Experience — Alexandra Matovic

Experiences

Constructed risk management strategies for loan principal and interest defaults due to future political or economic uncertainty
Standardized company-wide operational document storage/retrieval systems to create efficient file sharing, reduce time expenditures, and improve communication across branch locations
Successfully worked in a virtual team setting while utilizing Dropbox, Skype and other communication methods to share information and cohesively make decisions

Utilized hedging and basis trading strategies within the soybean cash and futures markets to improve profit and loss positions
Employed concise communication, competitive basis pricing, and efficient negotiation of lowered transportation costs to directly improve both domestic and international trade volumes
Consolidated global trade data from various government and third-party reports to create comprehensive, company-wide export supply and demand reports for numerous commodities in order to target new market opportunities, as well as supply threats
Excelled in an online basis trading course, receiving scores of 90% or higher on each module completed, lending to an improved understanding of the cash and futures markets

Created contracts for orders across many commodity types
Generated direct, internal transfer, purchase, or sales orders within Agrosoft software to deliver and receive the physical assets, then subsequently settled and invoiced these orders upon shipment or delivery of the underlying asset
Consolidated month end journals for terminal billings, which were then used to coordinate month end reports with the accounting division

Responsible for planning informational sessions, such as guest speakers and documentary screenings, as well as community involvement events to increase recognition of sustainability initiatives amongst the CEMS students in Canada
In charge of planning the Canadian chapter of CEMS Global Sustainability Week, with the goal of fostering awareness of current societal sustainability issues
Took initiative to consult with other programs (MBA and HBA) to create networking events and speaking engagements to extend the CEMS brand name across Ivey departments

Co-ran an annual four-course harvest dinner and wine pairing, which successfully raised thousands of dollars in support of next year’s planting costs and towards the purchase of a small tractor
Lead volunteers in seeding and planting, tilling, watering and harvesting organic and sustainably sourced crops
Independently networked with potential donors to raise $20,000 for this year's growing season

Alexandra Matovic