MANAN PATEL

Atlanta, GA 773-***-**** ac46ln@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Finance, University of Illinois at Chicago Expected: May 2018 Minor: Business Analytics Major GPA – 3.3

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tirth Developers Dec 2017- Mar 2018

Assistant Vadodara, India

Created ad hoc Financial models for forecasting profit in Real Estate and Agriculture business

Assisted owner on creating various feasible financial strategies to meet prospective client’s needs

Prepared talking points on behalf of owner for his client meetings

Engaged vendors and clients to keep projects on schedule and resolved discrepancies during absence of the owner

Mesirow Financial Mar 2017- Aug 2017

Shared Services Intern Chicago, IL

Performed detailed analysis of 500+ IT contracts on Perceptive content to find data errors

Created data summary on excel to fulfill the purpose of tracking and monitoring data corrections

Collaborated with various managers to assist them in implementing changes in Perceptive Content

Observed planning, strategizing and implementation of POC and active projects by managers Alzheimer’s Association Mar 2014 – Jul 2015

Intern Chicago, IL

Oversaw entry of vendor cost data into their system

Reconciled accounting spreadsheets with accounting software

Summarized and analyzed accounting data in Excel

Interacted with vendors and maintained their account records SKILLS

Analytical: R, Bloomberg, Microsoft Office including Word and Excel, VBA, SAS Multilingual: Fluent in English, Hindi and Gujarati; working knowledge of Spanish RELEVANT COURSE WORK

Applied Equity Investment Microfinance & Financial Development Options and Futures Investments Operations Management Business Statistics Financial Accounting Business Model Simulations Business Management Managerial Accounting External Business Environment Data Mining Spreadsheet Analysis Commodities, Energy & Related Markets Behavioral Finance LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES

Hindu Student Council at UIC, Elected Board Member Jan 2015 – Dec 2017

Hosted annual events (Garba, Holi) with audience of 2000+ students

Primarily assisted with maintaining budget, and led team of volunteers. Hunf Organization Vadodara, Volunteer Dec 2017 – Jan 2018

Coordinated and led fundraising team to raise 150,000+ for the disabled and destitute children