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Yahya Balikci

Toronto, ONSeeking Full-time Financial Analyst

Yahya Balikci

Third-Year Finance & Accounting Student, Schulich School of Business

I have owned the finance function of a Toronto contracting business for three years, building its bookkeeping and job-costing systems from scratch in Excel. Alongside that, I build three-statement models and DCF valuations. I am looking for a full-time Financial Analyst role, and my longer-term interest is venture capital.

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IAbout

A finance student who has already run a finance function.

I am a third-year BBA student at the Schulich School of Business at York University, specializing in Finance & Accounting. Since June 2023 I have been the Finance Manager at Otto Deck & Fence, a Toronto contracting business, where I built the bookkeeping system in Excel from scratch and coded all assets, liabilities, and expenses into a monthly profit and loss statement.

That role has meant doing the whole job rather than one slice of it: building a job-costing model that measures margin on every individual project, managing billing and receivables end to end, quoting clients, and coordinating crews and subcontractors. Over three years I drove capital allocation decisions that helped produce over six figures in total revenue, including liquidating underutilized assets and redeploying the proceeds into operations to close a short-term cash flow gap in under a month.

In parallel I have built three-statement models and DCF valuations with a WACC derived from CAPM, along with trading and transaction comps. I also consult pro bono for non-profits and social enterprises through 180 Degrees Consulting, and I run external relations for The Networking Club at Schulich.

I am looking for a full-time Financial Analyst role. Longer term, I want to break into venture capital.

IIFocus Areas

Where my work concentrates

The technical ground I have covered, through the family business, coursework, and consulting engagements.

  • Valuation & Modelling

    Three-statement models with linked statements, and DCF valuations built with a WACC derived from CAPM, including deriving beta, and a terminal value.

  • Comparable Company Analysis

    Trading and transaction comps, used alongside intrinsic valuation to frame a range rather than a single number.

  • Forecasting & Sensitivity

    Revenue forecasts built off smoothed historical results instead of a flat growth assumption, with sensitivity analysis run across discount rate and terminal growth.

  • Excel

    XLOOKUP and INDEX-MATCH, pivot tables, and data tables for sensitivity analysis. Monthly P&L built from raw transactions.

  • Accounting & Bookkeeping

    Coding assets, liabilities, and expenses into a monthly P&L. QuickBooks, and job-costing systems built from scratch.

  • Tools & Languages

    SQL and PowerPoint, comfortable with Bloomberg, and some exposure to Python. Bilingual in English and Turkish.

IIISelected Work

Selected work

Three pieces of work where I owned the analysis end to end.

01Otto Deck & Fence · Capital allocation

Outboard Motor Resale

Identified underutilized capital sitting in previous business investments and redeployed it into a resale opportunity, buying a lot of outboard motors at North Toronto Auction — 45 units in total, including four 300hp Mercury Verado engines alongside smaller units.

Built an Excel tracker covering inventory, cost basis, asking price, and margin per unit, then built a dealer call list spanning Ontario and worked it directly.

The position generated over $30,000 in additional revenue for the business and closed a short-term cash flow gap in under a month.

Units acquired
45
Additional revenue
over $30,000
Time to close gap
Under one month
02Otto Deck & Fence · Systems

Bookkeeping & Job-Costing Build

Built the bookkeeping system for the business in Excel from scratch, costing out all assets, liabilities, and expenses and coding them into a monthly profit and loss statement.

Built a job-costing model that measures profitability on every individual job, giving management per-project margin visibility that is used to price new work.

Built in
Excel, from scratch
Output
Monthly P&L, per-job margin
03Securities regulation · Research

Investment Vehicle Research

Researched Ontario securities rules governing the pooling of outside capital, working through Ontario Securities Commission registration requirements and the private issuer exemption.

Concluded that the investment club structure was the compliant route for the objective.

Jurisdiction
Ontario
Conclusion
Investment club structure
IVExperience

Experience

  1. Jan 2026 — Present

    Consultant

    180 Degrees Consulting

    • Advising non-profit and social enterprise clients on pro bono engagements spanning brand outreach, investment vehicles, and operational problems.
    • Working in client-facing teams to scope problems and deliver recommendations at no cost to the organization.

  2. Dec 2025 — Present

    VP of Strategy and External Relations

    The Networking Club · Toronto

    • Recruit business professionals across industries to speak at Schulich talks and networking events.
    • Organized events featuring leaders from RBC, TD, Microsoft, EY, and Deloitte.

  3. Jun 2023 — Present

    Finance Manager

    Otto Deck & Fence · Toronto

    • Own the finance function for the business, building the bookkeeping system in Excel from scratch and coding all assets, liabilities, and expenses into a monthly P&L.
    • Built a job-costing model measuring profitability on every individual job, giving management per-project margin visibility used to price new work.
    • Managed billing and receivables end to end, issued all client invoices, and coordinated crews and subcontractors on active projects.
    • Quote clients, write client-facing emails, handle inbound leads from the Home Depot Pro Referral platform, and work directly with tradespeople, suppliers, and project managers.
    • Drove capital allocation decisions including liquidating underutilized assets to redeploy into operations, closing a short-term cash flow gap in under a month.

  4. May 2024 — Jul 2025

    Marketing Specialist

    Kindred Design & Build

    • Developed and executed digital marketing campaigns to build brand visibility.
    • Partnered with the design team to showcase completed projects to prospective clients.
    • Ran market research on home renovation industry trends to guide positioning.
VEducation

Education

Expected 2028

Bachelor of Business Administration

Finance & Accounting Specialization

Schulich School of Business, York University · Toronto, ON

Award
First Place, Schulich Sales Competition
Member
York Finance Club · Business Law Association

Valuation coursework covering DCF construction, WACC via CAPM with beta derivation, revenue forecasting off smoothed historicals, and sensitivity analysis across discount rate and terminal growth.

VIInvolvement

Volunteering and athletics

Two commitments I have kept up outside of school and work.

  • 2023 — Present

    Volunteer

    Northern Justice Watch

    • Organized events on legal and social justice issues.
    • Supported fundraising and community outreach.

  • Dec 2018 — Present

    Athlete

    Toronto Striking Academy

    • Train and compete in exhibition fights across roughly seven years in the sport.
    • Coordinate and help run joint events with other gyms.
VIIContact

Get in touch

I am open to full-time Financial Analyst opportunities, and happy to talk about anything valuation, modelling, or venture related.