Financial Analyst Real Estate

Ryan Ruth

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BNP Paribas New York, New York

Investment Banking Analyst July 2019 – Present

• Responsible for leveraged capital markets analysis throughout the process of underwriting leveraged loan and high yield bonds for private equity backed leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and distressed/restructuring situations

• Credit screened over 50 potential transactions across a range of industries with presentations to management and corporate risk

• Lead Analyst on the initiative to develop a robust internal database for live leveraged loan secondary and primary market updates

• Selected to assist newly hired senior coverage and industry bankers with building a U.S. healthcare sector franchise Select Transaction Experience:

• ~$500m LBO financing for a middle-market private equity acquisition of a premium zero-turn lawn mower consumer brand o Worked with the Sponsor’s financial model to evaluate the LBO credit metrics and then advise an attractive debt structure o Analyzed financial data supplements and third-party diligence reports preparing marketing materials for investors o Conducted investor due diligence question calls covering company merits, QoE reconciliations, and industry themes o Created a live investor tracker for real-time commitment levels and engagement levels with data room materials o Evaluated loan documentation and legal agreements as part of issuance and closing processes

• ~$275m LBO financing for a middle-market private equity investment in an industrials leader in specialty plastics and packaging o Pitched credit investment merits of the transaction to our internal private credit fund resulting in a 20% commitment o Performed comparable transactions analysis to assess market suitability and determine all-in yield pricing for the issuance o Communicated with private credit funds, investment banks, and retail lenders to successfully syndicate the debt o Organized the presentation venue, assisted with lender materials and facilitated the data room Global Markets Summer Analyst May 2018 – August 2018

• Emerging Markets Credit: Designed a trade that mitigated client exposure to a predicted widening in credit spreads between Mexican sovereign debt and Petróleos Mexicanos and won 1st place against my class in the summer investment pitch competition

• Equity Derivatives & Structured Products: Developed a proprietary S&P 500 Put Writing Index which tracked the individual performance of the 21 underlying option positions selected for a custom OTC portfolio to wrap into structured products Kimberly-Clark Appleton, Wisconsin

Corporate Finance Intern June 2017 – August 2017

• Supported the North American FP&A and operational finance teams for Family Care brands exceeding $3.5Bn of annual revenues

• Developed a dynamic Excel-based working capital analysis model to pinpoint areas for future production efficiencies, resulting in an improved cash conversion cycle and a standardized quarterly and monthly days on hand inventory review process

• Conducted a real estate cost analysis for alternative storage contracts which pinpointed $100k of annual plant level cost savings Primex Family of Companies Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Finance and Accounting Intern May 2017 – June 2017

• Created 32 annual budget forecasts for each division to accurately identify outlier expenses and unlock levers for cost optimization EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin Bachelor of Business Administration: Finance, Investments, and Banking Cumulative GPA: 3.52/4.00 Class of May 2019 BI Norwegian Business School Oslo, Norway

International Exchange Student Spring 2018

LEADERSHIP & INVOLVEMENT

Sales & Trading and Asset Management Society - Founding Member, Co-President Federal Reserve Challenge- Executive Board Member, Head of Professional Development Real Estate Club- Active Member

Capital Management Club- Investment Analyst

CERTIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA): CFA Level I (June 2019), CFA Level II Candidate (June 2020) Professional Licenses: Securities Essentials Exam (SIE), FINRA Series 79 Exam, FINRA Series 63 Exam Applications/Programs: Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Factset, SAP, MS VBA, Python (beginner) INTERESTS

Snowboarding Traveling Architecture Chicago Sports Blackjack Camping Scandinavian Cooking

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