Yiting Hu

I graduated from Washington University in St. Louis 2024 December (Master of quantitative finance). I have completed several internships related to finance and data analysis, where I applied my problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills to various projects and tasks.

Professional Skills

• Professional Skills: Financial Modeling, Financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Scenario Analysis, Market Research, Sensitivity Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, Trend Analysis, Ratio Analysis
• Technical Skills: Excel, SAP, Tableau, SQL, PowerBI, Python, VBA, Quickbooks, Bloomberg, Microsoft Office
• Certificate: CFA I Passed

Languages: Fluent in English and Chinese

• Conducted monthly revenue and margin analysis across Amazon and Costco, optimizing SKU pricing strategies that drove a 12% increase in conversion rates and improved gross margin by 2.5 % QoQ.
• Built dynamic financial models in Excel to track revenue, COGS, and promotional spend; supported monthly close processes by reconciling actuals vs. forecast and enhancing margin visibility for leadership reviews in QuickBooks.
• Partnered with supply chain and marketing teams to develop demand forecasts and inventory plans; reduced stockouts by 18% and prevented $250K in lost sales through proactive inventory allocation and SKU rationalization.
• Performed P&L variance analysis using key ratios like Gross Margin %, Promo-to-Sales %, and Inventory Turnover; delivered insights by Tableau dashboards to guide monthly and quarterly business reviews.
• Supported product launch financials by modeling ROI scenarios for marketing campaigns and unit economics; identified breakeven points and advised on budget reallocations that improved promotional spend efficiency by 10%.

WashU Master of Quantitative Finance