CLARA ROSILY VINSON

Atlanta, Georgia • +1-508-***-**** • adajzc@r.postjobfree.com • LinkedIn

OBJECTIVE

Dependable entry level Economics graduate with internship experience and strong analytical skills looking for an opportunity where analytical and economic skills could be effectively deployed.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Master of Science in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics – Expected Feb 2020

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Master of Science (Integrated) in Economics – 2018

Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry, India GPA: 8.8/10

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

ESAF Small Finance Bank, Kerala, India

Quantitative Analyst Intern, 5/2019 – 8/2019

Worked on the viability of opening a new branch office.

Identified trends and made recommendations for improvements.

Identified meaningful relationships between banks’ interest rates and factors such as revenue growth rate, profitability on time.

Provided forecasts, explaining processes and techniques, recommending actions to formulate the product mix.

Recommended actions by analyzing and interpreting the data and making comparative analyses.

Contributed to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Centre for Developing Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Financial Analyst Intern, 5/2017 – 8/2017

Topic: ‘Effectiveness of Inflation Targeting in India.’

Designed an analysis on the difficulties in implementing the Central Bank’s policy of Inflation Targeting.

Succeeded in creating a trend analysis to understand the problems faced by countries which implemented this policy and expect similar bottlenecks in its implementation.

Conducted a quantitative analysis to understand the optimum time frame required for the effective implementation of the policy.

Forecasted the macroeconomic variables to be expected in the following years of its implementation.

Education for All, Pondicherry, India

Volunteer - Operations Head, 03/2014 – 03/2018

Volunteered for the welfare of the under-privileged through capacity building initiatives.

Collected, synthesized and analyzed financial data like budgets for major fundraising events.

Maintained and monitored the actual financial results with the organization forecasts and thus improved the operational efficiency by 5%.

Prepared weekly reports and led training for the new staff.

SELECTED PROJECTS

Equity evaluation of Honeywell International Inc

Business and industry overview of the company was done along with the study on the macro trends impacting business.

Understood the company’s competitive advantage by comparing with its competitors on a variety of factors like applied technology, product innovation, product recognition etc.

SWOT analysis as well as an analysis based on Porter’s Five Forces model was done.

Conducted financial and investment analysis of the company. Investment risks involved were also looked upon.

Performed the Earning Ability Valuation of the company.

Impact of Monsoon on the Agricultural output of India

Pursued an empirical analysis on the impact of monsoon showers on the agricultural output of the economy.

Conducted regression analysis to find the relation between the amount of rainfall received and the agricultural output during that period.

Developed multivariable regression model to further understand the impact of other external factors for the quantity of output produced.

The study concluded that the fall in agricultural production is due to lesser rainfall is greater than the rise in agricultural production when there is optimum amount of rainfall.

SKILLS

Experienced in statistics and data analysis using STATA and R packages.

Solid knowledge in SQL programming and creation of relational database models.

Fluent in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Self-motivated and extremely organized team liaison with proven ability to work under pressure.

Proven leadership qualities with organizational skills and management skills.

Excellent communication, analytical & troubleshooting skills.

Team player to the core, revels in execution and implementation of plans/projects to satisfaction of all concerned.

Able to build productive relationships and establish instantaneous rapport.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Been a Merit Scholar for all 10 semesters at the Pondicherry Central University, India. Featured among the top three students at all times.

Completed Bloomberg Market Concepts a course that provides an interactive introduction to the financial markets.

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