Qianqian (Nicole) Li
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PROFILE
A financial services industry professional with experience dealing in a
broad range of financial market instruments and processes, looking for a
position where I could contribute by leveraging the insights acquired from
professional and academic endeavors.
EXPERIENCE
BMO Harris Bank
Chicago, IL
Credit Analyst
November 2012-
Expect December 2012
- Analyzed financial statements of auto dealers and calculated
financial ratios for further analysis.
- Build database for records of key financial variables to set up
credit risk model regression.
Wintrust Financial Corporation
Chicago, IL
Loan Servicing- Wintrust Mortgage
September 2012- November
2012 - Ran reports and processed of mortgage payment deposit, tax
due and payment, bills forwarding.
- Searched and adjusted Escrow Account Balance for each funded
mortgage, corrected journal entries and forwarded extra credits to investor
banks.
- Used Prologue Test and Mortgage Builder software to update and match
corresponding accounting data.
Bourbon Financial Management, LLC
Chicago, IL Funds Research Team Leader-Internship
October 2011 - August 2012
- Led a research team of 4 to conduct detailed study on individual mutual
fund and researched factors that are significant to the performance of
mutual funds.
- Constructed fund portfolio building methods and analyzed asset and
expense allocations of portfolios.
- Participated in the preparation and diligent reporting of Quarterly Cash
Flow Statements/budgets to companies.
Trinity Higher Education Corporation
Chicago, IL Business Consultant-Internship
November 2010 - May 2011
- Prepared materials and matched data to Balance Sheet in Annual Reports.
- Developed and regularly improved software for clients to track updates of
their applications and scholarships.
- Researched and planed financial resources funding for clients' further
education.
Haitong Security Co., Ltd (Investment Bank)
Shanghai, China
Assistant Trader/ Analyst-Internship
September 2009 -
April 2010
- Cooperated with analysts to develop reports of trading performance
benchmarked with various indexes.
- Analyzed and reported financial statement analysis, especially financial
ratios based on 10K, 10Q.
- Processed risk management by historical simulated VaR method and Implied
Volatilities for portfolios.
EDUCATION
Illinois Institute of Technology- Stuart School of Business
Chicago, IL
Masters of Science in Finance
May 2012
- Coursework: Financial Statement Analysis, Portfolio Management, Risk
Management, Investment Banking
- Recipient of merit based Tuition Scholarship
- Participated in the FIA EXPO Exhibitor for IIT-Stuart School of Business
(2011)
- Financial Analyst, Technology sector, Stuart Investment Club (2010-2012)
Shanghai Finance University
Shanghai, China
Bachelors in Finance
July 2010
- Coursework: Fixed Income and Time Series, Accounting, Commercial Bank
Accounting, Budget Management
- Recipient of merit based Tuition Scholarship.
- Vice Chairman, Future Financier Association- Shanghai Finance University
(2007-2010)
- Published : "The Problems and methods of future development for real
estate in Shanghai" in TIME FINANCE (2009)
ACADEMIC PROJECT
- LBO Valuation: Leverage Buyout Analysis for the target of listed company,
IAC/InterActiveCorp.
- Annual Report Analysis: Comprehensive report of liquidity, profitability,
leverage, and financial forecast analysis.
- Market Risk Valuation: Comprehensive portfolio market-risk analysis,
including VaR, GARCH (1, 1), EWMA, VIX.
ANALYTIC TOOLS & LANGUAGES
Computer: MS Excel/VBA (Advanced Level), Access, SQL Server, Bloomberg
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