BERK YILMAZ

EU CITIZEN +1-413-***-**** ac5nq9@r.postjobfree.com

Ambitious, well-rounded BSc student with deep financial acumen and a sound understanding of investment products. Carries a big passion for finance and has an extensive trading experience developed through internships and personal investment portfolios. EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Finance, Economics Minor, GPA 3.6, Fordham University, New York, Sep 2011 – May 2018

Selected for Dean’s List in my first and second years of study.

Fordham’s finance program is ranked 13th in the US News ranking of American College programs.

Relevant Modules: Hedge Funds, Futures & Options, Fixed Income Analysis, Value Investing, Financial Modelling, Global Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Statistical Analysis I, Statistical Analysis II, Calculus.

Awarded A grade for value investing module; assumed leadership and deputised for underperforming colleague to turn around troubled group project. Conducted and presented fundamental analysis of an undervalued stock, Smith and Wesson. The MacDuffie School, Granby, MA, USA, Sep 2011 – Jun 2014 INTERNSHIPS

YapiKredi Bank, Amsterdam: Investment Banking Analyst Intern Summer 2017

Increased knowledge of banking strategies and products; rotated across all departments to learn how the bank makes money.

Boosted profit and efficiency through effective routing of money orders to and from the bank; identified optimal intermediary banks, depending on the currency type.

Provided key contributions to financial statements of ANT YAPI, a Turkish construction company looking for financing in the UK; honed understanding of company valuation and due diligence process KPMG, Istanbul: Marketing Intern Jul 2016 – Aug 2016

Experienced in making effective PowerPoint presentations; selected by Head of Marketing department to make a presentation on topic of corporate protection against cyber-attacks

Worked as a translator in high pressure and tight deadline environment; translated global news articles from English to Turkish for inclusion in advertising materials.

Conducted market research on social media strategy; reviewed trends and made recommendations. Is Investment Bank, Istanbul: Equity Trading Intern Jun 2016 – Jul 2016

Generated 18% return from a $4K starting balance on emerging markets Turkish Stock Exchange, despite difficult conditions during the coup d'état stock market crash.

Gained knowledge of day trading, pair trading and swing trading by shadowing and observing senior market makers. Improved my creative and analytical thinking by developing new trading strategies.

Collaborated with senior traders to coach and mentor inexperienced interns about risk management of positions; reduced new interns’ mistakes and minimised their losses.

Forex Integral, Istanbul: Forex Analyst Intern Summer 2015

Learned macroeconomic and geopolitical effects on currency; developed my analytical thinking by being a mentee of currency sell-side analysts.

Brought precision to client service delivery; improved communication skills by resolving >50 client enquiries related to account balances and their current positions.

INVESTMENTS

ETF Global Portfolio Challenge, spring 2017; placed 12th among 1,000 other global college students for about 6 weeks until the final week of the competition; achieved portfolio return of 12% and Sharpe ratio of 3, beating S&P Index by 13%. Learned effective risk control with 3x leveraged ETF’s and embraced humility after experiencing dangers of high speculative plays.

Developed profitable portfolios by testing momentum strategies on a paper trading platform. Three diversified portfolios have delivered ROI of 15 - 35% over the six month period.

Team Player; Won Alternative Investments Club’s (Fordham University) portfolio competition in Fall Semester 2017. Helped team members understand ETFs and devised the portfolio strategy. Managed team’s portfolio of alternative investment ETFs for 4 months.

Familiarity with alternative investments; traded digital currencies (Bitcoin, Etherium) and invested in over 200 comic books. EXTRA CURRICULAR

Passion for finance; Attended many Fordham’s financial speaker series which featured reputable fund managers and executives who specialized in equities, fixed-income, merger arbitrage, private equity and others.

Volunteered for University Culinary Council, 2015 –2016; promoted healthier eating; proposed cafeteria menu changes.

Active member of University Running Club; coordinated social runs and attracted new students.

Languages: Fluent English, Turkish and Russian; lived in Russian-speaking Kazakhstan for 15 years and in the US for 7.

IT Skills: Bloomberg Market Concept Certified, Preqin, MetaTrader 4, Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access.

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