Sijia (Scarlett) Hao
Chicago, IL *****, Cell: 517-***-****, acqisw@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
DePaul University, Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois Expected June 2015
Master of Science in Finance
Relevant coursework: Investment Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Derivatives and Risk Management, Cases in Investments and Financial engineering.
Michigan State University December 2013
Bachelor Degree, Finance, Minor: International Business
Relevant coursework: Management of Financial Institutions, Computer Applications in Financial Modeling
Course Project
Evaluate the SPX Corporation through CAPM, cost of capital, Gordon Growth Model, implied growth rate, free cash flow, residual income model and other ratios like P/E ratio to decide whether to buy the stock of company
Evaluated Fuel Hedging in the Airline Industry: the case of Southwest Airlines through compare five hedging strategies: do nothing, hedge using a plain vanilla jet fuel or heating oil swap, hedging using options, hedging using a zero-cost collar strategy, and hedge using a crude oil or heating oil futures contract
Evaluated Monmouth, Inc. case through discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis to figure out the price that Monmouth can afford to pay for Robertson
Evaluated Zeus Asset Management, Inc. by comparing different mutual fund performances versus respective index to decide which indices and models Zeus should use in the future
WORK EXPERIENCE
Gallery in Snyder and Phillips Hall, East Lansing, Michigan October 2011-December 2013
Student worker
Serviced students, faculty, and visitors with fast speed and good attitude to increase the customer service quality
Communicated with colleagues and supervisors to improve the customer service by continuing to gain knowledge to assist in effective office operations
Citibank, Chengdu, China December 2012
Intern
Assisted a mentor to maintain and organize files to improve the efficiency for finding the old files and documents
Communicated with other departments to make sure the teams are working together to informed of need to know information
United Overseas Bank, Chengdu, China August 2012
Intern
Worked with company-client account management system to enter the data for the bank daily
Monitored the data supervisor needed was correct and accurate to improve the efficient for supervisor checking
Helped mentor and supervisor to organize and check the old data to improve the efficiency
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
International Student Experience Exchange Program, Mentor and Board Member March 2014 – June 2015
DePaul University Graduate Women Business, Member March 2014 – June 2015
Michigan State University Finance Association, Member September 2012 - December 2013
Career Fair of Michigan State University, Volunteer Student Ambassador April 2011
Michigan State University Ballroom Dance, member September2011-December 2012
Service Learning at Snell Towar Recreation Center, Volunteer September-December 2011
SKILLS
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and the ability to learn new computer systems
Experience with Bloomberg
Experience with Minitab
Fluent in English and Chinese