Sajan Zachariah Varghese is seeking a position that utilizes his strong accounting, financial, and leadership skills. He has a Bachelor's in Business with a focus on accounting and finance from James Cook University in Australia. His resume highlights academic and professional achievements including being ranked #1 globally on a Bloomberg aptitude test, leadership roles with various student organizations, and work experience in non-profit coordination and financial editing.

1. Sajan Zachariah Varghese
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sajanzvarghese
sajanzv@gmail.com
(65) 8525 5425
PERSONAL STATEMENT:
I believe in leading by example and developing others. I believe that learning is a
lifelong process. I believe in servant leadership. I would love to make the best use of
my strong accounting, financial and leadership skills to benefit your company.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor in Business (Major in Accounting & Finance) Oct 2013 – Feb 2016
James Cook University (JCU) Australia, Singapore campus
GPA: 6.63 / 7.00 (95%, highest GPA in the cohort)
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
 Bloomberg Aptitude Test (August 2015) – World #1
http://about.bloomberginstitute.com/hall-of-fame/august-2015/
 President, JCU Singapore Student Council, 2014-2016
 Toastmasters District 80 – Evaluation finalist (Singapore) – Oct 2015
 CPA Australia Career Fair 2016 – Master of ceremonies
 CIMA Global Business Challenge 2015 – #2 in Singapore
 CPA Australia – Student ambassador at JCU Singapore , 2014-2016
 5th University Scholars Leadership Symposium, Cambodia, Aug 2014
 JCU Dean's List, SP51-SP53, 2014; SP51-SP53, 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Coordinator Dec 2011 – Oct 2013
VIVO (non-profit charity organization), Thiruvananthapuram, India
 Number of bases increased from 1 to 4
 Number of affiliated schools and govt. agencies increased from 2 to 23
 Implemented new inventory and management protocols
 Developed 2 second rung leaders to hand over the organization to
Financial Editor Aug 2007 – Oct 2011
Ambex Group, Delhi, India
 Editing and proofreading of financial and quarterly reports.
 Quality accuracy of 95%, turn-around time of 90%,

2. Shift manager Dec 2004 – Nov 2005
SoftScribe Ltd, Ernakulam, India
 Recruited and trained over 15 industry-trainees
 Interacted with 2 foreign clients
 Went from transcriber to day shift manager in 6 months
PROJECTS and EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITES:
President Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
JCU Singapore Student Council
 Planned, organized and/or participated in 53 events in 2015
 Provided student advocacy for over 50 cases
 Expanded and empowered a team of 23 councilors
 Raised over 5000 SGD for Nepal earthquake and Chennai floods
Committee Chairperson Oct 2015 – Jan 2016
JCUS 6th Convergence Conference
 Obtained sponsorship of over 5200 SGD
 Networked with over 12 companies partnering with the event.
 Coordinated with over 130 participants for the event.
Coordinator, Peer Tutor Oct 2014 – Jan 2016
JCU Singapore
 Founded the Pioneer Batch of Accounting Peer tutors
 Recruited and trained 12 other peer tutors
 Peer tutored over 100+ fellow students in Accounting and Finance
Committee Chairperson Dec 2013 – Dec 2014
JCU Singapore Accounting Club
 Organized the Accounting Challenge sponsored by CPA Singapore
 Organized Guest Speaker talks at JCU regarding Accounting & Finance topics
TECHNICAL and INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
 Auditing, Australian taxation, Management and cost accounting
 Financial Management, Risk Management, Portfolio Management
 Bloomberg Market Concepts
 Leadership training
 Public speaking, emceeing
 Basic knowledge of MYOB Accounting Software & Adobe Photoshop
 Proficient in Microsoft Office
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
 Proficient in written and spoken English, Hindi and Malayalam (native).