YOUNG KWON 901-***-****
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SUMMARY
Currently offering pricing and business analytics leadership to sales
organization to exceed corporate revenue and asset utilization goal.
Provided financial leadership to $5B operations division at FedEx Express.
Developed and executed initiatives that generated positive impact on both
operational and financial performance as listed below:
. Management of $1B annual budget development process and
weekly/monthly/quarterly forecasting
. Significant improvement in financial control over $750M expense with
implementation of executive dashboard reporting
. Retention of $7M annual military commission revenue through successful
negotiation with government agency
. Major contribution to securing more than $200M in incremental revenue
. 250% increase in customer acquisition rate for Midwest sales district
EXPERIENCE
FedEx Services
(2005 - Present)
Senior Strategic Marketing Analyst
Responsible for entire strategic pricing process from analysis to
delivering customized pricing to sales. Train sales and improve pricing
process to enhance organizational performance and market penetration. Guide
offshore finance organizations and major global account teams to
successfully complete critical RFQ's and RFP's.
. Offered analytical and strategic guidance to sales management, resulting
in generation of more than $200M in new revenue.
. Led development and execution of new corporate fuel surcharge policy,
resulting in capture of more than $20M in net profit on an annualized
basis.
. Streamlined global pricing process and produced extensive documentation
that is designed to better educate sales and improve process efficiency.
. Initiated turnaround strategy resulting in 250% increase in customer
acquisition rate for St. Louis district. The strategy targeted
identifying process bottleneck, influencing sales behavior, and improving
partnership with sales.
. Core lead in overseeing annual customized rate increase for over 30 major
corporate accounts. Ensured the accuracy and timeliness of rate increase
for these major customers.
FedEx Express
(2000 - 2005)
Senior Financial Analyst
(2004 - 2005)
Managed annual budgeting and financial reporting process for 6 operating
groups with annual spend of $1B. Developed and established internal control
policies and processes for regulatory compliance and productivity
improvement. Offered guidance and analytical expertise to project teams on
resource allocation decisions. Delivered ad hoc financial and operational
insights to Chief Financial Officer and other senior executives.
. Created aircraft engine maintenance financial model forecasting $380M
annual expenditure, resulting in accurate reporting of incremental cost
of FedEx's largest government business, increased productivity of
planning process and improved analytical capabilities for division
finance group.
. Oversaw team of managers in inventory control, aircraft maintenance,
engineering and accounting department to achieve Sarbanes Oxley 404
compliance for the division.
. Improved financial control over $750M aircraft maintenance expense
through creation of key aircraft operations metrics for management
dashboard reporting.
. Saved more than $10M in capital expenditure for corporate aviation group
with development and execution of new corporate jet usage policy and new
corporate jet chargeback rate.
. Partnered with engineering project teams to develop business cases that
secured funding approvals for critical capital investment projects,
including various engineering hardware/software and IT infrastructure.
Financial Analyst
(2000 - 2004)
Managed annual budgeting and financial reporting process for 3 operating
groups with annual revenue of $100M and spend of $30M. Delivered financial
expertise to facilitate resource allocation decisions. Created government
rate proposals, coordinated Defense Contract Audit Agency's audits and
negotiated with agency of U.S. Department of Defense. Delivered ad hoc
financial and operational insights to Chief Financial Officer and other
senior executives.
. Developed P&L model for aircraft charter operation, resulting in accurate
analysis of business opportunities, profitability analysis and
significant reduction in turnaround time for management's ad hoc
requests.
. Retained $7M in annual military commission revenue through justification
of aircraft operating cost and highlighting the flaw in government's
commission calculation logic to Air Mobility Command (agency of U.S.
Department of Defense).
. Department core lead in collaborating with IT group to develop automated
business planning system. Provided business requirements and performed
usability and quality testing of beta versions.
. While managing weekly financial forecasting process for the division
finance group, reduced reporting turnaround time through process
reengineering.
3M Korea
(1993 - 1997)
Corporate Outsourcing and Purchasing Analyst
Involved in global supplier development projects for new product
development programs and cost-reduction initiatives of U.S. headquarters.
Resolved supplier quality issues and managed vendors for compliance with
corporate quality standards.
. Core lead in 2 major supplier development projects for consumer and
industrial groups. On-time vendor development enabled successful new
product launch for the 2 groups.
. Resolved major quality issue at global hook and loop supplier prior to
deadline, preventing drop in product market share.
. Forged procedure in collaboration with group of analysts from 5 countries
in Asia-Pacific region that simplified information gathering process for
supplier development projects.
EDUCATION
MBA in Finance - Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
MS in Accounting - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
BA in English Literature - Hallym University, Chun-Chon, Korea
STRENGTHS
. Leadership, teamwork, flexibility, goal-oriented, commitment, ability to
handle ambiguity, ability to handle multiple assignments, project
management, process improvement, detail-oriented, communication and
executive presentation.
. Budgeting, variance analysis, profitability analysis, resource
allocation, GAAP, internal controls, statistical analysis, financial
modeling, pricing & business analysis, business case development,
Illinois CPA certificate and executive reporting.
. MS Word, MS Excel, Powerpoint, MS Outlook, SQL programming, NCR Teradata,
Oracle Essbase and Mac OS X. Some knowledge on Python, Objective C,
Xcode and UNIX.