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I'm a finance professional with 4+ years of experience spanning market research, company valuation, financial modeling, and due diligence, currently working as a Senior Analyst at KPMG Deal Advisory. I've been promoted twice within my first 8 months — the fastest track in my department — and I support cross-border advisory mandates across Central Asia, MENA, Africa, Brazil, and Australia, working with clients ranging from private entrepreneurs to institutional investors like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and top-tier Chinese SOEs.

My work spans a wide range of industries — industrials, infrastructure, natural resources, TMT, and financial services — and covers the full lifecycle of a deal: building 3-statement DCF models and applying trading/transaction multiples, preparing marketing materials (teasers, information memoranda, business plans, pitch books), supporting due diligence and data room Q&A, and contributing through to signing and closing. Highlights include leading the valuation of the Uzbek Commodity Exchange as part of a $1.68bn sovereign privatization mandate, and supporting due diligence and closing workstreams on a $1.2bn buyout.

Outside of my core role, I've taken on financial planning and unit economics work for early-stage investment decisions, redesigned financial control systems for an e-commerce delivery vertical, and contributed to investor materials for an international non-profit, collaborating with teams across Japan, Brazil, the UAE, and the US. I'm also an early adopter of AI-powered tools for research, modeling support, and market analysis — I like finding ways to work faster and sharper without cutting corners on rigor.

I'm trilingual (Russian, Kazakh, native; fluent in English), studying Italian and French. I'm currently getting a Double Degree MSc in International Management at Bocconi University × ESSEC Business School in Milan. What genuinely interests me is the intersection of finance and strategy — understanding not just what a company is worth, but why, and what decisions that number should drive. I'm open to remote opportunities and excited to bring this analytical, cross-border experience to a new team.