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Liam Douglas Giles

Sydney,NSW

Summary

Tenacious, driven economics/finance student in penultimate year seeking an opportunity with a quantitative trading firm in an entry-level analyst position. Previous work experience in sales positions in DevOps, Fintech and MarTech , including dealing Forex derivatives (2021). Skilled in data analytics (Python/R) with a strong understanding in modern portfolio theory, economic time series, financial valuation, statistical/pure arbitrage and stochastic processes.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales Development Representative

Selling Simplified
01.2022 - 08.2022
  • Conducted targeted outreach via calls, emails and LinkedIn messages (120 outreaches/day)
  • Employed a solution-selling approach (optimised outreach by allocating 30% of time to researching industry pain points in periods of day/week with lower connection rate)
  • Sourced, prospected and qualified outbound leads (MANIAC-T - effective data harvesting and summation conducive to 55% conversion rate (5% above target))
  • Consistently met performance KPIs (meeting quota increased 75% over length of role)

Corporate Account Manager

Navigate Global Payments
08.2021 - 01.2022
  • Managed full sales cycle (60k AUD sale in OTC financial derivative - 50% fixed forward)
  • Developed comprehensive understanding of market dynamics & pricing through outreaches to targeted sophisticated investors.
  • Gained exposure to electronic trading workflows through managing clients who executed trades on SaaS Forex Trading Platform

Sales Development Representative

Puppet
12.2020 - 08.2021
  • Targeted Global 5000 Companies, prospecting and developing own outbound leads (40 calls/day)
  • Received rigorous training and mentorship in sales strategy and qualification
  • Collaborated closely with account executives and software engineers
  • Met and exceeded KPIs (300k pipeline Development in first quarter - 40% of APAC target)

Sales Associate

Ralph Lauren
08.2019 - 12.2020
  • Ranked top 3 (retail) in company-wide sales in Oceania for total dollar amount sold in a month

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Economics And Finance

University of Sydney
Camperdown, NSW 2050
11-2025

Skills

  • Statistical Modelling (Python/R)
  • Probability Theory
  • Modern Portfolio Theory
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Financial Derivatives and Pricing
  • Economic Time Series
  • Statistical/Pure Arbitrage
  • Chess Enthusiast (2000ish)

Timeline

Sales Development Representative

Selling Simplified
01.2022 - 08.2022

Corporate Account Manager

Navigate Global Payments
08.2021 - 01.2022

Sales Development Representative

Puppet
12.2020 - 08.2021

Sales Associate

Ralph Lauren
08.2019 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Commerce - Economics And Finance

University of Sydney
Liam Douglas Giles