EDUCATION

August 2014- May 2016:  Cedarville University— Cedarville, Ohio

(Master of Business Administration) Concentration: Finance & International Business

May 2002 – May. 2006:     Central State University—Wilberforce, Ohio

(Bachelors of Science) Business Administration Concentration: Management & Economics       (with Cum Laude Honors), GPA 3.4/4.0

Xenia High School (Honors High School Diploma and Merit Award)

EXPERIENCE

December 2013– Present: Pharmacy Technician KROGER INC, Kettering, OH, USA

·               Providing great customer services

·               Receive and restock shelves with pharmacy merchandise (prescriptions & non-prescriptions)

·               Operate cash register and computers

·               Counting and pouring prescriptions

·               Assisting customers in locations of over the counter medications

 

May 2012 – Aug. 2012:Energy Consultant AEP RETAIL ENERGY INC, Kettering, OH, USA

·               Recruited resources for energy companies for  residential and commercial

·               Setup partnerships with multiple companies and utilized a nationwide pool of candidates.  

·               Executed proactive placements along with client development within diverse industries.

·               Advanced further business expansion and development while succeeding in beneficial contract negotiations.

·               Maintain risk management and downstream system integrity of a blended portfolio of vanilla, exotic FX Options and IR Swaps.

·               Actively participating in FX Options specific projects, providing operational and control perspective.

·               Resolve deal queries and define root causes from Back Office, Front Office, and clients.

·               Designed a digital task management system to increase staff accountability and improve audit results. 

·               Built a cumulative reconciliation of life-to-date breaks from one system to another.

·               Constantly identifying and addressing opportunities for improvement; taking initiative to deliver simple and innovative solutions that improve business and affect positive change.

·               Multi-task with particular emphasis on daily checklist and controls in a fast paced environment.

·               Managed the FXO Team’s creation of a uniform documentation process, substantially reducing errors.

 

May 2009 – Aug. 2009:Marketing Intern CUMMINS INC, Columbus, IN, USA

·               Recruited resources for Manufacturing,

·               Teleservices, Insurance and Retail Industries.

·               Setup partnerships with multiple companies and utilized a nationwide pool of candidates.  

·               Executed proactive placements along with client development within diverse industries.

·               Advanced further business expansion and development while succeeding in beneficial contract negotiations.

·               Identified areas of expansion, produced and strengthened relationships with multiple companies.

·               Worked closely with middle office to ensure trade bookings agree between front and back office systems and ultimately the general ledger.

·               Worked with various areas to research, escalate and clear cash and settlement exceptions in a timely manner.

·               Reconciling and substantiating P&L, cash and positions monthly, quarterly and yearly to better inform front office/trader of exact exposure to risk and profit while creating transparent financial control for regulatory reporting.

·               Liaising with Middle Office, Settlements Teams, and Trade Support to resolve risk management system to Ledger sub-system differences.

 

Oct. 2005 – Jan. 2007:Customer Service Consultant WAL- MART (SAM’S CLUB) Beavercreek, Ohio, USA                                          

·               Assisted customers to locate the correct products for their vehicles

·               Answered customers’ questions and addressed their concerns

·               Maintained inventory by searching database to see how many quantities of products available at store

·               Kept work environment clean at the club to prevent employee and/or customer accidents Installed and removed tires on a variety of vehicle.

 

May 2005 – Aug. 2005:Promotion Intern, PROCTOR & GAMBLE INC (PROMOTION EXECUTION PARTNERS), Cincinnati,     OH, USA

·               Employed communication and relationship-building skills in customer engagement activities to build customer retention.

·               Organized, completed and coordinated the input of others into required schedules for the fiscal year-end operating results package for external review.

·               Troubleshooting and fixing out of balance conditions in the general ledger caused by flaws in the operating software.

·               Performed detailed analysis of accounts used to track the receiving of inventory through accounting software Reflections and MAS 200.

·               Reconciled the accounts payable to the subsidiary ledger. (A/P Aging reports to the G/L Account)

·               Assisted in maintaining the firm’s order management system for options trading.

·               Executed trade orders first-hand while acting as crowd and counter-party information conduit for teammates.

 

Professional skills

·   Proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and office products, UNIX Operating System, Lotus Notes, Java, ACT CRM software, QuickBooks, and Futura and Apple Software

·   Bloomberg, Impact, ISIS, Athena, IRFE, Reuters, Morgan Direct and Pyramid

·   SAP, GLW, STS, TLM, FSD, Kapital, Value Line, Showcase, and Merit Business Objects

·   Languages: Proficient in English (Verbal and Written), Arabic (Intermediate), French (Beginner) and Swahili

·   Data Analysis Programs: Base SAS, SQL, Excel with VBA, Enterprise Guide, Enterprise Miner, Minitab

·   Relevant Coursework: SAS I & II, Math Stats I & II, Multivariate Analysis, Data Mining, Quality Control Numerical Analysis, C++, Python I, Real Analysis, Topology

 

Professional MEMBERSHIP

·   Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity

 

AWARDS

·   Certificate of Achievement of Engine Familiarization from Cummins Inc.  NAACP Award, Team  Survival Challenge

·   Financial Planning and Strategy Marketing Spring 2011,  National Dean’s List,  Habit for Humanity