Naa Dodoo

Data analyst with 2+ years of experience in financial services analytics, completed an MSc in Applied Statistics (Business Analytics specialization) with a 4.0 GPA in May 2026. Built dashboards, forecasting models, and equity research that informed investment decisions on the Ghana Stock Exchange, including a communications redesign that drove a 5% YoY lift in client engagement against a 2% team baseline. Strong in R, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, and advanced Excel, with a track record of turning large financial datasets into clear, decision-ready insights.

Equity Research Analyst at Databank Brokerage (2022-11 – 2024-07)

• Covered 3 Ghana Stock Exchange–listed companies; produced monthly equity reports and annual deep-dive analyses with price forecasts that informed buy/sell/hold recommendations for the desk and clients.
• Authored daily end-of-day market commentary distributed to internal analysts and the client mailing list, summarizing index moves, sector performance, and notable trades.
• Built Excel-based price forecasting models on multi-year stock price histories (from each company's IPO through reporting date), and used SQL to pull and clean the underlying financial and economic data.
• Designed interactive Excel dashboards using PivotTables, slicers, conditional formatting, and macros to track financial KPIs and validate report data, replacing manual reconciliation for the research team.
• Redesigned client market-update communications — sharpened structure, subject lines, and visualizations — driving a 5% YoY lift in investor engagement (open rates, meeting requests, and client replies) versus the team's 2% historical baseline.

Finance Intern at Ghana Cocoa Board (2021-09 – 2021-12)

• Compiled and analyzed financial datasets using SQL alongside accountants and financial analysts, supporting monthly financial reporting and pricing/competitive analyses.
• Used internal market-monitoring tools to track real-time cocoa pricing and competitor activity.

MSc in Applied Statistics (Business Analytics Specialization) – Bowling Green State University (2024-08 – 2026-05)

BSc in Actuarial Science – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2018 – 2022-11)