Elif KURT

• Gather and review data and apply many measures to provide solutions to critical agreements and taking part on decisions with payment institutions
• Analyzed and prepared benchmarks for annual commission income
• Provide analytical support to Board of Directors
• Evaluated current processes to develop improvement plans
• Paid attention to detail while completing assignments
• Provide actionable insights to improve strategy and performance

• Derivatives and structured products pricing as a sales team member at the headquarter
• Murex, Bloomberg, Eikon Reuters and other banking applications knowledge
• Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment
• Tracked prices, yields and other trends to correctly interpret impacts on sales of derivatives and structured products

• Preparing comprehensive forecasting reports for financial institutions; banks, e-money firms, payment system firms
• Analyzed financial data and presented meaningful insights to senior management
• Preparing balance sheets, financial statements and calculating ratios for financial institutions
• Collecting and calculating annual economic indicator data
• Supported organizational account management duties under direct supervision.

• Direct report to CEO
• Being part of the founding of a fin-tech company
• Communicated with over 55 staff members on behalf of the CEO
• Processed travel expenses and reimbursements for executive team and senior management group.
• Organized and coordinated conferences and monthly meetings.
• Managed all aspects of organization's office services
• Conducted research and analyzed data to provide detailed reports on various business topics

• Taking responsibility of teaching a visually impaired student throughout the semester
• Checked assignments, proctored tests and provided grades according to Boğaziçi University standards
• Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing assignments
• Managed and tutored struggling over 90 students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts

Currently not continued.

• Member of BU Sailing Team
• Awarded the certificate in Plastic Arts
• Completed professional development in R programming language

Relevant courses include:

• Money, Banking & Financial Institutions
• Financial Modelling & It's Application Using R
• Financial Statement Analysis

Projects:

• Financial Modeling and Back-testing of Technical Analysis Indicators using R programming (-Build algorithms for technical analysis indicators, MACD and RSI, and created buy and sell signals -Back-testing indicators through different stock datasets in the ‘Quantmod' and ‘Quantstrat' packages in R -Test indicators to assess profitability and reliability. )
• Financial Analysis and Valuation of Türk Tuborg A.Ş. (-Conducting sector analysis for the company to cover the market dynamics, growth prospects in the sector, competitor analysis including positioning of the company, regulatory environment. -Conducting financial statement analysis for the company for the last 3 years through using the financial ratios linked to Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement. -Applying Discounted Cash Flow and Multiple based valuation methods for the company and preparing a summary related to valuation assumptions and results. )