Management Analyst
Resume:
Colin Moynihan
*****.********@*****.***
Chicago, IL 60640
Education
Boston College, Carroll School of Management
Chestnut Hill, MA
Bachelor of Science: Finance, May 2005
Bachelor of Science: Marketing, May 2005
Experience
Senior Financial Analyst
Chicago, IL
Eastern Mountain Sports
September 2009 - Present
. Coordinate the preparation of yearly budgets for all areas of
operation including 67 retail stores, ecommerce operations, and
all overhead departments. Includes modeling, analysis, and
strategy meetings with executives, store management, and cost
center management.
. Prepare monthly financial packages and re-forecasts that
incorporate yearly actual results plus any anticipated budget
changes for the remainder of the year. Updates to three and
five year forecasts are done on a quarterly basis.
. Create variance analysis reports and work with managers to
identify budget/forecast variances and explain them to upper
management. This includes helping managers determine monthly
accruals and anticipate any future expenses or timing
constraints that may be different than budgeted.
. Trained new financial analyst to prepare financial reports and
use/maintain budgeting software, access databases, and other
systems necessary to perform our responsibilities.
. Work with department management to identify and track key
business metrics like customer traffic, transactions, conversion
and average dollar sales. This information is used to determine
effective promotions that help to drive key metrics in the right
direction. This includes strategy meetings to determine free
shipping and other offers to drive traffic and average dollar
sales.
. Help to identify potential new stores and create pro-forma
financial statements for senior management to review. The
company is currently moving to stores that are about twice as
large as their existing stores, so analysis is focused on
managing occupancy costs and what-if scenarios using different
revenue assumptions.
Senior Analyst
Chicago, IL
Mather Lifeways
August 2008 - September 2009
. Part of a team of three Senior Analysts that were responsible
for organization-wide budgeting. Included corporate office
budgeting, preparation/consolidation of the budgets for five
senior living facilities, and Board Report narrative. For 2009,
I led an initiative to cut net spending by 15% in my departments
as part of an effort to offset the company's declining endowment
value.
. Prepared monthly cash flow and financial forecasts. This
included fixed asset budgeting, account reconciliations,
variance analysis of all operations, and summarization of
endowment performance.
. Worked as lead analyst for the company's research arm, Mather
Lifeways Institute on Aging. Included program pricing, grant
proposal preparation, and statistical analysis for Board
Reports.
. Performed ad hoc analysis as directed by CFO and Controller on a
regular basis. This included an analysis of medical supply
expenses which led to a new RFID tracking system for medical
supplies at all senior living residences, the implementation of
a new "point of sale" system into the dining venues at our new
residences, and providing capital spending analysis for the
various Building Services Directors.
Financial Analyst II
San Diego, CA
BAE Systems
September 2006 - July 2008
. Worked as project lead for the conversion of all financial data
and reporting systems to Deltek Costpoint software. The main
responsibility was to ensure that all of the company's financial
reporting requirements and analysis needs would be met once the
new software went live.
. Forecasted cash flows and created cash reports to track actual
spending.
. Responsible for revenue recognition, monthly forecasts using
Hyperion, and variance analysis. Our finance team saw the
company generate over $200 million revenue during 2007 and
achieve its highest rate of return to date.
. Prepared pricing, budgets, and financial write-ups as part of a
proposal team working on multi-year government contracts. In
2007, our proposal team won bids for four contracts that will
generate $500 million in revenue for BAE Systems through 2012.
. Established Forward Pricing Rates including direct labor rates,
overhead rates, and general & administrative rates that were
approved by the DCAA. Captured actual rates for weekly Cost
Analysis Reports and provided analysis and explanations to upper
management.
. Prepared weekly cost reports aggregating cost data, budget data,
and funding levels. Calculated ETC's (Estimate to Completion)
for individual jobs within the contract I was assigned to.
Deal Capture Analyst
Chicago, IL Federal Home Loan
Bank of Chicago
September 2005 - August 2006
. Maintained the bank's trading databases and created hedge
reports and trade tickets for interest rate swaps, bonds,
futures, and advances.
. Created monthly reconciliation reports to address key
differences between the bank's market values and their counter-
party's market values for certain trades.
Skills
. In-depth knowledge of GAAP accounting principles gained through
work experience and coursework.
. Advanced skills with Microsoft Office products. Particularly
proficient with Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, macros), Access,
and Powerpoint.
. Extensive experience working closely with upper management
including CFO and CEO of Eastern Mountain Sports, Mather
Lifeways, and BAE Systems.
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