Christopher Siemiaszko
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Written and spoken languages: English, French, Spanish, and Polish
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, M&A and Strategy - Constellation Software (CSU), Montreal
2020 -
- Conduct in-depth due diligence for Vertical Market Software acquisitions, including strategic entry into new markets to drive global expansion
- Provide CSU's C-suite and Board of Directors with mission critical, quantitative-driven insights for key strategic initiatives
- · Overseeing BD leaders across various Operating Groups, facilitating collaboration and driving long-term growth
- Present actionable insights at numerous internal conferences to enhance returns on capital allocation
Associate, Portfolio Strategy - CIBC Capital Markets, Toronto
2018-2020
- Quantitative and fundamental analysis performed on S&P/TSX and S&P 500 equities using Bloomberg, CapitaliQ, and Factset
- Leveraged strong quantitative skills to become a resource to the department; led to quarterly achiever award across CIBC
- Product creation for different stakeholders on the trading floor, analysis and back testing performed in Python and VBA
Associate, Corporate Development & Treasury Rotational – TD Bank Group, Toronto
2016 - 2018
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Performed research and analysis on several target companies, including Layer 6 which was purchased by TD for \$100 million
- Prepared decks for TD Board and Senior Executives to ensure they were kept up to date with deals progress
Funds Transfer Pricing
- Supported Corporate Development deals such as Scottrade, results were used to assess profitability projections
- · Accurately modelled interest rate risk to quantify and attribute the funding cost for potential deals, results presented in Tableau
Modelling
Proven quantitative modelling skills developed from building internal models used by TD Securities in the pricing and valuation of US, UK and Canadian Credit Card Asset-Backed Securities, statistical analysis performed in R
Analyst - Standard Life, Montreal
2013 - 2015
- Effectively modelled assets and liabilities of the whole company & calculated valuations on a quarterly basis
- Selected among peers to liaise with Manulife after it acquired Standard Life Canada in 2014
Intern, Portfolio Management - Optimum Gestion Financière, Paris
2013
- Supported the portfolio manager daily for a \$500 million portfolio in European assets
- Demonstrated strong management skills by leading a three-person back-office team
- Involved in the transition from active to passive management for US equities; designed the optimal combination of Exchange-Traded Funds to track the US index, data mining performed in VBA and SQL
Intern, Pension Plan Consulting - Morneau Shepell, Montreal
2013
Accurately quantified the funding status of pension plans by modelling assets and liabilities using actuarial techniques
EDUCATION
HEC Montreal (2014-2016) - Master of Sciences in Finance
- Thesis: Empirical study on the impact of a firm's level of leverage on its return; data mining in CRSP, Optionmetrics and Compustat; quantitative analysis and data mining performed in Matlab
- HEC Student Fund: Provided effective coverage of the financial sector in a portfolio of over \$5 million assets
Passed CFA Level 3 (2015)
UQAM (2011-2014) - Bachelor of Science in Actuarial
Dean's honor list (2011-2014)
Society of Actuaries (SOA) exams (2011-2013)
Probability (P), Financial Mathematics (FM), Models for Financial Economics (MFE), Models for Life Contingencies (MLC), and Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models (C)
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Programming languages - VBA, Python, SQL, Matlab, R, and SAS
Hobbies - Football, volleyball, tennis, yoga, and chess