Chișinău, Moldova
Second year LSE student passionate about accounting and finance, looking forward to a career in the city.
-Analysed 3+ partner lending institutions, assessing capital adequacy, profitability, asset quality and funding & liquidity ratios -Drafted sections of initial client reviews and investment proposals, covering debt instrument, risk profile and pricing -Supported senior colleagues in preparing Rating scorecards and Impact assessments for 2 potential partners -Assisted in benchmarking rate margins against 5+ comparable EFSE, GGF and third-party investments
-Monitored bond and T-bill auctions of RON 500+mm across 7 primary dealers covering yields, maturity, coupon and interest -Used Power BI to analyse reported interbank transactions by type (repo, spot, forwards), counterparty, currency and rate -Contributed to daily FX reference rate fixing, trimming outliers and averaging bid/ask quotes from 10 banks using LSEG -Assisted in ROBID/ROBOR fixings across 7 tenors, verifying quoted spreads for bid/ask using prescribed limits
-1 of 35 selected from 7000+ applicants, built an understanding of LBOs and various debt instruments, calculating MOIC, IRR -Awarded ‘Best Case Study’ by Partner Panel on leisure park acquisitions; engaged in LBO modelling and pitch deck creation -Developed a holistic understanding of alternative investments across 15+ sessions including on PE, PC, RE and Infrastructure
-Rotated across 6 desks including credit, risk, transactions, forex, capital markets & asset management with senior leaders -Assisted in bond recommendations for 3+ clients, analysing size, tenor and currency to support investment decisions -Prepared cash flow, balance sheets and income statements for 5+ of Moldova’s largest corporates using Excel -Shadowed 5+ Heads of Departments, took 10+ client meeting minutes and presented summaries back to management -Gained fundamental accounting knowledge, applying principles to financial reporting for corporate clients -Introduced to SAS programming, building queries & supporting database management for financial reporting
-Attended 6 lectures on monetary policy, free market economics and fiscal stability, with a focus on QE and digital regulation -Contributed insights on taxation, EU politics and financial stability during debates; developing research and presentation skills -Recognized as ‘Overall Best Intern’ from a 30+ cohort for performance in economic and political theory research -Participated in 4 debates on inflation, Brexit and inequality and received ‘Best Debate Team’ award