Financial Analyst II Resume Pleasanton, CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Senior Financial and Business Analyst with 10+ years of experience with Fortune 100 companies in both the retail and high - tech industries.
Adept at developing operational metrics and reports to monitor trends, identify issues, and evaluate existing processes and models.
Highly skilled at utilizing multiple databases and tools to generate various standardized and ad-hoc reports.
Thorough understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Area of expertise include:
Reporting & Analysis Budgeting & Forecasting Financial Modeling Data Integrity Validation Business Intelligence Tools Month-End Close
Operational Metrics Research & Problem Resolution GAAP Procedures Strategic Planning Cross-Functional Collaboration Expense Reduction
Supported a $100M sales increase during two year tenure at Safeway.
Helped improve the financial reporting run-time from 4 hours to 1 hour by transitioning to a more efficient reporting process.
Collaborated with the Accounting Department at Hewlett Packard to develop solutions that ensure both departments consistently meet closing deadlines.
Recipient of the Certificate of Excellence Award in 2014 from Safeway for supporting the team in driving sales and business profits.
Generated and reported all of Hewlett Packard’s reported Americas Operations’ expenses, including headcounts, and helped the team exceed their aspired goal by 10%.
Consulted on the use of new business intelligence tools at Hewlett Packard that enhanced business performing reporting; trained the marketing and operations team on the new tool, resulting in faster and better-informed business decisions and improved productivity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

Financial Analyst II

Responsibilities:

Provide business performance reports and analysis for a $2.4 billion net-sales-per-year marketing business group.
Support planning, budgeting, and forecasting efforts and generate financial models.
Help Category Directors attain sales and profit goals by providing timely financial information and vendor scorecards.
Contribute input and directions during the yearly strategic planning process.
Perform data integrity validations by using multiple data sources.
Generate standard and ad-hoc reports on the performance of regular sales and promotions.

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

Supported the budgeting process and ensured the integrity of operating expenses and their allocations to business groups.
Evaluated and implemented expense reduction projects.
Participated in SLA government council meetings and provided financial insight in the prioritization of initiatives and investments.
Prepared financial packages showing actual, budget, and forecast of various teams.
Helped cut the month-end close processing period from 5 to 4 days.
Contributed to the Americas Revenue and Channel Inventory Reporting.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Provided decision support and analysis for the HP Business Store, a $240M annual revenue E-commerce subsidiary.
Consulted on the use of eBusiness information to facilitate project evaluations.
Performed data integrity validation of new tools or applications.
Maintained the web content and pricing of the HP Business Store eCommerce site.
Monitored flow of data between various databases to ensure data accuracy.
Partnered with IT to identify and resolve data issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Excel (V-lookup, Pivot, Macro), PowerPoint, Word, and Access.
Experienced using Business Object, SAP BW, SQL, TM1, Microstrategy, Teradata, and Essbase (Hyperion).

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