Ali Colina
507-***-**** ********@*****.***
Professional Experience
WELLCOME MANOR FAMILY SERVICES (WMFS) (June 2013 to December 2014)
Garden City, Minnesota
A chemical dependency treatment center that help women to achieve freedom
from addiction while rebuilding their family relationships. WMFS is a non-
profit organization with revenues of $ 2.3 million a year.
Senior Financial Analyst
Key Accomplishments:
Created an outcomes performance measure system
Designed and implemented a customer satisfaction survey
Computed the weekly economic cost per client
Created quality assurance reports to verify counselor's paperwork
compliance with State regulations
Wrote a manual of policies and procedures to comply with State regulations
Primary Responsibilities:
Preparing journal entries and general ledger account reconciliations
Processing payroll for forty eight employees and filing corresponding
payroll taxes
Generating monthly reporting including P&L's, cash flow, and performance
measurements
Evaluating business performance by doing comparative ratio analysis
Processing accounts payable
Weekly claims processing for an average of twenty eight clients
Performing special project to support management functions
Assisting in the preparation and implementation of annual budget
Monthly budget variance analysis
Assisting in the preparation of financial statements by using the
QuickBooks Statement Writer
UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANDES (June 2000 to May 2013)
Merida, Venezuela
A public university that ranks consistently among the top two or three
universities in Venezuela across all disciplines. Student enrollment ranges
between 40,000 and 45,000.
Tenured Economics Professor
Key Accomplishments:
Conducted market research, capital budgeting analysis, financial analysis,
and valuation reports as a team member of the Economics Research Institute
Business Consulting Unit of the Faculty of Economics
* Directed the Committee for the Economics Curriculum Reform (2011-2012)
* Directed the Master's program in Economics (2009-2012)
Primary Responsibilities:
* Designing and teaching courses on Economic Theory (Microeconomics and
Macroeconomics)
* Designing and teaching a course on Business Valuation Models
* Performing business consulting and research on applied economics
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AUTONATION, INC. (May 1999 to June 2000)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The largest automotive retailer in the United States and is the leading
provider of new and pre-owned vehicles. AutoNation is a Fortune 500
company with over 20,000 Associates at over 250 new vehicle franchises
across 15 states.
Senior Compensation Analyst
Key Accomplishments:
* Made salary recommendations on incumbent IT jobs according to proposed
pay grade structure
* Designed a General Manager incentive pay linked to dealership return
on equity
Primary Responsibilities:
Overseeing the development and analysis of external wage and salary surveys
Assisted in data collection efforts from corporate and field locations
Conducted job evaluation, perform competitive market analysis and internal
equity assessment
Identified classification and pay issues, discrepancies, and inequities and
made resolution recommendations
Computer skills
Proficient in Microsoft Access and Visio; Microsoft Power Point and Excel
expert
Accounting software: QuickBooks
Statistical analysis software: Stata and E-views
Education
Ph.D. in Applied Economics; University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
M.A. in Economics; Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
B.A. in Economics; University of Los Andes, Venezuela
References ( Available upon request.