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San Francisco Bay Area

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Menlo Park, California, Us

Helped found this nonprofit inclusive school providing services to children of all abilities.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsible for development and coordination of all budgeting/forecasting activity covering the Fixed Income, Derivatives, Foreign Exchange, and Global Trade desks as well as deposit margin forecasting for the Commercial Bank.Developed and maintain financial models forecasting customer activity and bank profitability for all instruments sold by the Capital Markets Division incorporating both internal bank and external market factor forecasts.Work closely with the Director of the Capital Markets Division, providing timely updates and reports to facilitate the efficient management of the business.Prepare presentation on business financials, strategy, and forecasting and present to the head of the Commercial Bank monthly.Cover all other necessary activities to ensure smooth operation of the division including performance review coordination, development of Business Continuity plan, representative for all projects involving the Division, and acting as the central point of contact for all ad hoc queries.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Lead developer of internal financial models for management reporting encompassing cost allocations, shadow reporting, balance sheet, and product profitability for the Strategic Cost Management group.Designed and presented cost and profitability analytics reports to Executive Management.Created detailed, instrument-level profitability model and database for use in strategic business decisions.Responsible for all development work as well as ensuring smooth monthly production of existing models.

Developed financial infrastructure including policies and procedures.Hired and trained financial analysts in strategic planning and reporting.Delegated responsibility for business operations to incoming employees.

Prepared investor presentations and attended meetings with venture capital firms to raise $20 million to purchase and restructure a company in bankruptcy.Modeled detailed firm financial statements and projections over the following 10 years.

New York, New York, Us

Analyzed business strategies and growth initiatives allowing appropriate allocation of funds across departments.Executed comprehensive budgetary analyses for Credit Derivative products in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.Completed risk assessments ensuring compliance controls effectively mitigate risks in accordance with regulatory laws and in-business policies.Designed and implemented financial models improving the efficiency of tracking statistics for trading desks.Collaborated with interdepartmental team providing coordinated business operations for the trading floor.Streamlined the invoice coding process leading to increased expense transparency in London.

New York, New York, Us

Presented monthly reports analyzing revenues, expenses, headcount, market share, EV, and transactions to CFO.Monitored $700B in GAAP assets, $200B in RAP assets, and $10B in regulatory capital ensuring adherence to business targets.Developed revenue attribution analysis illustrating correlation between weekly P&L and economic/market drivers.Created Excel-based budgetary analysis tool utilized division-wide for calculation and tracking.Liaised between CFO and trading desks yielding improvements in dissemination of information.Designed performance metric reports presented by senior management to division staff and corporate personnel.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Completed accounting and auditing projects resulting in more efficient use of capital.Prepared year-end financial statements.Taught Microsoft Excel class to improve computer literacy among employees.

Bachelor Of Science, Economics

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