Quality Assurance Analyst
Resume:
CHRISTOPHER J. BROWER
Beaverton, OR 97006-4057
Objective: Responsible and highly motivated finance professional looking to
help your organization excel by providing timely and accurate information
needed to make solid operational business and revenue generation decisions.
New challenges are a must, as I bring excellent time management and
communication skills as well as a desire to learn your processes and create
new business practices. I work extremely well in groups or individually,
and will be able to provide world class service.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Experience:
7 years as a Financial Analyst
- Performed extensive financial and variance analysis.
- Proven financial modeling experience.
- Generated accurate and concise budgets and forecasts.
- Prepared pricing pro-forma analysis for sales and executive teams.
- Presented monthly and quarterly financial details to executives and
management.
- Created ad-hoc reporting as requested and completed special project
analysis.
- Reported weekly and monthly expenditures from accounting.
- Made cost alignment proposals to management.
Additional Qualifications:
- Master of Business Administration degree with coursework in Finance
and Economics.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and intermediate skills with Access,
PowerPoint, Visio, and Outlook. Generally experienced with Hyperion
and Essbase.
- Familiar with accounting principles and procedures as well as ORACLE
accounting systems. Able to use accounting analytics to gain the
information needed for financial and pricing analysis.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Jan 2007-Present: The TriZetto Group; Greenwood Village, CO
A $550 million+ information technology company totally devoted to the
healthcare industry, which serves 40% of the insured population of the
United States.
Pricing Analyst
- Generated price quotes using existing models or custom options and
created pricing models for use by team members.
- Conducted and reported pricing discount trends and analysis.
- Analyzed and reported Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (VSOE) to
external auditors to prove revenue recognition methodologies for
software, hosting, and consulting services.
- Recognized for the creation and implementation of an Access database
to track all pricing activity. The database has been used to report
discounting trends to the Board of Directors and senior leadership and
serves as a historical record.
Finance Analyst
- Generated annual budgets and monthly forecasting for the Business
Services division representing $200+ million in revenue and 500+
employees.
- Created timely and accurate variance analysis used to drive revenue
and expense decisions, capability adjustments, and customer relations.
- Communicated with executive and senior vice presidents to assist with
financial planning decisions.
- Produced ad hoc reporting and analysis, such as resource allocation
and expenses related to vendor procurement activities, saving the
company over $100,000 in annual expense.
Apr 2006- Jan 2007: Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel; Denver, CO
The OCC represents the interests of consumers before the Public
Utilities Commission, certain federal agencies (such as the Federal
Communications Commission.
Budget Analyst
- Generated and maintained office Budget and forecasting of $1.37 million
including allocation models and created monthly expense detail and
staffing reports.
- Responsible for office accounting functions including accounts payable.
Oct 2002- Jan 2006: Finance Analyst, Mortgage Capital Division Lehman
Brothers (Aurora Loan Services); Littleton, CO
Aurora provided residential mortgage loans in the United States, as
well as loan servicing activities.
Finance Analyst
- Generated $3 million budget and periodic forecasting for five Corporate
G&A departments including personnel and non-personnel expense
allocations and staffing projections.
- Created daily and monthly staff, production, and expense reports for the
company and individual departments to track allocations and make
forecast adjustments.
- Conducted financial and variance analysis on monthly and daily expense
and staffing data. Performed financial and expense comparisons between
profit and loss statements and the budget to determine any line items
that required further review.
- Collected, reviewed, and reported various other information such as
quality assurance findings, loan exceptions, capital project status and
management requested data.
2005-Present: US Navy Reserve; Buckley AFB, CO
Intelligence Specialist
- Build and disseminate various reporting on global shipping activities.
- Create PowerPoint presentations for senior leadership.
- Brief senior leadership on various ally and adversary activities.
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration, Business
Colorado Technical University, November 2002
Bachelor of Arts, History
Florida State University, April 2001
Bachelor of Science, Accounting
University of Maryland, (In Progress)
REFERENCES
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