Zulfi H. Jafri ** Holmes Ave Darien CT ***** Tel: 203-***-**** Email: ad0us8@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Finance and Business Development professional with an outstanding record of achieving growth and profitability. Strong leadership and team building skills directed towards achieving results for over 18 years in financial management and business development. Successfully managed several projects and assisted in defining, designing, and implementing business solutions from conception to strategy to delivering finished products. These solutions encompassed financial analysis, business development, management, and e-business technologies. Along with P&L, responsibilities included staffing, developing customer alliances and vendor contracts. Especially adept at:

Financial Analysis & Reporting

Business Development and Acquisitions

Profitability & Cost Analysis

Maximize Revenues and Increase EBITA

Team Building & Performance Improvement with Customer First philosophy

Experience:

Horizon Hotels Limited Eatontown, NJ

A large Hotel Management company based in Eatontown; NJ 2018-Current

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Conduct thorough financial analysis of company performance, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.

Processed accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions, reconciled bank statements, and maintained accurate financial records.

Develop complex financial models to support long-term financial planning and forecasting.

Analyze market trends and competitor financials to provide strategic recommendations to senior management.

Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports.

Managed and oversaw the full accounting cycle, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger maintenance, and payroll processing.

Set sales targets and define strategy to achieve these targets and to follow the set strategy punctually.

Drive sales activities and the acquisition of new business.

Manage the proposal development process for acquisitions and maintain the timeline.

Execute the strategy for meeting sales performance.

Build and enhance relationships with existing hotels to increase sales.

Maintain existing accounts by presenting new products and services to clients.

Prepared: yearly, quarterly, and monthly Profit and Loss for the organization.

Create, negotiate, and close commercial agreements as needed.

Conduct market research using data, STR and business websites for potential hotels.

Manage the proposal development process and maintain the timelines for the proposals.

VRZS Hospitality Mystic, CT 2013-2018

Hospitality Company established to manage mid-market hotels in USA.

FINANCIAL ANALYST/ASSISTANT CONTROLLER

Managed and oversaw the full accounting cycle, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger maintenance, and payroll processing.

Conducted monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reconciliations and closed financial statements on schedule.

Revenue Management tasks include pricing & positioning, inventory management, strategic business analysis, competitive market intelligence, forecasting & pace

performance, business evaluation.

Review monthly STAR database for Revenue Management and reporting.

Prepare yearly budget for each property based on input from various departments.

Revamp the pricing and seasons in rates center with PMS system, so the room is not selling below par on most days, while maximizing 30 event days for additional revenues by utilizing hospitality performance reports (Trends, pipeline, STR, and destination demographics matrix).

Manage all aspects of payroll and employer tax/liabilities.

Directly responsible for all revenue management: rate and inventory management, 3rd party programs and participation, forecasts, budgets, and P&L statements.

Manage all aspects of payroll and employer taxes and benefits.

Prepared: yearly, quarterly, and monthly Profit and Loss for the organization.

Develop and implement accounting controls. Monitor and analyze department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Maintain banking relationships, coordinate payments for all vendors, manage cash requirements and liquidity, and perform monthly bank reconciliations for bank accounts.

Ensure all compliance requirements are met - timely filing of all tax returns and regulatory filings.

Support team with special projects and workflow process improvements.

Balance Diagnostics White Plains, NY

Healthcare diagnostics firm engaged in establishing medical offices in Florida to provide diagnosis and treatment to patients suffering from Vertigo and Dizziness.

BUSINESS MANAGER/FINANCIAL ANLYST 2006-2013

Worked and managed physician, nurses, rehabilitation therapists, and business development team to meet organizational goals.

Engaged and resolved disputes between insurance companies and collection department.

Effectively and efficiently manage all day-to-day accounting functions including A/P, A/R, and payroll.

Maintain general ledgers and trial balances, ensuring that monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements are met according to pre-determined timelines.

Provide monthly and year-end reporting to parent company for group consolidation purposes.

Prepare and coordinate supporting documents files for external audit of company.

Interpret output from POS system and translate into financial information.

Create, negotiate, and close commercial agreements as needed.

GE Capital Stamford, CT

Fortune 10 Company Specializing in Electronics and Financial Products. 2002-2006

Financial Analyst

To analyze currency/investments of GE Capital. Investment Management (CIM)

Processed daily cash and non-cash transactions for assigned securities. Researched and

Calculated accurate interest payments using Bloomberg online system. Initiated

Investigations and resolved past and present account discrepancies through Chase.

Manhattan Bank. Gathering and validating financial information necessary to complete business cases.

Prepared month-end and quarterly financial reports for external and internal use.

Customers. Prepared quarterly income statements for senior management and internal

Used Discounted Cash Flow Analysis for GE Capital fixed assets expenditures.

Perform other duties as assigned by the senior management team.

Analyzed Prepaid, A/R, and Allowance for Bad Debt, Accrued Income, and

Monthly Inventory account/reconciliations.

Education State University of New York Buffalo, NY

BS – Finance

Interests: Squash, Soccer, Basketball, Travel, and IT.

Skills SAP R/3 3.0, Excel, Microsoft Access, VLOOKUPS, Pivot Tables, Lotus

Approach, Microsoft Word, PMS, ACIS, CAPS (IBM), NOMAD, M7D, RMS,

QuickBooks. Certified Hotel Operator (CHO)

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