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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Led, managed and contributed to the development of numerous tailored ESG risk benchmarking projects for small to large cap corporate clients in a diverse set of industries such as multi-utilities, pharmaceuticals, diversified financials, and food products.Utilised project management platforms such as Asana and SharePoint to keep track of project milestones and ensure the timely delivery of quality client-facing material.Performed gap analysis and peer benchmarking of financially material sustainability issues through the use of industry best practice performance comparisons.Took a primary role in presenting to and liaising with corporate client executive and senior leadership members, able to convey company and industry-specific insights as well as address inquiries related to both sustainability issues and the Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating methodology.Supported the product development of a data-driven, scalable ESG benchmarking tool by gathering operational requirements, constructing/testing prototypes and facilitating collaboration between commercialization and methodology stakeholders.Assisted senior management and later led collaborations with internal operational platform teams to enhance both the management of our team’s project pipeline and monitoring of capacity utilization via SharePoint and Power BI tools.Relevant Skills: Project Management, Client Presentation, Product Development, Collaboration.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Processed large volumes of transactions (fin/non-fin) such as scheduled contributions, dividend distributions and systematic fund switching to enable Fidelity clients to achieve their personal financial objectives.Performed quality control activities such as reviewing peer accuracy and directly communicating with financial advisors to resolve discrepancies.Relevant Skills: Attention-to-detail, Client Communication, Time Management.

Toronto, Canada Area

Led procurement and negotiation processes of an intranet-based application for travel reimbursement that was used by over 150 employees to support the division’s transition to a new office space. Led the initiative to update over 45 standard operating procedures in various business areas in preparation of external audits. Performed fiscal budget forecast reporting in SAP at a cost element level, analyzing both historical actuals and post-COVID-19 operational impacts. Developed and presented a complete marketing campaign to the Canadian division’s senior leadership team for a new over-the-counter pharmaceutical, which required collaborating with a cross-functional team of fellow interns.Relevant Skills: Forecasting, Collaboration, Requirement Gathering, Procurement.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supported the operation of a daily critical path reporting Excel system which served to maintain the Technology Onboarding Division’s workflow during the turbulent beginnings of COVID-19. Assisted in solving throughput efficiencies by evaluating statistical metrics of the critical path reporting system and presenting findings to stakeholders during daily meetings.Performed excel reporting to evaluate employee software license usage compliance (RHEL, Visual Studio, Azure, etc.).

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services - Controllership and Accountability

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Honours Bachelor Of Business Administration (Finance Concentration), Co-Op, Business Administration

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Certificate, Computer Science And Programming Using Python

An introduction to computer science as a tool to solve real-world analytical problems utilizing Python 3.5 Variables, algorithms.