Financial Developer

Zeina H. Haidar

214-***-**** *********@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeinahaidar

Education

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS Major GPA 3.89/4.00

Bachelor of Science in IT Systems, Cum Laude August 2014 - December 2017

Business Experience

BRINKS - Coppell, TX. November 2019-April 2020

FP&A Analyst

·Provided support to IT and Financial SG&A functions such as month end close, providing oversight on transactional finance processes executed, and assisted with annual budgeting and monthly/quarterly forecast update processes.

·Built and maintained 60+ automated PL reports that aided all domestic departmental leads on budgetary decisions.

·Standardized and ensured the quality, accuracy and timeliness of the month end closing, monthly reports, accruals, balance sheet reviews, forecasts and annual budget/operating plan preparation.

·Reviewed, analyzed, and monitored IT financial performance. Supported VP of Information Technology by providing analytical reports, inputting and reclassing approved journal entries within the GL, and other ad-hoc requests/research for distribution to executive management.

·Conducted ongoing assessments of financial and operational trend analysis in collaboration with subject matter experts that allowed departmental leads to be more proactive in decision-making, provided insights into business performance, and identified future needs and challenges.

·Compiled and prepared accurate and timely financial and business analysis, research, and forecasts including demand forecasting, financial and expense performance, rate of return, working capital and investments optimization, and project benefit tracking.

CELANESE - Las Colinas, TX. December 2017-September 2018

IT Security and Governance

·Reviewed and edited 20+ closing IT forms and all ongoing project documentation weekly among 11 IT departments in accordance to published Celanese security governance standards.

·Published two template standards used in network architecture documentation company wide.

·Organized 24 IT governance charters and led weekly Standards and Publishing Board meetings with two project managers, three IT directors, and the CIO in attendance.

·Cataloged all IT documentation globally and designed an automatic ticketing system within ServiceNow that audited for annual updates on 60+ published standards.

Application Support May 2017-August 2017

·Organized and conducted 36 global application performance tests with regional contacts in China, Germany, and the US, to diagnose the source of execution issues.

·Initiated an accrual SAP functionality customization on behalf of the financial team managing the General Ledger information on 6+ royalties.

·Identified issues with an existing file transmission account containing 7,000+ employees’ sensitive, archived data sent to an outside advisory entity and developed an encrypted replacement account.

·Designed three new file transmission accounts and worked with contracted developer to build and test input/output functionality.

·Analyzed 2,000+ IT service incident tickets submitted in 2017 to discern causes of common issues experienced by the application team and researched recommendations that would prevent similar occurrences.

·Scoped the project effort and action plan involved with the retirement and archived migration of an outdated HR learning management system that serviced 900 employees at the largest plant located in Mexico.

Leadership

ERSHAD ELEMENTARY/ ARABSALIM MIDDLE SCHOOL - Arabsalim, Lebanon June 2013-October 2019

Volunteer Tutor

·Applied Montessori methodology to curate lesson plans that tutored English as a second language, Physics, and Biology to underprivileged students in Lebanon, class grades K-9 during summer months.

·Instructed groups of 5 twice a week, as well as provided one on one tutoring to 6 students among grades 7-9.

Skills

Technical: VBA, PowerPivot, Access, Java, Tableau, SQL, SAP, BI, Jira, Oracle, EPM, ePO, Hyperion, ServiceNow, SDLC

Languages: Fluent English, Arabic

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