Bekzhan Elebesov

Collected and analyzed U.S. startup and VC data from PitchBook and open sources to create descriptive statistical charts supporting Professor Ilya Strebulaev’s venture capital posts. Extracted key financial and governance terms from Silicon Valley startups’ Certificates of Incorporation and coded parameters into a structured research database.

– Collect and analyze U.S. startup data from the PitchBook database, along with data on VC deals and VC professionals from open sources, designing descriptive statistical charts to support Professor Ilya Strebulaev's LinkedIn posts on venture capital.
– Reviewed Certificates of Incorporation of Silicon Valley startups to extract key financial and governance terms, coding parameters such as liquida

– Automated the preparation of the profit and loss (P&L) statement using SQL, reducing manual reporting effort.
– Developed SQL queries against the database for ad-hoc requests from management.
– Prepared the monthly sales plan (retail turnover) across the entire store network.
– Built analytical reports in Excel for the finance and commercial departments.
– Performed ad hoc analytical tasks as r

Automated preparation of monthly profit and loss (P&L) statements using SQL to reduce manual reporting effort. Developed SQL queries for management requests and built analytical reports in Excel, including a monthly sales plan across the store network.

– Extracted and consolidated data from banking systems, SQL databases, and Excel sources.
– Automated recurring data exports and reports in Python, SQL, and VBA, replacing manual processes.
– Prepared regular and ad-hoc reporting for the bank’s management.
– Identified and resolved anomalies and errors in data, improving reporting accuracy.
– Prepared analytics on connected clients and their activ

Extracted and consolidated data from banking systems, SQL databases, and Excel sources. Automated recurring exports and reports in Python, SQL, and VBA, prepared regular and ad-hoc management reporting, and analyzed connected clients’ activity while identifying and resolving data anomalies.

– Conducted comparative analysis of metrics across regions, brands, and sales channels.
– Analyzed operating expenses by category.
– Evaluated the effectiveness of marketing activities and promo campaigns.
– Updated sales and expense forecasts.

Conducted comparative analysis of metrics across regions, brands, and sales channels and analyzed operating expenses by category. Evaluated marketing and promo effectiveness and updated sales and expense forecasts.

– Assisted in coordinating Environmental unit activities across UB and ExB projects
– Provided administrative support to the supervisor by drafting briefing papers, minutes, meeting reports, and other written outputs
– Arranged online and in-person meetings with implementing partners and counterparts
– Prepared travel documents and internal pre- and post-travel forms for OSCE and non-OSCE offic

Assisted with coordinating environmental unit activities across UB and ExB projects and provided administrative support to the supervisor. Supported logistics including meetings, travel documentation, goods receipt/acceptance, monthly data collection, and translation of Russian-English materials.

Bachelor of Business Administration with a specialization in corporate finance at KIMEP University from 2017 to 2021.

Erasmus+ exchange program with coursework in financial derivatives at Middle East Technical University (METU) from January 2020 to May 2020.