Senior Project Manager

Mohammed Quayyum

**-** **** ******, ***. *** • Briarwood, NY 11435 • 718-***-**** • ********@*****.***

Business Development candidate leveraging eight years of corporate work experience coupled with economics and business management education. Highly accustomed to senior management interaction and managing confidential and time sensitive projects while multi-tasking different priorities.

Professional Experience

Mercer – Marsh & McLennan Companies, New York, NY May 2014 – Current Sr. Project Manager, Mercer Marketplace Strategy and Marketing

Investigate possible strategic options to grow business and reduce risk with M&A, Partnerships, Joint Ventures, Product Build-outs, and Licensing or Acquiring software/platforms/codes

Manage the lifecycle of complex assignments and provide strategic leadership to team members, including developing plans, assigning and checking tasks, communicating across business segments, identifying and resolving project issues and overseeing project budgets

Participate in leadership meetings and develop/present analytics and reports to senior management and provide recommendations on efficiencies

NASDAQ OMX, New York, NY Mar 2012 – Mar 2014 Director – Business Development / Strategy, Global Information Services

Assess potential strategic investments, partnerships and acquisitions to create new growth and product expansion opportunities for Global Information Services, which includes the market data and index groups

Gather product ideas, identify new internal product development prospects, research revenue potential and costs, develop business plans, pitch products, and work with Sales/Product/Marketing to sell products

Conduct diligence on over 25 potential acquisitions and investigate, analyze, manage meetings/calls, and maintain record of over 150 companies for potential partnerships and alliances

Create Strategy presentations for Senior Management, produce weekly M&A and Partnership reports and updates, examine numerous industry trends/competitors/opportunities, and attend industry conferences

Citigroup, New York, NY Feb 2008 – Jan 2012

AVP – Product Manager, Securities and Funds Services, (Dec 2010 – Jan 2012)

Work alongside the NA CEO and NA COO of SFS to establish and execute business strategies and plans, facilitate and oversee key business processes and coordinate activities with business partners

Build Revenue Realization Model and Implementation Model with Ops/Tech for 9 months to valuate revenue impact of deals through various business inputs and assessing between two programs

Research and generate analyses for Market Segmentation, Market Size/Share, Competitive Benchmarking, Opportunity Identification, Product Architecture, Pricing Policies, and Operating & Product Profitability Models

Follow NA SFS deals to attain if delayed, ahead of schedule, on time or pending, and take remedial measures

Compose Monthly Business Reviews including analytics for sales projections/waterfalls, wins/losses, pipeline, top clients, implementations, business highlights/initiatives/issues, financials, AuC/AuA, and scorecard

AVP – Strategy / Finance, Global Investment & Corporate Banking, (Jan 2010 – Dec 2010)

Promoted to Assistant Vice President within 2 years, which includes managing 2 analysts and 1 intern

Produce various complex Revenue and Expense analyses for Senior Management presentations in CFO Quarterly, Monthly Scorecards, Flash calls, Town Halls and ICG Banking reviews

Lead transition to upgrade 3 systems and act as liaison to IT to adjust/approve access to finance systems

Financial / Business Analyst, Global Investment Banking, (Feb 2008 – Dec 2009)

Produce analytics for Senior Management, prepare financial reports for revenue totaling $18.4B+ globally, ensure revenue recognition, client reporting and monitor pipeline for M&A and CMO products

Lead seamless streamlining and unifying of all revenue and expense reporting for new Global Banking formation, including changes in product structure and expense lines

Generate Weekly presentation for IB revenue, backlog, market volume, rank, deals and competitor analysis

Coordinate cost cutting initiatives leading to a 45% decrease in expenses year over year

Manage, forecast and analyze expenses totaling over $1.74B and helped run analyses for 2,400+ bankers

Columbia University, New York, NY Aug 2007 – Feb 2008

Restricted Funds Specialist, Financial Compliance Division

Prepare confidential financial reports and related materials for sponsoring agencies/foundations

Education and Skills

B.S., Double Major: Business Management and Economics, Stony Brook University, 2007

Graduated Cum Laude with 3.6 GPA; on Dean’s List six consecutive semesters; member of Golden Key and Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honor Societies

Proficient in Excel, Access, PowerPoint, CRM, Business Objects, and various other financial platforms

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