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Jin Hua Thian |
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KEYWORDS: |
Financial Analysis, Risk Management, Webpage Design |
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Feb’01 - present |
ISO New England, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Responsibilities: Responsible for the timely and accurate settlement of NEPOOL monthly Installed Capability (ICAP) markets. Provide functional direction to Settlement Assistants in the collection and entry of Settlement data and in the development and entry of Settlement adjustments. Enter revised adjusted monthly peak load data. Edit external ICAP face values. Review and confirm ICAP settlement data. Schedule and launch ICAP market settlement. Authorize ICAP settlement results for release to the NEPOOL Participants. Prepare and update the ICAP website information. |
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Nov’99 - Feb'01 |
Warren Electric Group, Houston, Texas
Responsibilities: Prepared, analyzed and consolidated financial statements for the companies within the group. Maintained and updated forms and assist management in the budgeting procedures. Responsible for keeping monthly records of every purchases and sales of company-wide fixed assets worth close to $1.2 millions. Assisted in year-end audit preparation and field work. Mananged month-end posting, recording, and verification of account balances for foreign entity. Prepared, reviewed, and distributed monthly expense reports to board of directors and managers. Worked with MIS department to help design, generate, and revise management reports. Created and implemented new procedures to strengthen internal controls. Discovered a major problem in the reports and helped implement the corrections and reconciliations. Performed all duties necessary to the efficient flow and operations of the company as directed by management. Designed and created PowerPoint presentations for board meetings. |
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Spring’99 |
United Realty & Investment Company, College Station, Texas
Responsibilities: Analyzed the correlation between the individual expense items against the Net Operation Income of individual and collected apartments, commercial buildings, duplexes, fourplexes and residential houses. Recommended possible alternatives to improve revenue. Conducted various financial studies to examine past and current neighborhood real estate trends. Evaluated financial statements and operating records. |
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Fall’94 – Spring’96 |
Part-time private tutor, College Station, Texas Tutored undergraduate students in -- Business Finance: time-value of money, internal rate of return, net present value Introductory Accounting: cost accounting, budgeting and forecasting, financial ratios Business Mathematics: probabilities, statistics |
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Dec’92 – Jun’93 |
Po-Kim Laser Disc Private Limited Company, Singapore
Responsibilities: Worked directly under senior management to prepare budget. Researched past account histories. Verified confidential account information. Assessed and replenished the inventory. Assisted in creating displays for product sales. |
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EDUCATION: |
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Sept’97 – May’99 |
MS in Finance. Texas A&M University, GPA: 3.50/4.00 |
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Projects: Financial Statement Analysis Report on Northwest Airlines (Fall’98) Prepared 3-year common-size vertical and horizontal ratios analysis on the balance sheets and income statements. Computed various financial ratios for analysis. Evaluated the strategies, strengths and weaknesses of the company’s financial position in the airline industry. |
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Real Estate Project using Linear Programming (Fall’98)
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Webpage Design (Spring’98)
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Speculation game (Fall’97) Began with $25,000 and traded as a speculator on the S&P 500 and in commodities futures. Kept a record of daily price movements. Analyzed the external conditions affecting futures prices. Evaluated strategies and results at the end of the period. |
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Jan’95 – May’97 |
BBA in Finance. Texas A&M University, GPA: 3.42/4.00 |
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Project: Financial Price Risk Report on Hewlett Packard (Spring 96) Determined the different types of derivatives, such as futures and swaps, utilized by Hewlett Packard in the off-balance sheet to manage risk exposures. Rationalized the reasons in using those financial instruments or commodities for hedging. Analyzed the successes of HP’s usage of derivatives in managing exposures to interest rate and currency risks. |
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LANGUAGES: |
Fluent in Mandarin and English. Understand Japanese and Cantonese. |
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COMPUTER SKILLS: |
Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS FrontPage, HTML, PhotoShop, AssetKeeper, Trend, SHIMS, Discoverer.
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AWARDS AND HONORS: |
Dean’s Honor Roll, Texas A&M University 1996Distinguished Student, Texas A&M University 1995 Certificate of Proficiency in Japanese 1993 |
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COURSEWORK: |
Advanced Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Speculative Markets, Mathematics of Finance, Analysis of Money and Capital Markets, Commercial Banking, Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions, Properties Valuation, International Finance, International Accounting. |
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COMMUNITY WORK: |
Singapore Students Association, Texas A&M University Coordinator, International Week (Spring’96) Contributing author of Newsletter (Summer’95) |
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Chinese Christian Fellowship , Texas A&M UniversityChairperson (Spring’97 – Summer’98) Secretary and Treasurer (Summer’96 – Fall’96) |
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College Station Chinese Church Interpreter and Public Speaker (Spring’97 – Spring’99) Treasurer of "Life Is So Good" Retreat (Summer’96) |
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REFERENCES: |
Frank Kiolbassa Financial Controller Warren Electric Group 2929 McKinney, Houston, TX 77003 (713) 236-2107 |
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Dickson Woods Staff Accountant Warren Electric Group 2929 McKinney, Houston, TX 77003 (713) 230-6382 |
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Dr. Andrew K. Chan Professor of Electrical Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 (409) 845-7441 |
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