Cecily Claassen

Experience

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  Rand Merchant Bank

  Jan 2019 - Nov 2021

  The Credit & Equity Derivatives team focused on pricing and selling structured products (swaps, CLNs, ELNs, etc) for institutional investors and interbank dealers.Responsible for supporting the front office (trading) team with execution, automation, and reporting of trades. Report to the Senior Derivatives Trader.Key Deliverables• Perform derivative pricing and valuation, with a specific focus on interest rate, credit, and equity derivatives.• Develop thorough Bloomberg terminal experience.• Execute FX funding requirements of the book.• Implement instrument valuation.• Oversee credit curve modelling.• Implement trade reporting and client strategy engagement. Show less - Credit Analysis: Assessed creditworthiness of various non-bank financial institutions through in-depth industry research. Responsible for then preparing detailed credit reports on these institutions which I presented to various internal credit committees.- Month-end accounting: formed part of a team responsible for reporting Banks Act regulations for OTC financial derivatives. Product sets ranged from vanilla to exotic.- Technical Structurer: daily pricing, trading and hedging of derivative instruments with both large corporate and institutional clients. Show less

  • Trading Assistant (Credit & Equity Derivatives)

    Mar 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Global Markets Graduate

    Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
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  Makosi

  Nov 2021 - Sept 2023

  Senior Transaction Services Consultant

  Makosi is a financial consulting company providing virtual Audit, Tax, Valuation, and Transaction Advisory Services to US mid-market clients. I have worked for PwC US and Riveron LLC, among others. Member of the Transaction Advisory Services team appointed by consulting firms on demand and responsible for performing Financial Due Diligence services for their clients. Required to fully integrate into their system and predominantly work directly with the target (buy or sell side). Report to a manager or partner appointed to the specific deal/s.Key Deliverables• Perform QoE/EBITDA, Net Working Capital, and Net Debt analysis as part of financial due diligence procedures for buy-side or sell-side deals in the US, and predominantly work on targets in the manufacturing and travel and tourism industries.• Work on and prepare both databooks and reports for client presentations.• Perform US industry research. Show less

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  BDO Ireland

  Sept 2023 - now

  Assistant Manager Transaction Services