Manager Project

MARK R. ZENDER

***** ******* *****, *******, ** *2030

Office: 703-***-**** / Cell: 571-***-**** / ************@*****.***

Experienced Corporate Finance/P&L and Business Operations Professional

Results-oriented leader of Financial Planning & Analysis and Business Operations

Management at Government contractor corporate & business unit P&Ls and at client sites

AREAS OF EXPERTISE, EDUCATION, and GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE

• Strategic Planning: develop long term strategic plans for Revenue, Profit, Orders, Cash Flow, Costs

• Financial Leadership: supervise and motivate staff with proven collaboration skills; FP&A focused

• Cost & Efficiency: strong business acumen with proactive cost controls and process improvements

• Communication: work closely with customers to understand requirements to build plans

• Mergers & Acquisitions: due diligence teams, financial statement analyses and valuation modeling

• Business Intelligence: driving decisions from metrics & accurate forecasting culture to reduce risk

• M.B.A. (La Salle University), B.S.B.A. in Finance (Xavier University)

• Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2011-Present

Intelligence Solutions Division - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Business Area

Springfield, Virginia

Business Operations Director 2013-Present

Senior Finance Manager 2011-2013

• Promoted to Director level to oversee P&L Finance and Business Operations and to optimize Finance

team organization, processes, and performance within large Federal business area

• Report to and assist VP in setting and communicating business area strategic and financial goals and

objectives across the account for accountability and performance measurement

• Designed Financial dashboards (Common Operating Pictures) and standardized operational metrics

reports on SharePoint that helped significantly improve key financial performance (reduced indirect

costs, increased billings and profitability, reduced A/R and DSO, and increased forecasting accuracy)

• Served as principle point of contact for all financial matters: budgeting, auditing, forecasting, and

SOX, FAR, CAS, GAAP compliance, and ensuring accurate EAC/ETC to reduce P&L risk

• Filled in for finance team member on extended leave and built on site working relationships with

government financial customer counterparts on programs covering $20M in annual revenue

• Utilize Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise, Hyperion, accounting system for reporting and

analysis

• Supervised, motivated, and trained finance staff during $300M+ in annual revenue growth phase and

drove financial process improvements and higher profits and cash flows with various contract types

• Six Sigma Green Belt Team Leader on business process and automation improvement projects using

Lean Six Sigma training and build feedback loops for continuous improvement and risk reduction;

utilize knowledge gained from Gartner/industry best practices on metrics, BPI, and rolling forecasts

• Led as Business Manager for largest program with EVM and CPFF, CPAF, FP contract type CLINs

• Asset management experience with business case and plan of large office lease and CapEx project

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• Large (>$50M) proposal support on Management and Cost/Price Volumes, requirements compliance

MARK R. ZENDER

10305 Brigade Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

Office: 703-***-**** / Cell: 571-***-**** / ************@*****.***

HARRIS CORPORATION 2002-2011

Government Communications Systems Division

Falls Church, Virginia

Senior Finance Analyst/Interim Manager 2009-2011

Senior Business Analyst (Corporate FP&A) 2005-2009

Finance Analyst 2003-2005

Project Lead 2002-2003

• At $900M corporate business unit, performed FP&A with extensive variance analysis and assisted in

monthly accounting close activities for business areas (DoD, Intel, Civil, Commercial)

• Managed program finance team and primary finance POC in high growth $150M Healthcare BA

o Performed M&A financial modeling and target valuation work; successful $55M acquisition

• Responsible for delivering timely and accurate financial reports, metrics, and decision support to

corporate management, managing budgets and results, strategic planning, investment planning, and

ensuring that the financial functions operate consistently and efficiently

• Performed program financial analysis, EAC/ETC, and reporting for various contract types

• Worked at DISA government client site for 1.5 years in Ballston, VA for onsite government support

• Built financial modeling and projections as lead cost Financial Analyst on large FAA program; Harris

Excellence Award recipient for superior financial analysis and saving program $300K in costs

SPORT & HEALTH CORPORATION 2002-2002

Arlington, Virginia

Financial Consultant 2002-2002

• Developed cost management spreadsheets and databases to improve visibility and management of

costs

NFWF FOUNDATION 2000-2002

Washington, D.C.

Finance Manager 2000-2002

• Managed finance staff and delivered monthly analysis and projection reports

• Developed cost management spreadsheets and databases that improved cost management

TECHNICA CORPORATION 1998-2000

Sterling, Virginia

Business Manager 1999-2000

Project Manager 1998-1999

• Managed 12 engineers and analysts on a U.S. Department of State software development contract to

enhance its Enterprise Management System

RAYTHEON SYSTEMS COMPANY 1996-1998

Falls Church, Virginia

Analyst 1996-1998

• Managed IT project teams on various network systems and administration projects for enterprise

business software subsidiary

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Prior employment:

Service Manager (Micro Solutions Plus, Inc.) 1991-1996

Portfolio Finance Analyst (PNC Financial) 1986-1991

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