Business, Finance, Cost/Price Analyst, Engineering
Resume:
Wixom, Mi *****
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Tamara Gristan Resume
MS Finance
Walsh College
MS Engineering
Railway Transportation Institute
Career History
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital Sep 2009 - Apr 2010
Revenue Cycle/Operations Analyst -VOLUNTEER
Analysis or revenue, capacity of new/additional service facility; conducting
statistical analysis, ongoing program evaluations and cost containment
studies; analyzing health care data and assist in the development of
strategies to improve quality, utilization and costs; developing performance
metrics and reporting tools; data analysis and testing; reporting and
presenting analysis results.
Con-Way Companies Oct 2007 - Nov 2008
Ann-Arbor, MI
Sr. Pricing / Revenue Analyst, Analytics Group
Cost control, modeling and analysis. Establishes and monitors trends and
seasonality for revenue cycle directing process improvement initiatives to
assure revenue integrity. Analyzed trends, forecasted revenue, and
interpreted and presented results. Maintaining project plans in Microsoft
Project, performing statistical analysis, making decisions based on analysis
and business opportunities, forecasting benefits, managing risk, making
decisions based on researched customer needs; development of long-range
financial forecasts and related budgets, considering alternative scenarios
and economic prospects as appropriate. Assists and influences
management in implementing action items.
Managing the processes associated with demand, revenue, forecasting,
opportunity analysis, and coordinating with Parts & Logistics, port releases,
and market introductions; Developing metrics and reporting to measure
group performances for management;Identifying revenue problems and
opportunities with sufficient lead time to positively impact revenues. Finding
new ways to effectively generate revenues; ensuring a strategic mix of
business and pricing strategies are set; continuously analyzing competitive
sets, price positioning, seasonality and mix; using all Yield Management
tools (statistical data analysis) available to maximize efforts; performing
market and competitor specific analysis, the development and
implementation of pricing guidelines and policies, the development and
implementation of general rate increases/decrease, the rationalization of
existing or potential surcharges and accessorial fees, monitoring business
unit profitability, and the management of compliance measurement
guidelines, assisting in the consolidation of Company-wide financial result
and preparing detailed supporting schedules and analysis to support
disclosures made by the Company.
Software programs: : Quantum, U2, Crystal Reports Micro-Strategy, Excel,
Access, SQL, AQT, Oracle, MS Office, Mainframe, Visio, PP and others
Chrysler CTC, DCX Apr 2007 - Oct 2007
Contract through Aerotek Engineering
Sr. Cost Analyst
Analyze historical data identifying cost pools and cost drivers,
collecting the cost data, performing multiple regression analysis
for each cost pool and complete model per module and car line;
Design-To-Cost Concepts analysis and presentations to
engineering community; designing cost and price models to
predict the future cost and challenge suppliers; advise and
provide ideas for cost reduction to suppliers for production
strategies.Run and set up queries for reporting; Analyze and
evaluate operating results and financial position for assigned
accounts; provide cost estimate on parts, assemblies and tooling
and advises Buyers on negotiations. Identify and present
opportunities for process improvement, cost reduction, and
operational efficiencies; prepared the best practice playbook;
preparing cost analysis for suppliers production process and
development to question their charges to Chrysler; tracking
status of CNs and resolving the cost estimating issues.
IPA-IBA- Management Consulting Co. (working from MI)
Chicago, IL Mar 2001 - Apr 2007
Senior Business Analyst
Analyze small and medium size businesses, determine the
financial impact of ownership decision making, review corporate
structure, business planning and benchmarking to industry
standards, cost & price analysis; Company
investment analysis, comparison and recommendations to
establish best ROI, review/improve bidding procedures,
conducting interviews w/owners, senior management, key
employees; analyzing the historical financial data of the
company; perform multiple regression analysis; establishing data
trends and variances from budget and cash flow forecast;
establishing problem cost; making recommendations to improve
efficiency, productivity and bottom line profitability of the
business and providing recommendations as well as scheduling
the implementation process. Responsible for weekly and periodic
reporting on financials and business trends.
Software programs: : Quantum, U2, Crystal Reports Micro-Strategy, Excel,
Access, SQL, AQT, Oracle, MS Office, Mainframe, Visio, PP and others
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