Matthew Henderson Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, Us

Assistant Vice President in the Data Science team within Citi's Global Rates trading business, responsible for optimising financial metrics that impact the Rates business, with a focus on capital and expenses.Responsibilities Include:• Aggregating and processing large amounts of internal and external financial data to direct management decisions • Defining metrics with partners to be distributed to senior management and other stakeholders• Performing innovative analysis and research to evaluate broad based performance• Identifying outliers within the financials and conduct independent investigation into causes and meaning• Determining practical financial optimisation strategies• Taking action on strategies identified, either by implementation with trading or sales desks, or by managing projects with broader internal stakeholders• Coordinating with finance, expense management, technology, operations and other partners to drive financial optimisation • Building a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics

New York, New York, Us

• Quantitative Analyst in Capital Strategy, which is part of the wider Financial Resource Management (FRM) team. FRM sits within the Institutional Clients Group (ICG), and provides in-business leadership and subject matter expertise on capital, liquidity, tax and other financial resource management issues, with a primary purpose of driving greater efficiency and flexibility of resource consumption.• This broad mandate includes driving business strategy for financial resource management, advising senior management and clients on implications of regulatory change and strategic priorities, coordinating advocacy efforts, and leading and participating in cross-business and cross-functional working groups to deliver improved data, calculation and management processes related to capital, liquidity and tax.• To execute on this mandate, FRM operates with business partners in each of the major ICG business lines, Markets and Security Services (MSS); Trade and Transaction Services (TTS); Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory (BCMA); and Citi Private Bank (CPB). FRM works with business partners to set strategic priorities, establish and execute initiatives, and programmatically manage delivery through governance.• The Capital Strategy Analytics core function offers an analytical understanding of current internal capital practices, upcoming changes to the external regulatory capital landscape, and their implications for strategic business priorities, client activity and market practices.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

• Research Assistant for behavioural economist Séverine Toussaert; conducted literature reviews, data visualisations and analyses of consumer preferences for holidays via text analysis models and predictive machine learning algorithms (k-NN, hierarchical clustering).• Hosted several successful podcast episodes of ‘Behavioural Science Uncovered’ with guest behavioural economists Johannes Abeler, Daniele Nosenzo and Michel Maréchal (available on iTunes, Spotify and www.bsuncovered.com).

• Publicly listed tutor on TutorHunt, where I have tutored several students in A-Level mathematics and economics, as well as degree-level economics and econometrics.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

• Developed a Social Performance Management (SPM) framework to assess the impact of XS-Project’s social programmes on the healthcare and education of the trash-picking community in Jakarta, Indonesia.• Met and presented our SPM recommendations to senior members of XS Project in Jakarta in December 2019.• The report consisted of efficiency enhancing management recommendations as well as more statistically driven economic insights.

London, Gb

• Liquidity analyst in the Banking Policy team, within the Prudential Policy Directorate. • Highly competitive (63 interns were chosen from a pool of 2593 applicants) and analytically rigorous eight-week postgraduate summer internship. • Developed a new statistical metric to monitor banks’ funding liquidity risk, by modifying the scope of acceptable high-quality liquid assets in the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR).• Gave an acclaimed presentation on my construction of the new metric to a group of senior managers, economists, technical specialists and supervisors, where I was then invited to present my findings to another business division. • Undertook training on handling private and confidential information, and on using Microsoft Excel for financial analysis.

London, England, Gb

• Chosen as one of 80 interns selected from a pool of circa 1000 applicants to undertake an intensive three-week programme of lectures, seminars, debates and supervised research projects at the think tank’s offices in Westminster, London.• Investigated the country and household-level welfare implications of unequal access to finance and credit markets.

Marlow, England, Gb

• Worked full-time at the Beaconsfield branch (more than 50 hours per week) and was rigorously trained as both a bartender and barista.• With a seating capacity of well over 100 persons, this job enabled me to develop my skills of multitasking, physical endurance and coping under immense pressure.

Bristol, Gb

• Selectively chosen to be a Peer Mentor in the 2017/18 academic year. • Undertook formal training for the role, and mentored a group of six first year students from the faculty of social sciences.• Acted as a source of advice and support both on academic and non-academic aspects of university life.

Bristol, Gb

• Elected by my student body to be a University Course Rep for Economics, which commenced in September 2017.• It was my responsibility to liaise between students and the School of Economics, Finance & Management. I represented students in matters such as the quality of teaching and choices regarding course material. I also had the pleasure and responsibility of charing one of our meetings, giving me the opportunity to decide how the agenda would proceed and which issues would be given special attention.• Further, as a committee member of the Real World Economics society at Bristol University, I promoted the spread of economic literacy among other disciplines and helped organise events, debates and discussions that showcased sides of economics that are sparingly taught in university departments, incorporating aspects from the political, sociological, psychological and historical literatures.

Newport, Wales, Gb

• Under the mentoring of senior public sector economist Malindi Myers, I attended the Office of National Statistics in a small group. The purpose of the visit was to gain an understanding of the nature of the role of government economists in producing honest and transparent information, regarding key macroeconomic variables in the U.K.• Additional events were held where we met and discussed future career paths for economics students in both the private and public sector. • Awarded the exclusive Personal Development Prize and took part in a recorded interview for my contributions during the program.

London, Gb

• Directed a team in the U.K. Universities Business Challenge simulation, held and sponsored by IBM.• We achieved a place in the Semi-Finals of the competition, which took place in March 2017.• The semi-final activities involved typical accounting practices/analysis of a business' financial statements, as well as more innovative activities.• I delivered a 60 second pitch on a tech start-up we created on the day to a plethora of teams from thirty UK Universities. • Over a period of six weeks, our team managed a fictitious company called Solar Power Systems. • Our objective was to generate shareholder value, while simultaneously providing socially desirable outcomes for rural communities. • We produced affordable, renewable energy sources for developing countries, operating in a dynamic and constantly evolving economic climate and achieving a cumulative profit of £20,345,660.• In this simulation, we had to keep up to date on the global business environment and then decide on prices, production quantities, marketing, product development, cash allocations and much more.

London, England, Gb

• Conducted data analysis to advance the precision of the metrics predicting risk exposure in diverse markets.• Drafted research reports on how to synthesise various competing workstreams and improve the team’s efficiency.

New York, Ny, Us

• Worked with the Artists and repertoire (A&R) division within the firm, looking at both talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists and songwriters.• Collaborated with the legal and finance teams to learn about the different roles in the business and to interview staff for my Level 3 Extended Project Qualification dissertation on the economic impact of digitization on the music industry, which was awarded an A-grade.

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Economics

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics

High School, Mathematics, Economics, History