1. Tel: 778-837-3336
Email: clare_zhang@sfu.ca
1209 – 188 Keefer Street, Vancouver BC
V6A 0E3
HIGHLIGHTS
 Experience in application of actuarial and statistical analysis through working at ICBC
 Exceptional at multi-tasking, able to transition between projects and complete them efficiently and
accurately
 Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills
WORKPLACE SKILLS
 Detail and goal oriented, perform well under pressure
 Outstanding team player, excellent communication skills
 Adapt to changes easily, exceptional capacity for learning
CAS EXAMS
 Exam 4/C Oct. 2016
 Exam 3F/MFE March 2016
 Exam 3L/MLC May 2012
 Exam 1/P March 2011
 Exam 2/FM Dec. 2010
WORK EXPERIENCE
Junior Actuarial Analyst II May 2015-Present
Insurance Corp. of BC North Vancouver, BC
 Perform quarterly updates of exposure, premium and loss trend models
 Complete quarterly updates to discounting calculations and other financial reports
 Support quarterly updates of reserving analysis
Insurance Broker June 2013-May 2015
Ken Rystead Insurance Vancouver, BC
 Process insurance transactions, explain coverages and provide support to clients
 Extremely knowledgeable about auto and habitational insurance
 Familiar with commercial and life insurance
Junior Actuarial Analyst May 2012-Aug. 2012
Corporate Actuarial, ICBC North Vancouver, BC
 Completed exhibits and write-ups for 2011 annual valuation documents
 Analyzed datasets using SAS and Excel for quarterly financial updates
 Projects included analysis of the costs of hit-and-run claims and the impact of weather
 Wrote, converted and edited SAS, SQL and S-plus codes
 Wrote Excel macros, worked with MS Access, utilized Crystal reports
 Projects included fraud analysis and vehicle type analysis
Cashier Aug. 2006-Aug. 2008
McDonalds Richmond, BC
Actuary Student/Trainee (internship and contract) May 2011-Dec. 2011
Qualitative Analytics, ICBC North Vancouver, BC
ClareZhang

2. EDUCATION
Simon Fraser University – Double Major
Actuarial Science and Operations Research Major
2008-2013
Actuarial Science
 Life insurance, life annuities
 Amortization schedules, sinking funds
 Pension theory and applications
 Buhlmann credibility, Bayesian credibility
 Survival distributions
 Aggregate loss model
Statistics
 Linear regression models
 Discrete and continuous time Markov chains
 Bayes estimation, Fisher information
 Maximum likelihood, sufficient statistics
 Statistical blocking and factorial design
 Expectation-Maximization algorithm
Mathematics
 Transportation, assignment and game theory
 Linear and nonlinear programming
 Linear and continuous optimization
 Math models of industry and technology
 Differential and integral calculus
 Linear algebra
Business
 Financial and managerial accounting
 Financial analysis, compound interest valuation
and capital budgeting
 Fundamental principles of economics
 Knowledge of macroeconomic variables
 Management of current assets
Computer Science
 S-plus/R, SAS, SQL
 MAPLE, MATLAB
 Experienced with MS Office, especially Excel
 Programming in VBA
 Familiar with Unix and Linux systems
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
First Aid Attendant 2009-2012
St. John’s Ambulance Surrey, BC
 Participated in events for a total of more than 150 hours to provide emergency medical care
 Documented treatments, nature of illnesses, and personal information for St. John’s Ambulance’s
documentation purposes
 Communicated with patients, explained the nature of illnesses and treatments
AWARDS
 Sun Life Financial Open Mathematics Challenge 2006
 Thompson River University Chemistry Contest (Chemistry 12) – top in school 2007, 2008
 Richmond Association of School Administrators’ Scholarship 2008
 Chinese High School National Biology Competition-Third Place 2004
ClareZhang