Financial Analyst Management

MEGHA MEHTA

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PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Atlas Air World Wide Holdings, Westchester, NY

Sr. Financial Analyst

May. 08 - Apr 09

. Develop financial tools and excel models for variance analysis and

forecasting resulting in time savings of 20%

. Coordinating with 3 departments to manage financial monthly closing

process of parent and subsidiary companies

. Analyze monthly reports to identify key revenue and cost drivers

for different business units

. Led a team of 3 people to plan and perform annual budget of

multiple business units

. Created analytical models to track income and expenditure for

various profit centers resulting in cost savings of 5%

. Performed and analyzed key ratio's to facilitate Atlas Air

deconsolidation with PACW & DHL Block Space Agreement

. Identify trends and monitor business performance, recommend

solutions to optimize business process

. Member of "Learning & Development" Committee and cross trained

junior analysts on various systems

. Maintain control infrastructure of data compilation and

distribution

. Point person for all SOX compliance and internal audit test

requirements

MetLife, Long Island City, NY

Sr. Financial Analyst

Aug. 06 - Jun. 07

. Responsible for variance and forecast reports for consolidation and

analysis of data for monthly expense versus budget

. Created detailed financial models to assist in annual budgeting and

forecasting processes

. Presented operating trends and detailed financial analysis to

senior management team in support of multiple IT projects

. Actively participated in special projects and ad-hoc analysis to

support the CAO organization

Bayer Crop Science, RTP, NC

Financial Analyst II Intern

May. 05 - Aug. 05

. Utilized budget tools to consolidate/analyze actual financials

against budget for the Latin America, Mexico, Canada and USA and

perform variance analysis

. SAP reporting and consolidation of various forecast and budget

reports for different SBU's

. Performed run rate analysis for the quarterly forecast and

presented trends and variances to senior management

. Assisted in corporate-wide expense saving initiative to optimize

cost utilization with providing practical solutions to achieve

goals by 2007 identifying total savings of 10% in different area

University Of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA

Aug. 04 - Jun. 06

Graduate Intern

. Reviewed the budget for international center's activities and

allocated the funds for social events

. Prepared journal entries for monthly closing accounts and expense

vouchers

. Organized and facilitated various educational and social

recreational events for international student awareness

EDUCATION

. Masters in Business Administration, Concentration - Finance

(GPA

- 3.6)

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA

Jun. 06

. Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Concentration - Accounting

(GPA -

3.6)

H.L. Institute of commerce, Gujarat University, India

Jun. 03

. Diploma in International Business, AMA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Dec.

03

COMPUTER SKILLS

SAP, Cognos Finance, PowerPlay, Cognos Contributor, J D Edwards, Excel,

Access, PowerPoint, Word, PeopleSoft, Khalix, Chimes

AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES

. Held Secretary position for EKTA - Indian Students Association,

University of Hartford from (2004 - 2006)

. Actively participated in "Chaos 2002", placed second in The

Lifestyle Show at IIM, Ahmedabad

. Taken part in workshops like "Effective Speaking" and "Mind and

Body Workshop"

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