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LIANG (LUCREZIA) MA

Auckland,AUK

Summary

Analytical professional with a robust foundation in Statistics, holding a Graduate Diploma and Bachelor of Science from prestigious New Zealand universities. I am a seasoned practitioner with over three years of impactful experience in financial reporting, dashboard design, data analysis, portfolio risk assessment, and data-driven decision-making within enterprise companies. Proven record of accomplishment in harnessing data insights to drive strategic decisions and data migration, with a notable accomplishment in processing multimillion-volume datasets in database environments. Demonstrated advanced proficiency in Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, and other cutting-edge analytics tools. Proficient in data wrangling and visualization, committed to transforming business operations through analytics. Possesses strong project management skills and a proactive approach to collaborative problem-solving. Excels in optimizing processes for enhanced operational efficiency and data management.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Financial Analyst

Geex Intellectual Technology Group Co., Ltd
, Shanghai, China
08.2022 - 04.2023

Achievements - Acquired expertise in aesthetic medicine and healthcare loan operations, mastered Tableau techniques, implemented automated financial reporting to halve the delivery time and improved stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills. Conducted commercial projects with strategy, planning, and management, including increased ROI for membership packages, developed key performance appraisals for a special collection team, and integrated data for Sales KPIs platforms.

Data Management - Managed multimillion-scale databases, optimizing T-SQL scripts for enhanced system performance, while developing streamlined data pipelines aligned with business reporting needs, resulting in halved data delivery times through systematic reporting and extraction processes.

Data Visualization & Reporting - Transformed the financial reporting system, consolidating and automating over 60 reports into 20 dynamic Tableau dashboards. Maintained and updated finance and risk reports, including revenue, portfolios and cash flow model, delivering crucial insights to diverse stakeholders to drive business performance.

Data Analysis - Evaluated financial and operational performance of companies facing financial difficulties to determine possible remedies. Assisted senior management maintain profitability by analyzing portfolios and implementing strategies and techniques. Conducted ad-hoc analyses to address dynamic business requirements, supporting decision-making processes.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication - Delivered data to cross-functional teams, including Collection, Funding, Risk, and Product, fulfilling their diverse data requirements and enabling data analysis across the organization.

Portfolio Credit Risk Analyst

Home Credit Consumer Finance Co., Ltd.
Tianjin, China
02.2021 - 08.2022

Achievements - Mastered advanced SQL and engaged in data migration and integration from Oracle to Hadoop, ensuring data consistency and accuracy through UAT testing. Swiftly acquired critical domain knowledge in personal consumer loans and effectively communicated risk insights and portfolio models to cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Developed provisioning and cold boots prediction models for Aided Loan contingent liability.

Data Management - Optimized data extraction from multimillion-scale databases, maintaining portfolio risk data marts to deliver tailored portfolio reports for internal and external stakeholders.

Portfolio Reporting - Scheduled and managed automation data updating tasks and delivered risk reports, including risk cost, provisioning, WD movement, Markov Balance, and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) balance reports, ensuring reconciliation with the finance department for HQ reporting.

Portfolio Risk Management - Managed and maintained portfolio risk models optimizing model performance and accuracy across diverse business scenarios. Conducted in-depth ad-hoc analyses, providing strategic insights for decision-making, including P&L impact assessment, benchmark utilization for provision calculations, vintage analyses, and post-loan scorecard evaluations.

Stakeholder Engagement - Collaborated with local and group cross-functional departments (Finance, Risk, Collection, Underwriting, and BI), assuming leadership in reconciling data support for group audits and due diligence, ensuring a unified and reliable data foundation.

Data Analyst

Consultation Department
Shanghai, China
05.2020 - 02.2021

Achievements - Executed commercial consulting projects incorporating statistical modelling and scientific reports. Notable projects include investigating the effects of consuming milk powder on gut comfort using GLM, conducting skin sensory tests for formula selections utilizing T-tests and ANOVA, and developing scorecard modelling for the segmentation industry employing Decision trees, etc.

