Rui N. Sousa
* ******** ****, *********, ** 07724
Home Phone: 908-***-****
E mail: ***********@*****.***
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SUMMARY
• Self motivated, conscientious individual with excellent written and verbal skills. Able to work independently and as
part of a team. Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. Proven leadership qualities. Strong organizational and problem
solving capabilities. Proficient in the use of spreadsheets and statistical software packages to analyze financial
data(People Soft,AS400, FoxPro,Edgar). Strong analytical and numerical skills. Proficient in excel, outlook, access,
word, and PowerPoint.4+years experience in financial industry. Currently scheduled to take CFA Level 1 in Spring 2011.
EXPERIENCE
• Dow Jones and Company. Energy Analyst, Princeton, NJ. Jul 2007 Apr 2010
Energy team was responsible for the 1.5 million dollar increase annually for the index department.
Responsibilities included maintaining and calculating daily, weekly, and monthly future prices for Commodities market.
(Oil,Natural Gas,Electricity,LNG,Recovered Paper, and Steel) Duties also
included publishing indexes daily to Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal websites. Responsible for
creating weekly newsletters to send out to energy industries and recipients updating weekly firm and non firm energy
prices. –(P&L) daily interactions with
Market Traders and Risk Managers for daily P&L in North America and European Energy Sector. Daily oversight of P&L
production of Electricity and Natural Gas Commodities.
–(Corporate Actions) updated Float, Mergers, Acquisitions, Beneficial Ownership, Leverage ratios, Inventory Turnover,
ROA, and ROE for mid to large cap commodity firms.
• Bloomberg. Database Statistician, Princeton, NJ. Feb 2007 Jun 2007
Duties included Small and Mid cap research
Responsible for updating float, outstanding shares, preferred shares, beneficial ownership for database using
Bloomberg and Edgar. (DEF 14A, 10K, 10Q)
• Garden State Securities. Stock Broker Trainee, Wall, NJ. Jan 2006 Jan 2007
Duties included company research in technical, financial, future analysis using value line system.
Responsibilities included cold calling potential customers, data entry, and updating firm’s client list.
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Education
• Monmouth University, B.S. in Finance, Jan 2004 Jun 2006
GPA 3.5 Major
Courses (Operations Management, Strategic Management, Corporate Finance, International Finance, Quantative
Analysis for Business, Quantative Finance)
• Brookdale Community College, A.A. in Accounting, Sep 2001 Sep 2003 –
GPA 3.3 Major
Courses (Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Managerial Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics)
Military Experience
• Specialist. 1st Armor Division, Germany. Aug 1997 Dec 2000
19 Kilo Armor Crewman. Driver, loader, and Gunner for M1A1 Abrams Tank
Certificates
Microsoft Excel Lv. 1
-Dow Jones Training Services
Microsoft Excel Lv.2 Intermediate
-Dow Jones Training Services
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Microsoft Excel Lv.3 Advanced
-Dow Jones Training Services