SR Financial Analyst

Keturah N. Stovall

***** ********* ** *** **** Woodland Hill, CA 91303

Mobile: 832-***-****

**************@*****.***

Profile Overview

Highly resourceful and self-motivated financial analyst with over 3 years of experience in performing moderately complex statistical and financial analysis of financial reports and data, and preparing subsequent narrative analysis for management; extracting financial data from various accounting and information systems; proficient in Excel; proven experience with application of database management and spreadsheets.

EDUCATION

University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business (Houston, TX) Graduated 2011

Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

Dean’s List, Fall 2007, Spring 2010, fall 2011, Spring 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Athlon Solutions (Houston, TX) March 2014 - Present

Financial Analyst

Conducting month-end closing analyses and reviewing financial information for accuracy

Performing financial analyses and ad-hoc reports with a focus on key reporting metrics for management and reporting purposes

Preparing performance evaluations and various analyses on different product lines, including actual to budget analyses, and facilitated resulting discussions with management

Supporting strategic planning processes, including managing and consolidating the budget during the annual budgeting process

Conduct data migration using SQL Server between various systems by analyzing different user requirements and coming up with specifications for different database applications

Work closely with departmental managers to mine specific data from SQL information and create useful reports

Developing optimal product pricing models to maximize profit margins and presenting the pricing models to management

Providing "Best Business Process" support to managers and customer service representatives

Ledgent Search Group (Houston, TX) January 2013 - July 2013

Account Executive Recruiter

Marketed and developed client company relationships to support professional staffing needs

Sourced, attracted, and interviewed quality candidates within specialties

Built a network of professional and executive level contacts within various specializations

Managed and influenced the clients’ interview processes through conclusion analyses

Provided and supported creative staffing and search solutions to clients and candidates

National Oilwell Varco (Houston, TX) December 2011 - October 2012

Financial Analyst / Internal Auditor

Reviewed weekly revenue reports and monthly cost reports to identify lags in accruals

Managed the quarterly budgeting process

Performed internal audits in a timely fashion of all facilities to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance with company policies

Performed qualitative research on vendors to map the development of key client relationships

Constructed spreadsheets to create mutual windows to target at-risk accounts and anticipate customer needs to improve service using Dynamics AX

Assisted with accounting closes, including posting billing documents, reconciling inventory discrepancies and reviewing top-sided journal entries

Assisted with financial reporting under guidelines of US GAAP

Bank of America (Houston, TX) July 2007 - November 2011

Professional Teller

Performed daily transactions with over 150 customers including consignment items, and certificate of deposits

Resolved customer complaints involving account issues and developed new ways to prevent the same issues from occurring

Trained and managed junior associates assimilate to specific banking procedures

Consistently outperformed other tellers for 3 consecutive quarters

ACTIVITIES

University of Houston, Finance Organization (Houston, TX) April 2010 - April 2011

SCREP Reporter

Assembled and classified documents to report to the national chapter for documentation of all activities performed throughout the school year

Received recognition for timeliness and accuracy for my reporting chapter

Amegy Bank (Houston, TX) June 2010 - August 2010

Summer Intern

Received executive recognition for initiative shown

Observed and personally learned from CEO and other executives

Prepared and analyzed reports extracted from the Wall Street and Houston Business Journal

Observed and contributed in client meetings to gain new business and maintain existing clients

SKILLS

Lexis/Nexis, QuickBooks, Microsoft Office Programs, PeopleSoft, Shaw, Crystal Reports, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics AX

CERTIFICATIONS

Certificate of Entrepreneurship University of Houston May 2010

Certification of Completion of Advanced Excel Course Microsoft March 2012

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