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Marcus Vance, CFA
Senior Financial Analyst
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Summary

CFA Charterholder and corporate finance professional with 8+ years evaluating capital allocation, M&A due diligence, and financial forecasting for $200M+ revenue divisions. Expert in building dynamic three-statement models and presenting key variance metrics to C-suite executives.

Experience

May 2021 - PresentChicago, IL
Senior Financial Analyst · Citadel Commercial Partners
  • Constructed comprehensive financial models and sensitivity analyses that guided a $62M strategic acquisition.
  • Spearheaded annual operating budget planning across 4 business units totaling $115M in operational expenditure.
  • Automated monthly executive variance reporting with SQL and Power BI, saving 22 analyst hours per billing cycle.
Jul 2017 - Apr 2021New York, NY
Financial Advisory Analyst · Deloitte & Touche LLP
  • Performed DCF valuations, precedent transaction benchmarking, and liquidity stress tests for 18 Fortune 500 clients.
  • Collaborated with senior audit partners on complex revenue recognition audits and SEC compliance reviews.

Projects

Pocket Brief · pocketbrief.app

Open-source weekly digest tool that condenses newsletters into 5-minute briefs.

  • Grew to 12k GitHub stars and 8k active weekly users within 10 months.
  • Designed the full product experience; improved activation rate to 61% via guided onboarding.

Education

2013 - 2017
B.S. in Finance & Economics · Northwestern University
GPA: 3.85

Skills

Financial Modeling · DCF & LBO Valuation · FP&A Reporting · Capital Budgeting · Power BI & Tableau · Advanced Excel / VBA · SQL & BigQuery · SEC Regulatory Compliance

Certifications

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) - CFA Institute2020

Languages

English (Native) · Spanish (Professional)

Professional Layout

Ledger Resume Template

Ruled rows & date gutter

Layout ArchitectureTwo-Column / Hybrid
ATS Friendliness98% (Recruiter Tested)
Recommended ForTech, Corporate, Finance, & Marketing
File FormatVector PDF (Download after edit)
License100% Free (Personal & Commercial)
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Marcus Vance, CFA — Senior Financial Analyst

Professional Summary: CFA Charterholder and corporate finance professional with 8+ years evaluating capital allocation, M&A due diligence, and financial forecasting for $200M+ revenue divisions. Expert in building dynamic three-statement models and presenting key variance metrics to C-suite executives.

Work Experience

Senior Financial Analyst at Citadel Commercial Partners (May 2021 – Present)

  • Constructed comprehensive financial models and sensitivity analyses that guided a $62M strategic acquisition.
  • Spearheaded annual operating budget planning across 4 business units totaling $115M in operational expenditure.
  • Automated monthly executive variance reporting with SQL and Power BI, saving 22 analyst hours per billing cycle.

Financial Advisory Analyst at Deloitte & Touche LLP (Jul 2017 – Apr 2021)

  • Performed DCF valuations, precedent transaction benchmarking, and liquidity stress tests for 18 Fortune 500 clients.
  • Collaborated with senior audit partners on complex revenue recognition audits and SEC compliance reviews.