Nikki Carroll

Hi! I am Nikki Carroll. I assess financial operations of cities, counties and school districts across the U.S

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Nikki Carroll is currently a senior financial strategy analyst at Newark Public Schools. In this role, Nikki is works with the district leadership team on many issues affecting the $1 billion budget. Her work informs decisions from teacher needs in a classroom to the payout of union contracts. Prior to working in education, Nikki Carroll was an associate in the debt portfolio management group at Freddie Mac where she performed analytics for their $800 billion debt portfolio. During her time at Freddie Mac, she was awarded the Rising Leaders Team Player award for her roles leading and working on teams for consulting engagements with Northern Virginia Family Services and Carpenter’s Shelter. Nikki came to New York City from Maryland to obtain an MBA while exploring the field of education. During the summer of 2012, she divided her time doing work with the digital learning director and the chief external officer. She evaluated digital learning software, designed a strategy for digital learning implementation with a middle school team, and worked on board governance projects for the chief external officer. Nikki has a passion for creating stories from data and gathering like minds to share ideas and move towards a goal. Her experience in education has sparked an interest in community development in cities, and specifically how public administrators and city government work towards common development goals. When not working, Nikki enjoys collecting passport stamps and watching sports. You can find her stressed out on Sundays rooting for the Dallas Cowboys.

Municipal Credit Analyst at Moody's Investors Service

July 2015 - Present | New York, NY

I assess the credit risk of cities, counties and school districts in the U.S and write timely research about the potential impacts of local government or national trends on the finances of municipalities

Team Teaching and Learning/Chief External Officer Intern at Achievement First

June 2012 - April 2013

Worked with a middle school principal to plan and implement digital learning program at his school and conducted research on charter board governance policies and expansion opportunities

Debt Portfolio Management Associate at Freddie Mac

July 2009 - July 2011 | Mclean, VA

Provided analytical support to help actively and efficiently manage $800 billion debt portfolio Activities: -Appointed to Co-Chair Freddie Mac ARISE employee network; oversaw planning professional and personal development events for 400 African American employees with an $8K budget -Coordinated a four-person team to institute a nonprofit board leadership forum; secured funding for 9 employees to receive board training and placement within the first eight months -Collaborated with a team of five colleagues to design an in-house financial literacy course for Northern Virginia Family Services -Worked with team of colleagues to develop and teach the first life skills course for kids and teens at a local homeless shelter

Investments and Capital Markets Analyst-Associate at Freddie Mac

July 2008 - June 2009

Rotation 1: Multifamily Sourcing-Terms of Business - Performed risk analysis on deals -Created exceptions report for Federal Housing Finance Agency -Created worst case scenario model to determine if Multifamily needs to tighten credit parameters Rotation 2: Investments & Capital Markets- Asset Liability Mgmt -Created model to automate return attribution analysis -Researchd abnormal changes in our hedged positions -Ran daily reset check comparing our duration forecast with actual results Rotation 3: Investments & Capital Markets- Debt Portfolio Mgmt -Created tool to gather and store competitor data in database using VBA and SQL -Created tool to create report on competitor debt activity using VBA -Compiled daily market color and end of day trade report

Senior Analyst, Financial Strategy at Newark Public Schools

September 2013

-Strategic Planning -Financial/Cost Modeling -Weighted Student Funding -Operational Improvement -Education Policy

HEC School of Management / HEC Paris

2013 – 2013

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

New York University, Stern School of Business

2011 – 2013

MBA

Concentration: Management

Activities: Social Enterprise Assocation, Education Sector Lead

Morgan State University

2004 – 2008

B.S

Concentration: Finance

Activities: Finance Club President Mentoring Program Coordinator

Education reform, education technology, community development, traveling