OKSANA OSTROVSKAYA, MBA, MS, MA

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Tel: 718-***-**** E-mail: acwja1@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Highly analytical, results driven senior financial professional with progressive experience in public and private sectors. My background includes a unique combination of finance and technology. An energetic creative problem solver who develops, executes business and financial strategies through in-depth analysis in diverse business leadership roles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tough Mudder Inc. Brooklyn, NY 2015 to Present FP&A Director

Prepared and coordinated the annual corporate budget process including quarterly reforecasts and budget variance reporting by orchestrating financial planning and reporting requirements across all business units. Supervise worldwide team of four staff.

Formalized and streamlined efficiency and effectiveness of the financial planning, budgeting and forecasting function, and also drive headcount/resource planning and cost saving initiatives.

Worked closely with the senior management team on strategic operating issues, long-term strategies and profit goals through the development and implementation of financial and strategic planning. Modeled dynamic pricing financial analysis for contract negotiations and product investment decisions.

Led financial and operational results versus forecast and plan analysis, investigated significant variances and communicated findings to senior management team via financial flash, monthly reports, scorecards and various ad-hoc financial analyses; enhanced accuracy and timeliness by 35%.

Developed and maintained Planning Models for Tough Mudder KPIs (Key Performance Index) to provide executive decision-making support for TM product sales leaders focused on the Company profitability goals and strategy; reduced forecast and actual data load process preparation time by 30%.

Prepared quarterly financial outlook based on extensive experience in the areas of budgeting, forecasting and long range planning for Business Operations; expanded visibility by 25%.

Analyzed TM financial and operational performance relative to Sport companies; developed operational and financial benchmark based on research of key industry trends and competitive analysis; completed within 10 days of data being available.

Compiled CFO’s periodic financial presentations to TM Board of Directors and Chairman Leadership Council.

Prepared financial and operational metrics and total shareholder return analysis ensured consistency of data throughout the presentation; improved operational efficiency of finance systems by 10%.

Recruited, trained, supervised, and evaluated department staff across the board, as necessary.

Realty Capital Securities New York, NY 2014 to 2015

FP&A Manager (Corporate Internal Reporting)

Created financial reporting infrastructure that facilitated senior management decision making and guided business and sales managers in the development of operating plans.

Managed the monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close procedures and supported the timeliness, efficiency, and accuracy of internal financial reporting to management and the Board of Directors. Go-to expert on accounting and revenue recognition matters.

Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for each business.

Provided strategic financial business recommendations for multiple lines of business.

Served as a key business partner and assist Management Teams with budgeting, forecasting and corporate initiatives.

Created and prepared financial Business Reviews presentations for CEO, COO and CFO.

Identified opportunities for business development and cross- functional opportunities to generate economic synergies, at a de minimum cost, across the combined platform.

Built out a 3 year business plan, and revamping our 2015 board plan.

Composed and reviewed quarterly press releases, 10Q and 10K SEC filings.

Tracked and compiled Wall Street analysts’ projections used by the Company Senior Executives to set production and financial goals; provided 3 days earlier than predecessor.

Designed and created messaging for Board of Director's presentations.

Built strategic relationships that strengthen performance and achieve company goals.

PLM Trailer Leasing Corp. Montvale, NJ 2012 to 2014 Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Built the financial department from the bottom up to implement the financial analytical intelligent foundation for the company. Recruited three financial analysts and one database administrator. Expanded the software to cover the company’s needs and introduced the next level of IT technology in the company. Supervised two IT consultants.

Developed the comprehensive financial and operational models to support analysis of Trailer Leasing industry trends and key business drivers by implementing the Centralized Data Warehouse with multiple automated download extract data processes from several source systems and modeling the data appropriately for use in various Finance initiatives; increased efficiency by 75%.

ACI Worldwide, Inc. New York, NY 2009 to 2012

Financial Manager, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Produced and manage all monthly/quarterly financial results, corporate financial reporting requirements and related financial analysis including Executive Committee reporting, BOD Presentation materials, quarterly Earnings Releases, Monthly Management Reporting and Analysis materials.

Coordinated and managed the administrative cost allocation system.

Managed the corporate treasury function, including weekly cash review.

Verizon Corp. Basking Ridge, NJ 1999 to 2009

Financial Manager, Telecom Strategic Planning and Budgeting

Prepared product line financial statements, performed period reporting, variance analysis and explanation for Verizon Senior Executives and Verizon Board of Directors; improved record accuracy by 25%.

Prepared key points statements of top Wall Street investors’ conference calls to develop business cases to provide value added insight on key industry drivers to accelerate profitable growth.

Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Led preparation of the monthly and quarterly Chairman’s Leadership Council Financial binders including actual results, outlook, benchmarking and trends in the individual portfolios. Performed drafting, recalculation, model testing, validation, elasticity analysis and segments final completion.

Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Accounting

As team leader for Corporate Consolidation Group supported project to implement financial reporting application for the Corporate Finance Group. Assumed responsibility for all phases of the project implementation from the requirements phase to final deployment; improved rigor and speed by 30%.

Participated in hiring process of qualified IT professionals; improved team performance by 35%.

EDUCATION

PACE UNIVERSITY ~ New York, NY

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Master of Arts in Psychology, June 2011

Emphasis in General Psychology

PACE UNIVERSITY ~ New York, NY

Lubin School of Business

Master of Business Administration, June 2004

Emphasis in Finance and International Business

DONETSK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ~ Donetsk, Ukraine Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, June 1996

Concentration Information System Technology

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Proficient with Hyperion, HFM, Essbase, Cognos, Oracle Financials, SQL, CRM, Tableau, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics SL, MRI, AVID, Excel, PowerPoint; familiar with SAP, PeopleSoft and SOX.

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