Vijay Kumar

Accomplished Financial Due Diligence (FDD) Professional with 7+ years of dedicated experience in FDD and transaction advisory (14+ years total in financial research and valuation). Holds an MBA in Finance and PMP® certification. Proven track record leading 25+ buy-side and sell-side due diligence engagements for private equity and corporate clients across Industrials, TMT, Consumer, and Financial Services.

Specialist in Quality of Earnings (QoE) analysis, Net Working Capital (NWC) assessments, debt & debt-like items, EBITDA normalization, and financial modeling to inform M&A valuation. Experienced in managing and mentoring team members (5–10 analysts), maintaining direct client and senior stakeholder relationships, and leveraging GenAI and automation to drive efficiency in transaction reporting.

Senior Associate — Financial & Commercial Due Diligence at PwC Service Delivery Center (2022-06 – 2026-04)

• Led 25+ Financial Due Diligence (FDD) buy-side and sell-side engagements for PE and corporate clients, performing deep-dive Quality of Earnings (QoE) analysis, historical/forecast performance reviews, and identifying key transaction risks.
• Performed quality-of-earnings (QoE) analysis, working capital assessment, identification of debt and debt-like items, and EBITDA normalization/adjustments to determine target companies' sustainable earnings and inform valuation.
• Built financial models and analyzed historical and forecast financial performance alongside market position, growth drivers, and competitive dynamics, translating findings into due-diligence reports and executive-ready recommendations presented directly to Partners and C-suite stakeholders.
• Partnered with cross-functional advisory teams to deliver integrated transaction support across buy-side and sell-side engagements, coordinating financial, market, and technology-landscape workstreams alongside other specialist due-diligence service lines.
• Managed and mentored a team of 5 research associates — hiring, onboarding, and formal performance appraisals — and built structured training in due-diligence methodology and financial/market analysis.
• Maintained direct client relationships with PE and corporate stakeholders, managing expectations and satisfaction throughout engagements, and contributed to business development through proposal writing, capability pitches, and client-facing presentations.
• Applied PMP-aligned project governance and Generative AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini) with agentic document extraction to due-diligence research and reporting workflows, accelerating turnaround while keeping engagements on time and within scope.
• Leveraged CapitalIQ, PitchBook, Mergermarket, Statista, Euromonitor, Bloomberg, CB Insights, Orbis, and GlobalData to source financial and market data across global due-diligence workflows.

Associate Team Lead at Shore Infotech Pvt Ltd (2019-02 – 2022-06)

• Led daily operations for a 6-member research team supporting global due-diligence and analytical engagements, restructuring workflows to achieve 100% on-time delivery.
• Held formal appraisal and performance-rating authority; designed a structured performance-management framework that raised output quality and delivery consistency across client engagements.

Analyst at GD Research Center Pvt Ltd (2017-01 – 2019-02)

• Scaled a research unit from 1 to 5 members, owning end-to-end onboarding, training, and quality oversight, and built validation frameworks that standardized deliverable quality across global research processes.

Analyst — Financial Intelligence & Corporate Valuation at Progressive Digital Media Pvt Ltd (2011-08 – 2016-12)

• Conducted corporate valuation and financial intelligence research directly supporting client investment and M&A decision-making, progressing over 5 years from Analyst to team lead overseeing a 5-member research team and building quality-check frameworks for financial and valuation deliverables.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance – Tirumala Engineering College (2011)