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Alireza Samanian
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Financial Coordinator | CFA Level 2 Cleared
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Service SpecialistThe Home Depot CanadaSep 2024 - Current (1 year 11 months)• Engaged with customers to assess project needs, explain product features, and provide tailored solutions, contributing to daily store revenue of $180K. • Managed order discrepancies, processed payments, and coordinated with stakeholders to resolve issues, ensuring accurate fulfillment and enhancing customer satisfaction. • Utilized digital tools to track inventory, verify stock levels, and streamline sales processes, improving product availability and operational efficiency.- Financial CoordinatorCIBCSep 2023 - Dec 2023 (4 months)• Improved the project invoicing process within the procurement system (Coupa), ensuring accuracy and following financial guidelines. By communicating with Project Managers, I helped ensure on-time payments, which improved financial coordination and kept schedules on track. • Led the implementation of a Process Data Automation project using Power Automate, Power Apps, VBA, ServiceNow, and SharePoint, reducing process time by 80% and greatly improving data accuracy and operational efficiency. • Conducted detailed data analysis of project costs, resources, and contracts. I created visually engaging presentations using Power BI and PowerPoint, which were important for guiding strategic decisions and project execution.
- Financial AnalystTosee Armani ViraDec 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 1 month)• Managed complex foreign exchange transactions, handling transfers across multiple currencies. I built and maintained strong customer relationships by ensuring clear and effective communication, which was key to customer satisfaction and retention. • Developed and implemented an Automated Documentation System using Python, VBA, and UiPath, which significantly improved process efficiency. This system helped accurately create, store, and handle transaction documents with an average daily value of $1 million. • Conducted a thorough analysis of transaction processes using different analytical tools like interviews, workflow storyboards, use cases, and scenarios. My work identified inefficiencies, leading to collaborations that resulted in majo
- Sales EngineerNovin Avaran Sanat Ltd CoNov 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 2 months)• Collaborated with leading home appliance factories (e.g., Emerson, Depoint, Snowa) producing over 1000 units per day to optimize product lines through innovative pipe connection devices, driving streamlined operations, increased productivity, and cost savings. • Managed marketing campaigns for imported products in new factory markets, leveraging digital strategies and analyzing KPIs to significantly increase company website traffic by 300%. • Created engaging training and marketing materials, including videos and brochures, utilizing Adobe Premiere, CorelDraw, and Canva to attract customers and educate technical units within the factory. • Trained factory technical units on the maintenance and operation of hydraulic and pneumatic machiner
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- Postgraduate Certificate, Information Systems Business AnalysisGeorge Brown CollegeJan 2022 - Dec 2023 (2 years)• Successfully led a project that increased College Club participation by 25%. This was achieved by applying business analysis techniques, conducting in-depth data analysis, and effectively communicating with stakeholders. • Demonstrated ability to effectively translate stakeholder requirements into comprehensive user stories, process flows, functional and non-functional requirements through completion of course projects.
- Mechanical EngineeringK N Toosi University of TechnologyJan 2016 - Dec 2021 (6 years)Completed coursework in Energy Systems Optimization, Automatic Control, Numerical Analysis, and Control Systems and Measurement, demonstrating a strong foundation in analytical problem-solving, optimization techniques, and numerical modeling.
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- UUS Economic Regime ClassifierApr 2026A macro-driven business cycle model that classifies the current US economic regime using five independent indicators: the 10Y-2Y Treasury spread, 10Y breakeven inflation, Moody's Baa-10Y credit spread, initial jobless claims (YoY), and industrial production (YoY). Each indicator captures a structurally distinct dimension of the cycle to avoid signal overlap. Each indicator is normalized using a rolling 60-month Z-score to eliminate look-ahead bias. The composite score uses equal weights (1/N), consistent with DeMiguel, Garlappi and Uppal (2009), which shows naive diversification consistently outperforms optimized weights out-of-sample due to estimation error. The smoothed composite maps to four regimes: Expansion, Late Cycle, Slowdown, and