Mar 2021 – Dec 2021 · 9 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• A short but very rewarding stint at an amazing FinTech company.
• If you're interested in derivative pricing software, I strongly encourage you reach out to Saul Stepner.

Jan 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Jun 2017 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• This was my favorite corporate job. I am a series 7 certified securities lending sales/trader/strat at the best bank in the world. My primary role was to make the desk more automated, smoother, and improve the reporting to clients.
• 2019-2021 was all about data engineering. Building tables, views, SPs, and tons of other back-end processes that just make every run. These processes made the reports I built earlier run quicker, smoother, and have much more scalability.
• 2018-2019 my job revolved around designing and automating Excel/VBA/SQL reports that go out to our hedge fund clients.

Apr 2013 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• January 2015 - December 2015: Market Risk Testing
• Managed the testing of new traded products, new risk analytics tools, and all other items that would impact risk production. Project management and reconciliation of test results with VaR/Greeks from production
• January 2014 - January 2015: Market Risk iTeam
• Built out new functionality for Market and Credit Risk including a Country CDS daily risk report Qlikview dashboard, Incremental Risk Charge Qlikview risk report, and project request automation via Sharepoint
• April 2013 - January 2014: Risk IT Business Analyst
• Primary job function was understanding risk manager's requests for IT, writing pseudocode/spec, and managing the projects for the IT team

Jan 2016 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Daily reconciliation of client portfolios valuation and risk with previous days and market prices
• Mapping of new client traded instruments to ensure all inputs flow nicely into our risk system
• Solving client inquired related to portfolio/instrument risk and valuations
• Investigate and repair issues causing instruments to misvalue. This can be attributed to: poor mapping, incorrect scaling from administrators, bad market data curves, etc.

Jun 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 11 mos

• I have helped over 250 finance job seekers land jobs ranging from Intern - CRO, and salaries going as high as seven figures. I love coaching. My approach focus heavily on helping you identify what role(s) align with your passions and skills, help you network and navigate the landscape to ultimately help you achieve your dream. If you're ready to find your dream role check out MarkRoss.com for a free consultation!
• If you are looking for an entry level job in finance or to get into a top tier masters program look no further. ScriptUni provides you not only with applicable coding skills, but teaches them in a way that presents you as someone with real work experience - even though you have never used these languages!
• You will learn how to build and optimize portfolios, code ABS pricers, and more!
• Sign up today at ScriptUni.com
• For finance professionals or students with no coding background, StratCamp is your best bet! Check us out at www.MarkRoss.com/StratCamp

Jul 2013 – Jul 2019 · 6 yrs · New York, NY

• Master's in Financial Engineering Program
• Adjunct Professor for Python: 2015 to 2019
• Workshop Instructor for VBA/SQL: 2013 to 2019

Jan 2012 – Jul 2012 · 6 mos · NY

• Assisted clients in pricing instruments, conducting portfolio valuation, and calculating Greeks
• Consistently solved client issues within the scope of Cross Asset, Liquid Asset, and Portfolio
• Performed model review on Numerix Cross Asset pricing models

Sep 2006 – Jul 2011 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Brooklyn, New York, United States · On-site

• I worked as a school teacher at a variety of schools in Queens and Brooklyn, with grades ranging from 5th through 12th, and covering a wide range of regents.
• My favorite memory of these roles was when I was teaching Algebra to ninth-grade private school students who nearly all failed their eighth grade math classes. I had to start with the absolute basics; adding decimals and basic fractions. We literally started with fourth grade math topics!
• I had to get really creative agenda-wise, but in the end I got every student passionate about math and willing to push themselves to succeed. By the end of the year they were all performing above expectations; only one student failed the math regent that year!!