Financial Analyst Manager
Resume:
Craig Philpot
Calabasas, CA
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Financial Analyst with 2+ years' experience implementing cost schedule analysis for two major defense contractors in the aerospace sector. Forecasted and managed cost schedules for programs ranging from $500,000 to $175 million in budget and team sizes from 5-100 people. Core competencies include project management, budgeting, forecasting, project tracking and financial management. Educational credentials include BS from Liberty University Business School. Work Experience
Financial Analyst II
Aerovironment - Simi Valley, CA
December 2019 to Present
• Provided weekly program updates and analysis for PMs, including burn rate analysis, open commitments and headcounts
• Facilitated project shut down and roll-over when nearly spent on cost type repairs and field service representatives; coordinated with manufacturing team for stop work and switch over to next project.
• Prepared monthly status reports to send to customers with appropriate level of detail, whether commercial or government
• Worked with schedulers to tie Cobra database WBS structures to the actuals and forecast for monthly EACs
• Prepared sales variances weekly with comments on whether or not EAC needed revision, and provided financial backup for assumptions
Associate Financial Analyst
Northrop Grumman - Northridge, CA
October 2017 to December 2019
• Provided support to multiple DOD contracts, ensuring tasks were set up, labor and material costs were forecasted, and management had the information they needed to run their programs.
• Increased efficiency on variance analysis for AARGM (Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile) production contracts by 800%, reducing update times and maximizing data analysis
• Created an inception-to-date delivery schedule for 26 repairs contracts, tying accurately to all past actuals, and forecasting expected deliveries through 2021. Prior to this, there was no reliable metric for forecasting
• Put together a detailed training module for the Fort Worth finance team, explaining a step-by-step process for the monthly Sales and Profit
• Innovated a reliable system to accurately prepare S&Ps for the Finance Manager, reduced incidents of error by 90%.
• Assisted with EACs quarterly, updating actuals for all current DOD contracts, sitting down with IPT leads and forecasting heads by department/task
Finance Intern
Orbital ATK - Northridge, CA
July 2017 to October 2017
• Trained with use of Cognos, Costpoint and standard finance templates
• Assisted financial analysts with BOM preparation, monthly sales and profit reports, and weekly labor runs
• Assisted finance manager with research projects and ad hoc analyses Education
B.S. in Business Administration
Liberty University - Lynchburg, VA
Skills
• Financial Reporting
• Budgeting
• Pivot Tables
• Oracle
• Financial Analysis
• Microsoft Word
Assessments
Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel — Expert
March 2020
Excel knowledge including common tools, PivotTables, conditional & nested formulas, and custom visuals.
Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/ share_to_profile/3156bdf5573507ff0acf9c8a2e4d2d3aeed53dc074545cb7 Verbal Communication — Expert
March 2020
Speaking clearly, correctly, and concisely.
Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/ share_to_profile/8c23f71a4c25ce98214a41d325e3d763eed53dc074545cb7 Project Management Skills: Budgeting — Expert
March 2020
Managing project budgets by appropriately allocating and monitoring financial resources. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_to_profile/ a72bf6f736d03120e946b7f61481ffa2eed53dc074545cb7
Accounting: Basic Principles — Proficient
March 2020
Preparing financial records according to federal policies. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_to_profile/ fb16a22e1a62907b5ad12b9898fdfdbfeed53dc074545cb7
Creating Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint — Proficient March 2020
Knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint tools and features. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/ share_to_profile/0ff868d06ff71b038592267b5ebedfcfeed53dc074545cb7 Logic & Verbal Reasoning — Expert
March 2020
Understanding the meaning of text, and identifying the relationships among words or concepts. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/ share_to_profile/0d451df2d2e8fac830edcbc2a6f17632eed53dc074545cb7 Attention to Detail — Expert
March 2020
Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information.
Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_to_profile/ a3c10b9b4ef3808e41de14f4bc2457fa
Project Management Skills: Time Management — Expert March 2020
Prioritizing and allocating time to effectively achieve project deliverables. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/ share_to_profile/2e1f76ee7a7f82fe7f626cde7886c4d6eed53dc074545cb7 Written Communication — Highly Proficient
March 2020
Best practices for writing, including grammar, style, clarity, and brevity. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/ share_to_profile/2376f162cf1042720c5845aa4ac51fb5eed53dc074545cb7 Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.
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