Sameer Maka, director corporate finance

Sameer Maka

director corporate finance

Baker Tilly

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
Higher diploma, Finance
Experience
13 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 7 Months

director corporate finance at Baker Tilly
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • My current job since April 2022
Manager Deal Advisory at KPMG
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • June 2019 to March 2022
Manager at Grant Thornton
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • May 2017 to June 2019

Corporate Financial Advisory

Investment Manager / Financial Analyst at Backcomfort
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2015 to May 2017

 Managing investment across regional as well as global market - both active and passive management style
 Formulating investment strategy based on investment philosophy and market environment - including strategic and tactical asset allocation
 Identifying investment opportunities by analyzing macro trends, environment, sector dynamics, competition and strategy
 Assess businesses by meeting company management, bankers, industry experts and key stakeholders involved with businesses
 Deep-dive analysis of financial statements through financial modeling with special emphasis on discounted cash flows valuations
 Sourcing opportunities across equity, hedge fund, private equity, real estate and structure products both in the domestic as well as international markets
 Engaged in creating budget for exiting business with focus on working capital requirement and expansion strategy of the company
 Analyze market trends of existing business and involved in providing recommendation on the strategic front for growth and cost control measures

Manager at crisil
  • India - Mumbai
  • November 2012 to January 2015

 Assessing the credit quality of the small, medium and large corporate entities through in-depth industry and business analysis
 Conducting meetings with the top management, bankers, auditors and investors to understand and evaluate the businesses
 Projecting the company’s financial performance (income statement, balance sheet and cash flow) post discussion with key stakeholders of the company
 Detailed analysis of company’s financial performance, which include analyzing & interpreting financial statements using ratio analysis, trend analysis, cash flow statement analysis and peer analysis
 Preparing detailed note that capture the industry and business performance which highlight the key credit issues and presenting the rating to the rating along with rating recommendation
 Assigning ratings and preparing reports that cogently captures the rationale behind the rating
 Constantly monitoring the performance of the companies rated through regular client interactions and maintaining strong client relationship
 Primary coverage industries include Real Estate, Manufacturing (Textile, Plastics, Paper and Steel) and Construction & Infrastructure (spanning Roads, Ports and Power); Others industries include Agri-processing, Auto Ancillary, Trading, Gems & Jewelery and Media & Entertainment

Senior Associate at Copal Partners
  • India - Delhi
  • October 2010 to November 2012

 Providing advisory services to bankers onshore, including industry overview, trends analysis, identifying key drivers for future growth, value chain analysis, competitive landscape/benchmarking and market entry strategy formulation
 Conducting both relative and fundamental company valuations using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) & Dividend Discount Model (DDM) models
 Preparing detailed pitch books through in depth primary and secondary research using databases like Thomson, Reuters, Bloomberg and Factiva
 Analyzing sectors and companies with focus on identifying potentials targets/buyers across geographies and conducting indepth synergy analysis
 Interaction with clients, structuring deliverables of the team, developing new capabilities and new research products / models for delivery
 Conducting quality control check of the outgoing client deliverables and leading multiple projects and managing a team of Analysts, Sr. Analyst and Associates to provide external research and analysis

Education

Higher diploma, Finance
  • at CFAI - United States
  • June 2016

CFA Level II Candidate

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Mumbai Business School
  • May 2010
Higher diploma, Finance
  • at CFA
  • August 2008

CFA Charter ICFAI Institute India

Master's degree, Finance
  • at ICFAI Institute of Financial Studies
  • March 2008
Bachelor's degree, Physics
  • at R.D. National College
  • March 2004

Specialties & Skills

Deliverables
Banking
Synergy
Research Analysis
Market Entry

Languages

English
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