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Desperate to find a Finance Job, even at FINRA. Please critique my resume.

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AWARD WINNING FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL A highly experienced and results-oriented Finance and Accounting professional with Law Degree, Finance Degree, and strong analytical, quantitative and communication skills. Proven success collaborating with senior management in administering projects involving over $1 Billion in assets. EDUCATION Juris Doctorate Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC May 2009 G.P.A: 81.03 Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA May 2003 Graduated in top 15% of class GPA 3.44 Major GPA 3.5 Technical Proficiency: Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook); QuickBooks; LexisNexis; Westlaw; Query Knowledge


EXPERIENCE

Graves, Horton, Askew & Johns
Washington, DC Associate/Intern 9/2009 – 10/2009
Worked closely with senior partner to complete $200 million bond transaction. Researched regulations and facilitated the sale of surety bonds and resulting future revenues.
Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, DC
Externship, Investment Management Division 1/2009 - 4/2009
Guaranteed transparency for thousands of mutual fund investors. Worked to ensure that mutual fund prospectuses for top investment funds were compliant with SEC regulations. Hannon Law Group Washington, DC Law Clerk 5/2008 – 10/2008
Researched and analyzed data, while collaborating with partner to advise client of financial measures necessary to return to generating positive cash flow. Troutman Sanders, LLP Atlanta, GA
Project Assistant 7/2005 – 7/2006 Researched, analyzed, and identified data in client’s portfolio that has the potential to result in billion-dollar losses on client’s balance sheet and decline in shareholder value.
Citizens Trust Bank
Atlanta, GA
Rotational Program 7/1998 – 7/2005 Applied quantitative skills while assisting CFO and Assistant Controller with creating the 10-q report. Prepared fixed asset report for Assistant Controller.
Analyzed and valued Bank assets using sophisticated accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
Streamlined the processing of millions of dollars in consumer and commercial loans by drafting procedures for the Loan Administration and Collections Department.
Minimized financial losses by increasing the speed of collection of outstanding cash items throughout the Bank for reporting to Bank’s Board of Directors.
Prevented financial losses by ensuring compliance with insurance policies via conducting audits of Bank’s branches and preparing reports for submission to Audit Committee. Attended Audit Committee meetings alongside Executive Management. Assisted with internal bank investigations. Investigated thousands of dollars in forgery claims while interfacing with victims.
Loan, Accounting, Legal, Security and Retail Departments - Hired as a college intern in Rotational Program.

AWARDS Quality Customer Service Awards, Citizens Trust Bank Five-Year Service Award, Citizens Trust Bank Golden Key Honor Society, Georgia State University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Delta Sigma Pi, Kappa Chapter Georgia Secretary of State’s Student Advisory Committee, Former Member

11 Comments
 
TraderDailyYou mean remove AWARD WINNING FINANCE PROFESSIONAL? or what is right below it?
If you have to ask, you already know the answer. YES take it out!!!
 

Should I take this out: "A highly experienced and results-oriented Finance and Accounting professional with Law Degree, Finance Degree, and strong analytical, quantitative and communication skills. Proven success collaborating with senior management in administering projects involving over $1 Billion in assets?"

 

AWARD WINNING FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL = OMG I would prefer not to see Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook), since it's a prerequisite. Worked closely with senior partner to complete $200 million bond transaction. = boring, be more specific ... couldn't read more.

 
chubbybunnyIs Howard University named after Dwight Howard?

They see me trollin', they hatin'...

- Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered. - The harder you work, the luckier you become. - I believe in the "Golden Rule": the man with the gold rules.
 

Yeah lose the top, your education / experience speaks for itself.

Also most people will tell you not to list any MS program stuff unless maybe you have an Excel certificate or something.

 

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