Simen Bjerkelund

Financial Analyst · Quantitative Researcher · Data Scientist

simbje@gmail.com github.com/simbje 08.03.1991

Experience

Des 2020 – Aug 2022

Chief Financial Advisor — Healthcare Sector

Bærum Municipality

Financial Manager responsible for a budget of NOK 2.2 billion
Coordinated the reporting for politicians and managers
Managed and coordinated the work of 5 financial advisors

Aug 2017 – Aug 2022

Financial Advisor — Healthcare Sector

Bærum Municipality

Responsible for reporting, analysis, budget, and forecasting within the business portfolio
Monitored management data and KPIs
Advisor for procurement routines and analysed procurement data
Representative for the Municipal network for management information and healthcare services across the largest municipalities in Norway
Automated data retrieval through VBA scripts and the use of APIs

Aug 2010 – Jun 2017

Tennis Coach

Stavanger Tennisklubb

Coaching competitive players, adults and children

Education

2022 – Present

Master in Intelligence Systems and Business Analysis

Høyskolen i Kristiania

Big data analytics · Database management · Applied visual and statistical analysis · Agile project management and IT governance

Thesis: Applied machine learning and bankruptcy prediction

Aug 2014 – Jun 2016

Master in Economics and Administration

Universitetet i Stavanger (UiS) · Specialization: Applied Finance

Thesis: Investigated the effect of currency risk management on financial statements, stock prices, and company value for seafood companies using Monte Carlo analyses and statistical models in R

Aug 2011 – Jun 2014

Bachelor in Economics and Administration

Bedriftsøkonomisk Institutt (BI) Stavanger · Management Accounting and Investment Analysis

Thesis: Investigated Lean management techniques in hotel operations

Jul 2012

Game Theory and Strategy

London School of Economics

Aug 2010 – Jun 2011

Engineering Studies — Computer Engineering

Universitetet i Agder

Technical Skills

Languages	R, Python, SQL, VBA (Excel)
ML / Statistics	XGBoost, Random Forest, Logistic Regression, Monte Carlo simulation, time series analysis
Finance & Trading	Van Tharp metrics, technical analysis, backtesting, BULL/BEAR products, bankruptcy prediction
Frameworks	R Shiny, Quarto, ggplot2, tidyverse, tidymodels
BI & Reporting	Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, Excel (advanced), VBA automation
ERP / Systems	Agresso (Unit4), Oracle BI & EPM, Visma
Data & APIs	SSB/PxWebApiData, Yahoo Finance, Nordnet, REST APIs
DevOps	Git, GitHub Actions, automated reporting pipelines

RPythonSQL VBAShinyQuarto XGBoosttidymodelsggplot2 Power BITableauAlteryx GitHub ActionsMonte Carlo

Courses & Other Experience

Various

In-depth municipal statistics and analysis — Bærum Municipality, 2017
Activity Leader Course — Stavanger Tennisklubb, 2010
Coach Level 1 — Stavanger Tennisklubb, 2008
Leader, BI Investments Club
Analyst, UiS Student Capital Management

Interests

Norwegian tennis champion (30-40 years) · Stocks and investments · Algorithmic trading · Coding projects · TidyTuesday data visualisation

References available upon request · Last updated 2025

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