Hello there!
I am a data-driven professional with a combined five-year experience in Finance and Data analytics. Achieved high academic performance by finishing Master’s Business Analytics degree with the highest overall mark score within the course.

I have also been actively involved in technical up-skilling and have completed Data Analytics leading certifications such as Microsoft PL-300 Power BI Data Analyst, Associate, AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals, Google Analytics to name a few.

Until recently I have been working as a KPI Data Analyst - Assistant Manager at BDO LLP. I am keen to learn how data analytics can fundamentally disrupt the nature of financial and other industries as a whole.


Hence I am open for the new great challenges and job opportunities.

What gives me a competitive edge?
Learning every day makes me happy in every way
Interpersonal skills
I am capable of presenting a technically challenging information in a plain English.

Skilled in non-verbal communication and body language reading

Technical expertise
Part-ACA qualified
MSc Business Analytics
BCs Accounting and Finance
Multiple certifications (Google, DataCamp, Pluralsight, and Udemy)

Language skills
English, Russian
Spanish - learning in my free time
Technical skills
  • MS Office
    Experience working with Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access
    with database creation
  • Data Analytics and Machine Learning
    Experience working with Python, R, Google Analytics, SPSS, Google BigQuery, VBA
  • Data visualisation
    Experience with visualising data by using Tableau, PowerBI, Python and R
  • Finance & Accounting
    Experience working with QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, Avaloq, Swift and Bloomberg
Some of the positions I've held over the last 5 years
Assurance Associate


Community Banker


Operations Analyst

Financial Trader

Sales Asset Analyst
Trade Support Analyst
Stocks and Crypto-currency Investing
Since October 2021 I have been analysing the performance of leading global technology, finance, entertainment, travelling and healthcare companies

Created a diversified portfolio of various stocks and cryptocurrencies with the purpose of growing investment overtime

Stocks Investment Summary and Insight
This picture represents one of the portfolios I have created.

The portfolio aims to achieve a diversified return from various sectors. Similarly to any stock investments this portfolio is exposed to the systematic (general market) risks which can affect multiple unrelated markets simultaneously.

However the diversification across various industries allows to reduce non-systematic (specific) risks which can affect specific industry at the point of time.

Education
Distinction honours MSc Business Analytics (73.0/100 obtained)
Achieved highest overall average within the 2018-2019 cohort by undertaking a dissertation project (“Card Payment Fraud and its Detection)”

Covered modules include: Supervised Machine Learning (SML), Unsupervised Machine Learning (UML) Econometrics and statistical analysis among others.

First class honours BA Accounting and Finance (72.0/100 obtained);
Covered modules include: Financial Risk Management, Financial Accounting and Reporting, Taxation, Corporate and Business Finance

Certifications
Microsoft: Power BI PL-300 Data Analyst (obtained) 2023, AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals (obtained), 2022

DataCamp: Python Data Science Toolbox, Joining Data in SQL, Generative AI/ChatGPT, 2023

Google Data Analytics-Individual Certifications 2021, Udemy Instagram Marketing for Business 2022

ICAEW: Passing 10 ACA Chartered accountancy exams as KPMG Audit Associate, 2021
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Volunteering Experience
Befriender
Befriending older people by providing counseling services through telephone calls and in-person appointments.

Fundraiser
Raising more than £1,000 within 8 hours in a team of 7 as part of 2017 Summer Work engagement at Coutts

Campaign Promoter
Promoted Santander UK 'Boris Bicycle Campaign 2017' at University of Surrey Campus;

Biography
In his childhood Arthur-Vartan was interested in history, geography, chess, and foreign languages. Luckily, his parents encouraged those interests.

That encouragement drove him to excel. After graduating his high school with distinction (securing 10.5 out of 12 overall average) at 17 he decided to realise his long lasting dream - to study in England.

Arthur-Vartan joined University of Surrey at Business and Economics Foundational Course and was assigned to BSc Accounting and Finance. After securing First class honours finance degree in 2018 Arthur-Vartan joined MSc program of Business Analytics.

At the course Arthur-Vartan was introduced to concepts of Industry 4.0, Big Data and analytics which later became his passion in career.

Six years onto his professional career Arthur-Vartan still enjoys learning, investigating and communicating new concepts across every day.

Arthur-Vartan has also enjoyed doing various sports such as football, calisthenics and ice-skating.

Arthur-Vartan played for various sports teams such as Weysiders Guildford FC and Reading Royals in 2017 and 2021, respectively.

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