Financial Analyst

Ahmed Qureshi +1-347-***-****

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Education: Institute of Business Administration (IBA) – Karachi Graduated 6/2016 Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics (Double Major) 150 credits 2017 Level II Candidate in the CFA Program 6/2017

Honors: 25% Scholarship at Beacon House School 8/2010 – 6/2011 Certifications: Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling by University of Pennsylvania – Wharton Online 8/2016 Understanding Financial Markets by University of Geneva Online 7/2016 Economics of Money and Banking I and II by Columbia University Online and INET 11/2013 Experience:

Viacom, Global Data Governance Department – Data Analyst 1/2017 - Present

• Collaboratively managed Viacom’s Global Content Catalog (EBX), completed workflow requests and tickets, participated in long-term data governance projects, processing large data sets in Excel.

• Researched content, operating over 6 different proprietary database applications, maintaining a clean set of metadata for high priority television content and provided research findings to the team and user community. New York Community Bank – Financial Services Associate, Part Time 8/2016 – 11/2016

• Providing customers with high quality, prompt, and professional financial services.

• Posting transactions, performed data entry for payment collections, disbursements, significant cash handling and reconciliation, check processing, and maintained account information. Conducted daily closing, by reconciling, batching and processing proof work using Excel.

Internships

Stallion Deliveries – Intern 1/2015 – 2/2015

• Developed and successfully managed strong relationships with strategic clients, prepared proposals for each client and provided them with appropriate cash on delivery solutions, generating on average 120,000rs of monthly sales. A.U. Rehabilitation Association (Non-Profit) – Audit Assistant 7/ 2014 – 8/2014

• Prepared financial statements and records according to organization’s accounting and operating procedures using Peachtree and Excel. Identified and resolved 20 accounting issues and discrepancies. Undergraduate Thesis

Interest Rate Determination in Pakistan: A Multinomial Logit and Taylor Rule Forecasting Analysis

• Extracted 3 series for a 43-year period, ran a multinomial logit and Taylor rule model, forecasted interest rates for 4 years and analyzed the validity of each model and the rate determination process, using Excel and Stata. Research Projects and Term Reports

• An Analysis of the Economic Development, and Economic History of Argentina

• An Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of Housing Prices Exported and cleaned 88 observations with 3 variables and ran 6 regression models, calculated coefficients of determination and significance tests using Excel and Eviews to analyze the determinants of housing prices.

• A Statistical Analysis of International Trade in Pakistan’s Metallic Mineral Industry Extracted, sorted, organized, and charted 8 years of data for Pakistan’s trade in Metals and Ores in 3 categories, with respect to value and volume, firm size, trading partners, tariff structures, and did extensive trend analysis on Excel. Student Organizations and Leadership - IBA Community Welfare Society – Executive Council Member 9/2014 – 9/2015 Vice President of Content Development Department 9/2014 – 9/2015

• Managed a team of over 10 individuals, produced monthly reports of society’s events, designed proposals and invitations, publishing material for marketing purposes, and composed professional emails to speakers and guests. Assistant CFO 9/2014 – 4/2015

• Assisted in creating RFPs, compared and analyzed proposals, and justified selection to IBA. Maintained financial records, produced monthly expense reports, cash flow reports, and budgets in Excel. Collected and disbursed cash and checks from vendors, sponsors, and donors, and coordinated between CFO and Finance dept. of IBA. Skills and Interests:

Languages: English, and Urdu/Hindi

Technical: Advance Excel skills (v lookups, power pivot, macros), highly proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Outlook; experience in PeopleSoft Enterprise, MISER (ERP), Eviews and Stata In Progress: Wall Street Prep Premium Package (Financial Statement Modeling, DCF, Trading and Transaction Comps, Accretion Dilution (M&A), and LBO) and Analyzing Financial Reports Course (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-4, S-1, etc) Ability to build clear and coherent financial and valuation models from scratch and a solid understanding and ability to interpret various financial reports and filings.

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