Nicholes

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nicholesattar@gmail.com

I'm a graduate of the University of Virginia who's passionate about analytical financial work. I excel at analyzing
data sets, quantitative and qualitative research and analyses, and financial modeling. I believe that my academic
financial and real-world consulting experiences, make me a great potential asset to your team and I look forward to
the opportunity to demonstrate my knowledge and abilities.
Education

University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences May 2019

Major: Economics w/ Concentration in Finance GPA: 3.435 | Dean’s List
Minor: Social Entrepreneurship

Boston College – Carroll School of Management Aug 2015 – May 2016

Topic of Study: Management w/ Concentration in Finance

GPA: 3.568 | Dean's List
Relevant Coursework

Empirical Finance Capstone- Portfolio optimization, Derivative pricing, Monte Carlo modeling, Financial
modeling, Hedging techniques... in Matlab, Excel, & Python

Mathematics of Derivative Securities - Pricing contingent claims in binomial and finite market models

Python for Finance, Quantitative Finance, Python for Algorithmic Trading, Econometrics, Data Analysis w/
Python, Principles of Securities Trading, Theory of Financial Markets, Databases, Macro & Microeconomics

Finance

Foresters Financial Services, Inc – Richmond, VA | Internship Spring '18

• Attended weekly lectures on investments, insurance, tax, fixed income, private banking, and sales
• Applied practical financial information to create a mock client presentation
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Asian Financial Capitals Study Abroad - Hong Kong & Singapore Winter '18
• Spent the January term speaking with and learning from financial executives
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Consulting

Department of Defense Consulting – University of Virginia Fall '18

• Consulted with and presented to the DoD on generating process improvements in order to upgrade the

data governance and Cybersecurity of the thousands of partnerships in the military's supply chain
Virginia Consulting Group – University of Virginia Spring '18-Present
• Undisclosed location services firm | Used location data to forecast revenues for hedge fund startup
• InMedBio - pharmaceutical startup | Executed market research, product logistics, & strategic direction
• Geedunk - snack bar company | Worked on initial rollout and social media campaign

Professional Experience

Future Tech Enterprise Inc. – Holbrook, NY | Accounting, Tech. Cert. Internship Winter '17, Summer '18
• Utilized IBM iSeries ERP System to reconcile accounts payable/receivable in the company databases
• Technical Training and Certification in tens of courses for HPE, Dell, IBM Hyperconverged
and Cloud Business Systems Architecture

Ocean State Credit Union – Coventry, RI | Teller/Internship Summer '17

• Managed banking transactions for hundreds of clients & performed weekly audit of transactions
• Worked as a team to offer the highest levels of client service and to build client relationships

Skills

Proficient: Python, Excel, STATA | Familiar: SQL, Matlab, R, VBA | Financial Modeling | Management Consulting