Management Manager
Resume:
Shawn A. Smith
Rye, NY ****0
*********@*****.***
Experience:
PEAK6 Investments, LP
PEAK6 is a financial services firm, founded in 1997, with more than one billion dollars in assets under management. The different business segments include alternative investments, proprietary trading and retail brokerage.
Chicago, IL
Associate Portfolio Manager October 2009-January 2012
Actively co-managed a global long/short hedge fund with a derivatives overlay comprised of principal capital
Responsible for portfolio construction including asset allocation, idea generation, intrinsic value discovery and trading
Exercised fundamental analysis encompassing a bottoms-up process remaining cognizant of the macro environment
Collected, evaluated and executed quantitative analysis with various models to support qualitative overview of investments
Created risk and performance monitors enabling a real time summary
Responsible for synthesizing macro data and delineating the overall impact to the portfolio
Collaborated with the operations team to ensure the stock and derivative positions were accurate
Accountable for summarizing quarterly results in the portfolio to the investment committee
Initiated strategies assisted in outperforming the funds absolute benchmark on an IRR and time weighted basis
Equity Analyst May 2005-October 2009
Independently maintained sector coverage of basic materials, consumer, financial and healthcare
Analyzed company, sector and market fundamentals such as regulatory filings, conference calls and industry meetings
Proficient in building detailed models focusing on key drivers of the business and incorporating scenario analysis
Learned to prioritize and multi-task analysis duties from timely individual trader requests
Responsible for industry primers providing a detailed analysis of long term secular business risks
Authored daily and monthly risk reports highlighting known and potential catalysts
Met with sell side analysts to discuss opinions, projections, model inputs and keep abreast with industry fundamentals
Created a team to address special situations such as spinoffs, rights offering and special dividends
Computer Sciences Corporation Hoffman Estates, IL
Financial Analyst August 2004-May 2005
Responsible for financial forecasting, budgeting and cost analysis
Created and maintained account databases utilized in high level reviews
Managed internal financial statements and conveyed run rates to upper management
Attended meetings acting as a conduit to the client and management on issues pertaining to finance
PMA Financial Inc. Warrenville, IL
Financial Analyst (Intern) May 2003-May 2004
Performed quantitative analysis on U.S. banking institutions as a means of risk management
Responsible for coverage of fifteen mid-cap to large-cap commercial banks
Implemented strategies utilizing The Federal Reserve CAMELS rating system in daily procedures
Consulted with bank CEO’s and CFO’s on the institution risk position
Conducted a 366 day leap year project related to interest accrual for future investments
Education:
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL
Bachelor of Science in Finance August 2000-May 2004
Emphasis: Investments
Member of the Financial Management Association
Additional Information:
Veteran of The United States Air National Guard
Level III Candidate in the CFA Program
A member of The New York Society of Security Analysts
Proficient with Bloomberg, Thompson, Advent, Axys, Goldman Sachs trading platform, QuickBooks
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