INVESTMENT CONSULTANT
Investment Consulting/ Management/ Marketing/ Product Management
Career highlights include:
. Led bid evaluation of a market neutral portable alpha search resulting in
hire of two fund of hedge funds;
. Researched, scored, conducted due diligence on hedge funds. Member of
firm's Hedge Fund Committee;
. Projected and analyzed private equity capacity forecast and presented
allocation targets to clients;
. Designed customized benchmark for private equity asset class according to
client requirements;
. Evaluated transition managers and selected finalist to transition client
portfolio;
. Analyzed and benchmarked investment management fees and negotiated fee
reductions on clients' behalf;
. Conducted investment research projects and presented at company's client
conferences;
. Superior financial modeling skills using MS-Excel resulting in automation
of high-impact processes in client work;
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES, INC.
Pittsburgh, PA
Senior Associate, October 2007 - April 2010
Serviced consulting clients on all aspects of institutional investment
management
Researched investment managers across US/ Non-US/ Emerging Markets
equities, fixed income and alternative asset classes and made
recommendation for client searches. Produced manager search and other
presentations.
Analyzed and optimized investment structure within equity asset class
Supervised analyst team to complete client work assignments
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC (July 1998 - October 2007)
Pittsburgh, PA
Treasury Manager, July 2004 - October 2007
Managed multimillion-dollar daily cash funding and investment activities
Administered multi-currency inter-company loans up to $300 million and
related FX hedging activities
Advised on and executed foreign exchange hedging transactions for
projects up to hundreds of millions US dollars
Oversaw monthly borrowing process for company's $50 million A/R asset
securitization facility
Advised business groups on establishing bonds, bank guarantees and
standby letters of credit worth $300 million
Involved in pension management process and participated in Pension
Investment Committee meetings
Corporate Finance Manager (Expatriate), October 2002 - June 2004
Manchester, UK
Managed processes for corporate acquisitions, divestitures and financing
activities
Facilitated the corporate investment sanction process (the "Investment
Review Panel")
Analyzed, challenged and guided business groups' investment proposals
Advised business groups on their treasury activities including foreign
exchange and bank guarantees
Senior Financial Planning Analyst, February 2001 - October 2002
Pittsburgh, PA
Consolidated corporate income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
statement for monthly closing, forecasting and five year financial
planning. Reconciled inter-company accounting entries
Investigated and reported variance explanations that helped management
track Company performance
Implemented a number of technical changes to improve visibility of
drivers of corporate cash flow
Analyzed and reported Company's audited financial statements. Responded
to auditors' inquiries
Extensively used SAP, Hyperion Essbase and Reporting to perform job
functions
Senior Financial Planning Analyst, July 1998 - February 2001
Columbia, SC
. Undertook monthly closing, reporting, forecasting, business
planning and variance analysis
. Analyzed and forecasted customer advanced payment account to
determine its impact on cash flow
. Examined receivables and worked with project managers to
accelerate collections and improve cash flow
. Collaborated with engineering managers to establish, forecast
and analyze environmental reserves; constructed the site's
capital expenditure plan
. Extensively used SAP to perform job functions
Scientific-ATlanta, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Financial Analyst Intern, June 1997 - December 1997
Valued potential acquisition targets, using valuation techniques of WACC,
APV and multiples
Conducted feature/cost analysis on all analog converters that identified
significant overpaid procurement cost and presented cost reduction
strategies
EDUCATION
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Atlanta, GA
MBA, May 1998, Finance
Awards and Activities: "International Ambassador Award;" Goizueta
Business School merit-based/full-tuition scholarship; Vice President,
International Business Association; Scored in top 2% worldwide on GMAT
Beijing University of technology
Beijing, CHINA
BS, July 1995, International Trade and Technology
Awards: Excellent Student Leader and Citywide Student Leader
Representative Awards; Dean's List and Citywide Honor Student Awards;
Minor Specialty in Finance and Accounting
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation since December 2002
Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) since July 2005
US permanent resident ("Green Card" holder) authorized to work for any US
employer
Fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English.