Analyst Sales

Kristi L. Taylor

**** *. ***** ****.

abl2y0@r.postjobfree.com

La Habra, CA 906**-***-***-

5413

SUMMARY

Financial Analyst with both technical & financial experience and a proven

ability to successfully implement new processes and systems which requires

building collaborative working relationships with other employees in other

departments.

EXPERIENCE

MASTER HALCO, INC., Orange, CA 06/08-Present

MH is the worlds leading distributor and manufacturer of perimeter security

and fencing.

Financial Analyst

As a Financial Analyst, my primary focus is analyzing & building budgeting

and forecasting solutions using Cognos software.

. Design and build models for business planning using Analyst

. Build, administer, and deploy Contributor applications through the

Contributor

Administration console

. Prepare, review and analyze the annual budget process and quarterly

forecast for over 90 departments

. Prepare financial statements and managerial reports

. Prepare quarterly summaries for executive management and BOD Board

package

. Analyze, research and explain variances to budget, prior year and prior

forecasts

. Involved in annual Inventory Audits

. Compile JSOX compliance reports

. Data extraction & analysis

. Load budget/planning to parent company using Hyperion Fusion

. Helped with Cognos Planning 8.4 upgrade from 7.3

. Train users in new processes and system usage

. Provide technical guidance and support

. Establish and maintain JDE System General Accounting module

. Maintain and create JDE FASTR Reports

. Prepare and maintain Spreadsheet Server Templates

ROSE HILLS COMPANY, Whittier, CA 09/07 - 05/08

Rose Hills is the largest single-operated cemetery in the world.

Accounting Analyst/Accountant

Prepared and analyzed financial statements and financial reporting

. Managed monthly and year-end closing process

. Processed monthly financial statements and prepared reconciliations

. Mapped general ledger accounts to parent company's financial statements

. Prepared Financial Statement template to conform with parent company

. Created JDE reports to pull quick and accurate

. Compared SGA expenses versus budget to identify risks and opportunities

. Conducted Gross Margin Analysis to monitor cost of sales of merchandise

. Constructed sales reports and distribute to management

GORDON BERNARD COMPANY, Milford, OH 06/05 - 07/07

Gordon Bernard is the nation's leading custom calendar fundraising company.

Advertising Editor

Complete responsibility for accuracy of advertisements

. Organized and edited advertisements on calendars before final printing

. Ensure all advertisements meet customers' requirements

SNAAC, Cincinnati, OH 02/03 - 03/04

SNAAC provides finance products to auto dealerships that serve military

personnel in the US

Staff Accountant/Accounting Systems

Prepared financial statements and created accounting reports with new

system

. Implemented and maintained general accounting systems and daily analysis

of financial information

. Maintained the fixed asset system

. Audited the work of the accounting clerks

. Prepared the daily wire information for money transfer of sold loans

. Implemented and customized company's new information system using Oracle

. Wrote queries using tables residing in an Oracle database to write

reports using Oracle 6i

. Used Crystal Reports to generate reports

. Tested the accuracy and efficiency of new program in regards to company's

unique needs

. Trained and educated staff on the new system

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, GPA 3.5 The Ohio State University,

Columbus, OH

. Full Scholarship in OSU Softball

IBM, 3 IBM Cognos 8.4 Training Courses

. Analyst: 5 day course

. Contributor: 4 day course

. Administer the Technical Environment: 3 day course

Oracle University, JDE

. JDE/FASTR online course

SYSTEMS EXPERTISE

Microsoft Excel

. Expert level Excel user including: pivot tables, macro creation, and

formula building (IF, AND/OR, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, etc)

Microsoft Power Point

. Advanced level user including: creating slide masters, working with

templates and layouts, inserting object, creating graphs and organization

charts

JD Edwards/FASTR

. Advanced user of FASTR reporting including report libraries, use of

common rows and columns, and use of override cells

Hyperion Fusion

. Data submission through FDM, Hyperion Reporting and Smart View

Cognos 8 Planning

. Analyst: Design and build models for business planning

. Contributor: build, administer, and deploy Contributor applications

through the Contributor Administration Console, manage security using the

Cognos 8 security, perform administrative tasks, such as importing and

publishing data, and deploy the application to the Cognos 8 portal.

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