Project Management

Lester Christie Mascarenhas

*** **** ******** ****** ***.1205, Richmond, Virginia 23220, 804-***-****, ab1yan@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: To acquire a challenging and stimulating job and utilize my education and experience to not only build a strong career for myself, but also contribute to the success of the organization

Education:

Masters of Science in Business with a concentration in Finance (GPA: 3.2/4) May 2013

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA, U.S.A.

Masters of Business Administration (GPA: 3.13/4) May 2012

Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Major: Finance

Post Graduate Diploma in Investment Management (top 10% of graduating class) May 2011

St. Aloysius Business Institute, St. Aloysius Evening College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Bachelor of Commerce (top 25% of graduating class) May 2011

St. Aloysius College, Mangalore University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Major: Accounting and Finance

Experience:

Management Trainee April 2012 – May 2012

ICICI Bank (one of the big four in India), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

• Performed specialized tasks such as Credit Monitoring Arrangement - CMA and analyzed financial performance of companies in the portfolio of ICICI Bank

• Employed forecasting techniques depending on key financial ratios and understood various methods of working capital financing

Office Managerial Assistant April 2010 - June 2010

Sri Ganesh Shipping Agency (SGSA), Mangalore, Karnataka, India

• Mediated between the office and bank, maintained lines of communication between various office groups

Relevant Coursework:

Entrepreneurial Audit – VCU, Richmond VA March 2013 – May 2013

• Evaluated the innovative, risk taking and proactive capability of the American Express and placed it on a spectrum of corporate entrepreneurship.

Econometric Project – VCU, Richmond VA September 2012 – December 2012

• Studied the effect of Macro-economic variables on default rates in stress testing using the credit risk model

Valuation Project – VCU, Richmond VA August 2012 – December 2012

• Valued Commonwealth Bank of Australia employing the Discounted Cash Flow method to determine firm value and relative valuation of the firm using different multiples

Dissertation – Christ University, India January 2012 – June 2012

• Conducted a study on Foreign Institutional Investors and their impact on select sectors of the Indian equity market such as IT, Automobile and Banking

Organization Structure Study – Christ University, India April 2011 - June 2011

• Analyzed various departments and manufacturing processes of Mangalore Chemical Fertilizers (MCF), Mangalore, India

Project Study – St. Aloysius College, India December 2010 – April 2011

• Comprehended the process and effects of Money Laundering on the financial system in an economy

• Understanding the significance of Anti-Money Laundering – AML

Informatics Project – Abu Dhabi Indian School, U.A.E. May 2007 – March 2008

• Utilized MS Visual Basic and Oracle SQL to design a Banking software.

Skills:

• Quantitative and financial statement analysis

• Financial modeling, forecasting and budgeting

• Portfolio construction and optimization

• Operating system and application software: Windows, Mac OSX, Microsoft Visual Basic, Oracle DBMS and RDBMS (SQL and PL/SQL), MS Excel and PowerPoint

• Languages known English, Hindi, French (Basic), Arabic (Basic), Tulu and Konkani

Achievements:

• Participated in the finals of Associates for Corporate Growth representing VCU

• Awarded with Capital Markets certificate by National Stock Exchange (NSE), India

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