Experience

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  Grant Thornton Singapore

  • Singapore
  • Accounting
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Manager

    • Jul 2023 - Present

  • Assistant Manager

    • Jul 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Senior Associate

    • Jul 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Associate

    • Sep 2019 - Jun 2020

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  SR Associates LLP

  • Singapore

  • Associate

    • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
    • Singapore

    Restructuring & Insolvency

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  EY

  • Singapore

  • Associate - Restructuring and Insolvency

    • May 2018 - Jan 2019
    • Singapore

    As part of the restructuring team handling one of the major restructurings in Singapore, I worked on cost control and cash conservation of the group. It involved cash flow tracking and variance analysis, reviewing cash requirements of critical projects and business operation, and auditing payments. I was also liaising with the key banks to ensure a smooth transition of banking operations and worked on-site with the client to address day-to-day financial concerns involving the operation of the group.

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  Raffles Corporate Advisory Services PL

  • Central Singapore

  • Corporate Finance Associate

    • Oct 2015 - Dec 2016
    • Central Singapore

    Raffles Corporate Advisory Services (RCAS) provides Corporate Advisory, Corporate Restructuring, Litigation Support, Forensic Accounting and Insolvency services.As the key member of the corporate finance team, my role required to: - prepare expert's reports for litigation support; undertake business and asset valuations, ascertain audit trails as well as cash trails - prepare financial advisory reports for Spring ICV 's projects; included budgeting & planning, financial assessment for growth, working capital management - business development; due diligence for new client - financial advisory services to retainer clients; expansion, merger and acquisition, business valuation for sale - assist the appointed liquidator to execute liquidations; hold meetings, realise & distribute assets, ascertain claims & ensure regulatory compliance - coach other team members

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  Samuel Group

  • Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

  • Research Assistant to CEO

    • Sep 2012 - Apr 2013
    • Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

    Samuel Group is a premier and innovative financial service provider head quartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. Its subsidiary PT Samuel Sekuritas Indonesia is an Investment Bank, while PT Samuel Aset Manajemen, provides asset management and trading services as well as several publicly listed mutual funds to institutions and high net worth individuals. My job primarily involved getting the right information across to the CEO at the right time for deal-making, portfolio management and cross-selling in-house financial products to regional as well as international clients. For this, I would follow industry and economic trends, crunch raw financial data to establish “smart summaries” and establish correlation with CEOs varied investments for portfolio management. This information would also be used to support investment banking and mezzanine finance divisions to aid the deal-making process.The group has various other non-financial SBUs like Coal, Manganese, Plantation & Hydro electricity, I would collate their budget and performance and help to reduce costs by establishing possible cost synergies I also re-organized the entire groups database of hundreds of internal and external research reports across 8 industries and 5 geographies to make them more accessible to the CEO, in office as well as remotely.

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  Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Assistant Manager

    • Oct 2009 - Nov 2011
    • Mumbai Area, India

    Arcil is a premier asset reconstruction company (ARC) in India to commence the business of resolution of non-performing loans (NPLs) acquired from Indian banks and financial institutions.In an operational role, I have undertaken acquisition as well as resolution of Non Performing Assets (NPAs). For acquisition I have conducted financial and legal due diligence as well as valuation of various accounts/ portfolios to be acquired from public and private banks. Thereafter, I have participated in the auction process and negotiations with the banks for NPA cases to be acquired.Under resolution, I have conducted financial analysis and restructuring of the companies whose debt was being restructured by Arcil. The IRR of the debt was calculated under each possible resolution option as a means to determine the best way forward. Have also sold secured assets (collaterals) under the SARFAESI Act 2002 as one of the means to resolution. Lastly, in cases of settlement of debt, I followed-up with the borrower to recover/ receive the negotiated settlement.In my role as the Assistant Manager, I have had to interact and maintain relationships with banks for NPA acquisition as well as being co-lenders, for negotiation of various terms of resolution. Also maintained relations and supported rating agencies for handling rating of the debt instruments. Lastly, have worked alongside compliance group to ensure procedural adherence and audit readiness.

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  Pipal Research

  • Gurgaon, India

  • Junior Research Analyst

    • Jun 2007 - Sep 2008
    • Gurgaon, India

    Pipal Research is a research and analytics company and is now a part of Crisil Global Research & Analytics.I started my professional journey in Pipal as a Research Trainee. My work included in-depth business research for making reports and white papers by following industry trends and doing competitive bench-marking among other things. I undertook project scoping and mapping by interacting with the clients and presented the information in desirable formats.- Projects undertaken for Islamic finance, hedge fund, asset management, insurance, financial fraud risk management, IT, retail, HR and telecom.