Yifei Zhou
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Bilingual in Chinese (Mandarin and Dialects) and English
Working experiences across CIB, personal banking, and insurance
Strong background in data analysis and financial analysis
Professional at Excel, Eviews, SPSS, SAS, STATA, Word, ACCESS, and SQL
Financial Modelling: DCF, NPV/IRR/CAP/NOI, VaR, Durations, and Valuation
Models
Econometrics Modelling: ANOVA, Logistic, 2SLS, VAR, ARIMA, GARCH etc.
Dataset: time-series, cross section, panel, etc.
EDUCATION[pic]
Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) MS in Applied Economics (Financial
Specialization) Aug.2012-Aug.2014
Relevant Coursework: corporate finance, managerial accounting, fixed income
securities, financial econometrics
Project: Macro-econometrics research: Does the Stimulation of FDI on GDP in
China Still Work? (Mar.2014-Jul.2014),
Credit rating analysis (Sprint & Verizon) (Feb.2014-Apr.2014), Econometrics
research on JPY/USD exchange rate (Feb.2013-May 2013), Small Cap
Volatility: An Econometrics research of the Russell 2000's Volatility
(Sep.2012-Dec.2012), and Center Rock Inc. sell side study (Sep.2012-
Dec.2012)
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Wuhan, China) BEc in Finance,
Insurance Sep.2008-Jun.2012
Relevant Coursework: securities investment, investment bank theory,
actuarial, accounting theory, financial engineering
Publication: Application of Taobao (the B2C platform of Alibaba) Marketing
Mode in Insurance- based on the comparison with official website mode,
Journal of Chongqing Statistics, 2011, Vol. 9, Pp 30-35
Honor: Academic individual of Zhongnan University (Nov.2011), National
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship (Academic Sep.2010 & Moral Sep.2009)
EXPERIENCE [pic]
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (Chongqing, China)
Corporate Banking Manager Jun.2013-Aug.2013
The # 1 world banks by Tier1 Capital, Top tier Most Valuable Brand of
Global Bank, Best Bank of Asia, Largest Financial Group of China
. Maintained 5 existing clients.
. Accomplished wealth management by monitoring their cash flows.
. Provided loan services of various terms and provided receivable
financing.
. Accomplished due diligence analysis and prepare Know Your Customer (KYC)
reports, accomplished quarter financial statement analysis, risk
assessment, audit report inspection, annual report checking and crediting.
. Participated in an Asset-Backed Security (ABS) R&D process of high-end
product for a nation-wide winery company, and was responsible for modelling
and pricing as well as financial analysis and risk assessing.
. Managed other corporate banking business such as project financing,
foreign exchange remittance, acceptance credit, and mortgage, and assisted
with mortgage assessment.
. Key accomplishment:
- Developed 3 corporate clients and opened wage payments accounts for
them.
- Participated in creating a financial derivative based on cash flows
through POS terminal and firstly promoted this product to a client in
Great Chongqing Area (a two billion Chinese Yuan contract).
Citibank, Department of GCB S&D (Chongqing, China) Personal Banking
Manager Jul.2011-Sep.2011
. Developed customers in sub-branches and made cold calls.
. Wealth management with overseas fund products invested in precious metal,
Treasury bond, and FX derivatives.
. Tracked real-time prices, conducted trend analysis, executed transaction,
and hedged risks.
. Hosted morning meetings, and did presentation over major indices, trend
analyze report, and transaction advice.
. Key accomplishment:
- Opened 5 gold accounts (over 500 thousand Chinese Yuan) and 10 blue
accounts (over 80 thousands Chinese Yuan).
Sino-life Insurance Co. (Chongqing, China) Operating Department Assistant
Jul.2009-Sep.2009
A fastest growing life insurance in China, which now has become one of the
largest insurance companies
. Completed underwriting, crediting, claims assessing, insurance contract
inspecting, risk re-evaluating, and risk assessing system managing.
. Informed the insured of their rights and obligations.
. Tracked payments and completed data entry and database maintenance.
. Key accomplishment:
- Conducted Anti-Money Laundry (AML) analysis.