Management Analyst

RAMI AHMAD

*** **** ****** • Brooklyn, New York *1220 • Phone 718-***-**** • Cell 646-***-**** • e-mail **********@*****.***

BUDGET ANALYST/FINANCIAL ANALYST

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cubist Pharmaceuticals (Formally known as Optimer), Jersey City, NJ Financial

Analyst, Oct 2011 – Feb 2014

• Served as finance liaison with cost center champions and helped them develop annual budgets and

latest estimate forecasts.

• Created and maintained annual and latest estimate database. Imported personnel-related and fixed

asset data, helped facilitate collection of proposed new hires and capital assets, created and validated

needed reports, ensured budget champions have proper security and access settings, helped evaluate

submissions, etc.

• Helped department heads finalize ~$200M proposed total annual capital, personnel and other than

personnel budgets.

• Ensured the planning system is working correctly (e.g. kept up to date with changes to organizational or

cost structures).

• Analyzed and made recommendations for budget assumptions planning process to help forecast

accurate spending.

• Helped design financial reports for management and groups as appropriate. Ad-hoc reporting as

needed.

• Obtained understanding of variances and implications for future periods. Investigated significant

variances.

• Helped with financial modeling utilizing excel automation to populate the financials with different what-

if scenarios.

• Responsible for revenue / COGS model in planning system. Updated product sales, gross to net,

milestone and royalties.

Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, NY Senior Budget

Analyst, Nov 2004 – Dec 2010

• Helped in the preparation of the annual budget. Trained SRC budget users.

• Monthly monitoring of actual to budget variances. Prepared daily, weekly and monthly statistical reports.

• Reported FTE (Labor hours) and supporting schedules. Prepared monthly FTE journal entries.

NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY Budget

Analyst, Jun 2001 – Sept 2004

• Helped in annual budget preparation. Approved/denied personnel and other than personnel expenses.

• Performed monthly variance analysis to ensure compliance.

Lehman Brothers Inc., Jersey City, NJ

Analyst, Dec 2000 – Apr 2001

• Reported aged payables and receivables. Prepared weekly MIS report for senior management.

• Helped resolve stock broker queries. Paid out stock dividends to clients.

Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Inc., New York, NY

Dividend Clerk, Jun 1998 – Sept 1999

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., New York, NY Funds

Control Clerk, Apr 1997 – May 1998

COMPUTER SKILLS: Excel: (V-lookups, Pivot tables, Sum-if, etc.). Access, Word and PowerPoint. SRC Budget

system. Budget Maestro. Renovofyi. Tableau. MAS 200.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, New York Institute of Technology: New York, New York

• Major: Management. GPA: 3.83. Graduated with distinction.

Bachelor of Science, Brooklyn College: Brooklyn, New York

• Major: Business Management and Finance. GPA: 3.14. Graduated Cum Laude.

• Certificate of achievement in Accounting.

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