Financial Analyst Process Improvement

Chinar Joshi

408-***-**** . *******@*****.***

CAREER SUMMARY

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Experienced financial analyst with MBA and 6 years in technology finance.

Expertise includes financial systems, operations finance and decision

modeling

SKILLS

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Financial reporting and analysis, capital planning and forecasting, project

management and process improvement, financial systems and controls

Oracle 11i, SAP/BW, SAP R3, Hyperion 9i, Essbase, Khalix, Business Objects,

SFDC, MS Excel, Powerpoint, Word, SQL, VBA

WORK EXPERIENCE

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Sr. Financial Analyst (CW), Technology Finance, eBay Inc

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

Performed forecast, budget and planning activities for equipment related

operating expenses and capitalization policies with annual budget of $300M

Presented cash flow and balance sheet analyses, CIP review and business

implications for capital spend

Owned and managed reporting for internally developed software under SOP 98-

1

Created lease analysis & tax forecast models for long range planning

Provided user training for Khalix & SAP reporting as part of super-user

responsibility

Performed UAT for system updates, hierarchy maintenance and currency

stabilization projects

Primary owner and creator of the teamsite portal and content

Performed feasibility studies for translating business requirements into

appropriate designs

Provided value-add management reporting and analysis on capital expenditure

trends

Sr. Financial Analyst (CW), FP&A, Genentech

May - Dec 2008

Supported IT functional leadership as a business partner to determine and

meet their financial needs

Owned the capital commit process performing ROI valuation and DCF analysis

in accordance with budgets.

Performed cost benefit analysis for application retirement goals

Provided variance analysis of proposed initiatives at project close

monitoring cost, effectiveness, and profitability of programs

Financial Analyst, FP&A, Brocade Communications

Oct 2006 - May 2008

Held primary responsibility for WW Marketing expense management with annual

budget of $65M

Planned and managed increasing international and local expense budgets and

headcount targets

Provided ad hoc analyses and interpretation of operating results to support

strategic business decisions at various levels

Modeled financial projections on business cases for corporate funding

requests

Highlighted and drove process improvement opportunities for accurate

forecasting and reporting purposes

Performed as Hyperion super-user and conducted cross functional training to

drive improvements around close activities.

Conducted sensitivity and scenario analyses to facilitate lease vs. buy

decision making and for reallocating expenses

Facilitated and spearheaded Marketing performance measurement initiative

Financial Analyst (CW), Manufacturing Finance, Cisco Systems

Mar - Oct 2006

Owned and maintained product hierarchy and account structure for WW

Operations

Created overhead allocation methodology across business units for indirect

expenses

Performed process control testing for compliance and SOX purposes

Conducted standard cost rollforward

Financial Analyst, International Business Incubator

2004 - 2005

Assisted with project planning and budgeting for assignment sponsored by

World Bank

Performed close activities and accruals

Created financial reports and cost projection statements for the World Bank

project to aid financial planning.

Developed financial forecasts and analyses, generating internal management

reports, monitoring key performance indicators

Reconciled and consolidated reports for foreign currency transactions.

EDUCATION

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MBA in Financial Economics, SJSU, California, 2005

Award: First Prize, State Level Business Plan Competition, 2004

M.S. in Management, University of Bombay

B.S. in Statistics, University of Bombay

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