
Sachin Chawla
Verified Expert in Finance
Finance Expert
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Toptal member since September 8, 2022
Sachin has over 16 years of experience in valuations and financial modeling. He has worked with the valuation teams at KPMG, Deloitte, and other boutique investment research firms. He has worked on valuation engagements across sectors and countries. In 2020, Sachin started his consulting firm, which offers global financial modeling services to clients. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Master's degree in Finance.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Expertise
- 409A Valuation
- DCF Modeling
- Financial Modeling
- Intangible Asset Valuation
- Leveraged Buyout Modeling
- Reports
- S&P Capital IQ
- Three-statement Modeling
Work Experience
Founder and Lead
Tenth Decile Financial Advisory Services
- Performed the valuation of an Indian industrial refrigeration manufacturing company to determine the fair market value in a proposed transaction with a South Korean industrial refrigeration systems manufacturer.
- Participated in several calls with a proposed acquirer and their Big Four valuations team to explain our valuation methodology and to understand the rationale for their proposed acquisition price.
- Worked directly with the founder and CEO of a company, which provided a detailed understanding of the management's view about the future of the company in particular and the industry in general.
Manager
KPMG
- Performed valuations of business enterprises and intangible assets for purchase price allocations—Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 805, goodwill and asset impairment tests—ASC 350/360, and stock-based compensation—IRC 409A/ASC 718.
- Managed work received from more than 20 different offices across six geographies (the US, the UK, Canada, Luxembourg, Bahrain, and the UAE) with responsibilities of business development, project execution, and review.
- Completed a corporate roadshow across six KPMG offices in the US (Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles) to build relationships with the onshore teams, which resulted in a 10% increase in annual workflow.
- Interacted regularly with the onshore teams and discussed ways to improve resource utilization and expand the scope of business.
- Recruited, mentored, and provided training to the team and appraised their performance.
Assistant Manager
Mindtree
- Performed valuation of privately-held, VC-backed technology companies in the US in compliance with Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 409A regulations.
- Calculated the enterprise value of companies using the market approach, the income approach, and the cost approach.
- Allocated the enterprise value through the option pricing model (OPM), the probability-weighted expected return method (PWERM), the current value method (CVM), and the hybrid method.
- Communicated with engagement partners in the US throughout the lifecycle of the project.
Senior Analyst
Moody's
- Provided analytical support to a German investment bank through quantitative research.
- Calculated enterprise values of public companies using relative valuations and analyzed their future outlook.
- Prepared reports outlining market trends and how they affected the companies being analyzed.
Associate Analyst
Deloitte
- Performed valuation analysis of US companies in compliance with ASC 805—formerly Statements of Accounting Standards (SFAS) 141, applying different valuation approaches—discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, relative valuations, and the cost approach.
- Reviewed purchase price allocations done by other accounting firms to verify the appropriateness of the analyses.
- Drafted company, industry, and economic overviews by extracting and interpreting information from various research databases, such as Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), IBISWorld, Forrester Research, and Gartner.
Business Analyst
Evalueserve
- Provided research-based support to clients and drafted company and industry reports with the help of secondary and primary data sources.
- Discussed project requirements with the clients to understand the scope of work and made proposals for the projects, providing time and resource estimates to complete them.
- Worked with telecom companies in Europe and performed qualitative and quantitative research on their operations.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance
Symbiosis International (Deemed University) - Pune, India
Bachelor's Degree in Finance
University of Delhi - Delhi, India
Certifications
CFA
CFA Institute
Skills
Finance
Valuation, DCF Valuation, 409A Valuation, Equity Valuation, Intangible Asset Valuation, Financial Modeling, Comparable Company Analysis, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Free Cash Flow (FCF), Cash Flow Modeling, Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), Ratio Analysis, Cash Flow Forecasting, Projected Cash Flow, Cost of Capital, Cost of Debt, Balance Sheets, Valuation Multiples, Statement of Cash Flows, M&A Modeling, Valuation Modeling, Private Company Valuation, Valuation Analysis, Private Equity Valuation, Revenue Modeling, Revenue & Expense Projections, Transaction Modeling, Three-statement Modeling, Purchase Price Allocation, Data Analysis, Deal Analysis, Deal Advisory, M&A (Sell-side), Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Cash Flow, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Profitability Analysis, ROI, Profit & Loss (P&L), Financial Asset Impairment Models, Fixed Income Analysis, Equity Research Analysis, Leveraged Buyout Modeling, Equity Research, Market Research, Investment Return Scenario Analysis, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Financial Reporting, Forecasting, Budgeting, Venture Funding
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook
Data & Analysis Software
Capital IQ, Financial Data
Industry Expertise
Venture Capital, Retail & Wholesale
Geographic Expertise
India
Other
Goodwill Impairment, Precedent Transaction Analysis, Market Research & Analysis, Industry Analysis, Relative Valuation, Reports, DCF Modeling, Annual Reports, Finance Reports, Equity, S&P Capital IQ, Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Ratios, IRR, Revenue Projections, ASC 805, ASC 350, Excel Modeling, Transaction Comparables, Waterfall Modeling, NPV, NPV Calculation, PV Analysis, P&L Analysis, COGS Analysis, Transaction Advisory, Private Equity Consultant, Writing & Editing, Technical Writing, Research Reports, Qualitative Reports, Cap Tables, Scenario Analysis, Financial Analysis, Pro Forma Analysis, Market Research Analyst, Excel Expert, P&L Management, Training, Business Models, Strategy, Fixed Income, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Web Research, Online Research, Company Research, Secondary Research, Analysis, Investments, Business Consulting, Regression Modeling, Derivatives, ASC 360, Loan Valuation, Option Pricing, Black-Scholes Model, Exit Strategy, SaaS, B2C, B2B, Financial Forecasting, Investment Analysis
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