Navdeep Garg

Education

2019-2021 (Expected)

Master of Business Administration

Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

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GPA: 3.78
GMAT Score: 750
Thomas Crafton Keller Memorial Scholarship Recipient
VP Treasury MBAA (MBA Association) – managing $900k+ funds
Career Fellow
Teaching Assistant for:

Financial Accounting
Detecting Earnings Management
Corporate Finance
Marketing
Economics

2008-2012

B. Tech, Electronics & Communication Engineering

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

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GPA: 9.12/10
Internship: Royal Bank of Scotland
Extra-curricular Involvement:

VP, Electronics & Communication Technical club
Publicity Coordinator, Cultural and Technical Symposium

Experience

August 2020 - September 2020

Mentored Study Project - SPAC Research

Monolith Sponsors

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Prepared a detailed investment research report on the fintech sector with special focus on payments for a $200M SPAC in the technology space. A few excerpts from my research can be found here

July 2020

Investment Banking Summer Associate, TMT Group

Deutsche Bank

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Pitched a detailed case study on a potential acquisition worth $9Bn of a retail firm by conducting market research and financial modeling, including LBO Analysis, DCF, and relative valuation
Proposed to senior leadership an innovative solution utilizing AI/ML algorithm to help bankers quickly analyze the financial data of public firms, potentially reducing valuation time by 40%

May 2020 - June 2020

Mentored Study Project - Search Fund

Flagstone Heritage

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Presented industry research on 4 different sectors to assist the firm in go-to market strategy. My work can be found here
Analyzed operational and financial data for 600+ firms to narrow the search fund investment universe, reducing the overall search time from 2 years to 6 months

2016-2019

Assistant Vice President

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

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Spearheaded operational innovation for the broader Asia Region by streamlining back-office operations via code development and platform modifications, resulting in $2M in FTE cost savings
Strategized onboarding of fintech platforms for 15 teams within risk operations throughout Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and India, securing $300K in revenue for the department
Negotiated initial margin collateral amounts with financial institutions such as GS, JPM, Nomura by engaging in dialogue and dispute resolution, resulting in a $300M reduction in capital costs
Led a five-member team to develop a machine learning tool using Python that reduced the error rate in daily risk reporting by 95%
Led the identification and automation of manual steps in the fixed-income risk reporting process, resulting in improved task efficiency by 70%
Collaborated with backend developers to redesign risk data reports, improving risk computation time by 75% and cutting software expense by 20%

2012-2016

Associate

Royal Bank of Scotland

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Spearheaded end-to-end analysis and regulatory compliance of two core market risk applications, saving $150,000 in FTE costs and reducing project completion time by 80%
Mentored three interns to create a Tableau dashboard that dynamically monitored the progress of $7M worth of ongoing CAPEX projects, led to all of them receiving job offers
Built a regression model in R to predict counterparty credit risk, resulting in a 90% improvement in the processing speed; Redesigned existing value at risk (VAR) engine, reducing processing speed by 30%

Navdeep Garg, CFA

7+ years Experience | Fintech | Innovation | Strategy

Education

Master of Business Administration

B. Tech, Electronics & Communication Engineering

Experience

Mentored Study Project - SPAC Research

Investment Banking Summer Associate, TMT Group

Mentored Study Project - Search Fund

Assistant Vice President

Associate

Skills

Financial Modeling

Technical Expertise

Leadership Skills

Problem Solving

Client-Handling

Powerpoint

Valuation

Analytical Skills

Advanced SQL

Excel

Python

Tableau

R

Selected Projects

FIFA Players' Ratings

My Blog

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) – An Introduction

VaR vs ES – A pictorial representation

Risk – A Pictorial Representation

Contact

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