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Hodson McFarland

Career Objective

Driven and goal oriented student and professional with proven leadership and reporting skills seeking a

challenging financial position which allows me to utilize my knowledge attained trough my college education

and work experience.

E xperience

July 2014 - Present

United Arab Shipping Company, (S.A.G.)

Norcross, GA

Pricing & Yield Executive – Middle East

Analyze specific pricing request submitted by local agencies and recommended responses in

accordance with agreed policies.

Recommend capacity allocation between ports within trade and monitor actual utilization

Prepare appropriate business plan within the trade to optimize yield

Collect, analyze, interpret, & present revenue & rate reports to monitor agency & port utilization

within Trade

File agreed upon rates in TRUST operating system

Lead Project within trade to fine-tune newly implemented TRUST operating system by reporting

and documenting problems, developing appropriate solutions, & presenting proposal to Senior IT

officials

Aug 2013 – Jan 2014

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

Graduate Research Assistant IT

Provide performance metrics for IT department’s graduate and undergraduate employee performance

Create work schedules for IT department employees

Provide end-of-semester undergraduate evaluations examining performance, punctuality, attitude, &

appearance

Monitor & enforce University rules & regulations in UWG computer labs

Education

Aug 2013 - Present

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

Masters of Business Administration

AACSB Accredited MBA Program

GPA – 3.5

One class (3 hours) remaining after current semester

Aug 2009 – April 2013

University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA

Bachelors of Business Administration, Finance

GPA – 3.0

Activities and Honors

Chi Phi Fraternity, Treasurer - Aug 2011 – July 2012

Finance Club - 2009 – 2013

Hope Scholarship Recipient - 2010 – 2013

Chi Phi Scholarship Eric Crenshaw Award Recipient – 2011

Dean’s List – Summer 2012, Fall 2013, Sumer 2014

Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office, with excellent Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables & VLOOKUP

experience)

Strong organizational skills with excellent ability to adapts to difficult situations

Confident communication and public speaking skills

Sales, billing services, & accounts receivable experience

Financial reporting experience

Critical & analytically thinking, detail oriented, & leadership skills

SAS & TRUST software experience

R eferences

Available upon request

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