Miraj Patel

Experience

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  Kumon North America, Inc.

  Aug 2013 - Jan 2020

  Manager

  Managing the center in various roles such as enrolling new students, making appointments, assigning tutors to students, and making weekly schedules. Handling billing, monthly reporting, taking and ordering of inventory, and planning work for each student.

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  Bentley University

  Aug 2017 - Mar 2020

  Football Operations Manager

  Set and clean up practices, maintain and fix equipment, along with keeping track of inventory. Direct filming of practices and games using HUDL Sideline.Coordinate game-day communication devices for the entire coaching staff.

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  Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

  Teachers Aide

  Facilitated instruction to a single student, or a group of students depending on the student’s needs. Supported highly autistic, nonverbal students with daily living skills, managing behavior, communications, therapies, and feedings, as well as implemented educational plans developed by their teacher and other educational professionals.

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  Emerging Markets for Responsible Investing

  Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

  ESG Research Intern

  Conducted ESG research on responsible investing in Emerging Markets, culminating in a white paperPerformed ESG analysis across companies, industries, sectors, and issues utilizing Bloomberg, FactSet, and MSCI

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  Bentley Sustainable Investment Group

  Nov 2019 - May 2021

  Educated members on techniques of ESG integration to support investment due diligence processesIdentified and analyzed ESG factors that are most critical to performance and whose societal impact was most significantTaught sector analysts about utilizing MSCI's ESG Manager, SASB's Materiality Map, and Bloomberg’s ESG Portal Executed responsibilities such as developing and presenting pitches on long positions based on ESG principles, executing buy and sell orders, analyzing equity valuations, industry trends, economic outlook, and performance statistics using various financial software programs such as Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, FactSet, and MSCI. Successfully pitched NextEra Energy and Xylem

  • VP of ESG Research

    May 2020 - May 2021

  • Lead Analyst - Energy, Utilities, and Communications

    Nov 2019 - May 2020
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  Athenahealth

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Internal Audit Intern

  Documented walkthrough meetings, reviewed evidence submitted for testing for all business units, and tested ten internal controls for accounts payable, goodwill, and consolidation & intercompany using Excel as a part of the 2020 SOX program

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  Lazard Asset Management

  Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

  Quantitative Equity ESG Research Intern

  Evaluated twenty publicly available ESG data sources and documented the data acquisition process resulting in the addition of four data providers for the Quantitative Equity teamPerformed SEDOL matching for each data set to be uploaded into Lazard’s internal database to conduct ESG analysis utilizing over 50 new data points such as deforestation, freedom of expression, data privacy, employee demographics, and customer satisfaction

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  Bentley University

  Sept 2020 - Apr 2021

  Computer Information Systems Tutor and Technology Advocate

  Tutored students in Microsoft Excel, JavaScript, Python, and HTMLLed weekly review sessions for the website design course at Bentley University

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  ICR

  May 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Senior ESG Associate

    Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

  • ESG Associate

    May 2021 - Jun 2022
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  Income Research + Management

  Nov 2022 - now

  Investment Product Analyst, ESG Specialist