John Song
Current Address: *** * ********, ******* ac1sc3@r.postjobfree.com, 574-***-****
EDUCATION
University of Notre Dame (Class of 2016) Notre Dame, IN Mendoza College of Business Bachelor of Business Administration Major: Finance & Applied Math Major GPA: 3.62/4.00 Dean’s List, Investment Club Fund Manager, International Market Watch Club Co-President, Student International Business Council Project Leader Professional Certificate:
Passed CFA level 1: December 2016
Passed CFA level 2: June 2017
Scheduled Exam: 2018 June CFA Level III, Illinois CPA Examination, 2017 November FRM Part I & Part II WORK & CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
PricewaterhouseCoopers Chicago, IL
Risk Assurance – Financial Service & Industrial 07/2016 - Present
- Collaborated with client management teams to minimize business and financial risk exposures
- Performed risk assessment/evaluation for a client companies before IPO, standardizing Corporate Governance procedures
- Evaluated derivatives operational efficiency for a hedge fund client and advised on improving hedging and reporting quality
- Conducted business process control testing over SOC 1 report for a multinational insurance client
- Performed IT General Controls and key report testing to support the financial audit for one of the world's largest hedge funds
- Forecasted, modeled and designed structured inventory and sales processes for a multinational manufacturing company
- Advised a multinational manufacturing client on business process gaps, eliminating redundancies and reducing cost Xiangcai Security Shanghai, China
Fixed Income 12/2015 – 01/2016
- Analyzed option volatility skews/smiles in Chinese market post 2015 market crush
- Composed equity research reports and provided traders with investment and arbitrage strategies Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong
Equity Group 06/2014 – 08/2014
- Collaborated with fund managers in portfolio diversification and low risk investment products
- Researched risk factors and minimized the risks of multiple portfolios and sub-portfolios Gunny Sack Technology Nanjing, China
Company Co-founder & Entrepreneur (Part time) 05/2013 – 08/2014
- Fabricated and designed smart shoe-pads devices that detect and calculate calories consumption for sport usage
- Analyzed market size and compared revenue and profitability of existing similar products and determine market potential
- Organized and developed detailed plan with different manufacturing suppliers for mass production Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Shanghai, China Corporate Finance 05/2013 – 08/2013
- Helped in estimating future capital needs and designing financing plan for a ¥ 600 million joint venture deal
- Conducted onsite due diligence
RESEARCH
Options Pricing Models, Delta Hedging and Stock Options Trading Strategies Notre Dame, IN Research Assistant 08/2014 – 05/2016
- Collaborated with Prof. Huynh in constructing delta-hedging models
- Adjusted Black-Scholes Model for American options and stock dividends
- Executed option trading strategies and generated 15.39% portfolio return in 2014 and 3.71% in 2015 (outperforming benchmark index by 400 base point in 2014 and 444 base point in 2015) OTHER EXPERIENCE
Chicago Children Organization Chicago, IL
Student Mentor 11/2016 – Present
- Interacted with three high school juniors from low-income families weekly and advised them on schools events and different choices upon graduation
Main Long Christian High School Chiang Rai, Thailand Secondary School Teacher 08/2014
- Volunteered as a secondary school teacher to teach and help homeless children in Main Long Orphanage in a village
- Connected the orphanage with University of Notre Dame and set up an exchange program with Center for Social Concern SKILLS & INTEREST
- Programming Skill: C++, R, SAS, MATLAB, Excel & PowerPoint
- Interests: Fishing, Tennis, Table Tennis (Ping-Pong), Billiards