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Adarsh Agarwal

Jersey City,NJ

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Structured Products Pricing Analyst

JP Morgan Chase
New York City, US
02.2023 - Current
  • Led daily end-to-end security valuations across multiple market closes, including market data collection, price generation, quality control, and client interaction to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
  • Developed and enhanced pricing methodologies and automation tools that streamlined operations, improved efficiency, and reduced manual processes within the team.
  • Conducted in-depth analysis of Agency MBS Pools and ARMs, resolving 5,000+ price challenges and explaining valuation nuances to trading desks, clients, and research professionals.
  • Introduced and implemented a new pricing approach that reduced client price challenges by 40%+, significantly improving valuation reliability and client satisfaction.
  • Collaborated closely with trading desks, research, and technology teams while independently testing and delivering new valuation tools, ensuring successful on-time deployment.

Enhancing Pricing methodology for Agency MBS

JP Morgan Chase
01.2024 - 12.2024
  • Enhanced daily Agency MBS pool pricing methodology by analyzing servicer behavior, incorporating fixed-income analytics, and backtesting 130+ days of market color to strengthen valuation accuracy across 1M+ securities.
  • Developed Python-based pricing logic and quantitative models that improved portfolio valuation reliability and reduced pricing challenges by over 50%, supporting faster and more accurate trading decisions.

Finance Intern

Exclusive Resorts
Colorado, US
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Built Python scripts and SQL queries to extract and filter Salesforce CRM data, automating membership allocation, cash flow tracking, and refund monitoring.
  • Developed end-to-end workflows combining Python, SQL, and advanced Excel (VLOOKUP, Index-Match) to streamline revenue analysis and reduce manual processing.
  • Supported $6M+ in annual revenue growth by analyzing new memberships (avg. 20 per month, $150K fees + $45K perks) and delivering insights to management.

Project Engineer

Wipro Technologies
Chennai, India
08.2019 - 08.2021
  • Used CSS, HTML, and JavaScript to develop webpages for client, Nokia to be used for customer queries.
  • Increased functionality of customer queries which reduce response time by 5%.
  • Analyzed client data and derived insights to recommend solutions to clients for enriching and enhancing user experience.

Education

Master of Quantitative Finance -

Rutgers Business School
Newark, NJ
12.2022

Summer School in Finance - Finance

London School of Economics And Political Science
London
07.2019

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Mathematics

Thapar University
Patiala, India
05.2019

Projects

Traded in Dow Jones stocks and Treasury Bonds, managing ~$1M in weekly trades (mid-Jan to mid-April), and achieved 8.63% quarterly return (~25% annualized).

Quantitative Equity Trading Strategy Development and Backtesting – Designed and implemented a momentum-based equity strategy leveraging RSI, achieving a simulated 15% CAGR over 5 years in backtesting.

Competition

  • Won Inter-college competition in chess
  • Captained the Cricket Team on the district level

Technology/Skills

Python (NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, matplotlib, seaborn), OOP, SQL, VBA, Bloomberg, MS Office Suite

Timeline

Enhancing Pricing methodology for Agency MBS

JP Morgan Chase
01.2024 - 12.2024

Structured Products Pricing Analyst

JP Morgan Chase
02.2023 - Current

Finance Intern

Exclusive Resorts
05.2022 - 08.2022

Project Engineer

Wipro Technologies
08.2019 - 08.2021

Master of Quantitative Finance -

Rutgers Business School

Summer School in Finance - Finance

London School of Economics And Political Science

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Mathematics

Thapar University

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