Financial Analyst

“CC” XI CHEN

**** * ******* ****, *** Angeles, CA 90006

949-***-**** **.********@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/Xi- Chen2018

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sunshades Depot Inc. Los Angeles, CA

Financial Analyst Jan 2019 – Present

Create cost estimation and pricing models for more than 200,000 products. Partner with the online retail team to launch new retail business in US and grow to more than $17m

Build and maintain variance reporting, financial modeling, dashboards and performance metrics that support key business decisions. Analyze capital improvement projects, facility expenses, investigated variances and budget enhancing strategies for best results

Serve as the liaison between the Integrated Supply Chain, Finance and Inventory, analyze monthly, quarterly and annual financial impact and business opportunities of adding new product line, plant equipment to operations team. Provide ad hoc financial reports to drive organization profitability and operational efficiencies

Ensure that the budgeting/forecasting/reporting tool is configured to accurately reflect the statutory results within the selling express ERP along with supporting cross-divisional during actual month-end and planning reporting cycle

Ezeeship Inc. Los Angeles, CA

Financial Analyst Mar 2018 – Jan 2019

Generated financial models in excel, extracting data from SAP ERP, to automate generation of monthly financial reports and performance measurement reports focus on budgeting and forecasting

Coordinated with the technology, sales and operation teams, maintained and quantified risks and opportunities in business performance and conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis. Provided financial and trend analysis to help with problem-solving throughout different departments for ad-hoc initiatives

Organized invoices and contracts, participated in month end close process recording entries and reconciling accounts, and processed full-cycle Accounts payable and receivable with QuickBooks software to support completing the monthly Financial Statement Checklist and package documentation

BANK OF NANJING Nanjing, China

Ranked the 384th in the list of the world's top 1,000 largest banks (18th in Mainland China).

Financial Analyst, Internship July 2016 – July2017

Performed financial analysis and forecast reports using Excel and SQL in combination, reducing research and forecast cycle time from 2 weeks to under 10 days.

Assisted in the preparation of monthly variances analysis, participated in month-end closing process, including preparation of financial statement support schedules, journal entries and reconciliations.

Transformed and integrated data across multiple systems using data preparation and data toolsets. Identified revenue potential and optimization as key drivers of future portfolio strategy.

CORE QUALIFICATION

Financial Skills: Financial Modeling, Accounting principles, Variance analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting Modeling, DCF analysis, Financial Mathematics, Sensitive & Scenario analysis

Technical Skills: Advanced Excel & PowerPoint, VBA, Tableau, SQL, Power BI, Power query, SAP, QuickBooks

Analytical and Quantitative Skills: Big data analysis, Problem solving, Predictive Modeling, Investigation

Work Ability: Problem sensitivity, Collaborating, Fast learning, Leadership, Time management, Multitask ability

Language Skills: Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese

EDUCATION

Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management Malibu, CA

Master of Science in Applied Finance (GPA 3.5) August 2018

Shenyang Normal University Shenyang, China

Bachelor of Science in Finance

Minor in Organization Leadership June 2016

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