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Ryan Linfinance · data · audit

M&A audit professional and builder of finance & data systems — from controls testing on $300M+ engagements and DCF underwriting to an automated equity-trading bot and SEC-filing NLP screeners.

M&A Audit Valuation & Modeling Python · Data Algorithmic Trading
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hood & strong · jul 2024 →

I sit at the seam between accounting rigor and quantitative tooling — and I build on both sides.

I'm a Business Administration — Information Systems graduate from UC Riverside (3.96 GPA), currently an experienced M&A audit staff at Hood & Strong LLP, where I run substantive and controls testing across cash, fixed assets, A/P, expenses, and payroll for clients with ~$300M+ in revenue.

models · DCF · IRR · 2022 — 2023

Before public accounting I spent three summers in real estate investment — building DCF and IRR models, underwriting $25M+ in deals, and running comparative market analyses at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and a family office.

Alongside that I led a student investment fund as Chief Investment Officer and consulted for early-stage clients through Highlander Consulting Group.

python · R · alpaca · 2025 →

Now I build on the quant side: an end-to-end automated equity-trading system on the Alpaca API, an NLP screener over SEC EDGAR filings, and quantitative finance models in R.

This site collects that work — and a corner for the creative things I'm making next.

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Experience

Where I've worked.

Jul 2024 — Present Hood & Strong LLP Public Accounting · Audit

Experienced M&A Audit Staff

  • Executed substantive and controls testing for financial-statement assertions across cash, fixed assets, A/P, expenses, and payroll.
  • Prepared and reviewed audit workpapers, improving engagement documentation quality and reducing senior review cycles.
  • Supported audits of clients with annual revenues of ~$300M+, strengthening financial reporting and GAAP compliance.
  • Communicated findings that contributed to $500K+ in advisory recommendations for process, systems, and controls enhancements.
Jun 2023 — Sep 2023 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Commercial Real Estate

Commercial Real Estate Analyst Intern

  • Supported underwriting and due diligence for deals totaling $25M+ in purchase price, refining time-value projections and positioning.
  • Built discounted cash flow and IRR models forecasting performance with sensitivity to cap-rate shifts, informing acquisition decisions.
  • Conducted market research across 3 major sub-markets, influencing pricing strategy and lease-valuation recommendations.
  • Prepared investment memoranda that accelerated executive decision cycles and team due diligence by ~20%.
Jul 2022 — Sep 2022 Coldwell Banker — Family Office Real Estate Investment

Real Estate Investment Intern

  • Analyzed investments using NPV and sensitivity testing on 15+ potential deals, lifting forecasted portfolio return by ~12%.
  • Performed comparative market analyses (CMA) to advise pricing, closing strategy, and ROI outcomes.
  • Supported the transaction lifecycle — underwriting, negotiation, and closing documentation — through to closed deals.

Leadership

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Oct 2022 — Jun 2023 Highlander Consulting Group Student Consulting

Strategy Consultant

  • Delivered strategic frameworks via market sizing, competitor analysis, and financial modeling that supported client decisions.
  • Synthesized quantitative and qualitative insights into executive presentations adopted in client growth initiatives.
  • Identified operational inefficiencies and recommended data-driven improvements to pricing and distribution strategy.
Apr 2022 — Apr 2023 Hylander Financial Group Student Investment Fund

Chief Investment Officer

  • Led portfolio strategy, aligning asset allocation with risk parameters to outperform the benchmark by ~4% in live competition.
  • Directed investment due diligence and presentations that elevated team rankings in the CFAOC SMIF tournament.
  • Conducted due diligence and built data into the final proposal criteria — placed top 3 in the 2022 RFP.
Education & Skills

The toolkit.

Education

University of California, Riverside

B.S. Business Administration: Information Systems
A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Business

3.96Cumulative GPA
Skills

Finance & Audit

Financial Evaluation & Modeling DCF & IRR NPV / Sensitivity Analysis M&A Audit GAAP & Controls Testing Due Diligence Comparative Market Analysis

Data & Engineering

Python pandas · numpy · scipy SQL R C++ NLP FastAPI REST APIs

Web & Tools

HTML · CSS · JavaScript Microsoft Office Suite Excel Modeling RSM ORB GAM Git · VS Code
By the numbers

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