Gaurav Sharma
Salt Lake City
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at Goldman Sachs & Co, excelling in risk management and client relationship management. Achieved 99.9% settlement accuracy while managing $10B+ in daily options flow. Proven track record in automating workflows, enhancing efficiency, and driving significant revenue growth through strategic analysis and execution.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Listed Derivates Senior Analyst
Goldman Sachs & Co
12.2024 - Current
- Manage $10B+ in daily U.S. listed options flow across 7 exchanges with 30+ traders, 20+ sales, and 50+ hedge fund/institutional clients.
- Oversee 300K+ derivatives positions/day with 99.9% settlement accuracy.
- Cut slippage, boosting client trading efficiency by 5–10%.
- Automated workflows saved 8+ hrs/week and sped up trade validation by 50%.
- Built Alteryx tool cutting recon time by 3+ hrs/day; reduced trade breaks by 95%.
- Enabled 99.75% T0 clearing away or custodying positions at Goldman Sachs, lowering margin costs and improving liquidity.
- Led execution strategy and regulatory advisory for 50+ clients with sales team.
- Drove exchange-wide transitions with 0 disruptions.
Equity Settlement Analyst
Goldman Sachs & Co
11.2023 - 11.2024
- Settled $1B+ in global equities daily across 20+ markets with 99.99% on-time rate; cut trade failures by 40%.
- Reduced funding costs and risk by optimizing liquidity and counterparty exposure with traders and prime brokers.
- Automated workflows, cutting manual exceptions by 50% and boosting trade matching by 35%.
- Provided real-time trade support to front office, mitigating P&L-impacting breaks.
Streamlined processes, cutting resolution time by 30% and improving trade lifecycle efficiency,
Investment Analyst
Bwi Group
02.2021 - 08.2022
- Analyzed financials to uncover 12% revenue growth and 8% net margin.
- Led due diligence on 8 deals, driving $3M in added revenue.
- Cut portfolio risk by 15% via targeted analysis.
- Managed $40M portfolio with 6% outperformance.
- Secured $5M in funding through strategic board presentations.
Education
Finance
Hult International Business School
Cambridge, MA08-2023
BBA - Banking And Finance
Jagannath University
New Delhi08-2021
Skills
- Risk Management
- P&L Analysis
- Client relationship management
- Financial modeling
- Analytical problem solving
- R Programming
- Advanced Excel
- Industry analysis
Accomplishments
- Awarded best equity research report for analysis on Hormel Foods.
- State champion school soccer player; demonstrated teamwork and discipline.
Timeline
Listed Derivates Senior Analyst
Goldman Sachs & Co
12.2024 - Current
Equity Settlement Analyst
Goldman Sachs & Co
11.2023 - 11.2024
Investment Analyst
Bwi Group
02.2021 - 08.2022
Finance
Hult International Business School
BBA - Banking And Finance
Jagannath University
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