Quality Assurance Sales

Michael A. Tavani

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EDUCATION

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA

Master of Business Administration, Corporate Finance, May 2014, GPA 3.81

Recipient, Dean’s Tuition Scholarship, 2012 – 2014 Dean’s Award of Excellence, 2014

Fox Graduate Student Association, 2012 – 2014 Fox School of Business Recruiting, 2013 – 2014

Fox Net Impact, 2012 – 2014 ACG Investment Banking Case Competition, 2013, 2014

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Science, Finance, Awarded May 2008

Relief Volunteer, Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 2004

EXPERIENCE

FOX MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Philadelphia, PA August 2013 – January 2014

Associate Consultant, The School District of Philadelphia

Five-month consulting engagement serving as the capstone course in Temple University’s MBA program.

Evaluated market opportunity for revenue generation through expansion of three School District of

Philadelphia (SDP) programs.

Created financial model forecasting balance sheet and income statement to improve reporting and

transparency of programs for upward communication to SDP CFO.

Developed five-year strategic action plan for program selected, achieving sustainability in two years and

profitability in four with revenues of $1.5M.

SEI INVESTMENTS INC., Oaks, PA June 2013 – August 2013

Business Analyst/Intern, SEI Wealth Platform

Served as liaison to business side and coders in development of proprietary technology solution.

Prepared test case templates, transactions and expected result file sets for quality assurance testing.

Leveraged personal network for knowledge sharing and overall project improvement.

Conducted comprehensive comparative analysis on reporting functions to identify synergy opportunities.

CITIGROUP INC., New York, NY December 2009 – June 2012

Sales Assistant, Credit Middle Office

Provided Middle Office trade support to Citi’s Fixed Income High Yield and Distressed sales desks.

Booked and allocated trades, performed data analysis and resolved technology issues.

Managed the flow of all desk trades, working with Front and Back Office, technical support groups and

clients to resolve economic or operational issues.

Provided monthly bond pricing to clients and monitored all failing trades to manage risk exposure.

Knowledgeable of various fixed income products, including: corporate bonds, municipal bonds, treasuries,

CDS derivatives, syndicated loans and mortgage bonds.

CITIGROUP INC., New Castle, DE September 2008 – December 2009

Operations Analyst, Secondary Loan Trading

Provided operations support to Citi’s Par and Distressed Debt trading desks.

Managed a portfolio of Par and Distressed syndicated loan trades for closing.

Worked with a broad range of credit facilities, including: term loans, delayed-draw term loans, revolving

credits, and letters of credit.

Prepared, reviewed and negotiated trade documentation with clients and legal counsel.

Served as liaison to traders, clients, legal counsel and third-party platform vendors.

ADDITIONAL: Financial Modeling, Bloomberg, Fixed Income, Syndicated loans, ClearPar

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