Skills

The toolkit for finance, strategy, and advisory roles.

These are the skills that investment banking, M&A, corporate finance, strategy, and consulting teams rely on — each tagged with the capability it supports. Choose a role to focus the list, and follow the links to the work where I used them.

Choose a role to see the skills it calls for.

Tools · advanced proficiency

Rated advanced in all eight

Advanced
Microsoft Excel
DCF, LBO, and three-statement models; budgets and forecasts; scenario switches, sensitivity tables, and integrity checks.
UPS model
Advanced
Microsoft PowerPoint
Answer-first decks for executives and clients — a UPS strategy deck and a 24-slide recommendation to RGA.
RGA practicum
Advanced
Microsoft Word
Investment memos, advisory reports, and technical memos, from an M&A recommendation to an ASC 606 analysis.
Cooper Tire M&A
Advanced
Python
Building and scoring datasets — 6,184 resolved forecasts evaluated for accuracy and calibration.
RGA practicum
Advanced
SQL
Querying and joining structured data to answer business questions.
Advanced
R
Statistical analysis, regression, and data exploration.
Advanced
Tableau
Dashboards and visual analysis for performance reporting.
Advanced
AI research agents
Agents that gather and cross-check market data from multiple sources into concise, sourced briefs.
Corax Advisory

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Methods & capabilities

Valuation & transactions

Valuation & financial modeling

Putting a defensible number on a business, a deal, or a decision.

Driver-based DCF (perpetuity and exit multiple)UPS model
Trading comparables and precedent transactionsCorax Advisory
LBO modeling: sources & uses, debt schedule, returnsMBA coursework
Merger models and accretion/dilution analysis
Integrated three-statement modelsPractice model
WACC, CAPM, and beta re-leveringUPS model
Sensitivity, scenario, and football-field analysisUPS model

Valuation & transactions

M&A & transactions

Finding, pricing, and structuring deals that create value.

Target screening and opportunity evaluationCorax Advisory
Commercial, financial, and country-risk diligenceCorax Advisory
Synergy valuation and break-even analysisCooper Tire M&A
Deal structuring: cash/stock mix, collars, earnoutsCooper Tire M&A
Capital structure, credit, and tax-shield analysisMBA coursework
Client-ready decks and investment memosCorax Advisory

Corporate finance & FP&A

Planning, measuring, and steering performance from inside the business.

Annual budgeting and rolling forecastsScale-up
Variance analysis: budget vs. actual
KPI and driver-based performance managementTurnaround
Management reporting and dashboards
Cash-flow forecasting and working capitalTurnaround
Capital budgeting: NPV, IRR, and paybackMBA coursework
Cost, margin, and unit-economics analysisTurnaround
Financial accounting and ASC 606 revenue recognitionMBA coursework

Strategy & problem solving

Corporate strategy

Deciding where to compete, what to invest in, and what to stop.

Market and competitive analysisUPS model
Strategy frameworks: Five Forces, SWOT, value chain
Growth-opportunity and market assessmentCorax Advisory
Market sizing (TAM / SAM)
Business cases and capital-allocation decisionsScale-up
Strategic and scenario planningUPS model
Market-entry and portfolio prioritizationCorax Advisory
Transformation and turnaround planningTurnaround

Strategy & problem solving

Problem solving & analytics

Structuring messy questions and letting evidence decide.

Hypothesis-driven problem solvingRGA practicum
Issue trees and MECE structuring
Root-cause analysis and continuous improvement (Kaizen)Scale-up
Data analysis and statistical modelingRGA practicum
Forecasting and probabilistic thinkingRGA practicum
Operations and supply-chain improvementScale-up
Synthesis and answer-first storytellingRGA practicum

Operating leadership

Leadership & communication

What makes the analysis land — and the plan happen.

Full P&L ownershipTurnaround
Team leadership: 25 staff and 40+ laborersScale-up
Negotiation: 26% input-cost reductionTurnaround
Executive presentations to senior stakeholdersRGA practicum
Stakeholder and client managementTurnaround
Project and workstream management
English and Amharic (fluent), Tigrinya (native)

Current coursework · In progress

Advanced Data Analytics

Alongside completed MBA coursework in Advanced Corporate Finance (Valuation; Financing), Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Strategic Cost Analysis, and Data Analytics for Business Leaders.

See the analytics in practice: my RGA-sponsored MBA project used Python to evaluate crowd forecasts across 6,184 resolved questions.

Explore the forecasting project