Yassine El Halaissi

Seeking position as financial analyst

Work Experience
Advanced Equities, Inc., San Francisco, CA July 2008- Nov 2008
Junior Financial Analyst Reference: Akram Benmbarek: 415-271-8643
• Performed valuation analysis for our portfolio companies (clean tech, semiconductors, entertainment)
• Determined potential risk and assessed required rate of return based on corporate valuation and Free Cash Flow evaluation for possible investments
• Researched new Venture Partners to complete new rounds of financing
• Determined optimal funds allocation, cost of capital and funding strategy with an objective of value creation in the long-term.
Finaventures, Inc., Santa Monica, CA Nov 2006- Jan 2007
Investment Intern Reference: Kitty Walker: 310-399-5011
• Financial consulting for our portfolios companies
• Forecasted Cash Flows estimations and risk assessment for a portfolio company: RF Magic, Inc.
• Completed growth strategies through investment options and growth options modeling to assess business resources in the long-term.
Credit Agricole FOREX Bank, Paris, France Jun 2006- Aug 2006
Foreign Exchange Trading Sales Trainee
• Performed daily currency exchange transactions with third parties using Reuters platform
Additional Work Experience
GEOS San Francisco Language School, San Francisco, CA April 2009-Sep 2009
Budgeting & Marketing Consultant
• Creation of a business plan including a valuation model for the company and my recommendations for a budget strategies
• IT Assistance for School Network
• Launched an advertising campaign targeting the European student market
Supermarket Elysées, Paris, France May 2005- Sep 2007
Part Time Shop-clerk, stock manager
• Managing daily supply management
Vice President of the GGU Venture Capital & Business Creation Association: Events organizations
Languages and Skills
• Trilingual in French, Arabic, English
• Daily use of: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Reuters, Photoshop, Visual Basic
• Advanced skills in model designing, pivot tables and Vlookup
• Bloomberg & Reuters training
Current Projects
• Mock investment advising semester
• Market research on venture capital activity in the renewable energy industry with valuation models (DCF, First Chicago model) for relevant companies within industry
• Financial analysis including profitability, liquidity, solvency & risk analysis of selected S&P companies
• Forecast of Wal-Mart sales using several regression analysis
• Research paper on the technical functioning of Islamic Banking
• Common stock analysis on Houston Wire & Cable Co.
Education and Training
CFA Candidate Level I (December 2010) Present
Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA Sep 2009- Present
• Masters in Finance, general finance concentration
• Average Cumulated GPA: 3.87
Paris International Business School, Paris, France 2005-2009
• Bachelor’s Degree in International Management with major in International Finance and Minor Start-Up creation
• Average Cumulated GPA: 3.40
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Jan 2008-Jun 2008
• Major International Relations and Entrepr