JZ@jeremy-zayas

Senior finance student at DePaul building a stronger resume

I am focused on quickly improving my skills and experience to compete for internships and entry-level finance roles.

View my workMessage Me

Work samples

Work samples, class projects, and personal finance exercises that show the skills Im developing as I prepare for internships and early-career roles.

  • EQUITY RESEARCH & VALUATION ANALYSIS - TESLA
    EQUITY RESEARCH & VALUATION ANALYSIS - TESLA

    Built financial projection model in Excel forecasting Tesla's revenue and operating performance using historical data from 10-K filings; Analyzed key revenue drivers across Tesla's core business segments to develop forward-looking growth assumptions and performed relative valuation using P/E multiples and peer benchmarking; Developed and presented an equity research investment thesis recommending a Buy rating with a $350/share price target, that the stock subsequently reached

    Excel
  • PORTFOLIO RISK MODELING & OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS
    PORTFOLIO RISK MODELING & OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS

    Built quantitative portfolio model in Excel analyzing historical price data for Netflix, Tesla, and Apple; Calculated log returns, annualized volatilities, and the covariance matrix to quantify asset risk and inter-stock correlations; Simulated portfolio allocations to construct the efficient frontier and identified the optimal risk-adjusted portfolio

    Excel

About me

I am focused on quickly improving my skills and experience to compete for internships and entry-level finance roles.

I am Jeremy Zayas, a senior finance student at DePaul University working toward a Bachelor of Science. I have limited formal work experience and my current goal is to strengthen my resume and become more competitive for internships and entry-level roles as I finish my degree.

Experience

Student Ambassador & Healthy Food Market Assistant

WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE · October 2022-August 2024

Education

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, DRIEHAUS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Bachelor of Science in Business , Finance; Minor in Accountancy · Class of 2027

CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST

Study Abroad · Class of 2026

WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE

Associate of Arts · Class of 2024

Skills

Finance fundamentalsFinancial analysis (academic)Resume developmentJob and internship preparationClassroom-based financial modeling
Back to work

EQUITY RESEARCH & VALUATION ANALYSIS - TESLA

Built financial projection model in Excel forecasting Tesla's revenue and operating performance using historical data from 10-K filings; Analyzed key revenue drivers across Tesla's core business segments to develop forward-looking growth assumptions and performed relative valuation using P/E multiples and peer benchmarking; Developed and presented an equity research investment thesis recommending a Buy rating with a $350/share price target, that the stock subsequently reached

Excel
View all work
Back to work

PORTFOLIO RISK MODELING & OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS

Built quantitative portfolio model in Excel analyzing historical price data for Netflix, Tesla, and Apple; Calculated log returns, annualized volatilities, and the covariance matrix to quantify asset risk and inter-stock correlations; Simulated portfolio allocations to construct the efficient frontier and identified the optimal risk-adjusted portfolio

Excel
View all work
Back to work

EQUITY BETA & MARKET REGRESSION ANALYSIS

Built a Python OLS regression model (yfinance, statsmodels) estimating equity betas for five cross-industry stocks against SPY using three years of daily returns; Generated scatterplots with fitted regression lines to visualize each stock's sensitivity to market movements; Quantified market sensitivity ranging from Meta (beta 1.44) to Coca-Cola (beta 0.02), with the market explaining up to 44% of return variation (Amazon, R² = 0.44)

Pythonyfinancestatsmodels
View all work