Project Management & Communication - Assisted crafting proposals and gathered requirements from stakeholders to design data models and reports, ensuring seamless team collaboration for timely project completion.

Data Wrangling - Implemented stringent data quality checks and utilized R, Python, and Excel for effective data cleaning and transformation.

Statistics Modelling & Analysis - Applied machine learning algorithms with SPSS/R to extract actionable insights from complex datasets. Validated model performance with supervisors and product managers, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of analytical results.

Data Analysis Presentation and Reporting - Prepared and delivered scientific reports and presentations to business clients, showcasing data analysis findings.

Education

Graduate Diploma in Science - Statistics

University of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZ
07.2019

Bachelor of Science - Statistics

University of Otago
Dunedin, NZ
12.2016

Skills

Data Manipulation

  • Advanced SQL - Crafted complex queries, and developed robust functions, triggers, and stored procedures Implemented indexing, and partitions, and conducted ETL processes across diverse data engines like SQL Server (SSIS), Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Hadoop (Hive & Impala) for efficient data processing and management
  • Excel VBA - Mastered Excel VBA for automating reporting tasks and integrating with other Microsoft Office applications

Data Visualization

  • Tableau - Connected to multiple data sources via data blending for data preparation, including SQL server and offline data, and created dynamic automation reporting dashboards, including daily recovery amount by segmentations and collection stages, revenue comparison under variations of underwriting strategies with setting comparison days for time windows by parameter actions, etc
  • Power BI - Leveraged Power BI to create sophisticated dashboards and reports, connecting EXCEL with power query and M language for complex transformations and employing DAX for advanced calculations
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)- Created interactive reports and dashboards by leveraging Oracle functions Implemented automation subscriptions for seamless and timely report delivery

Statistical Modelling

  • R - Executed advanced data wrangling using the tidyverse and dplyr packages in R Employed statistical modelling and data mining techniques including Generalized Linear Models (GLMs), Markov Chain, KNN, and Clustering Developed interactive visualizations with the Shiny package
  • Python - Expanded data manipulation libraries (Pandas and NumPy) and machine learning model (scikit-learn)
  • Spark - Deepened understanding of Apache Spark for big data processing Leveraged Pyspark to efficiently process large datasets
  • Jupyter - Utilized Jupyter to create interactive notebooks with Python and R, fostering collaboration and facilitating the sharing of insights among team members
  • SPSS & SPSS Modeler - Applied Multivariable analysis to reduce the dimension of indicators and identify the groups of data, including PCA, Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis, etc, and machine learning models such as Decision Tree
  • Projects - grouping user profiles by Association Rule mining to enhance customers’ recommendations in e-commerce, scorecard prediction if a client is good or bad by Logistic Model, etc

Data Cloud

  • Azure - Acquired expertise in Azure services, proficiently creating and managing data pipelines in the cloud Integrated data at scale using Azure Synapse Pipeline and Azure Data Factory

Certification

  • Google Business Intelligence Certificate, PU2F56KUWC3N, 02/01/24
  • Microsoft Azure for Data Engineering, SX35FM67W64N, 01/01/24

Hobbies and Interests

  • Swimming
  • Video editing with Final Cut Pro X and AI tools, including Midjourney and HeyGen (Self Learning on YouTube)
  • Writing (Lofter & AO3 Writer with 100k+ reads)

Languages

English
Full Professional
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native/ Bilingual
Chinese (Cantonese)
Limited
Japanese
Elementary

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Financial Analyst

Geex Intellectual Technology Group Co., Ltd
08.2022 - 04.2023

Portfolio Credit Risk Analyst

Home Credit Consumer Finance Co., Ltd.
02.2021 - 08.2022

Data Analyst

Consultation Department
05.2020 - 02.2021

Graduate Diploma in Science - Statistics

University of Canterbury

Bachelor of Science - Statistics

University of Otago
LIANG (LUCREZIA) MA