Administrative Assistant Project

Jinglei (Jenny) Shen

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain an internship

EDUCATION

Polytechnic Institute of NYU Brooklyn, NY

M.S. Financial Engineering (expected-May 2011) GPA: 3.9/4.0

 Mathematics: Stochastic Calculus, Black-Scholes model, Binomial tree, Risk-neutral Valuation, Econometrics

 Asset Pricing and Finance: Fixed Income Securities and Interest Rate Derivative, Applied Derivative Pricing ,Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance

 Risk Management: CAPM, Greeks, VAR, Mean-variance, GARCH volatility, Optimization

Foshan University Foshan, China

B.S. Finance (2005-2009) GPA: 3.8/4.0

 Construction of financial crisis forecasting system paper

 College investment competition (Guangdong province)

PROJECTS

2009 Financial Accounting Course Project

 Analyzed last three years financial statements of a manufacturing company

 Used financial analysis tools to perform cash flow, liquidity and profitability analyses

2009 Nelson-Siegel Model Course Project

 Estimated the Nelson Siegel Model’s parameters using Ordinary Least Square Regression Optimization Method

 Implemented the optimization on data from 2006 currency swaps

2009 Options Pricing Course Project

 Priced European Binary Options (cash or nothing call/put options and asset or nothing call/put options) by using Black Scholes Model

 Monte Carlo Simulation of Option Price in R and Excel

 Priced the Binary options using Heaviside function. Compared prices obtained by two methods

2008 Project on College Tuition Price Modeling

 Established income-cost equilibrium model to price college tuition fee

 Used cost accounting method to analyze unit educational fee

 Implemented model on data from 11 Chinese provinces using MATLAB. Extended the pricing model to different majors within Foshan University

EXPERIENCE

03/10- present Polytechnic Institute of NYU Brooklyn, NY

Administrative Assistant

 Supervised front desk and informed students about tutoring and writing programs

 Updated and maintained writing center schedule and data

 Collaborated with writing consultants on “Conversation Cafe” program

 Assisted professional staff with organizational projects

03/09-05/09 Standard Bank Zhuhai, China

Intern Financial Advisor

 Assisted manager on providing financial plans for existing clients by assessing client assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage status and financial objectives

 Analyzed investors’ risk preference and investment strategy using the Asset Allocation Model

 Participated in trainings of financial markets and products platforms

 Solicited new clients through telephone marketing (successfully developed seven clients in two months)

SKILLS

Programming Languages: C++, MATLAB, R

Other Software: MS Visual Studio .NET, EVIEWS, GAMS, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Language: Mandarin (fluent), Cantonese (native)

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