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Payments Strategic Finance

• Published research reports like Sovereign Supply Outlook (SSO) & Sovereign, Supranational and Agency (SSA) Monitor, providing insights on projected sovereign debt supply and the SSA market for the US, UK, and Eurozone.
• Managed up-to-date research models and SQL databases using Bloomberg, offering a comprehensive overview of sovereign debt flows, supporting 5+ teams.
• Developed research case studies on multiple multilateral development bank issuers.
• Forecasted yearly sovereign debt supply and specialized in bond math.
• Supported ad hoc requests covering the European macro and SSA space, analyzing key themes on the development of the ECB’s monetary policy.
• Optimized heavy spreadsheets and legacy frameworks, resulting in 20% efficiency gain

• Produced JPM’s externally reported quarterly CIB financial statements, earnings presentation, and press releases, collaborating on financials and commentaries.
• Independently established reconciliation between JPM’s and Coalition’s (a leading market intelligence provider) reporting methodologies by collaborating cross-functionally with 6+ business verticals, resolving revenue.
• Conducted competitor analyses for JPM and 11+ peer banks by analyzing their earnings reports/calls and 10Q/K filings, providing actionable insights into peer performance while also providing rapid overview (within 60.
• Developed a standardized comparison framework for Return on Equity (RoE) benchmarking by appropriately adjusting the financials of the top 5 investment banks.
• Automated workflow using VBA macro for 2 peers, resulting in efficiency gain of 40%.
• Tracked and covered peer conferences and investor days, providing insights into performance drivers, targets, and outlooks, while keeping current with industry news.

• Orchestrated Alumni events such as Yearly Alumni Meets, Mentorship programs, and Coffee with Alumni to enhance Alumni engagement with their alma mater.
• Collaborated with internal teams and vendors to generate innovative ideas, manage budgeting, and negotiate contracts for the success of alumni events.
• Maintained an updated Alumni website, facilitating new registrations, donations, engagement activities, and job opportunities.
• Designed captivating posters and standees for events and festivals using Photoshop to maximize visibility and participation.

• Developed financial models on the kitchen appliance companies and the cement sector.
• Led a team of 5 interns, proof-reading their work and ensuring that quality was upheld.
• Evaluated potential business development opportunities with 2+ educational institutions.

• Managed high-priority outage issues faced by Best Buy through prompt bug fixes in the code and effective communication, consistently meeting SLA of 1 hour.
• Achieved 99.5% uptime for servers and databases via active monitoring, real-time problem-solving, and periodic health checks for high availability and reliability.

Developed a project on Image Enhancement Techniques using Java

M.B.A., Finance, General

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Telecommunications Engineering