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James
Whitfield
Senior
Financial
Analyst
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C ONTAC T
james
.
whitfield
@
email
.
com
+1 (212) 555-0187
New
York
,
NY
linkedin
.
com
/
in
/
jameswhitfield
C OR E
S KIL L S
Financial
Modeling
DCF
LBO
M
&
A
3-
Statement
Sensitivity
Analysis
Data
&
Analytics
SQL
Python
Excel
VBA
Power
BI
Tableau
Accounting
&
Reporting
GAAP
IFRS
SEC
Filings
SOX
Consolidations
Tools
Bloomberg
Terminal
FactSet
QuickBooks
SAP
FICO
C ER T IFIC AT IONS
CFA
Charterholder
—
CFA
Institute
(2022)
FRM
—
GARP
(2021)
FMVA
—
Corporate
Finance
Institute
(2020)
Excel
Expert
—
Microsoft
Office
Specialist
(2019)
L ANGUAGES
English
Native
Spanish
Professional
working
Mandarin
Elementary
P R OFES S IONAL
S UMMAR Y
Senior
Financial
Analyst
with
7+
years
of
experience
in
investment
banking
,
corporate
finance
,
and
strategic
planning
.
Proven
track
record
of
building
multi
-
year
financial
models
,
leading
M
&
A
due
diligence
,
and
delivering
actionable
insights
that
drove
$
340
M
in
cost
optimization
and
22%
revenue
growth
across
portfolio
companies
.
CFA
charterholder
with
deep
expertise
in
GAAP
/
IFRS
reporting
,
valuation
,
and
cross
-
functional
leadership
.
EX P ER IENC E
Meridian
Capital
Partners
Jan
2022 –
Present
Senior
Financial
Analyst
—
Investment
Team
Bridgepoint
Advisors
Jun
2019 –
Dec
2021
Financial
Analyst
—
Corporate
Finance
Evergreen
Bank
Aug
2017 –
May
2019
Lead
financial
due
diligence
on
12+
transactions
valued
at
$
1.8
B
total
,
including
buy
-
side
and
sell
-
side
engagements
across
TMT
,
healthcare
,
and
consumer
sectors
.
—
Built
integrated
3-
statement
and
LBO
models
with
15-
year
projections
,
sensitivity
tables
,
and
scenario
analysis
supporting
8
successful
acquisitions
and
2
exits
(4.2×
average
MOIC
).
—
Developed
a
quarterly
portfolio
monitoring
dashboard
tracking
28
KPIs
across
18
portfolio
companies
,
enabling
early
identification
of
underperformers
and
reducing
average
response
time
by
40%.
—
Presented
investment
committee
memos
and
valuation
recommendations
to
the
partnership
board
,
achieving
a
92%
approval
rate
on
proposed
transactions
.
—
Prepared
weekly
and
monthly
consolidated
P
&
L
,
balance
sheet
,
and
cash
flow
reports
for
7
business
units
totaling
$
2.6
B
in
revenue
,
with
variance
analysis
and
commentary
delivered
to
the
CFO
.
—
Reduced
month
-
end
close
cycle
from
12
to
6
days
by
redesigning
the
reconciliation
process
and
implementing
automated
data
feeds
from
ERP
systems
.
—
Led
a
cross
-
functional
initiative
to
optimize
working
capital
,
resulting
in
a
$
37
M
reduction
in
DSO
and
$
14
M
in
freed
cash
flow
within
12
months
.
—
Partnered
with
the
FP
&
A
team
to
build
the
annual
budgeting
and
quarterly
forecasting
models
,
achieving
<3%
variance
between
forecast
and
actuals
across
FY
2020
and
FY
2021.
—
1 / 2
Analyst
—
Financial
Planning
&
Analysis
EDUC AT ION
NYU
Stern
School
of
Business
Master
of
Science
in
Finance
New
York
,
NY
— 2017 |
GPA
: 3.92
University
of
Michigan
,
Ross
School
of
Business
Bachelor
of
Business
Administration
,
Finance
&
Economics
Ann
Arbor
,
MI
— 2015 |
GPA
: 3.85 |
Magna
Cum
Laude
S EL EC T ED
P R OJEC T S
Automated
Covenant
Monitoring
System
Designed
and
deployed
a
Python
-
based
tool
that
scrapes
financial
statements
,
calculates
14
financial
covenants
,
and
alerts
the
credit
team
when
thresholds
approach
—
used
across
220+
loan
agreements
.
Python
·
SQL
·
pandas
·
Power
Automate
SaaS
Benchmarking
Model
Built
a
dynamic
unit
-
economics
model
for
the
investment
team
that
benchmarks
SaaS
targets
across
40+
metrics
(
CAC
,
LTV
,
gross
retention
,
net
dollar
retention
)
using
public
peer
data
and
proprietary
deal
data
.
Excel
·
VBA
·
Power
Query
·
Bloomberg
Developed
and
maintained
recurring
revenue
models
for
the
commercial
lending
division
,
supporting
$
4.2
B
in
loan
portfolio
analysis
and
risk
assessment
.
—
Automated
monthly
reporting
using
SQL
and
Excel
VBA
,
cutting
manual
data
processing
time
by
65%
and
eliminating
reconciliation
errors
.
—
Assisted
in
the
preparation
of
board
materials
and
quarterly
earnings
presentations
,
synthesizing
financial
data
and
strategic
commentary
for
executive
leadership
.
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