Manager Customer Service
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Ewa Gromek
Email: abo76v@r.postjobfree.com
Address: ** ****** **
City: Wilton
State: CT
Zip: 06897
Country: USA
Phone: 203-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: 80
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Ewa Gromek
Cell: 203-***-**** Home: 203-***-**** abo76v@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Financial professional with strong experience developing and applying financial tools and analytical applications in medical devices, financial services, banking, insurance and management consulting industries. Broad background in finance including: financial planning and analysis, business analysis, forecasting, reporting, capital markets and securitization. Proficient in creating consistent analytical and reporting processes for tracking business performance. Ability to partner effectively with key business clients in a fast paced working environment. MBA graduate with top grades. Citizen of the USA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Covidien New Haven, CT
Senior Financial Analyst, Surgical Devices, US Region
October 2007 to Present
* Provided business and financial analysis, modeling and P&L performance reporting for the senior management of the Endo Mechanical business with over $800 MM in annual revenues.
* Partnered with the marketing product managers to develop financial budgets, forecasts, and identify portfolio risks and opportunities. Compared actual performance to forecasted, for the sales revenue, price, margin, expense and operating income measures, explained variances and made recommendations for future actions.
* Provided monthly guidance to Manufacturing on the revenue forecasts at SKU level and financial analysis for the Capital Expense projects to determine ROI and break even for new products development.
* Successfully completed various projects to improve the revenue forecasting process across the organization. Supported implementation of the Hyperion Planning tool to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the forecasting and reporting processes.
* Conducted business trend studies and sensitivity analysis of business unit financials to support operational effectiveness. Collaborated with others to deliver savings of $5 MM through rationalization of fees and deductions accruals applied to the gross revenue.
GE Capital Danbury, CT
Senior Capital Markets/Treasury Analyst, GE Commercial Finance
October 2002 to August 2007
* Provided analytics leadership for over 40 securitization contracts across 8 GE Commercial Finance businesses. Assisted in deal structuring for equity sales, performed credit risk analysis and fixed income compliance.
* Managed reporting process for FAS 133 and FAS 115. Developed financial modeling platform for derivatives and retained interest portfolio valued at over $10 Billion.
* Reduced controllership problems by over 90% by improving the speed and accuracy of the mark-to-market valuations and communicating their impact on the P&L to the business leadership.
* Reduced P&L volatility by over 85% by evaluating requirements and implementing swaps to hedge effectiveness of the contracts in place on securitized assets.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Sydney, Australia
(Largest financial services corporation in Australia, listed $110 Billion US assets, 2001)
Manager, Financial Systems Modeling
July 1995 to August 1997
* Designed, developed and managed customized Financial Decision Support Systems integrated with statistical modeling for managerial users.
* Led complex analytical projects to evaluate financial alternatives, including risk factors and return, and recommend appropriate action to product and business development managers.
* Developed activity based cost analysis model to recommend improvement opportunities for issuing home loans.
* Provided quality assurance for external management consultants` work related to financial decision support systems and business data modeling.
* Realized over $3 million annual cost efficiencies via redesign of financial planning and budgeting process at CBA and over $15 million profit increase, FY 1997.
Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP Limited), Head Office Sydney, Australia (Leading insurer and global asset manager with $180 Billion in assets. Top 100 financial services firm)
Senior Business Analyst
1990 to 1995
Charged with co-managing planning and MIS for Customer Service division during organization change. Lost co-manager six months into project, becoming lead manager with substantially reduced resources. Converted hand-compiled financial reporting system into streamlined computer system.
IBECON PTY, Ltd. Sydney, Australia(Consulting Economists and Statisticians. Distinguished consulting firm in market research, retail and economics)
Database Manager / Business Analyst
1988 to 1990
Conducted feasibility studies, modeling viability of proposed retail centers/warehouses, commissioned by leading retailers, developers and financiers, including Lend Lease, Westfield, Merlins International, and Kern Corporation. Applied statistical methods, computerized econometric and market estimation models, and associated databases.
EDUCATION
University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Master of Business Administration; Graduated, Top of Class (Ranked 3rd, GPA 3.9) 1997 to 2002
The University of Sydney, Australia
Bachelor Degree of Economics 1987
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
* Financial Planning and Analysis: Budgeting, Forecasting, Planning, Data Modeling, Financial Analysis, Capital Financing, Capital Project Management, Financial/Economic Research and Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Activity Based Costing, Pricing, Risk Management, Policy Development.
* Business Partnership and Project Management: Training, Leadership, Collaboration, Client Relations, Strategic Planning, Proposal Development, Financial Planning, Budgets, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Process Modeling.
* Econometrics: Statistical and Econometric Methods, Computerized Market Estimation Models, Feasibility Studies, Planning Studies, Documentation, Calibration.
* Capital Markets: Fixed Income, Securitization Structures, Process and Accounting, Valuations, Hedging.
* Technical Skills: Oracle Hyperion Planning v. 9.3.1, Oracle Essbase, Hyperion SmartView, Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Hummingbird BI Query v.8.0, SQL, PeopleSoft, IBM Cognos Software, SAP v. 5.1 Accounting Module, MS Project, Power Point.
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