Nidhi Vyas New York, NY•518-***-****• *************@*****.***
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhivyas215368a4/ SUMMARY
Quantitative Finance graduate student with specialization in Investment Management, Financial modeling, Equity research, Data analysis, Trend analysis, Accounting and auditing, Project management with former experience as a trainee at a Chartered Accountancy firm and a family owned Stockbroking firm and a Non-Banking Financial Institution. EDUCATION
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Buffalo, NY Master of Science in Finance, Quantitative Finance track, (STEM) GPA-3.72 December 2018 Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India Ahmedabad, India Post-Graduation Diploma in Investment and Financial Analysis May 2017 Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India Ahmedabad, India Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, and Finance GPA-3.43 April 2016 PROJECTS AND RESEARCH
1. Finance Academy Competition - Winner- Valuation analyst Developed a 5 year forecasted model for Transact including expectations for EBITDA, operating income, and net income. Also performed SWOT analysis and relative valuation for Transact. Constructed a valuation model using discounted cashflows and leverage buyout method indicating undervalued share price with return on investment of 23% in DCF method and 22% through LBO method 2. KMV Model - Constructed a Credit Analysis model by using R, Yahoo Finance and CRSP. This model will fetch the stock price and financial statement of any public company from open sources and will provide estimated asset volatility, Default to distance and probability to default for the given company
3. Risk Decomposition- Portfolio Analysis- Created an optimized portfolio in MATLAB for ten Asset classes by using risk measurement as Downside risk function. Decomposed the Portfolio returns and risk to get the optimal Weights of the portfolio with reduced risk and higher returns. Considering cash as a measure of inflation and simulating ten thousand random normally distributed returns. Achieved an optimal portfolio with return contribution of 7.16% with reduced risk
4. Equity research - Stock pitch- Conducted research on a company's financial statement for investors about company's future earning predictions through calculations done by different methods
5. Financial Statement Analysis(Valuation Model)- Constructed an Abnormal earning valuation conducted for companies to reach their actual share prices.
6. Research - Banking and Financial service - Insurance companies and Mergers and Acquisition literature review EXPERIENCE
RAJENDRA MULANI & CO Ahmedabad, India
Accounting Article January 2017-April 2017
• Worked as an internal auditor for company’s one of the major client and prepared regulatory reports after conducting audit
• Performed statutory audits and advised clients for valuations and accounting delusions
• Prepared the statutory books of accounts, Bank reconciliation and consolidated reports in compliance with Indian GAAP.
• Updated and filled report of compliances (ROC) for various companies
• Assisted clients to minimize the delusion up to 99% accuracy level. Scrutinized and prepared Financial Statements for clients ALMA-SHINES Ahmedabad, India
Business Development Intern April 2016 – June 2016
• Developed growth strategies for the expansion of the company and helped them to increase clientele base by 25% through developing new marketing strategies
• Researched top universities across the globe and their alumni systems to create/improve alumni tracking for universities in India for expansion of business
• Prepared growth reports for Alma-shines by analyzing revenue and profit statements and cash management system
• Presented the business model to sponsors and venture capitalists and helped the company in fetching enough funds G K CHOKSI &CO Ahmedabad, India
Accounting trainee May 2015 – March 2016
• Evaluated and managed timely deposit of taxes (Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, and VAT) of clients and filing their returns for timely completion of the assessment and establishing statutory compliance
• Prepared internal and statutory audit schedules on the quarterly and yearly basis
• Analyzed and scrutinizing financial database of client businesses factors
• Conducted the statutory audits for clients and ensure the accuracy of the financial statements
• Counselled clients on their investment opportunities for tax planning and saving PROGRAMMING
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Information Technology Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Certification, 2014. Orientation Training for Executive Information System, Enterprise Resource Planning, Core Banking system, Accounting Information system
• Banking and Financial Services of India Certificate, 2013
• Charter Accountancy Intermediate Level Completed
• Bloomberg Market concepts
• Prospective candidate of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) Windows Bloomberg
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