Senior Financial Analyst Resume
New Jersey, NJ
Summary
Financial professional with expertise in budgeting and business planning, reporting and analysis, and forecasting. Provided financial support to both Consumer and Business operational organizations. Strengths include flexibility in changing environments, strong interpersonal skills, and effectiveness in coaching and developing associates.
Work Experience
Confidential-Strategic Planning Analyst 11/2010 - 2/2011
- Developed 2011 operating budget and subsequent forecasts
- Developed Cap Ex project prioritization policies and procedures
- Reconciled IT client billing and cost reporting
Consultant -- Confidential- Senior Financial Analyst 3/2010 - 6/2010
- Compilation of financial, demographic, and business plan assessments of various broadband services, and network projects (Utilizing SAP)
- Lead the feasibility review process including assessment of completeness and scoring of applications, and the creation of project files for each application
- Analyze grant/loan requirements including terms and conditions
- Coordinate feasibility reviews with upper management and senior staff for assigned projects
Consultant -Confidential 2008 - 2009
Portfolio Data Management - Verizon Communications
- Perform Capital Investment analysis of Verizon’s strategic projects and portfolios
- Assess strategic projects financial metrics (Utilizing SAP)
- Track project IT & Network costs and explain operational deviations from budget
- Develop executive presentations in support of Verizon business units’ product portfolios
Confidential 1993 - 2007
A $120 billion networking and telecommunications service provider
Financial Analyst of Business Segment Marketing 2004 - 2007
Provide financial support for a $6 billion Retail Sales Segment within Business Services.
- Developed monthly product revenue results reporting package utilizing Excel & Access
- Created annual business plan, monthly tracking, and analyses of $2 million actual marketing program initiative expense utilizing Ariba to identify purchase orders and invoices
- Assisted in the creation of a monthly Segment Marketing Operation Review package with key metrics focusing on new sales, funnel opportunities, market share, and competitive analysis
Manager of Business Services Business Planning 2002 - 2004
Managed the financial support for the Wholesale Sales Segment within Business Services.
- Created monthly revenue results and forecasts resulting in Wholesale exceeding their revenue plan by 5%
- Developed business cases which identified $50 million of incremental revenue opportunities
- Lead the Capital Appropriation Process for the segment, resulting in $100M in capital approvals. Tracked the status of all capital and development requests for management update
Manager of Business International Voice Services 2000 - 2002
Provided the Product Management team financial data which facilitated tighter cost control
and increased sales for a $2 billion annual revenue and $1 billion expense product house.
- Developed a monthly results package and Income Statement analyses identifying operational revenue and expense deviations using Crystal report writer
- Developed cost and expense forecasts contributing to a 10% savings versus plan
- Developed a $1 billion annual cost and expense budget
Manager of Consumer Billing,
Credit and Accounts Receivable Management 1999 - 2000
Defined and reported the financial metrics which enabled the Director to effectively
manage his costs.
- Developed a $2 billion expense business plan
- Supervised the preparation of expense results and analysis
- Developed process unit cost trends and forecasts
Financial Manager of Consumer CIO Ordering and Provisioning 1997 - 1999
Managed four associates in providing project level expense information to the Director
and project managers, which assisted them in meeting their project commitments.
- Developed system/project level and organization expense budgets for a $100 million IT organization
- Developed monthly project reporting and analysis
- Converted excel reporting to the Oracle project accounting system
Financial Manager of Consumer Customer Care 1993 - 1997
Managed three associates in providing financial support to the Vice President of
Customer Care and his staff.
- Defined and reported unit cost metrics for $3 billion annual Customer Care expense
- Developed Customer Care business plan
- Benchmarked Customer Care expense against competitive analogs
- Prepared monthly results and analysis package
Education
- M.B.A. - Management, Confidential
- B.S. - Accounting, Confidential
Skills and Knowledge
- Working knowledge of Oracle financial systems
- Proficient in Microsoft Office package (Excel power user)
- Working knowledge of Ariba
Professional Affiliations
Active member of the Institute of Management Accountants