LI ZENG
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201-***-**** (home); 609-***-**** (cell)
E-mail: **.******@*****.***
Profile: Formally credit-trained finance and risk management professional
with impeccable integrity. Over 11-year experience in credit, risk
management, financial control and pricing. Strong background in
international business. Expertise includes:
-Commercial Credit Underwriting -Strategic and Corporate
Planning -Sales and Marketing Support
-Pricing & Structure Finance -Risk Management
-Business Performance Matrix
-Financial Modeling & Business Analysis -Budgeting and Forecasting
-Capital Market
-IPO and M&A -Financial Control
-Investment Evaluation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FULLERTON INVESTMENT AND CREDIT GUARANTEE CO. LTD NANJING, CHINA
Jan. 2010 - Current
Head, Portfolio Management
Jan. 2010 - Current
Wholly-owned Subsidiary of Singapore Sovereign Wealth Investment, Temasek's
Financial Investment Vehicle, Fullerton Financial Holdings. Temasek is
currently rated AAA by both S&P and Moody's.
. Manage the portfolio mix and enhance returns by providing customer
segmentation and investment performance matrix.
. Build the Business Intelligence Team and systems to support the rapid
growth in the under-served Chinese SME segment.
. Lead the revolutionary project of partnering with the largest B2B online
firm Alibaba to provide financing to SMEs.
. Support new product developments and pricing. Increase target market
penetration by screening the sales prospects.
. Centralize the company management reporting. Provide board level
financial analyses and presentations.
CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC, A CANON COMPANY MT. LAUREL, NJ
Sept. 2007 - Sept. 2009
Senior Manager, Strategic Pricing and Financial Analysis
Sept. 2007 - Sept. 2009
. Managed company's profitability and margins. Portfolio size was $1.4
billion.
. Increased the new business margin by 200-300 bps. The spread was the
highest in the company history.
. Developed and implemented risk-based pricing and financial discipline in
the company to capture pricing opportunities.
. Provided day-to-day leadership and financial expertise in managing
Company's pricing and financial analysis departments.
. Designed and created management information database to provide analytics
for Company's sale growth and initiatives.
. Educated management in better understanding the business and portfolio as
a key member in the senior management team.
. Monitored the rate card business and price large competitive deals.
Developed pricing for new programs.
. Supported Parent companies sales and marketing efforts through Bid
support and program pricing.
. Helped develop risk management tools by capturing delinquency, portfolio
concentration and loss information.
. Provided portfolio historical behaviors to support the budgeting and
forecasting efforts.
. Conducted portfolio segmentation to better understand the customers and
provide tailored financial solutions.
. Mentored and grew my team by building a team oriented environment.
. Oversaw analysts in collecting market intelligence and creating financial
models.
. Indentified new pricing opportunities for Parent company through
competitive analysis and third party verification.
CITICAPITAL VENDOR FINANCE, A CITIGROUP UNIT MAHWAH, NJ
Jan. 2000- Sept. 2007
Vice President/Credit Officer, Credit Department
July 2005- Sept. 2007
. Underwrote deals over $1MM for the Business Technology group according to
regulatory and Citigroup internal policies.
. Managed lending portfolio risks across a diverse customer base.
. Performed financial analysis and prepare credit memos using Moody's
Financial Analyst and Debt Rating Model. Familiar with public, private
and personal financial statements as well as SEC reporting requirements
and US GAAP statements.
. Conducted annual reviews and evaluate risks for customers with aggregate
exposures over $1MM.
. Classified borrowers' loan portfolios and provided early warning for
problem loans and minimize loan losses.
. Completed all the compliance and regulatory trainings required by credit
officers, including Basel II and Sarbanes-Oxley.
. Identified the largest fraud in the company history through my credit
review and business acumens.
. Acted as the lead office to assess our 9.11 exposure and formulated the
loss minimization strategy for the company.
. Was invited to be in the due diligent team for Citigroup to purchase the
China Guangdong Development Bank.
. Formally credit trained by Citigroup in the six-month full-time
Commercial Credit College. Was regarded as a high potential officer who
has the ability to help the bank grow internationally. Was offered a
high position in Citibank China.
Vice President, Corporate Planning & Pricing Department
Aug. 2000 - July 2005
. Priced and structured new programs and deals for this $3 billion Business
Technology group. Hedged the risks against cost of fund fluctuations in
our pricing programs using capital market indexing and other internal
hedge mechanisms.
. Developed quarterly dealer segmentation analysis that included detailed
ROE and P&L for 1,000+ vendor relationships. It was praised as the best
practice and was implemented across CitiCapital Vendor Finance, including
Canada and UK.
. Participated in developing and implementing company's long-range
strategic plan. Developed tactics to achieve the plan.
. Assisted in managing back-end losses and recoveries by providing analyses
in delinquency, losses, and residuals stress test.
. Developed Risk Management Monthly Reporting Package that included
historical loss information, monthly loss analysis, and delinquency by
business units.
