ANTOINE ABI ZEID

202-***-**** ac9iba@r.postjobfree.com / ac9iba@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, School of Business Washington, DC Master of Science in Finance (STEM) August 2018

• GPA: 3.7

• International Student Advisory Board - member

• Relevant Coursework: Global Financial Markets, Derivatives Securities, Investment Analysis and Global Portfolio Management, Advanced Econometrics, Advanced Option Pricing

NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY, School of Business Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon Bachelor of Arts in Financial Engineering May 2016

• GPA: 3.5

• Dean’s honor list (May 2013 – May 2014)

• Relevant Coursework: Financial Risk Management, Advanced Derivatives Models, Futures and Options and Fundamentals of Investments RELEVANT PROJECTS:

• Managed a personal investment portfolio since 2015 specializing in trading commodity derivatives with a focus on Crude Oil Futures.

• Experienced in day trading – applying CMT technical analysis techniques to real-world option and derivative trading.

• Built models to forecast future USD-EUR exchange rate, using ARIMA, ARIMAX, GARCH methodology using SAS

• Prepared several valuations for different companies using discounted cash flow methods and multiples analysis

• Constructed a binomial option pricing model using Python TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Certifications: Chartered Market Technician Level 3 Securities Industrial Essentials ( SIE )

Platforms: Bloomberg, Interactive Brokers, Worden TC2000, EquityFeed Workstation Tools/Software: SAS, Python, R Programming, MATLAB, Microsoft Office (advanced excel experience), VBA, Tableau EXPERIENCE

WhatsApp Cellular Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon

Sales Specialist September 2014-December 2015

• Served as a sales associate at WhatsApp Cellular in charge of customer acquisition and retention

• Operated under, and met, sales targets exceeding $10,000 a month.

• Prepared sales strategies for management to target existing clientele increasing revenue from existing clients by almost 40%

• Member of the team tasked with increasing social media presence for the company Lebanon Hospital Equipment Co. (HEC) Beirut, Lebanon Accountant January 2012-February 2013

• Tracked sales and inventory increasing on-time deliveries by 15% within two months and 43% by 6 months.

• Prepared financial documents, such as invoices, bills, and accounts receivable and payable, subsequently to report day-to-day transactions

• Prepared several sales analysis reports focusing on optimizing outperforming product lines

• Ensured internal accounting practices were compliant with GAAP and IFRS international standards

• Reviewed computer reports for accuracy and meticulously tracked and corrected data entry and bookkeeping errors at the source. Patchwork Ltd. Event Management Beirut, Lebanon

Event Supervisor January 2011-July 2016

• Worked as an event supervisor at Patchwork Event Management

• Managed a team of different event employees ensuring on-time task performance and inter-team synergy

• Coordinated different aspects of event management, including music, performers, and guest speakers

• Created sales opportunities for future events during client meetings and during events, including possessing a strong working knowledge of the company to further these sales opportunities

• Excelled in a continuously changing work environment – often dealing with last-minute event necessities and rescheduling needs Digital ReVamp LLC Arlington, VA

Financial Analyst December 2018- June 2019

• Developed financial statements, such as balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement on a monthly basis

• Assessed current and upcoming projects based on analytical revisions centered on enhancing operating margin

• Maintained and developed financial forecast analysis to ascertain optimal potential future sales and growth projections

• Provided strategic advice across a variety of calculation analysis and supervised the progression of the financial plan ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Leadership: Played professional basketball in Lebanon as well as representing the national team under-18 Global View: Fluent in English, French, native speaker-Arabic Hobbies: Tennis, Soccer (won several amateur prizes) and Scuba Diving

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