Senior Business Analyst Resume

Objective: A proofreading and editing position with a global organization.

Profile: Extensive writing, editing and reporting experience in financial services. Expertise in fixed-income, global real estate, funds, legal filings, credit agencies, and insurance.

Selected Accomplishments and Skills:
Reporting/Writing

Accurately reported that margin compression and large inventory write-offs would continue in 2007 for homebuilders; connected the dots in a Feb. 9, 2007 piece that the meltdown of subprime lenders would lead to a consumer credit crunch and further woes for homebuilders.
Won internal S&P award for feature on the development of trading in futures contracts on home prices based on the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.
Examined changes to the global insurance and reinsurance industries in the wake of Hurricane Katrina for April 2006 S&P European property-casualty survey. The quality of the survey led to S&P winning new custom report business from Ernst & Young.
Developed focused area on new accounting rules. Public information requests, SEC filings and other research generated more than 40 news and feature stories.
Proven ability to break news and provide follow-up coverage: Argentine debt default, California electricity crisis, Enron Corp. bankruptcy, near collapse of General American Insurance Co.
Enterprise reporting, writing and editing accomplished within a deadline-driven environment for a “real time” newswire; more than 15 news and feature stories published in The Wall Street Journal.

Experience:

9/07-10/11 · Confidential., Oldwick, NJ, Senior Business Analyst: Wrote special reports on insurance and banking topics, including accounting and regulatory issues. Served as project manager from concept to final production for various special reports, overseeing editing and proofreading functions.
11/05-9/07 · Confidential, New York, NY, Financial Writer: Wrote industry surveys on real estate, property-casualty insurance, retailers, and homebuilders in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, including surveys for S&P’s equity research analysts. Contributed features to S&P’s MarketScope on mortgage and property markets, and on global imbalances related to liquidity and trade flows.
5/05-11/05 · Confidential, Ewing, NJ, Content Editor: Contractor at the publishing services arm of ETS. Proofread test booklets and information guides across product lines, edited PDF files for processing by outside vendors, and managed workflow for blueline reviews.
1/05-3/05 · Confidential, Iselin, NJ, Proofreader: Contractor ensuring quality control for E&Y and its clients. Made corrections of audit letters and financial statements, and proofed balance sheets and other financial information.
9/04-12/04 · Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ, Proofreader: Contractor on HP’s Time Magazine digital archive project. Edited scanned files of Time against original text using Adobe software package, formatted pages, and added HTML tags.
9/03-12/03 · Confidential, Washington, DC, Research Intern: Reported on hearings of Congressional committees and the U.S. Trade Representative, monitored news content on trade issues, assisted with editing, proofreading and research, and performed administrative tasks.
5/98-3/02 · Confidential., Dow Jones Newswires, Jersey City, NJ, Reporter, Capital Markets Report: Reported on the U.S. fixed-income and derivatives markets and accounting industry, wrote daily market comments, covered new debt offerings, and wrote features on economic trends.
10/95-4/98 · Confidential., Hoboken, NJ, Staff Writer: Covered the insurance industry, developed a beat on the convergence of the capital markets and insurance, and edited theme issues.

Education:B.A. English Literature

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