BENNY LEE
***** **** ****, ***# ** ~ Flushing, NY 11367
718-***-**** **********@*****.***
FINANCIAL ANALYST / INSTITUTIONAL SALES ANALYST
(Willing to Relocate)
Peak-performing professional with more than five years experience in
Municipal Syndicate Bond Desk seeking opportunities in financial and
technology settings. Excels in fast-paced work environments with strong
ability to navigate projects to completion. Skilled in data gathering,
analysis, and municipal/corporate bond trades. Languages: English and
Chinese Cantonese. Proficient in Microsoft Office. Bloomberg, Dalcomp,
Bidcomp, and Ipreo Pricing Systems.
Signature Strengths
( Bond Trade Analysis ( Municipal Syndicate Trade Bonds (
New Staff Training
( Trade Bookings / Sales ( Street Bond Insurance
Calendar ( Data Base Management
( P&L Accuracy ( Information Gathering / Data Analysis (
Reports / Presentations
EDUCATION / LICENSURE
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO-STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics, 2007 License: Series 7/63
Association: Alpha Kappa Psi, Professional Business Fraternity
APPLIED EXPERIENCE
MORGAN STANLEY, New York, New York 2007-Present
Associate / Long Term Municipal Underwriting Syndicate Desk
Member of a top leading tax-exempt, taxable, Build America Bonds
Underwriting Desk.
Notable Performance: Developed a new administrative process for pricing
taxable municipal and corporate bonds effectively minimizing trade errors.
< Perform municipal and corporate syndicate bond trading processes.
< Organize and circulate institutional investor roadshow information to
sales, investors and syndicate members.
< Analyze and maintain trading records to identify market interest in
pricing and marketing of syndicate municipal/corporate bond transactions.
< Maintain internal/external database for analyzing new issue pricing and
volume trends.
< Actively participate with technology and sales team to develop and expand
sales coverage for current and new products.
< Partner with underwriting group and banking team to promote deals to the
retail platform and institutional sales force.
< Develop new issue wires from inception to finalization including pricing,
re-pricing, and allotments.
< Liaise between underwriting, banking, controllers, compliance,
operations, and settlement to ensure accurate communication.
MERILL LYNCH, New York, New York
June/2005 - Sept/2005
Intern for Administrative Management and Global Private Group
Accountable for research, updating, and compiling mutual fund information,
reports, and presentations.
< Shadowed Vice President and Administrative Manager; directly worked with
the Financial Advisor.
< Advised Private Client Group in maintaining, updating, and improving the
internal network performance.
< Prepared client investment portfolio reports, reviewed client statements,
and evaluated against the client risk profile.
< Designed and analyzed prepaid forward contracts; performed data analysis
(Excel database) and research.