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Greater New York City Area

• Performed CWIP Testing and Unrecorded Liability Testing for National Grid (NG) utilizing information gathered from SAP, transaction originators and engineering team
• Communicated testing results to transaction originators and drafted adjustment documents for errors detected
• Produced audit working papers which were used by PwC, the external auditor, in A/P audit procedures
• Worked directly with NG management team to develop recoveries reconciliation process and templates for five NG-US subsidiaries; prepared flow diagrams and job aids to document the procedures
• Traced recoveries reported in billing system to the associated deferrals in raw reconciliation files; resolved the differences between the two by inquiring of NG accounting department and analyzing additional support

Greater New Orleans Area

• Collected, collated and sorted 700 GB of intraday transactions data (over 1800 files) under a strict deadline
• Detected errors in Bombay Stock Exchange data and made corrections by modifying data retrieval methods
• Conducted cointegration analysis for 55 closed-end funds trading in the U.S. using SAS and Excel to verify a bid-ask spread effect on the pricing of closed-end funds

Greater New Orleans Area

• Managed $1.3 million at the Darwin Fenner Fund Mid-Cap Portfolio, covering Healthcare sector with two other analysts
• Learned the health care sector through intensive research and distilled the knowledge into a sector forecast
• Built proprietary investment models based on group discussion of leading equity investing papers
• Ran quantitative and qualitative screenings to identify stocks with strong fundamentals and momentum
• Pitched the fund in Rice University’s Portfolio Managers Competition on a team with seven other analysts and advanced to the competition finals
• Took initiative and designed a dynamic portfolio optimizer for the entire fund

Master Of Finance, 3.82

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma, Tulane Entrepreneurs Association, Toastmasters

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Business, 3.72

Activities and Societies: GDUFS Federation of Students Societies, Institute of Civil Society