Resume_Joan-Antoinette Adija Seidu
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Axis Pension Trust Limited. Accra, Ghana September 2016 - July 2017
Scheme Operations Officer
• Processed, organized and reconciled pension contribution payments and ACH transaction in a timely manner with Excel pivot tables, which helped boost the company’s revenue by 2% from fees charged on assets under management.
• Developed and modified methods of tracking contribution processing of over 300 corporate clients as well as defaulters periodically, which reduced the time it took to access the client’s information and enable easier reporting metrics.
• Developed an operation manual with a team of four, for the newly created department to streamline the activities of the department¬
Axis Pension Trust Limited. Accra, Ghana August 2015-August 2016
Intern
• ¬Assisted with sales and operations activities to improve the workflow of the company, including coaching clients to understand and fill enrolment forms properly and entering data into the company's system software
• Designed an enrolment form tracker to account for every 50 new sign-up forms printed to prevent wastage on a weekly basis, reducing administrative cost.
TECHNICAL SKILLS Certification: The Pensions Board Ireland (Trustee Training Course)
¬Software: Microsoft Word, Excel(including Pivot tables), Tableau, PowerPoint,
¬Programming Language: Python, R
EDUCATION
Hult International Business School. Boston, MA
Master of Finance GPA: 3.0 March 2019
Master of International Business August 2018
University of Ghana. Accra, Ghana May 2015
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Banking and Finance)
ACADEMIC PROJECT
Hult International Business School. Boston, MA August 2018
To test if a portfolio created based on high ROA > 15% and P/E ratio <10x could beat the SP500 over a 10-year time period
• Used key financial concepts to analyze and prove if Beta is a good measure of risk.
• Built an algorithm with R to automate test the strategy and rebalance the portfolio.
• Documented all the processes with Microsoft Word and used Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentation slides for the team. ¬
ACTIVITIES Campus Coordinator, Project Hope GH, Accra, Ghana 2013 - 2015
• ¬Organized and hosted meetings of members of the organization.
• Gathered donations obtained for charity
• Appointed other campus representatives to facilitate the collection of member dues.
• Collaborated with the leaders of the organization to send donations to chosen schools and orphanage
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Axis Pension Trust Limited. Accra, Ghana September 2016 - July 2017
Scheme Operations Officer
• Processed, organized and reconciled pension contribution payments and ACH transaction in a timely manner with Excel pivot tables, which helped boost the company’s revenue by 2% from fees charged on assets under management.
• Developed and modified methods of tracking contribution processing of over 300 corporate clients as well as defaulters periodically, which reduced the time it took to access the client’s information and enable easier reporting metrics.
• Developed an operation manual with a team of four, for the newly created department to streamline the activities of the department¬
Axis Pension Trust Limited. Accra, Ghana August 2015-August 2016
Intern
• ¬Assisted with sales and operations activities to improve the workflow of the company, including coaching clients to understand and fill enrolment forms properly and entering data into the company's system software
• Designed an enrolment form tracker to account for every 50 new sign-up forms printed to prevent wastage on a weekly basis, reducing administrative cost.
TECHNICAL SKILLS Certification: The Pensions Board Ireland (Trustee Training Course)
¬Software: Microsoft Word, Excel(including Pivot tables), Tableau, PowerPoint,
¬Programming Language: Python, R
EDUCATION
Hult International Business School. Boston, MA
Master of Finance GPA: 3.0 March 2019
Master of International Business August 2018
University of Ghana. Accra, Ghana May 2015
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Banking and Finance)
ACADEMIC PROJECT
Hult International Business School. Boston, MA August 2018
To test if a portfolio created based on high ROA > 15% and P/E ratio <10x could beat the SP500 over a 10-year time period
• Used key financial concepts to analyze and prove if Beta is a good measure of risk.
• Built an algorithm with R to automate test the strategy and rebalance the portfolio.
• Documented all the processes with Microsoft Word and used Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentation slides for the team. ¬
ACTIVITIES Campus Coordinator, Project Hope GH, Accra, Ghana 2013 - 2015
• ¬Organized and hosted meetings of members of the organization.
• Gathered donations obtained for charity
• Appointed other campus representatives to facilitate the collection of member dues.
• Collaborated with the leaders of the organization to send donations to chosen schools and orphanage