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Upeksha Herath

@upekshaherath

Statistician at Colombo Stock Exchange supporting ASPI and S&P SL 20 index rebalancing and backtesting proposed indices.

Sri Lanka

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What I'm looking for

I'm interested in quantitative finance, investment research, and financial analytics, applying statistical methods to real-world financial markets.

At Colombo Stock Exchange, I support maintenance and rebalancing for the ASPI and S&P SL 20, and backtest and evaluate proposed indices. I conduct financial market research, analysis, and forecasting using statistical modelling.

At LOLC Holdings PLC, I initiated data analysis within the insurance division, working on data identification, collection, cleaning, validation, and visualization. My research on forecasting selected Colombo Stock Exchange equities using data mining techniques received an ‘A’ and was presented at the International Statistics Conference 2024.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Junior Executive - Research and Indices

Current

Colombo Stock Exchange

Apr 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Support index maintenance and rebalancing for ASPI and S&P SL 20, and conduct backtesting and performance evaluation of proposed indices. Perform financial market research, data analysis, and forecasting using statistical modelling techniques.

R Excel Bloomberg Statistical Modeling Data Analysis Forecasting Index Management Backtesting

Temporary Demonstrator

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Jul 2024 - Jan 2025 (6 months)

Served as a temporary demonstrator in the Department of Statistics, assisting with academic activities.

Statistical Consultancy Service

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

May 2023 - Aug 2024 (1 year 3 months)

Provided statistical consultancy services as part of academic engagement.

Intern Data Analyst

LOLC Holdings PLC

Oct 2023 - Jun 2024 (8 months)

Initiated data analysis within the company's insurance division, conducting data identification, collection, cleaning, validation, and visualization using R Studio and MS Excel to uncover insights for business improvement.

RStudio Excel Data Analysis Data Cleaning Data Visualization

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Moratuwa

M.Sc. (Hons.), Financial Mathematics

2025 -

Currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics, expected to complete in the future.

National Youth Services Council, Maharagama

NVQ Level 4, Information and Communication Technology

2019 - 2019

Completed the ICT Technician (ICTT) NVQ level 4 certification, covering MS Office, Visual Basics, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, and computer networking basics.

Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya

G.C.E Advanced Level, Physical Science

2015 - 2018

Passed the G.C.E Advanced Level Examination in the Physical Science Stream with grades B in Chemistry, C in Physics, and C in Combined Mathematics.

Vidyakara Girls' School, Maharagama

G.C.E Ordinary Level, General Education

2013 - 2014

Passed the G.C.E Ordinary Level Examination with 8 A's and a B.

Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka (IASSL)

Certificate, Artificial Neural Networks

Completed a course on Artificial Neural Networks with R.

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

B.Sc. (Hons.), Statistics

2020 - 2024

Completed a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Statistics with key modules including programming, statistical modeling, and econometrics. Thesis on forecasting stock price movements was graded 'A'.