Manager Sales

Ron W. Zisman

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Financial Planning / analysis . Operations

A FINANCIAL professional with extensive experience in finance and

accounting within a Fortune 100 / Dow 30 company. Demonstrated leadership,

organizational and communication skills, a strong team player, and able to

manage and execute multiple projects in a results driven environment.

Significant experience in the areas of:

Financial Quota Analysis Strategic Planning V-Frame

Reporting

Budgeting Asset Accounting Process Improvement Hyperion

Variance Analysis Revenue Accounting Consolidations Essbase

Trend Analysis Billing Metrics Outlook / Best SAP

Views

EXPERIENCE

Verizon Communications Inc. / GTE

MANAGER - FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS

Thousand Oaks, CA . (2006 - 2008)

Managed team of financial analysts responsible for financial planning,

analysis and reporting of expense

and force results for the Sales Channels in the West Coast and Central

Regions (consisting of > 2,000

employees with total annual expense budgets in excess of $150M).

. Developed and tracked operating budgets and commitment / best views, and

provided general financial support and advocacy to assist Sales teams in

meeting financial business objectives.

. Promoted client, IT department and finance peer understanding of internal

telecommunications expenditures through ongoing review and challenge of

booked expenses. Efforts resulted in normalization of monthly billings

approximating $1M, as well as elimination of erroneous billings in excess

of $500K annually.

. Monitored key operating metrics to promote understanding of expense

variance drivers and facilitate improved efficiencies.

MANAGER - FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS

Irving, TX . (2002 - 2006)

Managed team of financial analysts responsible for financial planning,

analysis and reporting of expense

and force results for the South/West Consumer Sales Centers and National

Sales Support Organization

(NSSC). Developed and tracked annual operating budgets in excess of $400M.

. Directed the implementation and refinement of force to load models for

the NSSC, which greatly facilitated the justification of force requests

and accuracy of expense forecasts, understanding of NSSC functions, and

improved efficiencies in the centers.

. Implemented efficiency reports for the consumer sales centers which

measured the impact of key metrics (call handling time, utilization, and

occupancy) on each center's ability to handle customer call volumes.

. Developed monthly allocation of sales quota by product by individual

call center.

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SPECIALIST - FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS

Irving, TX . (2000 - 2002)

Responsible for integration, consolidation, reporting and analysis of

expense and force results for the

Retail Markets line of business.

. Played a key role in the immediate post-merger (GTE and Bell Atlantic

becoming Verizon) period by developing, recommending and communicating

standard, integrated reporting procedures and process improvements for

the Retail Markets finance team.

. Served as the technical expert in the implementation, correction and

ongoing maintenance of a new cost center structure.

. Provided simultaneous FP&A support to variety of organizations,

including Marketing, Human Resources, Receivables Management and Finance.

SPECIALIST - FINANCE MANAGEMENT

Irving, TX . (1999 - 2000)

Managed financial planning, analysis and reporting of expense and force

results activities for the

Consumer & Business Product Management and Product Marketing teams.

Developed

operating budgets and detailed monthly reporting and analysis of results.

. Provided ongoing analysis of CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) cost of

goods sold to facilitate understanding of product margins. Participated

in the development and implementation of an intercompany CPE direct ship

settlement voucher process, thereby eliminating the need for manual

billing and improving the accuracy of financial results.

. Acted as Product Management / Region Operations liaison for the

capital transfer process to ensure that region specific capital

requirements were funded on a timely basis, and to monitor and reconcile

actual spending against project funding.

STAFF FINANCE MANAGER

Irving, TX . (1997 - 1999)

Oversaw strategic five year plans, current year operating budgets and

quarterly commitment views

for the GTE national footprint.

. Assisted internal business units in the development and communication

of financial targets and assumptions for various Strategic Business Units

(SBUs).

. Performed review and analysis of SBU inputs and key business drivers

to ensure understanding and upward communication of strategic issues and

related financial impacts.

. Developed and analyzed income statements, balance sheets and

cash flow statements for a variety of SBUs, including GTE ILEC, GTE

Communications, GTE Wireless and GTE Internetworking.

OTHER RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GTE (Merged into Verizon)

Manager - National Customer Billing Measurements, Thousand Oaks, CA

Section Manager - Revenue Accounting, Thousand Oaks, CA

Section Manager - Continuing Property Records (Asset Accounting), Thousand

Oaks, CA

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration - Finance, University of California, Los

Angeles

Bachelor of Science - Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

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