JIGNESH VADGAMA
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Summary: Experienced Business Professional with more than 5 years of experience. Other qualities and skill set includes:
Strategic
Adept at financial, budget and operational analysis and Tactical Planning, Business
with strong track record of accurately conveying Development, Team Building and Leadership, Client
deliverables. Vendor Relationship
Advanced Excel (VLookup, Pivot Tables, etc.),
Strong understanding of Finance & Accounting,
GAAP, Financial Statements & Analysis, Financial Microsoft Office, MS Visio, MS Access, SQL,
Planning & Analysis, Trend Analysis, Budgeting, ORACLE, MS Project, QuickBooks, Spreadsheet
Forecasting, Accruals, Tracking Costs, Capital Market, models
Trading, Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Swaps, Real
Estate Excellent Analytical, Analysis, Presentation &,
Logical Skills, and aptitude for working with numbers
Business Analysis & Planning, Requirement
Gathering, Planning Convention and Meetings, Planning & Excellent Communication & Interpersonal skills,
Implementing Marketing Plan, Performed Accounting Public Relations & Speaking, Exceptionally dedicated,
Functions Self motivated and Quick Learner
Knowledge of Financial Modeling, SAP, C++
Professional Experience
Asian American Retailers Association (AARA) Greenbrook, NJ 08812
Strategic Planner May 2009 - Present
Performed Business Analysis; Prepared business plan and presented goals and vision; and formed policies and procedures
Prepared and executed financial plan, prepared & monitored budgets Set sales target and performed forecasting
Prepared periodic reports comparing budget to actual and analyzed Income & Expense variance
Analyzed P & L and generated Ad-hoc reports
Conducted meetings with Board Members, updated meeting minutes and developed management reportin g
Managed and Led the Business Development planning process; and Marketing efforts
Performed cost benefit analysis for various projects
Planned and Coordinated Meetings, Convention and Educational Seminars
Reviewed contracts and agreements
Developed Advertising Plan; and produced Convention Materials, News Letters, Fliers, Conducted Market Research to
coordinate the Trade Show
Performed Accounting Functions including Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables and Prepared Invoices and General
Ledger
Performed Bank Reconciliations with General Ledger
Maintained members’ data and developed the Member Database as and when needed
Generated ad-hoc reports
Performed Gap analysis, Gathered requirement and assisted programmer in updating company website; and prepared and
updated business documents
Member Services
Performed analysis and developed business plans for members’ business and their new venture
Developed a procedure to run the payroll and performed business analysis
Performed forecasting and variance analysis
Generated reports including ad-hoc reports from the raw data sets
Performed financial analysis along with controlling duties
Wood View Furniture Ahmedabad, India
Planner / Analyst Nov 2002 – Dec 2003
Prepared Tenders, Budgets, Proposals and Business plan
Reviewed Contracts and Agreements
Analyzed company’s financial needs and worked with management
Assisted in project planning and budgeting for the company
Generated detailed financial projections and monitored expenses
Performed Resource Planning, Allotted resources and labor adequately on each projects
SBI (State Bank of India) & ICICI Bank (BBA Project) Ahmedabad, India
Comparative Study of the Marketing Strategies October 2002 – March 2003
Marketing strategies, products comparisons, advertising plans, media selection
Kanoria Chemical & Industries Ltd. (BBA Project) Ahmedabad, India
Financial Statement Analysis of Three years Published Data Nov 2001 – April 2002
Ratio analysis, financial statement comparison
Projects & Research
Financial Result Analysis for “The Home Depot”
Portfolio Management Analysis of “Exxon Mobil & Walgreen”
Forecasting a Stock Trade of Google Inc
Marketing Plan to Introduce a New Product
Bond Valuation
Market Timing and Stock Option Plan
Education
MBA (Accounting) – In Progress
University of Northern Virginia, Annandale, VA 22003
MBA (Finance Major) – May 2007
New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY10023
BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) – May 2003
N.R. IBA (Institute of Business Administration), Gujarat, India
Award
Winner of First Prize for conducting “Ad-Mad Show”.
(Market Research, Brand Name, Budgeting, Pricing, Scripting Advertisement, Coordinating Advertisement)