Seoin(Joshua) Kim, FRM

Quantitative Financial Analyst at VegaX: Better Indexes, Better Returns
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Seoul Incheon Metropolitan Area, KR
Languages
  • Korean Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Mandarin (Lived in China 2002-2009, HSK level 6 248) Full professional proficiency
  • English (OPIC AL) Full professional proficiency

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Credentials

  • Passed CFA level 2
    CFA Institute
    Jul, 2017
    - Oct, 2024
  • FRM
    GARP FRM Program
    Jan, 2017
    - Oct, 2024
  • Network Manager level 2
    ICQA
    Feb, 2012
    - Oct, 2024
  • OPIC AL
    ACTFL
    Sep, 2019
    - Oct, 2024
  • HSK Level 6
    孔子学院
    Sep, 2019
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Quantitative Financial Analyst
      • Sep 2022 - Present
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead of Strategy Management / Product Manager
      • Oct 2021 - Jan 2022

      • Analyzed AI healthcare software industry, and constructed the strategy based on profit-operational, legal, and regulatory background. • Led and completed $2 mil. pre-series A funding via IR documents preparation, and participation in investment meetings with VC investors and accelerators. • Communicated with web developers/AI researchers/UX designers to construct the new remote healthcare platform service. • Analyzed AI healthcare software industry, and constructed the strategy based on profit-operational, legal, and regulatory background. • Led and completed $2 mil. pre-series A funding via IR documents preparation, and participation in investment meetings with VC investors and accelerators. • Communicated with web developers/AI researchers/UX designers to construct the new remote healthcare platform service.

    • South Korea
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Analyst/Trader in Multi-Asset Team
      • May 2021 - Oct 2021

      • Conducted active top-down & bottom-up researches on Korean Reits, Global Reits, infrastructure, bond, equity ETF, ESG, and MLP(Master Limited Partnership with Texas gas pipelines) assets.• Constructed portfolio valuation models to optimize asset allocation through back-test, categorization of different assets in customized asset buckets, correlation analysis between countries and asset classes, and multi-macro factor model.• Constructed portfolio asset allocation ratio volatility monitoring file through SQL data collection and Bloomberg functions, thus ultimately facilitated volatility monitoring from the benchmark portfolio.• Dealt with fund operation tasks including currency hedge ratio, liquidity ratio, compliance issues, and fund performance reporting in weekly/bi-weekly/monthly/quarterly basis. Show less

    • Tech committee member in Global Equity division
      • Nov 2019 - Apr 2021

      • Facilitated automation process of fund operation and research tasks in the 1st round of agile project via SQL and Excel. Six projects were conducted, reported, and awarded by CEO /division directors. Projects are 1) currency overlay automation, 2) currency forward rollover automation 3) futures rollover automation, 4) currency forward unwinding automation, 5) fund pricing and peer group comparison reports automation and 6) weekly fund subscription, redemption and net asset value calculation automation. Became one of the six excellent prize winners in 23 teams as a sole tech committee member in the division. Saved $100k yearly and shortened work time from 7 days to 1 day per a month.• Constructed web platform to optimize the ratio of risk-exposed assets in subsidiary funds in the 2nd round of agile project via Python, SQL, JavaScript, and Html. Saved $120k yearly and shortened calculation time to 10 secs from 10 mins per a global fund managed by portfolio manager. Became one of the seven excellent prize winners in 17 teams as a sole tech committee member in the division. Show less

    • Analyst/Trader in Global Equity Strategy Investment Team
      • Sep 2019 - Apr 2021

      • Conducted researches on Chinese stocks in China Select Healthcare Fund. Main responsible subsectors were healthcare devices and healthcare technology. Participated daily global research meeting with the local Chinese team, and bi-weekly conference with local Singaporean/Vietnamese team.• Played as a main trader of $ 500 mil. sized global funds. Role included global stock/FX/currency forward/ futures, hedge ratio maintenance, hedge ratio optimization, and liquidity check. Main coverage was China/ Hongkong/US/Korea while Sub coverage was Japan/Eastern European countries/Vietnam.• Participated in two new funds creation that are Hanwha China Select Healthcare Fund and Hanwha Global Untact Fund. Opened FX/stocks/currency derivates/fiduciary accounts, built up stock selection model from investment universe, and constructed back-test/simulation models based on scenarios to find out optimal weights of assets. Show less

    • South Korea
    • Information Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Intern at Finance Business Division #1
      • Sep 2017 - Nov 2017

      • Converted 200+ financial statements of foreign nonpublic companies to Korean IFRS to evaluate financial solvency, and supported Korean government banks to construct database applied in loan lending platform. • Converted 200+ financial statements of foreign nonpublic companies to Korean IFRS to evaluate financial solvency, and supported Korean government banks to construct database applied in loan lending platform.

