Saveen Kumar, Finance Expert in London, United Kingdom
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Saveen Kumar

Verified Expert  in Finance

Finance Expert

Location
London, United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since
December 6, 2019

Saveen is a qualified chartered accountant in the UK with an MBA from the University of Oxford. He has helped several private equity and corporate clients with financial modeling, review, and due diligence for acquisitions, refinancing, and IPO. Saveen is currently working with an alternative asset management firm as an FP&A manager. He would like to work on financial modeling, accounting paper creation, and due diligence for Toptal clients.

Career Highlights

Transaction Services Manager
PwC | PricewaterhouseCoopers

Education Highlights

Bachelor's Degree
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Certification Highlights

ACA Chartered Accountant
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Case Studies

Work Experience

Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

2019 - PRESENT
Gresham House
  • Served as an integral part of the finance team, working on developing a forecasting model, modeling acquisitions, and providing commercial and technical accounting expertise across the group's reporting function.
  • Reviewed company-wide leases and prepared a detailed accounting paper explaining the key steps to be followed for adoption, accounting journals to post, and disclosures needed in the financial reports (due to the imminent adoption of IFRS 16).
  • Created a comprehensive accounting white paper covering various income streams of the business, clarifying which income streams are covered under IFRS 15, recognition in financial reports, and treatment of related costs.
  • Reviewed employee share-based compensation schemes and their accounting treatment. Suggested changes to scheme structure for optimum accounting treatment, things to consider at exercise point, and strategies to fund employee benefit trust.
  • Developed a comprehensive three-statement financial model for budgeting and five-year forecasting. The model incorporates a provision to flex for the base, downside, and upside case. It also models the impact of potential acquisitions, including impact on EPS.
  • Worked directly with CFO to create communication material for the board, analysts, and investors.
Focus areas: IFRS Financial Reporting, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Financial Modeling, Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Transaction Services Manager

2012 - 2019
PwC | PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Led financial due diligence with responsibilities that included creating the financial model, preparing the diligence report, and presenting the resulting diligence adjustments to a corporate client for the proposed £1-billion buyout of a global infrastructure business. Please see the case study section for other typical examples.
  • Created a comprehensive acquisition model that accounts for different scenarios and assumptions to output a discounted cash flow based valuation. Presented the model to the CFO.
  • Conducted detailed workshops with senior management—both within corporate and private equity—to understand key drivers of the business and their impact on the financials.
  • Presented to selection of C-level executive on financial diligence best practices and how to make your business diligence ready.
  • Reviewed refinancing model for a private equity client, performing diligence on key assumptions and compliance with existing covenants.
Focus areas: Carve-out Analysis, Carve-out Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Chartered Accountant (CA), Financial Data Analytics, Financial Modeling, Deal Advisory, Due Diligence
2010 - 2011

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Strategy

University of Oxford - Oxford, UK

1999 - 2003

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati - Guwahati, India

JANUARY 2015 - PRESENT

ACA Chartered Accountant

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

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