Analyst Management

Scott McHugh

Astoria, NY *****, Telephone: 917-***-****

E-Mail: ***************@***.***

Education

Current City University of New York, Baruch College New York, NY

Masters Candidate, Specialization in Management, Part-time student: Degree expected in December of 2014

2003 New York University: Professional Certificate in Finance New York, NY

1999 Hofstra University, Zarb School of Business Hempstead, NY B.B.A., Accounting, Cumulative GPA: 3.68

Experience

2013 – Pres. Consulting and Temporary Assignments in Accounting, Budgeting and FP&A.

2011 – 2012 Choice Health Plans New York, NY

Senior FP&A Analyst, Contract, Budgeting Assignments

* Worked with internal actuaries to support future profitability analysis and to identify budget-related issues.

* Conducted investigative departmental budget meetings to thoroughly gather information and clarify expectations.

* Updated the annual $700M budget based on revised revenue rates, headcount forecasts and organizational plans.

* Prepared General Ledger journal entries for the month-end closing process.

2009 – 2011 The City of New York, Office of Budget Administration New York, NY

Associate Staff Analyst, Finance

* Hired as a provisional employee to perform grant-related post-award functions, including budgeting and expense analysis, periodic invoicing, labor allocations and financial status reports.

* Produced timely regulatory reporting for agency-related Federal stimulus grant activity to ensure compliance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

* Responsible for the coordination of external and internal audits of grant and contract activity.

2004 – 2008 Terra- Gen Power LLC. Previously a division of Caithness Energy LLC New York, NY

(New ownership in December 2007 they downsized company in May 2008).

Analyst, Finance Dept.

* Responsible for the annual budgeting program for 20 individual utility-scale renewable energy power plants.

* Worked closely with plant operators, treasury, tax, accounting, and commercial operations to determine appropriate budgeting assumptions and financial modeling structures.

* Prepared selected journal entries and reviewed all journal entries prepared by project accountants.

* Created and introduced a quarterly organization-wide internal financial reporting process that identifies and provides management explanations for significant operating and capital expense variances.

* Track construction progress of new power plants and EPC contract milestone progress.

Business Management Dept.

* Provided analytical support to the business / asset management group for three wind power plants.

* Developed and maintained financial models that forecast income statements, cash flows and balance sheets.

* Prioritized capital re-investments into the existing projects using scenario based cost-benefit techniques.

* Managed cash balances and funding requirements for working capital and debt service accounts.

* Functioned as a document specialist, contract administrator and invoice processor.

* Assisted developers prepare responses to RFP’s.

* Performed monthly land lease accounting.

2003 Consulting and Temporary Assignments in the Banking and Financial Services Industry.

2001 – 2002 Citigroup / Salomon Smith Barney, Investment Banking Division New York, NY

Business Analyst

* Responsible for the development and maintenance of revenue, expense and banker activity reports.

* Generated and analyzed statistical data for monthly strategic business reviews.

* Maintained the Business Continuity / Emergency Plans for the North American Technology Banking Group.

Computer Skills: Advanced Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, Great Plains, MS Dynamics, Oracle, Hyperion Essbase, SAS, SPSS and MS Navision.

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