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Nithya Ravi

Nithya Ravi

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Vice President - Senior Quantitative Analyst at East West Bank, ex-Moody’s, travel enthusiast, lifelong learner

  • Education

    • SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

      2013 - 2015
      PGDM - Post Graduate Diploma in Management Finance

      Activities and Societies: - Member of Placement Committee - 1 - Facilitated the Autumn and Final placement of 228 students of PGDM batch of 2014 - Member of Editorial Committee of SAMVID 3.0 SPJIMR’s management review journal; edited and published 15 out of 38 submissions received from participants from 17 B-Schools across India under research papers, case studies, articles and book reviews - Member, Organising team SPRINT 2014, annual sports fest of SPJIMR; coordinated and organised events for 600+ participants Bloomberg Hall of Fame: Rank 4 in Asia Pacific region - Bloomberg Aptitude Test; 97 percentile, above median scores in all sectionsFirst Runners up at the 5th NUS MBA Stock Pitch Competition at National University of Singapore 2014: Conducted top-downanalysis of three companies, stock valuation using fundamental and technical techniques and issued investment recommendationWinner, Case Study Challenge and Social Innovation Challenge at Jaago 2013 organised by Harvard College - Best… Show more Bloomberg Hall of Fame: Rank 4 in Asia Pacific region - Bloomberg Aptitude Test; 97 percentile, above median scores in all sectionsFirst Runners up at the 5th NUS MBA Stock Pitch Competition at National University of Singapore 2014: Conducted top-downanalysis of three companies, stock valuation using fundamental and technical techniques and issued investment recommendationWinner, Case Study Challenge and Social Innovation Challenge at Jaago 2013 organised by Harvard College - Best Team Award Show less

    • Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht, Berlin

      2011 - 2011
      Exchange semester Economics and Finance

      Activities and Societies: International Student Buddy - Summer School Underwent courses in International Economics, International Finance and Corporate FinanceWrote papers on Hedge Funds, Exchange rate systems and Comparison of USD and Euro as reserve currencies

    • SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

      2009 - 2012
      Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Accounts & Finance 3.87/4.0

      Activities and Societies: DAAD Scholar: Selected for a semester exchange program to Berlin School of Economics and Law on a full scholarship from DAAD Editor – College newsletter ‘361 Degrees’ – Planned, edited, designed, published and distributed several issues of the newsletter Core Team Member Ananya – cultural wing of SYMPULSE, international college fest of Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies – managed and conducted events that saw participation from over 1200 participants spread across 5 days

    • Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

      2019 - 2021
      Master of Science - MS Data Analytics 4.0

    • University of Alabama, Manderson Graduate School of Business

      2016 - 2016
      Finance

      Activities and Societies: - Teaching Assistant - FI 302 Business Finance - Finance Labs – Tutoring students and Solving conceptual and quantitative problems in bond valuation, merger accounting, portfolio returns with the aid of MS Excel at an intermediate level course - Quantitatives Techniques in Investment – Used R programming and identified optimal portfolio of mutual funds using Mean Variance Analysis by generating a sample of 1000 portfolios

    • Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas

      2017 - 2018
      Master of Science (M.S.) Finance 3.72

      Activities and Societies: Study in Asset Pricing - Replicated paper on Ball et al, JFE 2015 - Compared predictability of gross profit and operating profit deflated by total assets Mathematics of Finance - Conducted out of sample study on paper on option valuation with volatility components, fat tails, and nonmonotonic pricing kernel and GARCH model Econometrics - Used simple linear and multiple regression techniques in Stata to identify relationships between factors causing unemployment, and prices in real estate markets

    • Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas

      2017 - 2018
      Master of Science - MS Quantitative Finance

    • Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

      2019 - 2021
      Master of Science - MS Data Analytics 4.0

  • Experience

    • Allsec Technologies Limited

      May 2010 - May 2010
      Intern

      Human Resources - Underwent on-the-job training in front end recruitment; conducted recruitment tests and performed employee reference checks

    • Engage Infomedia India Pvt. Ltd.

      Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
      Content Writer

      Worked as a content writer for www.bookchums.com, an ebook website managed by the companyPublished book reviews and author profiles on bookchums.com

    • Dimensional securities

      Aug 2011 - Sept 2011
      Equity Research Intern

      Conducted sector-wise analysis of the Indian stock market and prepared Sell-side Equity research Reports by conducting fundamental and relative valuation of Indian Banking companies

    • TresVista

      Jun 2012 - Oct 2012
      Financial Analyst

      Assisted the Associate in managing clients engaged in equity and debt asset management and independently executed deliverables such as financial models, comparable valuation analysis, sector landscape presentationProjectsLandscaped the Legal Outsourcing Industry in U.S. to understand sector dynamics; studied valuation multiples of past acquisitions Constructed financial model for a Malaysian telecom Co. detailing profit drivers and computed credit ratios to arrive at credit ratingModeled transaction comparables analysis for theatre industry in U.S. using multiple premium based on the profitability of the targetUnderwent training on GAAP and equity valuations; spread public and acquisitions comparables and modeled DCF, M&A, LBO deals Show less

    • Action Education - Officiel

      Mar 2014 - Apr 2014
      Intern

      Project scope: To create a sustainable business model for micro enterprise entrepreneurs and develop linkages for credit Created end-to-end business models for entrepreneurial ventures in Automobile, Hospitality and Electrical sectors; calculated break-even period, performed scenario and sensitivity analysis and identified cost reduction measures for start-up investmentEstablished credit linkages with financial institutions for procurement of term loans and working capital funding for Micro enterprisesDeveloped content for Business Process Outsourcing and Customer Relationship and Retail modules through extensive field studyPrepared booklet documenting the lives of successful alumni across 7 districts of Assam for distribution to present and potential donors Show less

    • Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation - Strategic Transactions Group

      Aug 2014 - Oct 2014
      Investment Banking Intern

      Project scope: To identify investment opportunities in Consumer and Retail sector in Europe and Asia and outline strategic proposals- Analysed the finance and capital requirements of a grocery retail company in India and proposed an Initial Public Offering- Prepared a preliminary pitch book with detailed company analysis and computed indicative value range on the basis of trading multiples- Evaluated the merger of two retail companies in Europe and outlined strategic rationale and investment thesis for a buy-side M&A deal- Computed valuation using trading and transaction comparables, conducted EPS accretion/dilution analysis and assessed synergy potential- Assisted the analyst in the preparation of pitchbooks for buy-side and sell-side deals Show less

    • ICICIdirect

      Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
      Equity Research

      - Researched and created equity initiation coverage reports for listed and unlisted infra companies in Indian road sector- Used project finance financial modeling for equity valuation

    • IndusInd Bank

      May 2015 - May 2016
      Management Trainee

      Derivatives Structuring Desk - Global Markets Group• Analyzed hedging needs of interbank and corporate clients and proposed foreign exchange hedging solutions• Structured and booked derivative deals valued over USD 1 million per week • Built new mathematical models and constructed pricers for forwards, cross currency swaps and options from MIFOR, USD IRS, using linear and cubic splines interpolation• Created mid-term to long-term trading strategies in USD-INR

    • American Century Investments

      May 2017 - Aug 2017
      Quantitative Research Intern

      - Created factor library of investment factors to identify alpha signals for the global equity universe- Wrote code in R to extract accounting and market data from COMPUSTAT, and IBES spanning 20 years- Conducted factor analysis - data coverage, summary statistics, time series and regime analysis, quintile spread analysis, and fund exposure- Used R program to extract financial data spanning over 20 years and over 4000 stocks across 45 different factors - big data capabilities

    • Moody's

      Aug 2018 - Dec 2022

      Work with research and product to create, validate and host CECL and IFRS9 models on the CAP cloud platform and integrate with Impairment and Balance Sheet ProductsVerified and integrated CRE Loss Rate, CMM, MA Structured Analytics, ECCL, GCORR IFRS9, TTC to PIT PD Converters in our fintech cloud application Coordinate and collaborate with Senior Management, DevOps, Product Management, Research, and Developers on client delivery of CECL and IFRS9 allowance products - testing and evaluating production readinessCreation of automation frameworks in Python for data testing process Show less

      • Assistant Director - Senior Quantitative Financial Analyst

        Aug 2018 - Dec 2022

      • Quantitative Quality Assurance Analyst

        Aug 2018 - Jul 2019

    • East West Bank

      Dec 2022 - Apr 2024
      Vice President - Senior Quantitative Analyst

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Passed CFA Level II Exam

      CFA Institute

    • Tally

    • FRM - Financial Risk Manager - Level 1

      Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Nithya Ravi
      International Runners Up – 5th NUS Asian MBA Stock Pitch Challenge 2014 - Feb 2014 2nd among top 8 Asian Colleges. The event was organized by CAMRI and held at NUS, Singapore. The team was required to prepare and present stock pitch on different stocks.
    • Awarded to Nithya Ravi
      Shyamalambal Award for 100% in Chemistry DAV Higher Secondary School Jun 2005
    • Awarded to Nithya Ravi
      Madhana Gopala Dikshitar Award for topper in Tamil National Public School Jun 2003