Siret Dinc
Email: abpkrr@r.postjobfree.com
Address: **** *. **** **. ***: 921S
City: Arlington
State: VA
Zip: 22202
Country: USA
Phone: 703-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: $90,000
Willing to Relocate
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SIRET DINC
1600 S. Eads St, Apt: 921S * Arlington, VA 22202 * abpkrr@r.postjobfree.com * abpkrr@r.postjobfree.com * 703-***-****
EXPERIENCE
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Research Assistant; Financial Sector Analysis Division (FA), Institute for Capacity Development (ICD)
Washington, DC
June 2009 - Present
* Contributed to preparation of a workshop for -Extracting Information from Financial Markets- course that aimed to increase financial forecasting skills of IMF economists
* Assisted in preparation of -Bond Restructuring- workshop focusing on countries that suffered debt default and subsequent bond exchange in recent years to improve restructuring procedure according to principles and template provided by recent IMF working paper
* Collaborated credit default and debt recovery project by providing equity price and Credit Default Swaps (CDS) spreads data of now bankrupt companies from Bloomberg and Markit
* Participated in publication of news bulletin about Large and Complex Financial Institutions -LCFI Weekly-; flagship production of the division to cover news, data and analysis for systemically important financial institutions
* Conducted data work for Early Warning System (EWS) exercise; research project with the purpose of framing toolkit for financial developments that lead to financial stress or crisis using data and news sources like Factiva, Bloomberg and International Financial Statistics (IFS)
* Contributed to -Too Big to Save (TBTS)- and -Contour Paper- projects to analyze the effects of having large banks in small countries and conducted extensive bank related and macroeconomic data work for Ireland, Iceland, Singapore and Switzerland using various data sources as Bankscope, IFS, Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU)
* Created dynamic data files linked to Bloomberg, Datastream and Markit concerning equity price and CDS spreads for large banks and non bank financial institutions as well as several sovereigns to be used as major data source for debt related works in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain (GIIPS)
* Participated in -peer review- exercise; cross country comparison and analysis of banking systems by collecting bank ratios and balance sheet/ income statement data in 30 countries between 2005 and 2009
* Received departmental -spot award- and -letter of excellence- in recognition of exceptional performance in handling multiple priorities in tight deadline
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Investment Analyst; Private Sector Finance and Development
Washington, DC
March 2006 - July 2006
* Participated in developing IFC`s -Doing Business- report covering 155 countries, used worldwide by foreign firms to influence their investment decisions, with particular focus on investment indicators and country regulation analysis
* Developed survey database on access to finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets to increase their capacity and lower cost of borrowing
* To lay IFC`s foundation for policy reform on business development in emerging market countries, conducted econometric analysis of market indicators
World Bank
Project Analyst; International Finance Team, Private Participation in Energy, Infrastructure, Telecommunication and Water Sectors
Washington, DC
January 2004 - March 2006
October 2001 - March 2002
* Participated in preparing policy paper on -Foreign Banking in Developing Countries;- created database and conducted econometric analysis on emerging market FDI flows and bank lending, using Bankscope and other sources
* Worked with high level energy team and researched World Bank dam projects around the world in order to shape Bank`s future strategy on hydropower
* Investigated alternative funding opportunities to finance hydro projects and played instrumental role in securing additional funding from the Norwegian Trust Fund
* Analyzed trends in development of private infrastructure in emerging market countries; researched capital flows to energy, infrastructure, water and telecommunication sectors
* Participated in drafting Global Development Finance 2006 Report and led data processing
SIRET DINC
1600 S. Eads St, Apt: 921S * Arlington, VA 22202 * abpkrr@r.postjobfree.com * abpkrr@r.postjobfree.com * 703-***-****
EXPERIENCE (Cont`d)
Institute of International Finance (IIF)
Research Assistant; European Department
Washington, DC
May 2002 - November 2003
* Assisted IIF senior management in securing Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey as keynote speaker at IIF 2003 Annual Meeting
* In connection with 2001 financial crisis in Turkey, conducted in depth research on a variety of factors such as IMF stabilization program, macroeconomic reforms, banking restructuring and debt management
* Analyzed political, economic and financial developments in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and in Turkey and assisted in preparation of IIF Country Reports, Special Briefings and Outlooks
* Collected regional information, financial market indicators and prepared country-specific financial and economic databases to assist investment and commercial banks in measuring and mitigating their political and financial risks in CEE countries and in Turkey
EDUCATION
Brandeis University; International Business School
Master of Science, Finance
* Coursework: Corporate Finance, Investments, Valuation, Financial Modeling, Project Finance, Options and Derivatives, Credit Risk Analysis, Country Risk Analysis, Foreign Exchange, Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis Waltham, MA
May 2008
Johns Hopkins University; School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Master of Arts, International Economics
* Concentration in International Economics; Jean Monet Scholarship from European Union Washington, DC
May 2001
Bogazici University; Middle East Technical University
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, International Relations
* Concentration in European Affairs and Mediterranean Politics Ankara, Turkey
July 1999
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages: Turkish (native), and fluent in English, French and Italian
Computer Skills: STATA, Demetra, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word
Database Skills: Bloomberg, DataStream, Markit, HaverAnlytics, SNL, IFS, EIU, Bankscope, Factiva