Finance Program

Xavi Cabrera '09

Research Assistant, Department of Economy and Finance
Government of Catalonia

I work at the DG Budget. Nowadays they are trying to improve some issues that are still pending in the budget  reform of 2006 (efficiency improvement) and my tasks are related to this. My main task is to conduct research related to policy evaluation. The challenge is to propose a model which captures the viability of policies with economic impact in order to add efficiency in the budget elaboration. I also contribute and support the daily tasks of the DG Budget and attend seminars related with all these activities.

Federico M. Gómez Vega '09

“I am Reporting Analyst in the Finance and Management Department of Ternium, a leading steel company in Latin America. Basically, my Department is in charge of the consolidation and analysis of the financial and operating information of the whole group, in order to present it to the chief executives for essential decision-making. Furthermore, we conduct the management control of the group. In particular, I am focused on the control, compilation, analysis, and presentation of financial information such as derivatives’ valuation and results.”

“I am an intern at the Stock Market Analysis Department of the Asset Management Division of the Banc Sabadell. I observe and analyze stock markets behaviour on a daily basis. I am responsible for a newly developed model of stock scoring created by previous interns. I also provide senior analysts supplementary research when needed. During my time here, Banc Sabadell has also sent me to training courses for the major stock market analysis software out there (Reuters, Bloomberg, Factset), which will be very useful as my career progresses."

"I’m a Senior Analyst in the Finance Department in Seat Pagine Gialle (Italian Yellow Pages). In my office our job is mainly to prepare the financial reports and forecasts of all the Group companies, to monitor the dynamics and the criticalities of the debt and of the financial derivatives designed to hedge against the currency and interest rate risks and to provide all the financial information needed by our stakeholders, external analysts and rating agencies."