SUMMARY:

Seeking an opportunity to contribute my knowledge as an experienced, self - starting financial analyst professional to continuously develop, refine and streamline improved process and organization for the needs of internal and external stakeholders.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Computer software skills: Cost Point (CRM), SharePoint, MS Word, Excel VBA, Power Point, Access, Project, Visio, etc.

Other professional skills: extensive experience with managing program, financial, project and business process operations; experienced with documentation, reporting and auditing processes; experienced with gathering functional requirements for financial analysis projects; strong financial analysis, operational and management skills; skilled with analyzing financial control systems; experienced with producing weekly, monthly, yearly and ad hoc reports; ability to understand balance sheets, profit/loss statements, cash flow statements and overhead analysis; knowledgeable about audit and requirement control analysis; strong success with establishing project milestones, implementation processes and business process workflows; experienced with objective/benchmark development; exceptional interpersonal skills; ability to produce both business and executive communications; experienced with implementation processes, documentation, compliance analysis and cost/budgeting for program operations; has sharp decision making skills; experienced with quality control for financial data integrity projects; effective cross-functional oversight abilities; experienced with program analysis and business analysis;; strong ability to lead others and coordinate with senior level client officials; excellent communication skills; knowledgeable on policy, technical, compliance and regulatory language; understands establishing benchmarks and metrics for performance of business process projects; skilled with negotiation/engagement assistance, excellent management/operational skills; strong research, analytical and conceptual thinking skills; outstanding relationship building skills; customer focused; ability to track, conceptualize, track and apply complex, nuanced and high level knowledge; proven leadership abilities; self-driven; problem-solver; creative thinker; results-oriented; adaptable; makes effective decisions under pressure; effective time and task management skills; quick-learner; thorough, accurate, detail-oriented, organized; comfortable working collaboratively within a team; attention to quality; self-motivated; works well under pressure with minimal oversight; works well in fast paced environments; forward thinking; attention to follow-up; collaborates fairly and equally with all levels of organizational hierarchies; experienced with working directly under internal and external stakeholders of all levels for 20 years; quick learner for high ended and low ended concepts; adaptable to changing trends in industry; etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

FULL TIME MBA STUDENT

Confidential

• Manages business case analysis on:
• Financial Analysis
• Forensic Accounting/Reporting
• Financial Management
• Financial Auditing
• Business Process Planning/Engineering
• Business Analysis/Business Scope Planning for Financial Management Projects
• Data Analysis/Statistics/Financial Modeling

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST & RESEARCH ANALYST, PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

Confidential

• Manages the definition of research requirements and designing data analysis methodologies for business research projects, performs high level data analysis, forecasting and reporting of research and insight findings, production of dashboard visualizations, designing quantitative analysis methods, distillation of research data into summaries for customers, process streamlining and risk analysis for data management projects, managing junior staff, delivery of data analytics results to customers, managing metrics formation for data analysis projects, implementing business processes for knowledge management projects; provides analytical support in research design; gathering and translating customer requirements into executable specifications, etc.
• M anages business case analysis and development of process workflows for data analytics projects.
• Manages communication loops, business development, capture analysis, research, proposal writing and information gathering/strategy formation meeting activities with current and prospective vendors.
• Manages stakeholders in the completion, organization and execution of analytics for audit, financial, contract and research projects.
• Manages data analytics, reporting and metric formation projects for various organizations.

