Manager Analyst

Dear Sir or Madam:

In response to the Financial Analyst career opportunity posted on PostJobFree.com, I am submitting this cover letter and have pasted my resume for hopeful consideration. I hold a MBA degree in Finance from the University of Connecticut and have approximately six years of analytical experience related to the valuation of privately held businesses across various industries including manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, construction, real estate and retail. I have also passed Level I of the CFA program. I am currently seeking a challenging analyst career opportunity within a growing organization.

As a business valuation analyst, my responsibilities included the following:

• Gained a fundamental understanding of an organization’s core competencies, inherent strengths and weaknesses and industry position.

• Analyzed and compared a specific organization to prevailing economic and industry conditions.

• Analyzed merger and acquisition activity within specific industries including prevailing cost of debt issues, price to EBITDA/cash flow multiples.

• Analyzed historical and projected financial statements provided by management.

• Discussed any significant variances in balance sheet and income statements items with management.

• Understood the current and future expected capital structure of the organization.

• Determined the appropriate valuation method (discounted cash flow model, transaction approach or asset based approach) to apply to each specific assignment.

I am confident that my prior education and professional experiences would prove valuable to the Analyst position, as well as, your client's firm overall. I may be reached via email or phone at ***********@*****.*** and 973-***-****, respectively. I look forward to speaking with a member of your firm in the near future.

Sincerely,

Michael Feeley

Michael E. Feeley

600 South Dixie Highway, #703 973-***-****

West Palm Beach, FL 33401 ***********@*****.***

Experienced MBA graduate, seeking a challenging Financial Analyst career opportunity.

Core Competencies

Five years of valuation experience of publicly traded and privately held companies in the construction materials, consumer goods, utilities and manufacturing industries

Advanced economic, industry and financial analysis affecting subject companies including supply and demand dynamics, governmental and regulatory influences, industry profit margins and trend analysis and future business prospects.

Advanced financial modeling skills including development of discounted cash flow, internal rate of return and payback period models.

Advanced capital budgeting and rationing skills including development of net present value and replacement project models, market value added and residual income models and analysis of real options.

Highly proficient in the draft and completion of formal valuation reports utilized by investors, attorneys and the Internal Revenue Service.

Advanced knowledge of equity and fixed income and derivative securities.

Professional Experience

Wiss & Company, LLP Livingston, NJ

Business Valuation Associate / Consultant May 2008 thru October 2010 / October 2011 thru Present

Completed valuation reports used for the finalization of merger and acquisitions of privately held and publicly traded businesses, FASB 141/R purchase price allocations, periodic goodwill impairment testing, gift and estate planning purposes and various other litigation proceedings.

MRM Boating, LLC Hillsborough, NJ

Founder April 2009 thru April 2011

MRM Boating, LLC offered mechanical boat and engine services and online maintenance programs to the boating community.

RosenfarbWinters, LLC/Marcum, LLP Roseland, NJ

Business Valuation Associate September 2006 thru May 2008

Completed valuation reports used for court settlements and proceedings related to shareholder disputes, commercial litigation, divorces, and transfers and gifting of business interests.

University of Connecticut Storrs, CT

Student Managed Fund Portfolio Manager September 2005 thru May 2006

Lead manager of eleven full-time UConn MBA students to share in the investment management responsibilities of $1 million in equity securities.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Pennington, NJ

Employee Stock Option Program January 2003 thru July 2004

Participant Services Representative

Executed publicly traded employee stock options on behalf of participants.

Citigroup Asset Management 7 World Trade Center, NYC/Stamford, CT

Private Portfolio Group – National Sales Associate June 2001 thru March 2002

Education

University of Connecticut Storrs, CT

Master of Business Administration Graduation: May 2006

Concentration in Finance GPA=3.69

Montclair State University Upper Montclair, NJ

Bachelor of Science Business Administration Graduation: May 2001

Concentration in Economics, Finance GPA=3.21

Skills/Activities

CFA Level II candidate - June 2013.

National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) member and Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) since 2009.

Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access PowerPoint and Outlook applications.

Proficient with Valueline Investment Survey, Mergent and S&P software, Bloomberg terminals, and other financial resources.

Advanced written and oral communication skills.

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