Sales Financial Analyst

Allan L. Parks, CFA

Cell: 1-818-***-**** Email: *****.*********@*****.*** Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/allanparks

Post-MBA Professional Experience

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Private Banking, Houston, TX July 2014 – Present

Assistant Vice President – Trading

Develop customized portfolios for existing clients, including fixed income, equity and alternative asset exposures.

Monitor performance and risk of discretionary trading accounts, +$100M AUM, yielding >$1.5M in annual revenues.

Develop and market equity option strategies for both hedging single name concentration and event driven trade ideas.

Manage IPO/equity new issuance trading: ~$5M in client AUM, +10% annual returns with 50% average cash balance.

Raised and allocated $1.75M new capital over prior 10 months from existing HNW clients for PE and HF placements.

Wedbush Securities, Los Angeles, CA January 2011 – July 2014

Vice President - Market Strategies

Executed equity and option trades, median trade size of $1M, for a $100M long/short portfolio (gross exposure).

Developed and marketed trading strategies based on event volatility and technical analysis to proprietary traders.

Prepared convertible bond capital markets presentations for banking clients resulting in $350 million of new issuance.

Conducted portfolio risk analysis (scenario analysis, stress tests, VaR) and reconciled trades for the proprietary book.

bcp Securities, Miami, FL August 2010 – January 2011

Associate – Emerging Markets Fixed Income Sales & Trading (Provisional Position)

Executed HY bond trades on behalf of institutional clients and managed the trade blotter for the Managing Partner.

Provided market commentary and pricing of Latin American high yield bonds to clients in both English and Spanish.

Prepared marketing presentations (“pitch books”) for debt new issuance road shows.

FTI Consulting, Los Angeles, CA August 2008 – November 2009

Sr. Consultant – Corporate Restructuring

Advised debtors in a $375M CMBS debt restructuring and $115M sale of the world’s largest private ski resort.

Evaluated the 13 week cash flow estimates and EBITDA forecasting model of the 3rd largest retailer in Mexico.

Barclays Capital, New York, NY September 2007 – July 2008

Associate – Sales & Trading

Executed over $15B in US Dollar repurchase trades with various foreign central bank clients.

Marked to market interest rate swaps and monitored credit risk sensitivities for unwinding trades with clients.

Prepared presentations and provided analysis on trade ideas for client meetings.

Summer Associate Internship June 2006 – August 2006

Analyzed the potential impact of pension reforms on the bank’s clients and presented potential new business opportunities to managers of various institutional sales desks.

Relevant Pre-MBA Professional Experience

Saybrook Capital, Santa Monica, CA April 2004 – July 2005

Investment Banking Analyst – Corporate Restructuring

Provided a capital structure and valuation analysis in the $600M re-capitalization of Foster Wheeler Ltd.

Financial modeling, DCF and comparable company analysis, for the United Airlines and Delta Airlines restructurings.

Great American Group, Woodland Hills, CA March 2002 – December 2003

Financial Analyst – Liquidation Appraisal & Valuation Group

Appraised nearly $800M in assets pledged as collateral for the credit revolvers of various retailers.

Performed due diligence and orderly liquidation valuations (OLV) on over 30 different retailers on behalf of lenders.

Education & Licenses

FINRA Series 7, 55, 63, 65 & 79 September 2007

Thunderbird, School of Global Management, MBA, GPA: 3.89 August 2005 – May 2007

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charter holder September 2005

University of San Diego, B.A. in Economics and Spanish, GPA: 3.8 September 1996 – May 2000

Languages

Spanish and English – speaking (fluent) and writing (fluent)

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