Zahra Waheed, Finance Assistant Intern

Zahra Waheed

Finance Assistant Intern

DG Study World

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MSc. Corporate Finance
Experience
1 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :1 years, 0 Months

Finance Assistant Intern at DG Study World
  • United Kingdom - London
  • March 2021 to June 2021

• Demonstrated proactivity by proposing an overall financial plan for the company and its subsidiaries rebranding.
• Organized and linked student/agent admissions’ data and finances using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
• Documented prospective students’ admissions data into the Zoho Customer Resource Management (CRM) platform.
• Researched universities’ admissions information - created my own custom university profile template and made 80 university profiles for the refurbished official company website during its relaunch/rebranding.

Investment Analyst at Analyze Markets
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • October 2019 to November 2019

• Startup: reports business news like Reuters, Bloomberg, and more.
• Evaluated essential business transactions utilizing competitors’ analysis, industry research, and related business deals.
• Reported everyday business news and wrote 7 articles and/or intelligence every day summing to 364 articles.
• Operating in a department of 4, my articles generated 35% of the VIEWS and TRAFFIC to the official company website.
• Displayed proficient written and verbal communication via the Slack platform.

Co-Founder and Finance Manager at Turkish Pouches
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • October 2017 to December 2017

• Entrepreneurial Venture - Start-up Challenge: Finance a start-up with USD 100 (PKR 1000).
• Imported and sold 52 Turkish Pouches in 3 months and earned a profit of USD 1, 224 (PKR 12, 235).
• Made the Financial Plan for the whole business, including the breakeven analysis and financial reports.
• Showed great customer service skills whilst interacting with customers when selling Turkish Pouches in the market.

Accounting and Finance Intern at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • June 2017 to August 2017

• Exhibited strong ability to multitask, dealing with customer queries whilst writing approx. 310 outpatient receipts.
• Managed income by tallying it with all the outpatient receipts ensuring consistency at each closing.
• Documented all 100 monthly inpatient receipts in the record book for bookkeeping.
• Swift execution of all the above-mentioned tasks allowed the accountant to make the quarterly financial statements AHEAD of schedule.

Education

Master's degree, MSc. Corporate Finance
  • at University Of London - Queen Mary
  • October 2021

Final Grade: Merit (Levels [highest to lowest]: Distinction, Merit, Pass, and Fail) Modules include Principles of Corporate Finance (Merit), Investment Management (Merit), Quantitative Methods in Finance (Merit). Wrote a 7,000-word Dissertation on the “Business Analysis and Valuation of Pirelli Tires Company” (Distinction). Utilized Excel to build and critically analyze company valuation, using macros to import real-time Bloomberg data. Competed in a team of 4 to represent Queen Mary University in the “Rotman European Trading Competition 2021”.

Bachelor's degree, Bachelors in Business Administration
  • at National University Of Sciences And Technology
  • August 2018

Final Grade: 2.87/4.0 Modules include Money and Banking (B+), Small and Micro Business Finance ( B), Analysis of Financial Statements (C+). Collaborated in a team of 3 Marketing majors to write a 52-page Dissertation on “Women Security Devices” (B+). Applied competitor analysis and industry/market research to accurately position our women devices company - Nasr. Negotiated with the device manufacturer and a medical store to produce and sell our devices, respectively. Presented the dissertation to a panel of academics and industry professionals, receiving excellent feedback.

Specialties & Skills

Bloomberg Terminal
Linear Regression
Equity Valuation
Corporate Finance
Investment Products
Regression Analysis
Interpersonal Skills
Financial Reporting
Critical Thinking
Bloomberg Terminal
Customer Resource Management
Teamwork
Investment Analysis
Competitor Analysis
Customer Service
Financial Statements Analysis
Company Valuation
Microsoft Office
Analytical Skills
Quantitative Analytics
Market Research
Written and Verbal Communication
Collaboration

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Rotman European Trading Competition – RETC 2021 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2021

Hobbies

  • Debate
    NUST International Model United Nations - 2016: Received an honorable mention and participation certificate
  • English SAT Club
    Vice-President of English SAT Club - received certificate
  • Reading
    Book Club member Certificates - 4 years consecutively
  • Badminton
    Competition Participation Certificate