Robert Da
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Translation Services

> Target Language(s):
Chinese - Simplified, English, and Chinese - Traditional.

> Source Language(s):
English (American), Chinese - Simplified, English, Chinese - Traditional, and English (British).

> Service Type(s):
Translation Services, Interpretation Services, Proofreading/copywriting, Teaching, and Other.

> Specialization(s):
Advertisement/Marketing, Aerospace/Aeronautics, Architecture, Arts, Communications, Cooking/Food/Beverages, Education/Training, Fashion/Clothing, Film - Theatre, Financial/Economics, Hardware/Construction, Health and Beauty, History, Hospitality Industry, Internet/Multimedia, Computers/IT, Journalism - Press, Literature/Publishing, Politics, Real Estate, Social Sciences, and Media/Broadcasting.

> Software:
Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office , and WordFast.

> Certifications and Professional Affiliations:
PROFESSIONAL Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Management Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor
AFFILIATIONS AIMR, IMA, AMA, IIA, extensive workshops from Bloomberg



> Relevant Translation Experience:
Casual translation between English and Chinese speakers.

> Education:
Master of Financial Engineering from Cornell

> Additional Skills:
Robert Da

OBJECTIVE A CFA seeking a challenging position to apply his excellent financial, analytical, and communication skills with worldwide business experience and strong leadership.

PERSONAL An ambitious business professional and an enthusiastic worldwide traveler with great passion,
PROFILE experience, and vision of global business challenges and opportunities.

EXPERIENCE Senior Investment Auditor, Hartford Investment Management Co., since Jan. 3, 2006 to present
• Review complex bank loan deals, securities lending program, and 10-K process;
• Strengthen hedge fund strategies and the due diligence process of $550M Hedge Fund Portfolio;
• Improve the Firm’s institutional sales and marketing strategies and practices;
• Boost the credit review and loan servicing process of $80M agriculture financing;
• Lead various team initiatives.

Acting Controller, Barnes Associated Spring, Saline, MI, September 2005 to December 2005
• Resolve operational problems to turn around the Division’s business in four months, reducing the quarterly financial loss from $ (1.5M) to $ (0.5M);
• Build financial models to perform risk/return analysis on capital investments, annual forecast; and
• Manage month-end / ad hoc financial reporting, budget, and variance analysis;
Senior Auditor, Executive Office, Barnes Group Inc., July 2002 to August 2005;
Staff Auditor, Executive Office, Barnes Group Inc., February 2001 to June 2002.
• Review business environment and identify business risks for various Divisions across the world;
• Participate in company wide project to standardize operational processes;
• Perform consulting reviews for Divisions to maintain and accelerate their profitability;
• Assist Group Senior Management to develop long term strategic plan;
• Partner with local Divisions to achieve effectiveness, efficiency and economy under global competition while maintain strong internal controls;
• Champion various SOX404 projects and lead financial, operational and system audits/SOX 404 testing over multiple Divisions worldwide to achieve the SOX 404 compliance;
• Manage and coach audit teams to meet project objectives and deadlines in all circumstances;
• Maintain quality and intensive verbal and written communications with Senior Management to drive changes throughout the organization;

Audit Consultant, Retirement and Investment Management Team, Corporate Audit Department, Finance, Marketing and Strategy Division, CIGNA, July 1999 to Feb. 2001
• Planned and executed various audits over investment/retirement business;
• Improved continuous risk assessment of investment management activities;
• Analyzed and tested derivative modeling and hedging methods;
• Reviewed trading strategy, authorization, timeliness, and accuracy;
• Evaluated complex investment vehicles and insurance products;

PROFESSIONAL Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Management Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor
AFFILIATIONS AIMR, IMA, AMA, IIA, extensive workshops from Bloomberg

EDUCATION Master of Financial Engineering Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Johnson Graduate School of Management / School of Operations Research, GPA 3.82, June 1999
Research in Graduate School of Engineering., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, GPA 3.85, July 1998
B.S. in Materials Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, A-, August 1997

AWARDS Achievement Award from CIGNA, Special Service Award from Barnes; Student Current Events Award
The Aeronautics Award from Tsinghua University; Research Assistantship from Clemson University

SKILLS Language: Fluent English and Chinese, basic Japanese
Leadership/Communication: Dynamic business leader / Effective communicator
Global Vision: Extensive international business experience in Europe, Asia, North and South America
Expertise: Operations Management Review and Consulting, Auditing, Finance.

ACTIVITIES Ski; Baseball; Soccer; Freelance writing; Worldwide travel.


> Location:
Southington (United States)

 
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