Gaston Depusoir
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
New York, NY, United States
Toptal member since December 28, 2016
Gaston is a seasoned finance professional with 14 years of experience across investment banking, consulting, and corporate finance/FP&A. Gaston has a wide array of industry experience with a particular focus on consumer tech and healthtech businesses. His core competencies include financial model construction (3 statements), financial reporting, board deck creation, investor reporting, budget creation and management, KPI development and tracking, and variance analysis.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Case Studies
Operational Model for a Technology Acquisition
Financial Review for Board Presentation
Initial Evaluation/Valuation of a Startup
Software Expertise
- Microsoft Excel
Other Expertise
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Forecasting
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Metric Reporting
- Revenue & Expense Projections
Work Experience
Director of Financial Operations
Travel Noire
- Analyzed key business trends in order to forecast revenue and operating income.
- Presented findings to the executive management team to facilitate strategic decision-making.
- Performed ad-hoc analyses in order to grow revenue (+25%) and increase profitability (+10%).
- Built a fully dynamic financial model with various case analyses.
- Managed expenses and budgets in order to achieve profitability goals.
- Completed financial analyses on new ventures to evaluate viability.
- Created financial templates to assist various business stakeholders in managing their product lines.
Senior Financial Analyst
IAC (Interactive Corp.)
- Created valuation models for two completed acquisitions.
- Built operating models, processes, and templates from scratch for four business lines totaling $500MM of revenue.
- Conducted LTV analyses to support +$330MM of marketing spend.
- Analyzed key business trends in order to forecast revenue and operating income for various businesses.
- Presented findings of my detailed analyses to senior management to facilitate strategic decision making.
- Performed financial analysis to assess the viability of investing into emerging technology sectors and launching new products.
Consultant
PriceWaterhouse Coopers
- Performed financial, operational, and IT due diligence on behalf of TMT clients during the course of M&A transactions.
- Built detailed operating models to assess cost savings of new operating strategies.
- Assisted in leading PMO during Pfizer spinoff of Zoetis.
- Developed financial models in connection with acquisitions.
- Assisted in financial due diligence process on behalf of private equity firms.
Investment Banking Analyst
Deutsche Bank
- Prepared discussion materials for client facing meetings as well as internal debt/equity committee meetings.
- Performed extensive due diligence on potential M&A targets to discern the viability of a potential transaction.
- Performed detailed financial analyses on several sectors of financial institutions.
- Built a financial model on behalf of investment vehicles conducting external fundraising efforts.
- Created financial models illustrating pro-forma capital structures post debt/equity issuance.
- Completed M&A and Equity/Debt transaction totaling $4.7 billion of deal value.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Finance
Binghamton University - New York
Skills
Finance
Revenue & Expense Projections, Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Valuation, Data Analysis, Budgeting, Price Analysis, Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down), Profitability Analysis, Customer Lifetime Value (CLV), Ratio Analysis, Three-statement Modeling, Financial Benchmarking, Comparable Company Analysis, Capital Structure Analysis, Fundraising, Growth Capital Raising, Profit & Loss (P&L)
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word
Data & Analysis Software
Capital IQ
Industry Expertise
Entertainment & Leisure
Other
Metric Reporting, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Modeling, Leveraged Buyout (LBO)
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