    • Data Assistant
      • Aug 2017 - Sep 2017

      • Cleaned the survey data of Korean public institutional governance. • Modified structure of the survey data to facilitate the further research. • Cleaned the survey data of Korean public institutional governance. • Modified structure of the survey data to facilitate the further research.

    • Banking
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Research Assistant at Korea Unification Division
      • Apr 2017 - Jul 2017

      • Assisted research about solar energy system of North Korea, and sought ways to trade with North Korea. • Analyzed North Korean publications and estimated North Korean economic status. • Assisted research about solar energy system of North Korea, and sought ways to trade with North Korea. • Analyzed North Korean publications and estimated North Korean economic status.

    • Business Informatics Researcher in Prof. Kim, Jongwoo's lab
      • Dec 2016 - Apr 2017

      • Participated in text-mining part of the government project constructing sentimental measuring and reacting intelligent platform. Primary participants were KAIST electrical engineering team, and two companies in Korean venture system and Silicon Valley joined in for real-world application. • Facilitated the Korean text data preprocessing using API of Korean dictation algorithm. • Built up training data set in nine categorical sentiments in Korean language. • Developed ML/AI models to predict stock price/volatility based on the text context in SNS like Twitter. Show less

    • RA at Prof. Kang, HyoungGoo’s Lab in Concentration of Finance
      • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

      • Conducted eleven projects related asset management that are demonstrating expected influence of new stewardship code program in Korea, identifying the impact of new government policy giving benefits to SME-specialized security firms, and etc.

    • RA at Prof. Kim, JongWoo’s Lab in Concentration of MIS
      • Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

      • Published academic paper, which is Seoin Kim, DongSung Kim, and JongWoo Kim., ‘Public Sentiment Analysis of Top-10 Korean Companies: Big-Data Approach Using Multi-categorical Sentiment Lexicon’, Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2016, p. 45~69.

    • Korean learning Product Marketer for Chinese
      • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

      • Translated Chinese learning material from Chinese to Korean, and from Korean to Chinese. • Constructed marketing channel for Chinese people to learn Korean. • Joined in product design to increase the Chinese customers in the platform. • Translated Chinese learning material from Chinese to Korean, and from Korean to Chinese. • Constructed marketing channel for Chinese people to learn Korean. • Joined in product design to increase the Chinese customers in the platform.

    • Co-Founder of Social start-up for international students
      • Dec 2014 - Dec 2016

      • Co-founded social start-up to help international students to learn Korean • Planned as platform to share the talents focusing on languages, but changed the business plan to social start-up due to government policy restriction. • Co-founded social start-up to help international students to learn Korean • Planned as platform to share the talents focusing on languages, but changed the business plan to social start-up due to government policy restriction.

    • Web Designer
      • Dec 2012 - Feb 2014

      • Designed more than 60 articles uploaded on the main web page of Hanyang Univ. • Created weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, research web-based newsletter sent to Hanyang Univ. alumni. • Participated in main spot image creation showing on main web page of Hanyang Univ. • Joined in weekly meeting to design articles about Hanyang Univ. • Designed more than 60 articles uploaded on the main web page of Hanyang Univ. • Created weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, research web-based newsletter sent to Hanyang Univ. alumni. • Participated in main spot image creation showing on main web page of Hanyang Univ. • Joined in weekly meeting to design articles about Hanyang Univ.

    • United States
    • Web Programmer
      • Dec 2012 - Feb 2013

      • Supported front-end of Elite Korea main website. • Connected the online aptitude test data to be printed out on web page in structured db format. • Edited front page of Self-directed Learning service website, and fixed minor db errors. • Supported front-end of Elite Korea main website. • Connected the online aptitude test data to be printed out on web page in structured db format. • Edited front page of Self-directed Learning service website, and fixed minor db errors.

    • Information System Technician
      • Apr 2011 - Jan 2013

      • Managed 10+ MySQL, MSSQL, and Oracle servers in Linux, and Windows. • Renovated website of 1st Artillery Brigade, and created several websites for subordinate artillery command. • Managed 10+ MySQL, MSSQL, and Oracle servers in Linux, and Windows. • Renovated website of 1st Artillery Brigade, and created several websites for subordinate artillery command.

Education

  • Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas
    Master of Science - MS, Finance
    2018 - 2019
  • Codestates Coding Bootcamp
    Data Science Intensive Program (Python, SQL, Machine learning, and Deep learning algorithms)
    2022 - 2022
  • Hanyang University
    Master of Science - MS, Applied statistics (HY-IN Scholarship)
    2020 - 2022
  • Korea National Open University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Statistics and Data science
    2022 - 2024
  • Hanyang University
    Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
    2010 - 2017

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