John Zheng
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*** ******** *** ****** ***** College PA 16803 814-***-****
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: October, 1990 Citizenship: U.S.A.
OBJECTIVE
Looking for full time financial job positions, specifically targeting financial analysis and reporting, derivative, and asset pricing.
CFA Level I and level II exams and Financial Risk Management exam all parts passed.
EDUCATION
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, The Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA May 2016
Master of Science, Financial Analysis & Risk Management
- Completed the TWO-YEAR MASTER PROGRAM including both Financial Analysis and Financial Risk Management Orientations with a total of 60 Credit-hours.
- rewarded Dean’s List all years
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Smeal College of Business, University Park, PA August 2013
Bachelor of Science, Finance, minor in Economics and Japanese
- rewarded Dean’s List all years
WORKING EXPERIENCE
CITCO FUND SERVICES, Malvern, PA
Fund Accountant November 2016 – May 2018
●Prepared and finalized 25 to 30 annual financial statements or reports for hedge funds every fiscal year during busy season (January to May) before clients’ board meetings.
●Worked by steps on major workbooks including balance sheet, schedule of investment, income statement, financial performance statement, cash flow statement, statement of changes on asset, notional exposure on derivatives, internal trades, share roll and financial highlights.
●Researched outstanding transactions, made necessary corrections/adjustments and followed up on any unusual or unresolved outstanding reconciliation items.
●Identified and applied necessary changes needed on Excel templates for different hedge fund clients,
such as expenses reclassifications, bond amortizations, swap interests and dividends, and etc.
●Performed accounting adjustments on accounting transactions, reconciled cash flows and calculated value on year end NAV per share for every hedge funds.
●Used Bloomberg to search information for commodity-underlying derivatives that need to be addressed on Schedule of Investments, such as commodity futures, commodity future options, commodity swaps and etc.
●Coordinated with various departments and outside auditors such as the tax departments and PwC auditors to address issues and corrections on financial reports, researched auditor inquiries concerning all facets of general accounting.
Vanguard, Malvern, PA
Student Participant, EXPLORE Program April 2016
●Selected among peers to participate in an early talent identification program which involved networking with current Vanguard employees while gaining exposure to the finance industry.
HONORS and ACTIVITIES
●Member of the student Chapter, Financial Management Association, Fall 2014 -Now
●Lifetime membership in the International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma, March 2016 - Now
●Recipient, Paul E. And Laura J. Benner Memorial Trustee Scholarship, Fall 2010 - August 2013
●Member, Blue and White student activity society, Spring 2010 - Fall 2012
●Participant, Financial Advisors Ahead Preparatory Program Certificate of Completion, Fall 2013
SKILLS & LANGUAGES
●Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) Level III candidate
●Bloomberg, Capital IQ, R, SAS, and MATLAB
●HTML, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Macromedia Flash, and Adobe Photoshop
●Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
●Chinese – Conversant, Japanese – Intermediate
SELF EVALUATE
●Close affinity with numbers and their computations
●Responsible for working good
●Fast learning ability for new knowledge and technologies
●Cooperative in team work and creative