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Jerome Elfassy, Finance Expert in New York, NY, United States
Jerome Elfassy

Finance Expert in New York, NY, United States

Member since January 8, 2017
After working as a credit prop trader for 7 years, co-managing a $12 billion corporate bond portfolio, and co-founding Festicket, Jerome started freelancing, building financial models, consulting for capital raising and acting as an external CFO. He has extensive experience working closely with founders of US and European eCommerce and media companies, helping them develop the necessary tools to financially structure their growth.
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Career Highlights

Education

Industry Expertise

  • Finance
  • Media & Internet
  • Retail
  • eCommerce
  • Financial Modeling
  • Startups
  • Trading

Software Expertise

Other Expertise

Employment

  • Part-Time CFO

    2016 - PRESENT
    Keli Network Inc.
    • Developed and frequently updated the forecast model.
    • Advised and worked closely with CEO for multiple fundraising events for the company.
    • Developed internal tools to automate investor reporting.
    • Developed internal tools to automate month-end reporting.
    • Developed internal tools to optimize the journalists' planning.
    Focus areas: Business Planning, Growth Capital Raising, Financial Reporting, Financial Modeling

  • Co-Founder, Part-Time CFO

    2012 - PRESENT
    Festicket
    • Worked closely with the CEO on the closing of a $6M Series B round.
    • Developed tools to automate the month-end reports.
    • Developed tools to automate the investor reports.
    • Created the company from scratch with 2 co-founders, raising a seed round of $600K.
    • Advised on the recruitment of finance employees.
    Focus areas: Budgeting, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Financial Reporting, Financial Modeling

  • Financial Consultant

    2017 - 2017
    Les Eclaireuses
    • Built a tool for monthly monitoring/reporting.
    • Analyzed the FY 2016 to help the CEO make investment decisions.
    Focus areas: Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting

  • Consultant

    2016 - 2017
    Gelmart International
    • Worked on analysing the cost, risk, and reward of launching a direct-to-consumer line of clothes, for a company which has been doing wholesale for the past 60 years.
    • Built a financial model with multiple assumptions and scenarios.
    • Worked closely with the management to explain the mechanics of direct-to-consumer online sales (customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, contribution margin, acquisition funnels, and more).
    Focus areas: Financial Modeling

  • Portfolio Manager

    2014 - 2015
    Saiers Capital
    • Developed the credit trading portfolio.
    • Structured a $10M funding deal with an Israeli company; a payment solution enabling merchants to offer free monthly installment plans to their customers.
    • Structured a deal with a logistics "last-mile" company, working with Amazon (for their Prime offer in NY) and with private companies.
    Focus areas: Venture Funding, Portfolio Analysis

  • Vice President

    2009 - 2014
    BNP Paribas
    • Co-managed a $12 billion portfolio of US corporate bonds.
    • Started from scratch and built out a portfolio of long/short US credit derivative swaps.
    Focus areas: Portfolio Analysis

Education

  • Master's degree in Mathematics in Finance
    2007 - 2008
    New York University - New York, NY, USA
  • Master's degree in Mathematics & Finance
    2006 - 2008
    École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées - Paris, France
  • Bachelor's degree in Mathematics & Finance
    2004 - 2006
    École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées - Paris, France

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