Microsoft Office Professional Experience

MOUNIKA GALI

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LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/mounikagali EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Master of Science in Finance (STEM) - February 2018 GPA: 3.94/4.0, Concentration – Financial Risk Management LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Economics, June 2014

First Division

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Foresters Financial, Buffalo, NY

Finance Intern, June 2017 – Aug 2017

Analyzed client portfolios worth $500,000 and above; recommended the right mix of investment and

insurance solutions in order to meet each client’s financial goals.

Examined investment styles of various mutual funds, compared performance of a mutual fund with S&P 500, and identified funds that may perform better in the current rising interest rate environment.

Created retirement income strategies; determined the amount of insurance required for each client.

Published articles on stock returns and seasonality, trading strategies, choosing mutual funds and financial planning on LinkedIn.

The Hans India, Andhra Pradesh, India

News Reporter, Dec 2015 – June 2016

Published articles on distress conditions in agriculture, bottlenecks in the flow of informal credit for agriculture, liquor-induced gender poverty, urban poverty and infrastructure issues such as development of airports. TECHNICAL SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

Adept at Python, R, SAS and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint).

Bloomberg Market Concepts

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Financial modeling

Used R software and MS Excel to estimate and analyze CAPM, Fama French three-factor models for various stock returns; built ARIMA models for time series data; performed forecasting analysis and model adequacy tests. Equity Analysis

Collected financial data pertaining to eight stocks from different industries; calculated Sharpe ratios, VaR, covariance and correlation; used CAPM to estimate stock returns; performed data analysis to find out optimal-risk portfolio. HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

Recipient, Graduate Internship Fellowship to Students (G.I.F.T.S), 2017

Board Member, School of Management Student Committee, 2017-18

Recipient, Wow Fund Award, 2017

Member, Equity Research Club and Case Competition Club, University at Buffalo ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Princeton University Graduate Consulting Club Case Competition (PUGCC), 2017

One of top 24 teams selected to participate; gave recommendations to increase Spotify’s profits via data analysis. Yale Graduate Consulting Club Case Competition (YGCC), 2017

Represented University at Buffalo at Yale University; recommended a new growth strategy model for Tesla.

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