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Sarah(Jiyuan) Zhang 

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Beachwood, OH  44122
US

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Resume Headline: Sarah(Jiyuan) Zhang - full time job seeker

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Sarah (Jiyuan) Zhang

2300 Overlook Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106

  jxz355@case.edu

SUMMARY

Extensive experience in Risk Management, Financial Analysis, Quantitative Modeling and Reporting

Advanced skills in SAP, SAS, Excel/VBA, SQL Server, Access, Matlab and Bloomberg Terminal

CFA Level II Candidate, hardworking team player, quick learner and problem solver with leadership

Fluent in English and Mandarin

 

EDUCATION

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY                                                               Cleveland, OH

   

2012-2014

Master of Science in Management Finance

 

 

·               Merit-based Scholarship recipient

·               Teaching assistant for the Banking and Finance Department

 

 

ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Top 3 in China)                                                              Hangzhou, China

   

2008-2012

   Bachelor Degree in Economics & Bachelor Degree in Applied Biology (Biostatistics)

·               Exchange student at New York University

 

EXPERIENCE

06/2014 -

Present

Financial Analyst, BASF Corporation                                                                          Beachwood, OH

·               Prepare monthly P&L reports to support monthly forecast process, responsible for analyzing financial metrics in sales, expense and margins and adjusting CM1 Forecast Model

·               Compile Area Managers’ and Sales Reps’ performance by executing Business Rules analysis and create performance scorecard in order to reduce complexity and support continuous development

·               Maintain and update database queries to improve the accuracy and efficiency of business analysis

 

03/2014-06/2014

 

Investment Analyst Intern, RIDGE CREEK GLOBAL                                               Strongsville, OH

·               Evaluated third-party solutions that would enhance firm analytical and reporting capabilities

·               Calibrated asset allocation strategies based on Mean-Variance Optimization and APT and Black-Litterman Model and conducted portfolio risk assessment via VaR testing and scenario analyses

·               Prepared initial review of investment proposals and conducted industry, economic, financial, and commercial due diligence to provide creative investment alternatives and recommendations

 

09/2013-

01/2014

 

 

 

 

05/2013-

08/2013

Business Analyst Intern, CONSOLIDATED RESEARCH, INC.                                       Euclid, OH

·               Built a cash flow model to support capital budgeting and performed sensitivity and scenario analyses via VBA to assess standalone expansion project risk

·               Conducted due diligence and prioritized pricing mechanism by integrating customer behavioral response and market segments to better achieve volume and return objectives

 

Data Analyst Intern, China Citic Bank                                                                       Hangzhou, China

·               Created and maintained a SQL database of 1,000,000 entries of data to update the clients’ information dynamically and performed monthly tracking of credit card delinquency path

·               Modeled Probability of Default (PD) via Logistic Model to estimate credit card default

 

RESEARCH

PROJECTS

03/2013 -

12/2013

Empirical Finance Research – SAS and VBA programming                                       Cleveland, OH

·               Processed stock data from WRDS database and developed Linear Regression Model to analyze the effect of stocks’ recommendations on future return and conducted backtesting and soundness test

·               Evaluated and ranked Probability of Default (PD) among 10 institutions by using Merton Model, Credit Grades Model and Delianedis-Geske Model

·               Calibrated Vasicek Model and implemented Monte Carlo simulation for structured note pricing

 

09/2012-12/2012

Investment Management Project                                                                                   Cleveland, OH                                             

·               Executed trades in stocks and fulfilled a real asset allocation project to give clients 10% portfolio growth expectation and 8% maximum shortfall requirement under VaR and CVaR constraints

·               Quantified anomalies compared with benchmarks on a daily basis, investigated reasons and explanations of data anomalies by researching on market events and macroeconomic policies

 

ADDITIONAL

Volunteer Experience at Great Cleveland Food Bank (2014), Rural Support Organization (2012)

 

 



Experience

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Job Title

Company

Experience

Financial Analyst

BASF Construction Chemicals, LLC

- Present

 

Additional Info

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Desired Salary/Wage:

40,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD yr

Current Career Level:

Entry Level

Date of Availability:

Immediately

Work Status:

US - I require sponsorship to work in this country.

Active Security Clearance:

None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

Other

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

Analyst

Desired Job Type:

Employee

Desired Status:

Full-Time

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

Occupation:

Accounting/Finance/Insurance

·         Financial Analysis/Research/Reporting

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-NY-New York City
US-OH-Cleveland

Relocate:

Yes

Willingness to travel:

Up to 25% travel

 

Languages:

Languages

Proficiency Level

Chinese - Mandarin

Fluent

English

Fluent