FINANCIAL ANALYST
FOCUS OF INTEREST: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS / INVESTMENTS
(PERFORMANCE/DATA/TRANSACTION)
Detail-oriented and result-driven professional, equipped with solid
understanding of financial operations in various areas of management. Known
for the ability to incorporate creative techniques, process and procedures
to improve productivity and boost revenue. Effective in identifying and
maintaining new business opportunities and client relationships, providing
vision and counsel to steer organizations through accelerating growth.
Possess strong skills in financial and strategic planning with outstanding
skills in financial analysis, financial accounting, reconciliation and
performance reporting. Possess strong problem solving, management,
communication skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks and
responsibilities.
EXPERTISE: Financial and strategic planning, data analysis, budgeting,
forecasting and financial accounting
TECHNICAL: MS Office Suite (Excel - Lookup function, Financial function,
Pivot table, Macros), Access, SPSS, SQLVBA, Bloomberg, Data-Stream, Minitab
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Analyst/Intern, HDFC Bank, New Delhi
Dec 09 - Feb 10
. Involved in executing quantitative and qualitative analysis for
portfolio performance measurement, risk analysis as well as data
analysis and data mining for the pricing team to ensure accuracy and
quality of all data used
. Prepared weekly portfolio reports for financial variance analysis and
benchmarking for senior management while helping in drafting the
workflow procedure
Research Assistant, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
March 09 - Current
Working in Department of Economics/Finance and Department of International
Business
. Assisting professor in Econometric Financial research Projects in US
Bond and preparing financial model on corporate bond, long term
government bond, intermediate government bond
. Gathering financial data from Bloomberg to analyze financial market
data movements
. Exporting live data from Bloomberg to create research calculations
Financial Analyst, Kotak Securities, Mumbai
Aug 04 - July 07
. Produced annual budgets and forecasted models on a departmental,
business segment and consolidated basis working with functional
departments heads and senior management
. Analyzed and interpret monthly variance and trends between budgets,
actual and prior results in developing projection and forecast
. Provided financial support and analysis to operations and marketing
areas for strategic business decision and cost saving initiative
. Gathered, developed and analyzed financial models like cash flows, P&L
account, account reconciliation and ledger
. Chartered operational performance and efficiency data by industry,
conducting in depth financial analysis of corporate financial
statement and tax filing to establish normative profiles across
different industries in India as a client support tool for market,
investment and strategic business decisions
EDUCATION
Masters in Finance
GPA 3.7
Southern New Hampshire University
Sep 08 - June 10(currently pursuing)
Bachelors of Commerce (B.Com) - Financial Accounting and Auditing
GPA 3.0
University of Mumbai
Aug 99 - Apr 02
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
. Stock selection and analysis of various Industry as wealth information
through data/ratios
. Project on Just in Time Inventory Management by various companies,
like Toyota, McDonald, Wal-Mart and Dell
. Dynamics of Bonds market(Corporate and Long Term), processes of bonds
and various causative factors affecting the Industries
. Investment analysis and Portfolio management based on economy
analysis, asset allocation and fund selections
. Best Corporate Governance and practices in developed and developing
countries
. Empirical Project on GDP and how is it affected by Federal Fund rate,
Employment, housing and Dow Jones Industrial average
CURRENT COURSES
Financial Management Managerial Accounting Managerial Economics
Quantitative analysis and Multinational Corporate Investment analysis and
Decision making Finance Portfolio Management
Money and Capital Markets Financial Econometrics Capital Budgeting and
Financing
Short-Term Financial Production and Operation Option Analysis and
Management Management Financial Derivatives
AWARDS AND HONORS
. Exceptional contributor award in Q2, FY 2006 at Kotak Securities
. Honorable Mention Award for seminar in "Management Fees" while working
at Kotak Securities
. Awarded the first prize in management quiz in University (2001)
LEADERSHIP
. Marketing head for the university festival, Shishir (2000, 2001)
. President of Girls Society, University of Mumbai (2001-2002)
REFERENCES
Available on request