SUMMARY

Corporate Finance Statistics/Data analysis Accounting Economics International Business Operations Management IT Management Systems Marketing killed Financial Analyst with over 10 years of FP&A experience and strong expertise in financial reporting, data analysis, developing financial models and forecasting. Proactive, with excellent communication skills and a track record of delivering optimized results. Directed and participated in important projects and analyses that proved essential to the organization's objectives. Other skills include

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• EXCEL, ACCESS, PowerPoint and Qlikview
• Hyperion Essbase
• Oracle Business Solutions
• Ad Hoc Reporting/Analysis
• Accounting
• GAAP proficiency
• Variance Analysis
• Budgeting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Buffalo, NY

Capital Data Reporting Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reports and Presents the quarterly FR Y14Q retail loans submission results to upper management for review and approval.
• Performs reconciliations of the FR Y14Q Retail loans schedules against the GL and the Federal submissions to the Federal Reserve.
• Uses Hyperion, Excel and the data warehouse to research any discrepancies between the large database system files, GL and Federal submission files.
• Researches and clarifies any variances found in the quarterly and monthly FR Y14Q and FRY9C reconciliation schedules.
• Responsible for evaluating and executing any changes to the FRY 14Q Federal instructions and how it may affect the data reporting.
• Implemented changes that streamlined the regulatory reporting process and design.
• Has led and successfully resolved data projects that have improved the data quality and accuracy in the department's reporting.

Confidential, Oakland, CA

Sr. Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepares the Bank's monthly financial statement packages and other financial related reports for Board and ALCO.
• Assists in the preparation of the Bank's strategic and operating plan.
• Assists in the preparation of the Bank's quarterly call reports.
• Participates in the organization's Confidential &A evaluation and due diligence as needed.
• Designs ad hoc reports including financial models that evaluate the organization's product implementation and profitability.
• Prepares and researches variance analysis and explanations for the monthly budget to actual reports.

Confidential

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Develops the month - end Board financial reporting package.
• Actively contributes to the monthly strategic management meetings (ALCO) and is responsible for the written summary and analysis.
• Assists in the preparation, coordination and data validation of the organization's budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Responsible for the administration, validation and management of the organization's financial data reporting software.
• Implemented Activity Based Costing models to support interdepartmental strategic pricing decisions and initiatives.
• Provides data and analytical support for the organization's Asset Liability management functions.
• Developed comprehensive EIS Reporting model to evaluate the organization's financial performance against our peer benchmark.
• Established SWOT reporting system to assess cost center profitability.
• Assisted in the implementation of Prologue as the new accounting and financial reporting system.
• Developed and designed the organization's monthly dashboard analytics.

Confidential, Walnut Creek CA

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Successfully prepared the organization's branch rent expense and income Budgets.
• Under tight deadlines, efficiently completed the accruals and variance analysis for the division's rent expense and income accounts.
• Responsible for the capitalization and amortization of loan fees and costs in compliance with FAS91 standards.
• Researched GL account discrepancies and variances by utilizing Oracle data warehouse.
• Responsible for the division's month-end reporting and analysis.
• Effectively Integrated Hyperion to improve the organization's reporting processes.
• Developed and maintained various financial models critical to the bank's reporting.
• Successfully performed branch closures project by re-classifying OPEX costs to the correct cost center.
• Supports in the monthly closing process by preparing journal entries and researching variances and discrepancies.

Confidential

Finance/Accounting Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Improved the reporting efficiency by Implementing Confidential as the main financial reporting software.
• Responsible for the administration, scrubbing and management of the organization's financial data reporting software.
• Produced and analyzed the Board's monthly financial reports and Executive Summary.
• Assisted the CFO in the preparation of the budget and quarterly forecasts.
• Prepared and analyzed the bank's Asset/Liability Risk Management reports.
• Created financial models that monitored the loan portfolio credit risk.
• Responsible for the monthly calculation of the provision for loan losses.
• Managed numerous projects and wrote analyses and forecasts that were critical to the bank's overall profitability.

Confidential

Accountant/Assistant Admin ll

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the reconciliation of the Account Payables of 26 Confidential accounts.
• Uses EXCEL to periodically maintain, manage and research 26 Confidential accounts.
• Helps accounting in the preparation of check requests, travel advances and petty cash funds.
• Uses Peoplesoft software to prepare cost transfers, payroll transfers and other financial journals as needed.
• Assists management on the preparation and distribution of grants and sub­grants.
• Frequently researches and resolves vendor payment issues as needed.
• Performed various Administrative duties like order of supplies and others as needed by management and other members of the staff.