Pamela Botkhin

• Perform credit analysis for high yield and investment grade issuers, with EBITDA ranging from $5 million to $5 billion, leading discussions on the issuer's credit profile, business model, forecast, sector risk profile, peer analysis, liquidity analysis, and bankruptcy valuation. • Served as my teams liaison during the implementation and upgrade of new systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to address and resolve issues effectively. • Mentored new team members by developing training materials, conducting organized training sessions, reviewing work, providing feedback, and serving as a reliable point of contact. • Produce comprehensive rating reports combining financial forecasts, risk analysis, and industry comparisons to deliver well-supported credit ratings.

• Supported Senior Directors on credit ratings for various issuers in the retail, consumer, and packaged food sectors. • Completed Mergers and Acquisition Case Study analyzing 20 high profile M&A transactions and presented findings to committee.

• Perform administrative and clerical tasks including handling incoming and outgoing telephone calls, make copies, send faxes, handle all outgoing correspondence, organize travel and company events. • Demonstrate strong database skills by managing information in SkyAlign Database, track assets and inventory in Quickbase, enabling better efficiency for team productivity. • Respond to customer inquiries regarding Neiman Marcus Group and Saks Fifth Avenue applications. • Assists accounts receivable in securing overdue payments.

• Reported to Head of U.S. Economic Research to analyze COVID effects on U.S. and international Public Finance sectors. • Presented recommendations of potential ratings actions on Public Finance sector. • Provided guidance on potential business model improvements to a nonprofit organization based on statistical analysis.

• Gained awareness of nonprofit operations as a summer intern with this innovative nonprofit The New York Times called “an Amazon.com of the nonprofit world” for their model of channeling to charitable causes some of the $450B U.S. consumers spend on gift-giving each year. • Contributed to the development of a student ambassador program including the creation of National Network of Student Organizations, researching potential colleges and contacts for outreach, recruited students to create profiles and entered data in college outreach chart. • Gained exposure to Jotform and Shogun for editing Changing the Present’s website