Brandon Gist

About Brandon Gist

A high energy, entrepreneurially minded, sales and finance oriented professional looking to transition from corporate finance into product promotions/ branding and event planning. Skilled at building and maintaining supplier relationships, inventory management, contract negotiations, brand awareness and financial management. Able to manage, track and forecast funding needs. Digitally savvy on all social platforms with a large social media network. Able to work collaboratively with all commercial (i.e, supplier, shipper, carrier etc.) and internal partners (i.e, schedulers, etc.) to drive business results and revenue growth. Great at leveraging data to make recommendations to improve sales, merchandizing, competitive positioning and/or to generate brand growth. In addition to the above business skills I also have the following technical skills: • Financial Modeling • Project Planning • General Accounting • Cash Management. • Microsoft Suites • Risk & Control Mgnt • Forecast and Budgeting. • Research and Financial Analysis I am flexible, great with people, can travel as needed and work well in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision. See the below highlights of my professional experience.

Experience

1. Retail Foreign Exchange Trader

   Independent Trader

   Aug 2017 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Execute daily market analysis for cash positioning based on price action and trend analysis to forecast price movement and generate income from the financial markets• Effectively plan, develop and execute tailored strategies to meet financial objectives• Optimize income while reducing risk exposure• Analyze actual financial performance of U.S. and Foreign Currencies to identify key variances and optimize risk management• Keep abreast of world events and changing market conditions

Education

• Howard University

  Bachelor’s Degree

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Management Consulting
• Corporate Finance
• Microsoft Excel
• Financial Modeling
• Business Transformation
• Accounting
• Finance
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• Project Planning