Project Manager Sales

RAM PARIKH

**** *** ***** ** ********, TX *****

Cell: 713-***-****

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EDUCATION:

University of Illinois at Chicago, December 2005

College of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science, Major: Finance

Cumulative GPA: 3.1/4.0

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Micro-Frame Project Manager,

WebFocus, Cobra, MS Sharepoint, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, TM1, Smart View

Essbase, Smart View Planning, Oracle, Cognos Reporting, Artemis

STRENGTHS:

. Ability to analyze and interpret information to make sound decisions

. Improve and streamline activities for efficiency

. Highly disciplined, ambitious individual with the ability to quickly

build rapport with clients

. Excellent communication skills and able to work well under pressure

WORK EXPERIENCE:

General Electric (Power and Water) Oct

2010 - Present

Project Finance / Program Manager

. Develop estimates, operating plans and forecasts for multiple projects

. Monthly closing responsibilities including revenue recognition,

account reconciliations and journal entries

. Report and review Balance Sheet and Income Statement data for project

level detail to senior management

. Responsible for revenue recognition policies, transfer of title and

risk of loss in order to forecast sales goals

Lockheed Martin May 2005 - Oct

2010

Financial Analyst (FP&A), Houston, TX Jun

2010 - Oct 2010

. Lead FP&A analyst supporting 3 major units totaling $35M in monthly

revenue

. Track, analyze, and present monthly actuals vs. forecast for 3 units

using Hyperion and Smart View

. Analyze profitability for specific areas and provide solutions for

problem areas

. Provide Ad-Hoc analysis to facilitate completion of the monthly close

cycle using Hyperion

. Facilitate the Long Range Plan (LRP) process by working with assigned

units to analyze past performance while including new opportunities

. Develop and maintain processes and reports to analyze key metrics

. Responsible for cash/ balance sheet reviews and expected sales and

EBIT goals

Financial Analyst, Houston, TX Jul

2009-Jun 2010

. Program controller responsible for cost controls, sales, cash, and

profit goals for a $80 million contract

. Create sales, cash, and profit outlooks using Hyperion and Smart View

for multiple contracts

. Provide and present variance explanations from actuals to outlook for

senior management while proposing action plans

. Interface with program managers and business managers to create

business rhythms which allow the proper operation of each contract and

validate outlooks to maintain forecasting accuracy

. Responsible for all financial and accounting for several contracts

including reconciliations, monthly close, journal entries, etc.

. Successfully cleared $500K in aged AR

. Identified profitability issues and worked with program mangers to

correct the situation

. Worked with the contracts department and customer to turn two problem

contracts into a positive ROS

Financial Analyst/ Earned Value Analyst, Houston, TX

May 2007- Jul 2009

. Led an effort to streamline and automate the external reporting

requirements which decreased processing time from 3 -5 days to 30

minutes

. Developed and implemented a pricing model to plan a $140 million

yearly contract

. Created a multi year forecast for a commercial contract to outline

sales and EBIT

. Execute monthly financial close process and report actual cost,

budget, and forecasts for NASA

. Develop and maintain complex excel-based financial models

. Generate ad hoc financial reports to support detailed analysis of

financial reporting using PeopleSoft

. Audit financial data to provide detailed analysis on financial

discrepancies and root causes

. Develop reports and metrics to identify areas of success as well as

areas that need additional support and improvement

. Perform financial analyses such as budgeting, forecasting, and

variance analyses

. Earned Value Management Administrator for a portion of a $500 million

NASA contract to support the Mission Control Center

Business Process Analyst / Internal Auditor, New Orleans, LA

Nov 2006- May 2007

. Analyzed business processes to formulate and develop new and modified

business information processing systems, such as production and

inventory control systems, financial tracking systems, marketing and

human resources systems

. Lead liaison between Lockheed Martin and Defense Contract Audit Agency

(DCAA)

. Evaluated and recommended improvements to business practices,

processes and control procedures in accordance with SOX procedures

. Prepared reports of audit findings and offered recommendations to

strengthen processes for management

Cost / Schedule Analyst, New Orleans, LA Dec

2005- Nov 2006

. Performed gap analysis on staffing for a new program, Crew Exploration

Vehicle

. Performed financial analyses such as budgeting, forecasting, and

variance analyses

. Assisted with the yearly Project Operations Plan (POP) and Operations

Plan (OP) by providing NASA with forecasts required to complete the

contractual effort

. Earned Value Management System Administrator including project

enhancement and pricing for a portion of the External Tank Program, a

$2 billion NASA contract

. Completed and presented monthly and quarterly financial reports to

facilitate the monthly close process

. Prepared ad hoc financial reports comparing cost and profit for

current and future projects in order to assess future and current

profitability

. Investigated financial discrepancies and prepared detailed analyses to

validate customer financial reporting

Cost / Schedule Analyst Intern, New Orleans, LA

May 2005 - Aug 2005

. Assisted in cost control activities for the External Tank Program

. Allocated costs, collected data, and prepared reports to maintain the

company's cost accounting system using Excel

. Examined and implemented new cost structures for existing areas of the

company

. Developed and presented reports comparing budgets with actual expenses

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