Manager Project
Resume:
ROSETTE MELIKIAN, CFA CPA CFE
Boston, MA 02108
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Summary
Experienced finance professional at the advisory side of the business. More
than 8 years of experience in finance and accounting, including valuations,
forecasting, modeling, planning & budgeting. MBA degree from MIT Sloan.
EXPERIENCE
CONTRACT CONSULTANT Boston, MA
Consulting Small Businesses and Start-ups 2009 - Present
. Support the planning, budgeting, financial, and business forecasting
processes for small businesses and start-ups
. Drive strategic decision making through framework development and
providing in-depth analysis of issues at hand
. Develop competitive analysis and identify product positioning including
sales channel and communication strategy
. Create benchmarking metrics to measure business performance against a
relevant set of competitors
AMERICAN EXPRESS New York, NY
Risk Manager - MBA Internship Summer 2009
. Initiated and created forensic scorecard to capture financial
misstatement risk factor of small businesses
. Identified $1B opportunity to penetrate alternative financing market
through new offering
. Collaborated with various business units, including IT and legal, to
develop product and system requirements
. Created financial model supporting strategy and presented recommendations
to executive team
MOSS ADAMS LLP Los Angeles, CA
Manager 2005 - 2008
Project Management
. Managed team of 5 analysts to perform strategic, financial and market
analysis to resolve legal disputes
. Led evaluation of key drivers behind failed business endeavors, leading
to settlement of multi-million dollar lawsuits
. Directed valuation of start-up initiative, including scenario and ROI
analyses and performed Monte Carlo simulation
. Designated as accounting expert witness to testify in court, leading to
successful resolution of a 20 year old dispute (the only manager as
testifying expert)
Business Development
. Spearheaded forming alliances with outside partners to drive internal
capabilities, leading to win $90M project
. Grew revenue by 25% by retooling business strategy and repositioning
company as middle market consulting firm
. Drove client prospecting, participated in business networking and led
proposal submissions
ANALYSIS GROUP Los Angeles, CA
Senior Analyst 2004 - 2005
. Modeled revenue allocation to product components resolving disagreement
over fair royalty rate
. Developed pricing model using statistical analysis to resolve product
packaging dispute in excess of $120M
. Analyzed impact on company profitability of competing product placement
strategy, resulting in case settlement
KPMG / FTI CONSULTING Los Angeles, CA
Senior Analyst 2001 - 2003
. Provided due diligence investigations to identify financial misstatements
and fraud schemes
. Led $120M credit card project, managing database experts and providing
data mining analysis, resolving dispute
ARTHUR ANDERSEN Los Angeles, CA
Staff Auditor 2001 - 2001
. Audited financial statements of public and private companies
EDUCATION
MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Cambridge, MA
Masters in Business Administration, MBA 2008-2010
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY Los Angeles, CA
BS in Business Administration, summa cum laude 1997-2000
Other
. Interests include blogging, martial arts, tennis and golf
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