. Performed complicated business analyses for Managing Director, such as
evaluation of exiting certain businesses, purchase and sale of
portfolios, loss forecast, residual exposure risk, and Balance of Payment
P&L impact.
. Conducted quarterly business review for all business units and primary
vendor relationships. Results are used as basis for restructuring major
relationships, pricing adjustments and enhancing overall business
performances.
. Facilitated in integrating of EAB/Fidelity and Associates business
acquisitions.
. Participated in the system consolidation project and personally involved
in the data mapping and system design.
. Managed analysts to collect market intelligence and conduct competitive
research. Researched new and existing markets. Monitored and analyzed
competitors and industry trends.
Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Control and Accounting Department
Jan. 2000 - Aug. 2000
. Created dynamic risk-based pricing model, which provides Present Value
projections, GAAP income statements and scenario analyses. Increased
productivity ten-fold and significantly reduced turn-around time.
. Provided financial expertise and support to all business units as it
related to their financial results, profitability, productivity, and
pricing structures.
. Teamed with senior sales professionals in developing new business
opportunities and analyzing portfolio acquisitions to ensure that
corporate objectives were achieved. Provided pricing support to this $4
billion multinational company.
. Assisted in portfolio acquisitions and due diligence evaluation process.
. Performed financial modeling and analyses of company's monthly
performance, such as ROE and PV Profits.
. Implemented and assisted the company budget and monthly forecast by
utilizing multi-dimensional database.
. Developed new financial models and enhanced existing models to provide
innovative business solutions.
BANKVEST CAPITAL CORP. MARLBORO, MA
June 1998 - Jan. 2000
Financial Analyst/ Assistant to the President
. Conducted monthly sales of asset-backed securities through securitization
and syndication channels. Familiar with US capital market conditions,
debt instruments and debt structures as well as the associated accounting
treatments.
. Prepared company budget, monthly management reports, and analyzed
financial condition for the company.
. Assisted to manage company's cash flow. Developed a cash flow model to
forecast company's cash position.
. Performed financial modeling and analyses of company's 5-year business
plan.
. Developed and implemented company's financial control and reporting
system.
. Participated in company's preparation for IPO, M&A, issuing of commercial
paper and sale of the company.
. Acted as the finance expert in providing financial modeling and enhancing
existing models for on-going business.
. Provided information and support for financial reporting and related
external audit.
. Assisted in conducting and implementing company's strategic plan and
sales tactics.
. Monitored company's financial conditions and its securitization
covenants.
LEVY TRAJMAN MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT, INC BURLINGTON, MA
Sept. 1997 - Dec. 1997
Management Consulting Intern, International Venture Capital Firm
. Performed due diligence and evaluation for investment opportunities in
early stage, high-tech companies.
. Prepared and provided investment research reports for prospective
investors on behalf of this international VC firm.
. Built an investment portfolio database and conducted detailed market and
industry analyses.
RAYTHEON SERVICE COMPANY BURLINGTON, MA
May 1997 - Aug. 1997
Summer Intern, Budgets & Planning Department
. Compiled and prepared the monthly financial performance reports and
forecasts for this $1 billion company.
. Evaluated submitted data and developed individual objectives for sales,
profit, assets and other financial measurement metrics. Analyzed the
variances between budget, actual and forecast.
. Consolidated the data and actively involved with the development of the
company's five-year plan.
. Prepared thorough financial analyses including P&L, cash flow, income
statements and balance sheets.
. Processed $4 million of company's capital appropriation requests.
HANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE HANGZHOU, CHINA
July 1987 - Jan. 1993
Librarian
. Normal library duties with exceptional research knowledge.
. Participated in consulting projects by providing business intelligence
and market research information.
EDUCATION
F. W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT BABSON COLLEGE
WELLESLEY, MA - 1998
Master of Business Administration with honor, Dean's Fellowship
GORDON COLLEGE
WENHAM, MA - 1996
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Minors in Mathematics and Economics,
Magna Cum Laude
( Sarah Ball Memorial Award (Highest cumulative GPA in all Science,
Mathematics and Computer Science majors)
HANGZHOU UNIVERSITY
HANGZHOU, CHINA -
1987
A.B in Library and Information Science
CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL CREDIT COLLEGE -Citigroup's global credit training
program MANHATTAN, NY
One of the few graduates who achieved the highest grade level of this best-
in-class program Jul. 2005- Dec. 2005
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -The Center for Creative Leadership
January 2009
INVESTMENT IN EXCELLENCE -The Pacific Institute
March 2008
COMPUTER Highly proficient with spreadsheet, Microsoft applications and
databases. Experienced in Moody's Financial Analyst, DRM, D&B,
Business Objects, Hyperion Essbase, Comshare BudgetPlus, MAS
500, Infolease, CC2000, Oracle ERP system. Excellent technical
skills.
LANGUAGES Fluent in written and oral Chinese. Fluent in Shanghai,
Mandarin, Hangzhou and Wenzhou dialects.
PERSONAL Member of Association of Chinese-American Finance
Professionals. Enjoy soccer and fishing.