FINLAY O'NEILL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Data Engineer
03-2023 to Present
Aberdeen Investments
Working within the Modelling & Quantitative Analytics department, tasked with democratising data across the company to ensure investment decision making is taken on the back of high-quality data sources. Developed data pipelines, dashboards and bespoke tools to support users to access and utilise data.
Quantitative Developer
03-2022 to 03-2023
Aberdeen Investments
Based in the Quantitative Investment Solutions team, tasked with enhancing the portfolio analytics capabilities to understand the drivers of performance and exposure to risk factors. Specifically championed with developing capabilities to monitor portfolio changes ahead of trading.
Data Engineer / Scientist
01-2021 to 03-2022
Forecast Global
Consultant role working on projects with clients of different industries and sizes - ranging from building data pipelines for a FTSE100 telecoms firm to classifying promising sales leads using machine learning models for a small FinTech.
Investment Risk Manager
04-2019 to 11-2019
Aberdeen Investments
Analytical role to monitor the risk profiles of Multi-Asset investment portfolios. Responsibility to develop new tooling to meet regulation and growing set of sophisticated investment types.
Investment Specialist
09-2016 to 04-2019
Aberdeen Investments
Designed reporting tools to monitor the performance of Multi-Asset investment portfolios, competitor analysis and macroeconomic data.
Investment Accountant
04-2014 to 09-2016
Baillie Gifford
Automation of investment portfolio transaction reporting and reconcilations with custody banks
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
MSc in Big Data (Data Science) (Distinction)
09-2020 to 09-2021
University of Stirling
CFA Charter
06-2016 to 06-2018
Chartered Financial Analyst Institute
MA (Hons) in Accountancy & Business Law (2.1)
09-2009 to 06-2012
Heriot Watt University