Project Manager Sales

Thomas C. Moss

Relocating to 847-***-****

South Florida ****.*******@*****.***

SUMMARY:

Insightful versatile Financial Professional with broad and deep technical experience in creating

understandable and actionable financial analysis. A valued business partner providing perceptive

forecasting and valuations of corporate initiatives with timely and accurate reporting. Diverse

experience, core knowledge base and competencies include:

• Annual Planning and Budgeting/Forecasting • Managed Monthly Close Cycle

• Valuation of Corporate Acquisitions • Staff Training and Development

• Long Range Strategic Planning and Analysis • Financial Analysis of New Products and Initiatives

• Use of Regression and Pivot Tables in Forecasting • Financial Modeling including NPV, Cash Flow and ROE

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Completed financial valuation on over $2Bn of domestic and international acquisitions

Formulated financial analysis of Sales Contract resulting in $1Bn worth of orders

Finance lead on multi-department project to outsource Merchant bankcard sales resulting in $25MM of

NPV

Directed the financial planning and results for the Central Region with sales of over $250MM

• Spearheaded the design and development of valuation models on new company initiatives that

include: NPV, ROE, IRR, Cash Flows, Income Statements, and Balance Sheets

• Reduced Budget and Monthly close cycles by creating automated financial models

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES, Riverwoods, IL

A leading credit card issuer and electronic payment services company

Project Manager: Pricing and Strategy

2007 – Present

• Determine strategies and financial impact to address the proposed government regulations on the

credit card industry.

• Design marketing pricing test and developed business analysis of the impact of downpricing and

reward offers to Inactive and Transactors cardmembers.

• Create models to forecast and analyze the profitability of new cardmember by offer and risk over

multiple years.

• Analyze the long term overall profitably impact of Extended Balance Transfer offers which lead to

change in marketing acquisition offers.

• Conceptualize and implemented strategies to improve the profitability of Discover card products.

Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

1997 – 2007

• Managed the product and strategic profitability analysis for new products and acquisitions.

• Spearhead the design and development of financial analysis models for valuation that includes Cash

Flows, IRR, ROE, NPV, Income Statements and Balance Sheet.

• Designed Yield forecasting model with 99% accuracy level.

• Supported/Facilitated a cross-functional initiative involving reward programs for credit card industry.

• Managed a diversified staff of financial professional in support of the Discover Business Services

Division with revenues of over $300 million.

• Constructed financial valuations on over $2 billion of domestic and international portfolio

acquisitions for executive management.

• Responsible for the financial valuation and budgets of the Merchant Network Division with an

income of $94 million.

• Managed multi-departmental project to outsource processing of Merchant bankcard sales volume

resulting in NPV increase of $25 million.

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Thomas C. Moss

Relocating to 847-***-****

South Florida ****.*******@*****.***

KEMPER INSURANCE COMPANY, Long Grove, IL

Leading Worldwide Insurance Company

1996 - 1997

Senior Statistical Specialist

• Prepared and analyzed management information and financial reports for monthly and year-end results

for executive management.

• Reviewed and modified statistical plans, internal management information reports and external filings.

ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL, INC., Northbrook, IL

Financial Consultant

1995 - 1996

• Created financial models to automate budgeting and year-end reporting requirements for upper

management.

• Improved revenue and expense forecasting.

• Companies included Clintec, a subsidiary of Baxter Healthcare and Kemper Insurance Company.

NORTHERN TELECOM, INC

A leading global manufacturer of telecommunications equipment .

Regional Finance Manager, Schaumburg, IL

1987 - 1995

• Directed the financial planning and results for the Central Region with sales over $250 million a year.

• Managed staff of financial professionals in the budget and monthly close cycles.

• Responsible for the Central Region Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables and internal auditing

process.

• Created computer program for the Accounts Receivable team that prioritized the accounts to target in

order to reduce the number of receivables days outstanding.

• Coordinated due diligent process for selling of division and organized internal auditing process.

• Created Income reporting and analysis systems, which vastly improved the financial information flow

and timing.

• Developed financial analysis for Sales contract resulting in orders worth $1 billion. Improved

efficiency and effectiveness of financial department through improved systems and team building.

EDUCATION:

M.B.A. in Finance, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

• Graduated in top 5% of class.

• Beta Gamma Sigma, Management Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

• Selected as Graduate Assistant for Management Department in the School of Business.

B.A. in Marketing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

• Graduated with honors.

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:

Excel; Pivot Tables, Lotus 1-2-3; PowerPoint; Word; Notes; Hyperion; Essbase, FoxPro; Access; Eztrieve;

File Maker Pro; HP Quiz; IBM Express; FORTRAN; BASIC; Macintosh; DOS; H-P 3000, IBM mainframes

Windows; and various other mainframe and PC Based software applications.

References on request

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