Cairn resume & CV template
A centred name between rules, headings ruled above and below, and the skills gridded three across. Compact and parser-proof.
SUMMARY
Financial analyst covering SaaS and marketplaces, five years between corporate FP&A and the sell side. I build the model, then I argue about the assumptions in it, which is the part that matters.
EXPERIENCE
Senior Financial Analyst, Harrow Capital
Jan 2022 – Present
New York, NY
- Own the operating model for a $180m revenue portfolio company through two board cycles
- Rebuilt the forecast to cohort-level retention, cutting quarterly variance from 11% to 4%
- Ran diligence on 3 completed acquisitions, including the model that repriced one by $12m
Financial Analyst, Bridgeway Group
Aug 2019 – Dec 2021
Boston, MA
- Automated the monthly close pack in SQL and Python, saving ~30 hours a month
- Built the unit-economics dashboard the commercial team now sets pricing from
EDUCATION
BSc, Economics, London School of Economics
Sep 2015 – Jun 2018
London, UK
SKILLS
- Financial modelling (Expert)
- Valuation (Expert)
- SQL (Advanced)
- Excel / VBA (Expert)
- Power BI (Advanced)
- Forecasting (Expert)
- Variance analysis (Expert)
- Python (Intermediate)
LANGUAGES
- English (Native)
- Hindi (Native)
- Gujarati (Fluent)
CERTIFICATES
CFA Level II Candidate, CFA Institute
Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst, CFI
Mar 2021 – Mar 2021
What defines this layout
- Sans-serif typeface
- Single column
- No photo
- Headings over a full-width rule
- Dates right-aligned against each role
Every one of these is a setting, not a constraint — accent colour, font, size, spacing and page margins stay yours under Customize, and switching template later re-renders what you’ve written rather than starting it over.
Using Cairn as a CV
Cairn needs nothing changed to serve as a UK, Irish or Australian CV — those markets mean by "CV" exactly what the US means by "resume", and this is already that document. Add a photo and personal details only if you are applying into continental Europe.
It is set tight, which helps on the two-page limit most non-academic CVs are read against.
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Is Cairn the right choice?
Who it suits
Applications that will be read by a machine first and a person second. Ruled headings, three skill columns, tight leading, no colour.
What it does to ATS parsing
Single column and about as parser-proof as anything on the site.
At two pages
Very good. The double rules carry the structure across the break.
Use something else if
Helsinki for the same rules in blue, or Chancery for centred headings.
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