Objective

Seeking a finance oriented role where I can leverage my experience in strategic thinking and leadership abilities that enable me to consistently exceed earnings goals. I am able to perform numerous financial and investment roles and has an outstanding comprehension of financial elements including assets, liabilities, cash flows, risk analysis, budgeting, investment.

Areas of Strength

• Able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to adapt quickly to challenges and changes in the environment
• Great oral and writing communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills
• Work well without supervision
• Enthusiastic and willing to assume greater responsibility
• Highly Computer efficient: experienced with Word, Access, Lotus Notes, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, Brio PeopleSoft, Oracle, Citrix, Hyperion, GreatPlains and Salesforce.com

Senior Financial Consultant: Financial Planning and Analysis: July 2007 to August 2010
Confidential, Austin Texas

• Prepared annual budget in the amount of over S60M and monitored and evaluated budget implementation.
• Analyzed financial statements and reported on trends and variance analysis as well as remedies and corrective actions where necessary
• Coordinated with department heads to review historical performance, analyze current trends, and made recommendations for future obligations.
• Prepared and analyzed ongoing financial trends in department operations including performing in-depth analyses to help understand trends, align business unit strategy appropriately, and drive business transformation.
• Restructured the Sales Compensation plan to curtail Sales Representatives’ from discounting products
• Partnered with Executive Sales Director to develop Territory plan for Inside and Field sales groups based on Government Funding
• Managed Overall Sales Pipeline weekly and ensured that Sales Representatives’ pipeline aligned with company goals
• Partnered with Marketing in highlighting new business opportunities based on detailed sales bookings analysis.
• Developed and Implemented individual margin analysis on Sales representatives using over department plan as evaluation benchmark to ensure cost efficiencies and avenues for costs savings.
• Managed the month-end closing process and executed a comprehensive process re-engineering, which resulted in a 40% reduction in month end closing time.
• Prepared monthly operating reporting packages for the Board of Directors and Financial Management Information report for management.
• Functioned as a business partner to other departments to help drive business initiatives, growth, strategy and profitability.
• Developed resource efficiency model to help reduce costs by 5% and improve profitability.
• Created and implemented new internal processes to accurately record accrual of expenses to the P& L.
• Assisted in preparing weekly cash flow forecasting statement.
• Evaluated uncontrollable expenses such as T& E and outside services to cut expense growth rate from 15% to 10%.
• Managed the new software project development budget and handled all spending pertaining to project accounting development.
• Developed efficiency metrics for the Field Service team to highlight inadequacies and lead conversations on findings.
• Conducted Monthly presentations to VP’s to review department spending and discuss future projections, open headcount and variances to the plan.
• Analyzed monthly resource management reports and highlighted variances and their potential impact on cost savings or lost.
• Prepared monthly active customer retention report to analyze the long term viability of the company.
• Analyzed weekly sales opportunity pipeline reports to ensure the company can meet annual revenue goals.
• Prepared weekly revenue forecasting to aid with operational planning to meet projected annual revenue estimates.
• Assisted in the development of business policies.
• Monitored significant variances to plan in expenses, headcount, projects and capital management. Alert senior leadership to issues and drive corrective action.
• Conducted special, sometimes highly sensitive, business studies and ad-hoc analysis when needed.

Financial Analyst: Finance Support May 2006 to May 2007
Confidential,Austin Texas

• Prepared Monthly and Quarterly Metrics to determine companywide expenditures.
• Reconciled Accounts at the end of the fiscal quarter for overall reporting.
• Audited vendor and customer master data for Sox Compliance.
• Participated in routine Sox testing on Vendor, Customer and HR master data.
• Reconciled aging reports on a fiscal month basis.
• Monitored expenditures and advise on possible compliance breakdowns.
• Assisted other departments with proposals for better and new controls.
• Volume and trend analysis on companywide travel spending to management on a fiscal month basis.
• Undertook special projects: HR Records Automation project plan and assessment for management.
• Supported Spending lead on monthly budget analysis and quarterly commit completion including tasks such as cost center forecasting, maintenance and support analysis.
• Developed, handled and maintained the company’s financial assets and monitored budget spending to ensure that both current and long-term needs of the business are met.
• Collated and reviewed P& L reports from business unit and analyzed their monthly and quarterly financial results versus key performance indicators.
• Collaborated with the audit department in the consolidation of revenues, receivables and payables of the company.
• Worked closely with the other department directors in the strategic financial planning processes, depreciation policies and statistical reporting.
• Ensured that the reports generated by subordinates are accurate, factual and supported by appended documents.

Financial Analyst: Inventory Forecasting May 2005 to May 2006
Confidential,Austin Texas

• Responsible for executing the forecasting function, including creating, monitoring and modifying the rolling 12 month finished goods forecast at a SKU/Customer/DC Level in Demand Solutions.
• Correlation of inputs on retail sales, trends, shipments, and orders into an accurate forecast that translated into excellent service levels and lower inventory requirements.
• Lead monthly SKU collaboration sessions with sales managers from assigned accounts.
• Tied out bottoms up SKU level forecasts to top down Sale’s forecast to within 3%
• Maintained system for receiving, inputting and analyzing POS data for individual accounts and for overall sales and financial analysis by product.
• Provided weekly/monthly POS sales and forecast reports for assigned accounts to sales reps and management as needed.
• Maintained Forecast, P.O.S. and product databases accurately, while developing a method to correlate this data into an accurate and usable forecast of their purchases from the Burnes Group.
• Coordinated the flow of information coming in from Sales, Customer Service, and corporate regarding changes to buying groups
• Monitored changes made in customer database at corporate level for accuracy. Including, working with Sales to keep customers properly identified as to channel of trade and business type, as well as be involved with all the Burnes’ departments on an ongoing basis to find ways to make the most of the options available in Oracle.
• Coordinated between departments so that the information is kept accurate, consistent, and as easily accessible as possible
• Managed sales forecasts using historical data and demand information and by interacting with Sales Team Members
• Worked with Producti/n Pnanning to ensure high customer fill rates and prevent nonmcompliance charges from customers.
• Provided analysis of key category information for both internal planning and for customer presentations
• Analyzed key sales trends and communicated areas of oppïrtunity tg sales team
• Gathered, managed and meintained forecast data from sales ald customers to determiîe production demand.
• Analyzed aggregateD forecasts to determine when production purchase orders need to be issued to meet customer demand and maintained appropriate inventory levels.
• Interfaced with sales team to validate customer forecast, monitor sales rates and review inventory in order to stay informed of factors which could change demand.
• Communicated to sales team potential or actual exceptions to customer expectations or order parameters.

Education

MBA (Global Business)