SUMMARY

Over *+ years of Analyst experience, analyzing current and past data and performance, preparing reports and projections based on analysis, providing recommendations for improvement, excellent cost saving analyses, coordinating with other members of the team, expert-level analytical and financial modeling skills, strategic thinking, ability to influence and persuade, knowledge of ERP systems and related technologies, excellent time management and organizational ability, able to multitask and meet constant deadlines.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dupont-FMC Aug. 2017 – Feb.2018

Financial Analyst (contract)

Forecasted sales for North America region on a weekly basis

Weekly and monthly reporting of Sales, COGS and Gross margin using SAP BW queries

Responsible for Daily Sales report to management for North America including analysis to prior year and forecast

Weekly update of pricing and COGS rate for Global operations

Prepared PowerPoint presentations for Sales teams and senior management

Utilized SAP, SAP BW, Microsoft Excel, Sharepoint, and PowerPoint

Bristol-Meyers Squibb May 2017 – Aug. 2017

Financial Analyst (contract)

Monthly variance analysis and account reconciliation of accounts

Responsible for capital budgeting for expenses

Monthly and quarterly forecasting of Sales

SAP, Excel, Access, SQL

St Joseph University Sept. 2016 – April 2017

Database Analyst (contract)

Received requests for information on students or graduates for all departments

Used Access databases to create complex queries to create extensive lists in Excel to respond to requests

Created Cognos reports for University administration regarding email usage, email notifications to community and metrics of response rates

Access, Excel, Cognos

Gamesa May 2016 – Aug. 2016

Financial Sales Analyst (contract)

Responsible for forecasting sales and sales project updates on a daily basis

Tracked Sales budget and expense reports for Sales team

Reconciliation of variances to projected Sales Budget

A/R invoicing and sales order input into SAP

Created Access databases with Excel data tables of Customers and Projects

Technologies: SAP, Salesforce, Access, Excel

AT&T- King of Prussia, PA Jan. 2016 – April 2016

Financial Analyst (contract)

Responsible for daily reports for PO, Projects, and other indicators

Created, invoiced, tracked, audited, and received on purchase order requests for projects

Tracked projects and updated project schedules on Gannt Chart

Created macros for reports to expedite generation

Technologies: Excel, Oracle, Norad, PACE, Access, SQL

Nutrisystem - Fort Washington, PA Oct. 2015 – Dec. 2015

Financial Analyst (contract)

Responsible for Daily Dashboards for Sales, Media, and other indicators

Generated daily Media and Sales report detailing relationship between type of media and sales impact

Updated yearly budgetary and forecast reports

Assisted in creation of Financial reports combined with variance analysis of accounts

Technologies: Excel, SAP

IMS Health-Plymouth Meeting, PA July 2015 -Sep. 2015

Sales Analyst (contract)

Analyzed Sales Inquiries from Sales team to determine if any discrepancies to inventory

Determined if Sales inquiry required further action to resolve differences

Generated upload into client system of discrepancies and action needed to resolve

Daily reporting of Project team’s metrics to Engagement manager

Technologies: Excel

PHI-Pepco Holding Company - Carney's Point, NJ May 2015 – Oct. 2015

Reporting Analyst (contract)

Created dashboards of key metrics for Revenue Management department

Worked with Senior analysts to develop Excel macros tp automate reports and Pivot tables

Created managers’ report to monitor analysts on daily work performance and monthly metrics for Performance Reviews

Extensive use of SAP and SAP BW to generate data

Technologies: VBA Macro Excel, SAP, SQL

WORLDWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES - Fort Washington Jan. 2015 – April 2015

Business Analyst (contract)

Developed VBA macro Excel files to format text site files and reports

Created Access database for inventory, server and site information

Additionally, linked Excel files to database for easy query process

Performed inventory reconciliation from 3 database sources

Technologies: VBA Macro Excel, Access Database, Inventory, SQL

SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS April 2014 – Oct. 2014

Budget Analyst (contract)

Developed Budget upload for SAP and Hyperion data using formulas and macros to simplify changes and upload process

Audit of Telecommunication devices to reduce costs

Analyzed Access database created by consultant to simplify team's understanding of its reports, tables, queries and macros

HOTWIRE COMMUNICATIONS March 2012 – Nov. 2013

Financial Analyst (contract)

Analyzed and reported on cable, circuit and telephone vendor invoices

Produced over $400,000 in savings

Prepared and posted all journal entries for vendor invoices including month end close

Managed reconciliation of accounts, analyzed forecast, budget and actual.

Analyzed customer base to assure services charged are same as services invoiced

Provi ded specialty reports as requested

DORMAN PRODUCTS Feb. 2011 – Feb. 2012

Data Analyst (contract)

Reduced forecast error by 10% using alternate forecast methods for intermittent sales

Developed new process to determine base order forecast, incremental forecast and total forecast

Developed Access program to calculate and compare moving average forecasts to statistical forecasts to determine best method

Found best statistical models in Demantra to reduce forecast error

Reviewed past year history of order vs forecast with high forecast error to ascertain any causal factor

SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS Aug. 2010 – Jan. 2011

IT Inventory Analyst (contract)

Managed reports on system to obtain software programs installed on users' systems

Determined user needs for programs

Investigated purchases of software licenses for Healthcare division. Ascertain proper documentation of license purchases

Reduced software license shortfall by $260,000

GLAXO SMITH KLINE Sept. 2009 – July 2010

Operations Analyst (contract)

Created and/or modified sales, product and customer reports using Oracle

Set up recurring report schedules through Oracle

Analyzed bi-weekly million dollar orders for conformity to contracts and supply chain

Updated customer records in Oracle

Developed weekly, monthly and quarterly customer order metrics using Excel

GMAC July 2008 – Aug. 2009

Financial Analyst (contract)

Created and analyzed 7 monthly reports using SAP and Excel

Performed periodic searches and reports in SAP and Business Objects

Maintained 4 Access databases of office equipment and wireless accounts

Updated data of new equipment as acquired in Access

Analyzed and determined least cost of equipment using Excel

Created RFI and RFP documents using Excel

Performed comparative analysis of contract bids

Reconciled supplier spend with contract fees

SOUTHCO INC May 2008 – July 2008

SAP Data Analyst (contract)

Prepared and cleansed data for input into SAP utilizing advanced Excel skills

Provided data input of additional information for customer records

Verified data integrity in SAP

Developed instructions for SAP users to create reports in Excel

Created Excel standardized forms for various departments

AMERIGAS PROPANE March 2008 – May 2008

Financial Analyst (contract)

Compiled accurate data and generated operating reports in Excel

Created and analyzed monthly OPEX report for variances

Prepared budget projections using forecasting tools

Created PowerPoint presentation for senior management regarding weekly project meeting

H. P. MITCHELL, INC Nov. 2004 – Feb. 2008

Financial Reporting Analyst

Responsible for all monthly financial reports and their analyses

Created monthly Sales report showing variances

Developed customer reports

Met with product representatives to review product pricing

EDUCATION

University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ

B.S., Business Administration

Minor: Finance & Accounting GPA: 3.67

B.S., Mathematics

Minor: Probability & Statistics GPA: 3.75

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Professional Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Oracle, SAP, Hyperion, Excel, Access, SAS, Minitab, Great Plains, Sharepoint, SQL, VBA, Saleforce.com

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