LEAD BUSINESS ANALYST/RESEARCH ANALYST

Confidential, ASHBURN, VA

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT, REPORTING &TRANSLATION OF BUSINESS CASE NEEDS: Improved compliance, financial & contract/government reporting function of firm by providing guidance and project management for financial reporting projects; developing strategies to adhere to documentation/reporting requirements; developing and submitting weekly, monthly and ad hoc financial report deliverables; translating functional requirements into business specifications for implementation, compliance and proposal projects; developing finance and business process strategies; providing analysis and predictive forecasting of backlog revenues; providing financial compliance analysis for program expenditures and budgets; monitoring and analyzing budgetary and operational trends for client and program spending; interviewing cross functional teams for to track, gather, analyze financials and deliverables; gathering and controlling reporting data for audits, research and knowledge management projects; providing program management compliance analysis; calculating financial and proposal pricing data; establishing benchmarking & metrics for reporting requirements; providing financial insight and reports to executives and program managers; presentation of research findings to internal stake holders; working with technical stakeholders to translate technical language into business language; compiling data, budget & contractual reports; translating needs v. requirements for business process analysis, financial analysis and cost/benefit analysis; assisting with data integrity projects for financial/spending data; providing project assistance for audits, etc.
• PROPOSAL SUPPORT/FINANCIAL MODELING: Assisted with developing workflow analysis for cost estimate projects; reviewing/analyzing financial aspects of proposals, developing pricing and financial models for proposals, researching competitive rates for proposed labor rates and costs, developing indirect rate structures for proposals, providing analytical support for proposal financial models and program budgets; tracking proposed financials, collaborating with proposal team to analyze risk areas; supporting solutioning for proposal and capture efforts, etc.
• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/PROJECT MANAGEMENT/NEGOTIATIONS: Improved marketability and visibility of firm by acting as an information and communication manager; developing training on workflow processes for lead generation cycles; assisting with maintaining collaboration, management and relationship building amongst internal stakeholders, clients, teaming partners and prospective alliances; supported negotiation processes for teaming agreements and post award implementation processes; interviewing internal departments for implementing business and project management strategies; managing relationships with prospects, clients and partners by acting as a knowledge manager; participating and managing marketing campaigns; etc.
• MARKET ANALYSIS: Improved market position of firm through strategy formations that involved market research and surveying of market landscape through data analysis and predictive modeling projects; performing lead generation and capture activities; producing business intelligence; etc.

CONSULTANT(BUSINESS ANALYST

Confidential, NEW YORK AND DC

• CONTRACT/FINANCIAL ANALYST (Deloitte): Improved contracting processes by managing contract compliance and business process implementation for audit projects; performing documentation and risk analysis of business control data for audit, financial and contract reporting processes; providing gap analysis and forensic analysis for invoicing and reporting discrepancies; providing negotiation and communication assistance; determining project milestones for reporting/compliance projects; drafting and analyzing business communications for control projects; monitoring and administering financials of contracts; assisting with close-out invoice reconciliation projects; participating in kick-off meetings; providing project management for financial reconciliation and data cleaning projects; managing training projects for contract management systems, performing data migration from old contract management systems into new ones.
• BUSINESS ANALYSIS/COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS/FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR (various organizations): Performed quantitative/qualitative research guidance for regulatory compliance projects related to contract reporting and finance; managed and supported contract/control audit projects, assisting with validation of reportable data for corporate statements and public filings, assisted with financial regulatory compliance projects, managed accounts receivables ledgers; provided project analysis and management of financial control projects, etc.
• ENGLISH TRAINER (various organizations): Trained and developed curriculum for vulnerable adult and special needs children learners in English, literacy, history and writing.

MANAGEMENT INTERN

Confidential, WASHINGTON DC

• CONTRACT/FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Established project milestones financial monitoring projects; analyzed, gathered and performed cost/benefit analysis for proposed contracts; assisted with project management related to acquisition planning and financial reconciliation related to client contracts; supported incentive and corrective action programs for billing/financial delinquencies; assisted with the development of benchmarks and performance measurements for finance administration projects; contributed as a point of contact for internal and external clients by managing contract/budget compliance monitoring, contract administration through lifecycle process, budget/invoice reconciliation, problem resolution and reconciling invoices; provided financial management strategies; conducted cost/price analysis, monitored contract budget/expenditures and conducted routine administrative support.

  RESEARCH/ANALYSIS: Provided analysis and collection of legal research, regulatory research, market research & cost/price justification research for procurement activities.

• WRITING/ANALYSIS: Improved quality of procurement materials by drafting & interpreting acquisition documents, providing document compliance reviews, producing acquisition and justification summaries, gathering contract data for justification analysis and managing team reviews.

LAW STUDENT

Confidential

• REPORTING/PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Managed corporate governance and regulatory compliance projects by acting as a project management liaison for documentation, financial reporting, government/auditing reporting, due diligence and corporate governance projects; advocating and advising on information sufficient to complete financial report filings, managing the survey and gathering of financial reporting data for state required government filings; providing advice on corporate administrative compliance matters; acting as the point of contact between project team and business units; overseeing financial project support for regulatory compliance projects; surveying state/local entities for regulation reporting compliance manuals of financial data; administering production and documentation logistics for reporting reference binders and providing routine administrative support as needed.
• RESEARCH: Improved knowledge management between clients and attorney by utilizing billable hours to provide substantive legal research, compliance analysis, regulatory research and legislative research for financial investment management products.
• WRITING/ANALYSIS: Improved client communication by interpreting contract language, producing legislative/case summaries, providing drafting support for legal memos/contracts and distilling information for case briefs.

INTERN

Confidential

• Assisted administrative officer with monitoring and reporting expense, budget and accounts payable reports.
• Provided financial research and analysis of procurement actions.