, 2022

Nikhil is a seasoned consultant, bringing ten years of experience across a number of sectors, providing strategic project management, cost optimization, real estate and financial services. He has worked at a number of large consulting firms, including EY, Deloitte and Grant Thornton. Nikhil enjoys freelancing because it allows flexibility in his schedule to help clients solve complex problems.

Management ConsultingReal EstateMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Price Optimization

Career Highlights

Director
EY
Senior Consultant
Deloitte
Consultant
Grant Thornton

Case Studies

Work Experience

Director

2019 - 2022
EY
  • Assisted numerous public and private clients in rationalizing their footprint by identifying opportunities for restructuring, reduction, expansion, and CRE governance while optimizing their portfolios.
  • Worked along numerous buy and integrate and sell and separate deals, assisting clients throughout the M&A lifecycle.
  • Managed real property portfolio optimization engagement at a large federal agency, engaging in strategic capital planning, site selection, asset, facilities management, workplace strategies.
  • Led the portfolio and asset level assessment for a large city, developing monetization, cost savings capital redeployment alternatives and strategies for the city’s underutilized real estate assets, amounting to over $100 million in proceeds.
  • Organized numerous CRE outsourcing efforts for project management services for large multinational clients.
  • Developed a portfolio-wide telehealth program for a large national health care system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Supervised a restructuring project for a multinational company, estimating the associated cost to achieve and savings from the disposition and exits from existing leases and owned properties.
Focus areas: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Finance, Consulting, Strategy, Optimization, M&A Strategy, Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF), Lease Administration

Senior Consultant

2016 - 2019
Deloitte
  • Managed the lease administration team for a large federal client, overseeing a portfolio of 800 federal leases in ICE’s system of record, TRIRIGA, accounting for nine million rentable square feet across the United States.
  • Developed a portfolio management function at the Office of Asset and Facilities Management (OAFM) at a large federal client, formulating a process for prioritizing program requirements for over 450 capital projects, amounting to $950 million.
  • Implemented flexible and advanced workplace strategies to 2 million of underutilized usable square feet for a multinational client.
Focus areas: Consulting, Strategy, Real Estate, Management Consulting, Project Management, Cost Reduction & Optimization, Lease Administration

Consultant

2013 - 2016
Grant Thornton
  • Led the development of an IT software cost estimating tool for planning and development purposes, comprising of a variety of cost drivers through the systems development life cycle for a large federal agency.
  • Served as a project manager on the IT infrastructure network rollout, refreshing servers, routers, switches and other equipment across 80+ field sites for a large federal agency.
  • Managed a pipeline of $34 million and served as the internal lead for all proposals and business development activities for civilian agency clients.
Focus areas: Project Management, Consulting, IT Consulting
2015 - 2017

Master's Degree in Real Estate

Georgetown University - Washington, DC

2009 - 2013

Bachelor's Degree in Finance

University of Maryland - College Park, Maryland

JULY 2018 - PRESENT

Qualified Professional in Corporate Real Estate

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