Senior Consultant Resume
US
SUMMARY
Highly motivated financial professional, most recently serving as Senior Consultant, with a Masters in Business Administration and a record of extensive financial achievement. Possess excellent communication, presentation and training skills, able to take the mystery and confusion out of complex financial information for stakeholders. An analytical problem solver, known for ability to seek out challenges and constantly streamline systems for efficiency, cost reduction and customer satisfaction. Specifically:
- Developed, implemented and managed financial planning, forecasting & analysis processes and models for global businesses.
- Served as a liaison between operations, Corporate Accounting and the executive team.
- Proven success working with resources in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
- Led global efforts to create value added business planning and forecasting processes through fostering continuous teamwork across all functional areas.
Financial Modeling
Financial Planning
Software
- IPO Models
- Annual Business Planning
- SAP
- Revenue Projection Models
- Annual Budgeting & Forecasting
- FRX
- Divestiture Models
- SEC Reporting
- AX/Great Plains
- Valuation Models
- New Business Line Planning
- MS Business Suite
- M&A Models
- Equipment Leasing
- Cognos
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Confidential,Senior Consultant 10-27-09 –Present
- Client Company Boots and Coots 10-09 to present – Microsoft AX implementation.
- Data migration reconciliation via Microsoft AX and FRX software.
- SEC and management report production via FRX software.
- Devised internal financial and budgeting reports in FRX software to complement this Beauty Industry model.
- Produced monthly budget vs. actual variance reporting.
- Successfully completed Price Waterhouse 2007 global consolidated financial audit.
Global Business Controller/Senior Financial Analyst
- Crafted an interactive company global forecasting model for the CEO and executive committee strategic to assist with business planning.
- Created an entire stand-alone financial reporting model in MS Excel for International entity profit/cost center reporting; used exclusively for reporting financial and operational results.
- Successfully completed three Business Cases that led to start up and on boarding of 63 new customers and a 27% revenue growth.
- Collaborated with global sales executives to devise and implement a global revenue projection model used for planning, reporting, forecasting and budgeting.
- Devised and implemented fiscal year 2004 and 2005 Budget in Excel for 135 job segments.
- Produce monthly budget vs. actual variance reporting (via SAP, Excel and Access).
- Completed Industry Benchmarking analysis.
Internal Financial Reporting and Budget Analyst – Contract Bases
Budgeting Implementation- Composed initial macro generated contract-costing Budget model.
- Created and implemented Forecasting model on Excel.
- Devised internal financial reports in FRX software to complement this healthcare specific contract-costing model.
- Assumed Temporary Controllership role (staff of 7) for the first nine months while establishing infrastructure through devising and executing organizational and reporting structures and mirrored this initial structure in accounting, payroll, HR, Operations and lease administration systems.
- Produced first ever Executive Management/Board books that included Profit/Cost center actual vs. budget variance analysis and statistical matricies mirroring the global 27 entity reporting structure.
- Managed all aspects of the Annual Budgeting Process via assembling and analyzing the annual business plan, periodic re-forecasting and developing budget measurements and milestones that included interfacing with operational and accounting personnel on a very detailed level.
- Re-negotiated Federal Express contract, yielding savings in excess of $1,000,000 annually and also researched and implemented a consolidated company-wide Federal Express billing program that improved integrity of financial results and created efficiencies in the accounting area.
- Led process development team in M&A assimilation into accounting, lease administration and payroll systems.
- Produced divestiture model used in the sale of Sierra Cities.Com to American Express.
Financial modeling:
- Developed five year financial model used in pre IPO acquisition analysis, investment in Hanover by Western Resources, IPO valuation in June 1997, and post IPO Budget.
Corporate Compliance:
- Louisiana sales and use tax audit defense - $1,200,000 savings.
- Trinidad and Tobago VAT research, implementation and compliance.
- Assisted in determination of appropriate international Corporate Structure in Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and Peru.
- Saved in excess of $7 million in tax through research and analysis of pertinent state tax issues.
Confidential,University Houston, Texas
- Masters of Business Administration - GPA 3.93, 2004
Confidential,University Texas
- Post-Baccalaureate Accountancy – 1985
Confidential,University, New Jersey
- Bachelor of Science, Business Administration – 1980
