Орина

Oryna Yakovenko
Prague, Czech Republic | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)

Experience

Equity Research Analyst – CFA Institute Research Challenge 10/2025 – 01/2026
• Placed 2nd of 9 university teams in the Czech Republic with an equity research report on Kofola ČeskoSlovensko
a.s.
• Rebuilt the company’s financial statements from Refinitiv data and reconciled them against its annual
reports, investigating inconsistencies until figures matched, supporting a SELL recommendation with 13.2%
implied downside.
• Used data to make and justify judgement calls on valuation assumptions (DCF and relative valuation) where
information was incomplete, and defended them before a panel with 20+ years of industry experience.
M&A Analyst – The Global Case Competition at Harvard 01/2026 – 03/2026
• Reached Round 4 of 5 out of 300+ competing university teams worldwide, representing Charles Univer-
sity.
• Worked in a team under tight weekly deadlines to build a financial model of a hypothetical Thales–Rheinmetall
acquisition, flagging it as value destroying (-19.27% IRR vs. a 7.12% WACC hurdle).
• Redirected the team’s recommendation toward an alternative Hensoldt acquisition (€1.84bn projected revenue
synergies by 2030) and presented it to a panel of industry judges.
Volunteer Coordinator – ECPR, DSA, USO, UN 2022 – 2025
• Processed registrations and resolved participant queries for academic conferences and NGO events with 200+
participants, keeping records accurate across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Moderated a charity event within an international engagement program, liaising with diverse cultural and
organisational partners.
Private Tutor – English and Italian, Buki.com 05/2021 – 09/2024
• Delivered tailored English and Italian lessons, including IELTS/CILS exam preparation, while independently
managing scheduling and student progress tracking.

Education

Charles University, Prague – M.A. Economics and Finance 2025 – Present
• Full Government Scholarship of the Czech Republic, awarded by the Ministry of Education and Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
• Master’s thesis: Does AI Disclosure Change the Market Response to Sell-Side Research? Evidence from RBC
Capital Markets.
• Teaching Assistant, Financial Accounting: checked and graded 60 exams, verifying journal entries,
accruals, and financial statement figures for accuracy, and flagging discrepancies to the course instructor.
Charles University, Prague – B.A. Politics, Philosophy and Economics (Hons.) 2022 – 2025
• GPA 1.06/1.0 (Czech scale; ∼3.95/4.0 US equivalent); 224 ECTS credits completed.
• Ranked in the top 5% of the program and top 10% of the Faculty of Social Sciences; awarded four merit-based
scholarships.

Additional Training

AWE – Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (BPW, Cesty & UNICEF) 2025
• Completed workshops on financial management, business planning, pricing, marketing strategy, and mar-
ket research.

Skills

• Finance: Financial Accounting (GL, journal entries, accruals, reconciliation principles), Financial Statement
Analysis, Forecasting, Valuation (DCF, Comparable Multiples).
• Technical: Microsoft Office – Advanced Excel (VBA, XLOOKUP for data matching), PowerPoint, Word;
Refinitiv / LSEG Workspace, Python, R.
• Languages: English (C2), Italian (B2), Czech (A2), Ukrainian (Native).