Project Manager Sales

NINA PAYAKNITI

**** ******** *****, *** *****, CA 90732 . 310-***-**** .

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EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business Los

Angeles, CA

Master of Business Administration, Finance and Marketing, Beta Gamma Sigma

Honors

California State Polytechnic University Pomona, CA

Bachelor of Science, Accounting

KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Budgets, Treasury, Purchasing, Policy Setting, Process Improvement,

Financial Modeling

Reporting, Job Costing, Full P&L, Variance Analyses, Full Cycle

Accounting, Capex Requests

Business Partner, Natural Leader, Self-Starter, Management

Distribution, Consumer Products, Real Estate, Retail, Services,

Advertising, Engineering

Hyperion, Oracle, Timberline, Solomon, Quickbooks, Microsoft Office 2007

Intermediate Excel (vlookup, sumproduct, macros, pivot tables,

conditional formatting, goal seek)

EXPERIENCE

Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Inc. Anaheim, CA

Finance Manager 2007 - present

Managed financial planning and treasury at commercial refrigeration company

(12 states, $165MM revenues).

(Financial Planning: in a newly created role and reporting to the CFO,

developed a financial planning process. Presented/reviewed budgets with

executives and assisted 30+ non-finance, senior managers with budget

preparation.

(Financial/Business Analysis: implemented new monthly metrics reporting and

created metrics database. Led a team on Savings & Waste Reduction project

that resulted in two process changes.

(Treasury: converted banking services. Created policies, procedures, and

manuals. Created weekly A/P and Collections targets. Managed senior

accountant, line of credit, and volatile cash situation.

( Accomplishments: purchased and implemented Microsoft Forecaster with

minimal IT support and small budget.

Mattel, Inc. El Segundo, CA

Sr. Financial Analyst - International Finance (From 2006 - To 2007) 2002 -

2007

Financial and project management as European Regional Analyst (14 markets,

largest international region).

(Finance: presented/reviewed budgets and results with executive managers.

Developed effective reporting tools.

(Business/Project Management: served as finance project manager on

executive team of internal staff and consultants (team of 10-15 persons).

Prepared capital expenditure requests.

( Accomplishments: attained Board green light to fund $30MM retail project

in Shanghai.

Sr. Financial Analyst - Logistics Finance (From 2004 - To 2006)

Financial, business, and inventory management of Mattel's Toy Stores in

California and Texas.

(Finance: prepared/presented budgets, results, and metrics to senior

management. Prepared capex requests.

(Business: assisted in store openings (market research, analyses,

approvals, roll-out; 12 stores in '04; 3rd party use). Partnered in

reengineering processes/pricing. Led 21-27 store managers/staff on systems,

processes, and analyses.

(Inventory Management: analyzed and managed all inventory balances and

movement, inventory/sales systems, internal controls, product line,

shrinkage, and warehouse space. Created checks and measures in all

processes.

( Accomplishments: identified and repaired inefficient processes, which led

to ~$400k reduction in freight, labor, and shrinkage. Decentralized

budgeting. Provided training and a routine; instilled a desire for

profitability.

Analyst - Temporary Consultant (From 2002 - To 2003)

Lead analyst in systems conversion project validating data for 44

companies. Led team of 5-8 consultants.

( Accomplishments: named lead within one week. Completed project one week

earlier and with fewer consultants.

NINA PAYAKNITI

1303 Westmont Drive, San Pedro, CA 90732 . 310-***-**** .

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EXPERIENCE (continued) (Page 2)

Sony/Columbia Tri-Star Home Video Culver City, CA

Sales Planning and Marketing Intern 2002 - 2002

Analyzed box office take, product sales, and trade/fan web sites for sales

and profit projections and acquisition considerations. Analyzed retailer

inventory and historical sales to project replenishments. Prepared pricing

grids.

Foote, Cone, & Belding El Segundo, CA

Assistant Controller 1999 - 2001

Managed all financial aspects of ad agency business unit that serviced

Mattel's Boys and Sunkist accounts ($125MM revenues).

(Financial Planning/Reporting: prepared/analyzed forecasts, monthly

results, and variances by client/expense. Provided accruals for Mattel.

Approved payables and billings, calculated payroll and supervised 3-5

persons.

(Job Costing: collaborated with staff on job costs/budgets of clients

Sunkist and Mattel (150+ new jobs per year).

( Accomplishments: collaborated with corporate and other FCB offices on

reengineering processes, centralization, and office closure.

Castle & Cooke Los Angeles, CA

Senior Financial Analyst 1997 - 1999

Managed treasury, financial, and consolidation functions of corporate

office of diverse real estate company ($300MM revenues).

(Financial Planning/Reporting: calculated/consolidated forecasts and

monthly results for corporate office and six divisions. Created dazzling

slide shows and binders for Board of Directors meetings. Prepared

schedules for 10K, 10Q, and press releases. Processed payables,

intercompany, and allocations. Created policies/procedures.

(Treasury: managed, forecasted, and consolidated cash of over 60 bank

accounts, tracked debt obligations and interest rates, met with bankers

regarding financial services/systems, and created policies/procedures.

(Accomplishments: negotiated a full-year's refund in bank charges and a 25%

reduction in future monthly fees.

Health Care Property Investors Los Angeles, CA

Senior Accountant 1996 - 1997

Analyzed operating leases and formulated percentage rent models for

healthcare REIT (200+ facilities in 48 states).

Formulated models to calculate and forecast revenues by facility, analyzed

lessees' financial statements, prepared variance analysis report for Board

of Directors. Analyzed leases, parcel maps, appraisals, and

trends/fluctuations in reimbursements, occupancy, competition, and

programs.

Montgomery Watson Pasadena, CA

Analyst - International Finance 1994 - 1996

Financial management for six subsidiaries of engineering firm ($350MM

revenues). Prepared and analyzed results, tracked options, A/P,

intercompany, allocations and capex. Managed cash. Set-up companies on

Timberline. Supervised/developed staff.

( Accomplishments: developed the career of a data-entry temp who later

attained his Accounting degree and became a Senior Accountant.

MTN/Imperial Bottle Irwindale, CA

Controller 1988 - 1994

Managed all financial, administrative, and purchasing functions at a

wholesale distributor ($5MM revenues).

(Finance: prepared budgets, financials, cash forecasts, analyses. Developed

sales targets and proposed pricing.

(Other: managed office/warehouse staff of 18-20. Purchased

goods/services. Performed IT and H/R functions.

(Accomplishments: successfully led company to meet monthly targets.

Implemented health care benefits. Wrote Cal-OSHA manual.

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