Global Markets Op Risk Associate

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EDUCATION

The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 2016 – 2020

BS in Applied Math & Statistics; BS in Economics Cumulative GPA: 3.94/4.00 Economics GPA: 4.0/4.0

• Honors: “Dean’s List” all semesters; 2019 Deloitte Case Competition 1st Place (30+ teams); APO Service Fraternity

• Courses: Calculus III, Statistics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Probability, Derivatives, Optimization, Computing, Discrete Math, Macro/Micro/Monetary/Mathematical Econ, International Trade, Psychology, Music Theory

• Research: Price Volatility of Soybean Futures with Dr. Naiman; Impacts of Covid-19 on Equity Markets with Dr. Miller University of Oxford Oxford, England Jan. 2019 – Jun. 2019 Exchange Program; Economics major at St. Anne’s College Grade: Predicted First

• Courses: Macroeconomics, Game Theory, Quantitative Economics, Development of the World Economy

• Societies: Drama: casted Claire in the Broadway show “Proof”; Music: performed “Mamma Mia” at various concerts WORK EXPERIENCES

Goldman Sachs

Associate Global Markets Management & Strategy - Op Risk & Resilience New York City Dec. 2021 – Present

• Business Intelligence/Data Analytics: Efficiently turn large sales & trading datasets into actionable insights for senior management across divisions by enriching databases, cleansing and building data logic via Alteryx canvas, and creating automated BI dashboards to visualize data via Tableau

• Sales & Trading Incident Management: Proactively manage and escalate operational risk to the senior management and the Fed by communicating with embedded risk managers, sales, traders, and cross-divisional stakeholders on sales & trading incidents; streamlined incident reporting process and cut down ~80% of daily time commitment of the team

• Global Markets Operational Risk & Resilience Council (GMORRC): manage and present Global Markets’ performances to cross-divisional senior management by setting agenda, communicating across functions; conducting deep-dive analysis on operational incidents and events, and analyzing notable trends and themes; created a VBA tool to cut down 50% of manual processes in the meeting preparation process

• GS Involvement: 2022 Analyst Impact Fund team leader; led a GS team of 5 in the Heart Walk Marathon and raised >$600; led a team of 25 to volunteer with Father’s Heart Ministry and served >1000 meals; volunteered at Fuller’s Foundation NYC to build affordable houses; actively involved in Campus Hire recruitment process Morgan Stanley

Summer Intern & Analyst Liquidity Risk New York City 2019 Summer; Jul. 2020 – Dec. 2021

• Proactively managed Prime Brokerage (PB) risks by conducting daily analysis on clients’ and firm’s positions, sector performances, internalization trends, and impacts on the firm’s sources and uses of liquidity

• Designed and modeled stress scenarios in the firm’s internal stress test to assess the effectiveness of current metric thresholds; recalibrated 100+ PB and Secured Funding risk metrics based on modeled results ZhenFund (1st Chinese Angel investor)

Gap Semester Project Manager ZhenFund Academy Beijing, China Jan. – Jun. 2018

• Introduced Stanford’s Interpersonal Dynamics Courses, “Touchy Feely”, to the Chinese market for the 1st time

• Co-managed Zhenfund Academy with the founder, Ji Gu, by selecting participants, designing course modules, drafting case studies, conducting marketing analysis, and participating in roadshows to source funding for the Academy

• Offered courses to 500+ top-tier entrepreneurs who raised $20mm+ total funding within 1 year after the program LEADERSHIP

Podcaster @ Bed and Toast

Founder & Host (available on Spotify/Apple/Amazon Music/Xiaoyuzhou FM) Online Media Apr. 2022 - Present

• A cozy outlet to talk about career development, personal life, gender equality, and other random but interesting thoughts; 16 episodes in 2022 with >2500 total downloads Blue Net China Magazine

Group Leader & Journalist Baltimore, Maryland Sept. 2016 – Jan. 2019

• Interviewed Hopkins’ professors and outstanding alumni (including Nobel Prize winner, Grammy Award winner, Forbes 30 Under 30) and published articles on paper magazine and online social medias with 40k+ views Johns Hopkins Private Equity & Venture Capital Club Director of Partnership Baltimore, Maryland Sept. 2017 – Sept. 2018

• Expanded the club to 3 Hopkins campuses to source outstanding business ideas among 1000+ students; connected 10+ student startups with seed-round investors by hosting JHU Venture Capital Investment Competitions SKILLS

Technical: Excel, Alteryx, Tableau, PowerPoint (use effective visuals to highlight key info), Python, Matlab, SQL Interests: Cooking & Baking (worked at multiple dessert shops); Tufting; Planting; Hiking; Piano; Journaling Languages: Mandarin; English; Spanish

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