Dear Hiring Team at Intesa Sanpaolo,

I am writing to express my interest in the ISPIRE Risk Analyst position within your esteemed organization. With a recently completed MSc in Finance from Dublin City University (DCU) and a solid foundation in risk management, financial analysis, and quantitative methods, I am eager to contribute effectively to your risk management team.

Throughout my academic journey, I have developed strong analytical and numerical skills, and I have gained a thorough understanding of financial instruments and markets. My coursework included modules such as Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Finance, and Financial Markets and Derivatives, which have equipped me with the necessary knowledge to monitor, analyze, and report on various risk exposures, such as liquidity risk, market risk, and FX risk.

While I am currently enhancing my programming skills through courses, I have worked with R for my academic assignments. Additionally, my proficiency in MS Excel, including the use of macros, and other MS applications such as Word and PowerPoint, allows me to perform data analysis and present findings effectively.

Key responsibilities in this role, such as maintaining and developing risk management systems and models, monitoring bond portfolio compliance, performing daily derivatives valuations, and conducting operational risk activities, align well with my academic and practical experiences. During my internship as a Virtual Customer Support Executive at Amazon India, I demonstrated strong attention to detail, effective communication skills, and the ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.

I am particularly enthusiastic about the opportunity to work within a team of professionals and contribute to the continuous improvement of risk management processes at Intesa Sanpaolo. Your commitment to supporting customers and promoting growth in various markets resonates with my career aspirations, and I am keen to be part of such a dynamic and forward-thinking organization.

Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to the opportunity to discuss how my academic background, risk management knowledge, and enthusiasm for quantitative analysis can contribute to the success of your team.

For the Cover Letters
The rule that I always suggest for cover letters is Reason - Research - Relevance. All cover letters should be a little bit different and not just in the first and last paragraphs. The cover letter is a motivational letter about you in the context of why the company should hire you. Start by identifying the top 5 reasons you want to work in that company in a specific role. Choose 3 of them that you can relate your specific experiences to and just write about those in the cover letter.

For example:
Reason - you really like that northern trust describes itself as innovative
Research - reference that you know the job is about process improvements (requiring you to be innovative)
Relevance - in your experience in XXX you loved when you got to investigate an issue, research solutions and present back a process improvement that would change XXX

Do that for 3 paragraphs and you have a much more persuasive letter as to why the company should interview you. IT also will help you prepare for interview.
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Specialist Project Cost Control – exyte

Description
Your vision is ambitious. Just like ours.
Our people are our success. As one of us, you will contribute to engineering excellence for the high-tech markets of the future, including semiconductors, batteries, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and data centers. At Exyte, you will join a global community of challenge seekers who are ambitious and passionate about innovation. Together, we will build on our company's long history and continue to lead the way to a better world.
Discover your exciting role
As part of the Project Cost Team, the Cost Controller monitors the financial progress of a project, extracts the operating fixed, variable costs and accrued costs and compares back on a line by line basis to the budgets. The successful candidate will be required to FIFO to our project sites or relocate. It would also suit someone locally to our sites (Dresden, Germany).
Explore your tasks and responsibilities
•	Prepare financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, annual budgets.
•	Be the custodian of change managing upstream and downstream
•	Manage a cost control system in order to support the Project Manager's decision-making process to allow project completion within the approved budget
•	Preparation of Project Status Report preparation
•	Ability to manipulate large amounts of data into manageable levels.
•	Extract cost data from SAP for inclusion in cost report.
•	Extract manhours from internal timesheet system, calculate missing hours and include in cost report.
•	Prepare timely hourly/cost reports and ensure accurate coding, distribute for review as required by each project
•	Support Project Management Team with monitoring project budgets, costs and change management
•	Work closely between the Finance & Commercial Team
•	Maintain and produce accurate INTERNAL & EXTERNAL client facing cost reporting / monitoring / forecasting for:
Show your expertise
•	Strong Excel Skills (Sumif, V-lookup & Pivot)
•	Computer literate with knowledge of Word, Excel PowerPoint and Outlook
•	Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills
•	Strong analytical and logical skills
•	Strong knowledge in cost reporting including preparation of Cash Flows and Preliminary Reports
•	Able to work accurately with figures
CONTACT:
Ciaran O'Connor - <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Exyte is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to equal opportunity and equal treatment. As such, Exyte Group provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information.
•	Skills 
Analytical Skills
•	Computer Literacy
•	Pivot Tables
•	Written Communication
•	Budgeting
•	Cost Control
•	Cost Engineering
•	Earned Value Management (EVM)
•	Project Control
•	SUMIF

Below is my work experience at amazon 

Developed financial models and dashboards with Excel and Power BI, ensuring accurate reporting and reconciliation.
●	Managed inquiries for 2,000+ customers in North America and India, enhancing service quality.
●	Used pivot tables and VLOOKUP for financial reconciliation and revenue analysis, providing decision insights