Hedge Fund

HARDIK GORADIA

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Waltham, MA *2453

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Phone: 917-***-****

SUMMARY

CFA level 2 candidate. Three years of experience in equity analysis, financial statement analysis and accounting. Detail-oriented professional pursuing MBA in international finance with strong analytical, modeling, team working and communication skills

EDUCATION

2006 – 2008

BRANDEIS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL WALTHAM, MA

Candidate for MBA in International Finance to be awarded in August 2008. Major GPA: 3.7/4.0

Passed CFA level 1 in December 2007

Projects

• Finance statement analysis - Prepared a report recommending the purchase or sale of common stock based on the fundamental ratios, cash flow analysis and comparison among its peers

• Financial Modeling - Analyzed the companies’ fundamentals, evaluated its value using various appropriate methods, checked sensitivities to various assumptions and forecasted its balance sheet, income statement and cash flows

Teaching assistant: Financial Accounting & Fixed Income

2002 – 2005

H.L. INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Auditing (2005). Major GPA: 3.9/4.0

EXPERIENCE

2008 - Present

LEXICON MANAGEMENT, LLC BOSTON, MA

Country Analyst Intern

• Identified the competitive advantage of the countries and projected key macro economic statistics in the short run

• Short listed the stocks benefiting from the competitive advantage of a country

• Prepared a summary report and presented the ideas to analyst and finance professionals

• Completed all the projects within the assigned deadlines

2007 – Present

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY WALTHAM, MA

Budgeting & Planning Department (Internship)

• Modelled the budget reports, inspected its accuracy with control criteria and designed them according to the specific requirements

• Prepared comprehensive analysis reports showing comparison between expenses and budgets

• Updated all models at regular intervals and did variance analysis

• Assisted in preparing RCM reports for all the centres of the university

2005 – 2006

E VALUE CONSULTANTS AHMEDABAD, INDIA

Investment Management Analyst

• Worked with a group of analysts to analyze the performance of mutual funds' products and due diligence analysis of fund managers

• Assisted in valuing the company based on the absolute as well as relative measures and judging the performance based on various fundamental ratios

• Monitored IPS and verified its compliance with the actual investments periodically

• Prepared and presented return on investment analysis to individual clients

2004 – 2005

G.H. INDUSTRIES NARODA, INDIA

Assistant Accounting Manager

• Assisted the manager in preparing and analyzing company’s income statement and balance sheet and cash budget

• Recommended to expand the number of suppliers and relationships with them to obtain competitive prices of raw materials and was instrumental in increasing revenue by 15%

Computer Skills Excel (Advanced), Access, PowerPoint, PeopleSoft, Stata, Tally, and Bloomberg

Activities

Rehabilitated earthquake victims of Bhuj, India (2001)

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