Principal Financial Analyst Resume Profile
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NY
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Results-oriented leader with 11 years' experience working in governmental accounting and budgeting having strong proficiency in PeopleSoft Financials, Core-CT and the State Accounting Manual. Skilled analyst who implements business practices into working solutions. Ability to excel under various demanding situations. Exceptional expertise in the intricacies of the Connecticut Legislature. Proven ability to lead and develop highly successful departments and work groups.
CORE COMPETENCIES
| Problem Solving | Excellent Customer Service | Analytical Thinking |
| Leadership Skills | Initiative | Team Player |
| Process Improvement | Conceptual Thinking | Organizational Awareness |
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Office of Fiscal Analysis, Principal Financial Analyst
- Assist Appropriations Committees in formulating the biennial and mid-term budgets for 3 state agencies and over 250 million in funding.
- Create agency budget write-ups for the state budget book.
- Research, analyze, and monitor agency spending patterns to project agency expenditures.
- Constructed ad-hoc queries in CoreCT.
- Respond to statewide personnel issues and collective bargaining inquiries.
- Responsible for the energy fund and issues.
- Established monthly procedures for statewide personnel projections.
- Developed monthly statewide personnel report.
- Interpret legislation and Connecticut General Statutes.
- Analyze and prepare fiscal impact statements on bills, amendments, and other legislative proposals.
- Monitored and projected municipal aid formula grants.
- Maintain close working relationship with legislators.
- Respond to legislative requests.
- Research fiscal issues and develop solutions.
- Developed statewide expenditure and personnel expenditure projection application.
- Train colleagues on the statewide expenditure application.
- Coordinate budget process for the General Government Subcommittee.
Confidential
Office of Legislative Management, Associate Financial Analyst
- Supervisor of financial unit.
- Primary Budget Analyst for the Legislature.
- Developed biennial budget of over 70 million for 7 legislative agencies.
- Managed all financial planning and forecasting functions for 7 legislative agencies.
- Prepared monthly financial reports for office directors of various departments to inform them of their current budget status.
- Created organization budgets based on expenditure trends and make adjustments based on revised contract amounts.
- Prepared all monthly and annual financial reports.
- Communicated daily with office directors to facilitate financial data.
- Reviewed and execute programmatic changes to internal controls to conform to State Comptroller requirements.
- Identified over 11.3 million in cuts, a 16 cost savings in FY2011.
- Created team atmosphere to motivate employees and keep productivity high.
- Developed mutually agreed upon goals with staff and coach to achievement.
- Integrated small and minority owned business budgeting to comply with state law.
- Balanced individual agencies bookkeeping to the State Comptroller's bookkeeping.
- Assisted with an upgrade of PeopleSoft Financials 7.02 to 8.4 to meet business processes.
- Implemented changes to business processes to utilize PeopleSoft Financials.
- Design and facilitate PeopleSoft Financials training for co-workers.
- Solved issues that arise with PeopleSoft Financials.
- Developed a travel database that provides accurate travel data.
- Authorize purchase orders and voucher payments to meet State Comptroller requirements.
- Ensure day-to-day Service Center operations are of high quality to meet legislative demands.
- Implemented budget software tracking solution for legislative mailings.
