Connor Flaherty
Green Pond, NJ 07435
ac3fhr@r.postjobfree.com
973-***-**** (Cell)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-j-flaherty
OBJECTIVE:
Passionate, enthusiastic professional hire and recent graduate with a BS Degree in Finance looking for an opportunity to join a client focused organization in the New York area. I am interested in a Finance role that will build upon my current knowledge and experience while being professionally challenging and rewarding.
SUMMARY:
Professional Finance Associate, in the Chubb Early Career Program in Corporate Asset Management. I perform the accounting and reporting for the over 15 thousand investment securities in Chubb's 64.1B portfolio. Recently graduated, Cum Laude, consistent Dean's List, Finance and Marketing Major in the School of Business Administration at Rider University. Previous summers I interned at IBM in the prestigious Summit hire program, and at Global Marketing Corporation, while maintaining my Red Cross Certification as a part time Senior Life Guard.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
Chubb INA Holdings – Philadelphia, PA - Finance Associate, Early Career Program July 2017 – Present
Financial Analyst for Chubb Insurance supporting the Ace Asset Management team. Responsibilities focused on the accounting and reporting for the various investment securities on a monthly and quarterly basis.
Perform monthly and quarterly closes in a timely manner utilizing different scheduled reports including work-papers, trial balances and cash flows in both the GAAP and STAT accounting basis.
Personally took on other opportunities in Asset Management team including quarterly invoice checks, monthly security SMF lookups and monthly reconciliations.
One of my greater responsibilities for the Ace Asset Management team included maintaining a checklist of all of the assigned reporting schedules for the entire team in order to ensure that all of the work was completed in a timely manner in order to close the books each month.
IBM – Summit Intern Program – New York, NY - Financial Services Sector – June – August 2016
Supported the Financial Services Account Teams – Banking and Insurance Accounts
Projects included:
oAnalysis of Millennials’ perceptions of the Insurance and Financial Industry,
oStand and Deliver presentations combining technology solutions, ROI and KPIs for the following topics: Smart Homes for Insurance, NBA Branding with IBM Solutions, Cognitive Computing (Watson) for the Healthcare and financial services, Insurance Industries
Global Marketing Corporation – Rockaway, NJ - Sales Intern, Finance Intern, June – August – 2014, 2015 - Assistant to the Company Chairman and CFO
Finance Intern - Assisting in Forecasts, Sales Plans, fulfillment process, Financial Statement
Sales Intern – Assistant to the Company Chairman
Participated in Sales Strategy Meetings, Processed and fulfilled sales orders, Interacted with Supply Chain Departments of various vendors, domestic and international, Forecasted Sales Plans
EDUCATION:
Rider University – Lawrenceville, NJ – September, 2013 to May, 2017
BSBA Degree 2017, Major: Finance, Cum Laude
Consistent Dean’s List Student in the College of Business Administration
Current GPA: 3.6, Finance Major GPA 3.8, Graduated May, 2017 with honors
Completed Courses include: Corporate Cash Management, Quantitative Methods, Financial Modeling, Personal Finance, Statistical Methods, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, Accounting, Marketing Principals, Marketing, Advertising, Management Information Systems and Professional Strategic Speech.
Extracurricular Activities/Clubs: Finance Society, Future Business Leaders of America.
Rider University Winter Cooperative: The Rider Shadow Experience - January 2016 - Northwestern Mutual Assistant to a VP and Senior Financial Representative selling life, disability, health and long term care insurance.
Drew University – June 2015 - Summer Wall Street Program:
Three week, full time intensive financial markets course to understand stocks, bonds and the operations of Wall Street. Topics studied and applied include: the concepts, history, and institutions of the U.S. financial sector. Classes held in the downtown Manhattan, combining morning lectures with afternoon guest speakers and visits to venues such as the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and other securities firms and regulators.
Other Work and Volunteer Activities:
Princeton Fitness and Wellness Center – Red Cross Certified Lifeguard – October 2015 – May 2017
Green Pond Red Cross Certified Lifeguard – summers of 2011, 2012, 2013, Senior Lifeguard 2014 & 2015
Wayne PAL – part time basketball tournament assistant and volunteer for the youth organization – September 2013 – 2015
Community Service:
Volunteer for Drug and Alcohol awareness program, Rider University
Walks for Breast Cancer
Upward Basketball (Church league) volunteer referee and coach