DONALD SEWARD JR.
*** ******* ** ** • Massillon, Ohio 44646
330-***-**** • ********@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Studious finance professional with broad array of skills and work history consisting of exceptional professionalism and
performance. Possess leadership abilities and deliver excellent results in team environment.
Monthly and Production & Business Metrics Creation of
Quarterly Financial Profitability Analysis Reporting & Key Interactive MS Excel
Reporting & Forecasting Performance Indicators, Dashboards
(KPI)
Fixed Asset Budget vs. Targets Standard Cost MS Office (Excel
Accounting & and Budget vs. Actuals Analysis & Absorption Expert), Syteline
Management Analysis Analysis
Financial Statement Trade Credit Inventory Basic
& Ratio Analysis Analysis and Expense Optimization & Programming (VBA,
Analysis Business Valuations JavaScript, HTML,
XHTML, CSS)
WORK EXPERIENCE
The Will-Burt Company, Financial Analyst, Orrville, Ohio (September 2008 to July 2009)
• Prepared financial reports and forecasts for senior management.
• Managed capital budget plan of $1.8 million.
• Developed sophisticated Excel dashboards to help manage $16 million in inventory.
• Led inventory reduction team and increased inventory turns from 2.5 to 5.0 in less than one year.
• Automated report processes via VBA and macros for Excel, greatly increasing efficiency and reducing errors.
• Managed fixed assets of nearly $2 million.
• Used NPV Analysis for major capital investment of $650,000 for steel cutting operation.
• Developed automated, interactive Excel Gross Margin Dashboard that displayed two years’ worth of sales, costs,
and margin data for all product lines within the company.
Pointer Appraisal Services, Assistant Analyst, Stow, Ohio (December 2007 to August 2008)
• Analyzed Northeastern Ohio housing markets and developed reports detailing market conditions and trends.
• Reconciled data for residential and commercial properties from local MLS databases, county auditor websites,
and Realist.com
• Developed importation templates and spreadsheets from local MLS databases for faster and more efficient data
integration with WinTotal software.
• Gathered and analyzed extensive sales data from the Geauga County area and performed a marketing campaign
targeting 2,000 houses.
• Developed reproduction cost spreadsheets for use in Excel.
• Built two web sites using HTML, Java Script, and CSS.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics, cum laude, May 2008
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Major: Economics; GPA: 3.48
Columbus Program of Intergovernmental Issues Graduate