GUR OZBELGE

**** **** **** ******, **** #***, Los Angeles, CA 90026 213-***-**** add4th@r.postjobfree.com CAREER SUMMARY

Recent MBA graduate and CPA candidate with educational background in finance and entrepreneurship. Over four years of progressive experience in both legal consulting in finance and finance roles. Excellent communicator who enjoys taking on challenges in less structured environments and working across multiple disciplines. Seeking a role in a fast-paced environment with opportunity to grow.

EDUCATION

Glendale Community College – Glendale, CA February 2020 – Current Fulfilling accounting credit requirements under CBA for CPA eligibility University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business – Los Angeles, CA May 2018 Master of Business Administration / Finance and Entrepreneurship, GPA 3.4/4 Koc University – Istanbul, Turkey May 2013

Bachelor of Arts, Law

EXPERIENCE

Produce Pay Inc. – Los Angeles, CA October 2018 – July 2019 Produce Pay provides a wide array of payment solutions to the fresh-produce industry and its agents. Finance Associate

• Manages the underwriting process for potential financing candidates for the Preseason product, conducts due diligence and financial analysis of potential Growers/Distributors seeking Pre-season financing.

• Optimized asset pool purchase price for Preseason investments through USDA produce data, regional historical weather data and production reports for assets with a total gross market value of $100+ million.

• Helped build a credit scoring model that improves the overall financial understanding of the customer base and provides insights towards financial viability and delinquency.

• Successfully led the collection efforts regarding key past due accounts that make up 15% of the total investment portfolio.

Samumed, LLC – San Diego, CA Summer 2017

Samumed develops therapeutics to address a range of degenerative diseases, regenerative medicine and oncology. Corporate Development Intern

• Projected potential financial performance for a novel psoriasis compound:

- Analyzed current market conditions, current drugs in development and areas of unmet need and determined market opportunities.

- Forecasted uptake curves based on other comparable drugs.

• Performed comparative business and financial analysis and determined primary factors influencing premium valuations for public pharmaceutical companies.

- Completed detailed review of several large-cap pharmaceuticals who are valued at a significant premium to their peers and presented findings to CFO.

• Researched public company director compensation for purposes of designing a director compensation program, planned and budgeted a director compensation program of $2.5 million and presented findings to CFO and CBO. DLA Piper LLP – Istanbul, Turkey 2013 – 2015

Associate

• Advised banks and corporations in various project finance deals related to energy, healthcare and construction involving project due diligences, drafting and revision of financing and security documents.

• Consulted a consortium of leading Turkish construction companies for financing of privatization of two power plants, a financing of $4 billion. This deal was ranked the 5th largest Energy M&A transaction globally in 2014.

• Managed financing projects and provided solutions to client needs in time constraints.

• Managed clients and cultivated relationships by improving service gaps through perpetual feedback and adaptation of prompt responses.

SKILLS

MySQL, Tableau, Microsoft Office, Financial modeling/Valuation Analyses (DCF, LBO, M&A), Crystal Ball, QuickBooks Online.

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