Analyst Financial
Resume:
Rochester, MN *****
RYAN WHALEN
OBJECTIVE
Technically savvy, results-oriented financial professional with proven
record of delivering cost savings and high results seeking a Financial
Analyst position with a fast-pace, entrepreneur spirited company that
offers opportunities for career advancement.
Personal Attributes: Strong technical and analytical skills, proven ability
to centralize and streamline complex processes, exceptional work ethic, and
adaptive to varying work situations and personalities.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FINANCIAL ANALYST - DISTRIBUTION CONTRACTS
IBM (Rochester, Minnesota)
August 08-Present
Provide financial leadership, support, and analysis for two desk roles in
the distribution sector with annual contract revenues of $62M. Responsible
for all financial processes including forecasting, signings and backlog
management, revenue recognition and reconciliations, cost savings
investigation, journal entries, A/R collections, SOX compliance, monthly
and quarterly reporting, FTE analysis, and ad-hoc requests.
Developed and implemented cost reduction plan for troubled account
resulting in a financial turn-around
Increased a contract's gross profit 14% in 2009 by establishing a contract
management process which uncovered erroneous billings
Designed Software Group's headcount analysis tool to enabling concise
reports on headcount shifts
FINANCIAL ANALYST - RESEARCH DIVISION
JOB TITLE
IBM (Rochester, Minnesota)
June 07 - August
08
Managed revenue and expenses for contracts with annual revenues of $197.5M.
Responsible for accounting journals, quarterly invoicing, customer
interface for A/R collections, analyzing monthly travel, ensuring employee
travel compliance, and creation of yearly administrative gross profit
uplift.
Centralized existing US roles into new finance hub location resulting in
new lower cost headcount
Automated complex processes by developing solutions in excel that saved 2
days of work
Streamlined contract work resulting in a savings of 2 FTEs
Received the Bravo Award for cost savings
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IBM Hyperion Intelligence Explorer Education Team
January 08 - Current
Iowa State Finance Tutor
2006-2007
IRS Volunteer Income Tax Associate
Spring 07
Destination Iowa State Team Leader
Summer 04
EDUCATION
Iowa State University
May 2007
Bachelors of Science in Business Administration
Major: Finance
Cumulative GPA: 3.35/4.0
Dean's List 2003,2004,2006
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office XP Professional QMF
Hyperion Intelligence Explorer DB2
Hyperion Essbase Cognos Business Intelligence
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