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 VOTE MARIAM FOR TREASURER! 

 Your most experienced candidate.

 ABILITY. COMPETENCE. EXPERIENCE. VISION. CREATIVITY. DEDICATION.  These are all crucial traits that YOUR Treasurer needs and I believe that I have them and am thestrongest candidate in this election.

 VOTE ON MERIT FOR A BETTER FinanceSociety FOR YOU.

I am a first year BSc Accounting and Finance student, whohas been on the Finance Society subcommittee since thestart of my LSE career and I would very much like take my

role further by joining the Finance Society ExecutiveCommittee as your Treasurer because I know that I have agreat deal to offer to the Society in this position.

Past experience:

!  Financial acumen through my Accounting and Finance degree and internships inbanking. 

!   ALL-ROUND EXPERIENCE FROM PAST ROLES IN A PLETHORA OF SOCIETIES

INCLUDING:

o  Successful previous contributions in my role as Finance Society Events Officer on thesubcommittee, in charge of organising and running events for LSE’s largest society

o  Marketing Officer for the LSE SU Alternative Investments Conference 2015, the world's largest student-run conference on Hedge Funds and Private Equity. Helped hit arecord number of 6,318 applications from over 70 different countries.

o  LSE SU Economics Society Corporate Relations Officer, in charge of raisingsponsorship - this experience will help me in the Treasurer’s role of raising sponsorship for FinanceSociety. 

o  Personally raised £15,000 of annual sponsorship in 2014 for the Oxford GuildBusiness Society (the largest careers society in the UK with a £150,000 annual budget) andadvised on the budget, when assisting my brother who was the President.

o   Treasurer of my School Council , successfully managing a budget of £10,000. I alsohelped to organise our fortnightly meetings and produced minutes for each meeting.

o  Managing Director of a Young Enterprise company made up of 14 students, whichachieved a profit of approximately £2900 in 4 months. In charge of organising thecompany’s plans and events and pitching to senior professionals.

o  Head of the Merchandise Team for school charity store, managing a £5,000 budget .

o  President of the Business Society at my secondary school, St Paul’s Girls’ School, whereI arranged for talks from speakers such as Peter Cruddas, Charles Dunstone and Lord

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 Alan Sugar amongst many others. Also VP of the Law Society and Secretary of theMathematics society at my school.

o  Head of the Leaver’s Ball Organisation Committee, involved in the planning of theend of year ball for 200 pupils. Made sure that the ball was well organized in terms oflogistics, catering and timings. Ensured that it ran very smoothly and that we did not

exceed the budget.

!  From my past experience of running several societies at my secondary school, I enjoy theresponsibility and commitment of being involved in running societies. My work experiences have also provided me with very good communication, teamwork, problem-solving andorganisational skills.

!  Have numerous useful HR contacts at the top banks, consultancies, technology companies andthe big four accountancy firms through my work with the Oxford Guild, through relatives andfamily friends working in the Finance industry and through my past work experience. I have a lotof experience dealing with senior representatives at companies during my internships.

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I will leverage these contacts along with my fundraising skills to assist the Finance societyin gaining more sponsorship and increased participation from leading businesses in events withour society, as well as providing more speakers.

In my role as Treasurer I pledge:

"   To ensure the financial strength of the society, through maintaining all the accounts ofthe society and overseeing the allocation of the society’s funds.

"   With my oversight we will be in a very strong position and be able to provide the bestopportunities for our members.

"  I will leverage my skills, experience and contacts to taking the society to the nextlevel by attracting more sponsors and raising more money.

"   As part of the Executive Committee, I will ensure that Finance Society continues to trulyserve our members interests, by increasing number and quality of corporate events andcoming up with innovative ideas for new ways to help you have the best studentexperience possible as well as to make you more employable and better equipped to takeon the Financial Industry.

"   To devote my time to doing the role justice. I want this role to improve the society not

as a stepping-stone or for personal gain.

"   To make sure that Finance Society is the most dynamic and exciting organisation on campus and to take it to the next level for LSE students, in terms of improving employability,learning about different career options and having fun.