Finance built on analysis, not assumption.
Antoine Bali. Finance undergrad at UCF. Building models, writing code, reading markets. This site is a snapshot of what I've been working on.
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A bit about me.
I'm a finance undergrad at UCF. Most of my work so far has been financial modeling, valuation, and case analysis. I'm self-teaching Python on the side.
Before college I ran an independent e-commerce business for four years, from 2019 to 2023. I sourced limited-release products - graphics cards, gaming consoles - and resold them, generating $20,000+ in revenue at 30-40% margins. It was the first time I had to think about a P&L as something real rather than a homework problem.
That experience is a big part of why I ended up in finance. Sitting in class doing a DCF or working through a case, I keep coming back to the same question: what assumption is doing the heavy lifting here, and would it actually hold up? That's the part I enjoy.
Outside of school I'm native French, professional-working Spanish, and English. I grew up in Scarsdale and spend most of the year in Orlando. Rowing and sailing when I can. If you're curious about any of the work on this site, I'd be happy to walk through it.
Selected work.
Roles across finance, operations, and my own business - each one taught me something different about how things actually get done.
- Led two intern projects: a multilingual accessibility proposal and a partner self-service portal projected to reduce redundant email volume by 50%.
- Set timelines, coordinated cross-functional meetings, and ensured on-time, high-quality deliverables.
- Passed the FINRA SIE exam mid-internship.
- Built and managed an e-commerce operation while in high school.
- Generated $20,000+ in revenue by identifying arbitrage opportunities in limited-release products such as graphics cards and gaming consoles.
- Achieved 30-40% gross margin through dynamic pricing and high inventory turnover.
- Applied financial decision-making and risk management principles to real capital investments, developing hands-on experience with market behavior, demand forecasting, and performance analysis.
- Managed end-to-end rental operations and client relationships for a new branch, supporting both corporate and retail accounts.
- Drove recurring revenue by securing long-term contracts with clients through proactive outreach and consistent service.
- Recognized company-wide as a top performer for customer experience and sales productivity.
- Collected qualitative feedback from customers and identified renewal and cancellation trends to support retention strategy planning.
- Identified and escalated a security breach early in the internship, preventing potential exposure of company data.
- Executed weekly SQL queries and conducted data analysis to support the marketing director's plans.