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SUDHARSAN RAMANI

Buffalo, NY ***** adf9di@r.postjobfree.com +1-716-***-**** linkedin.com/in/sudharsan-ra/

Diligent Analyst, highly committed to developing data driven decisions and implementing robust strategy to promote operational efficiency. A self-starter with a keen attention to detail with strong financial modeling, problem solving and analytical skills. Excellent interpersonal and time management skills.

EDUCATION

MS Financial Risk Management, State University of New York at Buffalo

Aug 2019 – Jan 2021

Coursework: Financial Planning Analysis; Insurance and Risk Management; Quantitative statistics; Corporate Finance;

Master’s Degree in Accounting and Finance, University of Madras

Aug 2016 – Jun 2018

Coursework: Cost Accounting; Corporate Accounting; Business Marketing; Economics; Financial Services; Marketing

SKILLS

SQL

Tableau

Excel VBA

Python

Budgeting & Forecasting

Financial Reporting

Financial Modeling

Financial Planning & Analysis

Variance Analysis

Microsoft Office

Risk Management

Project Management

WORK EXPERIENCE

Tax Analyst, Ernt & Young, Chennai, India

July 2018 – July 2019

Analyzed financial statement analysis and modelling to report key performance indicators relating to revenue, leverage, cashflow and competitive strategy. Improved business segment performance by conducting variance analysis to keep in line with standards. Developed trend analysis, financial forecasts, budgets, ad hoc reports, and sensitivity analysis as per business requirements. Preparing and assessing tax returns for American Corporations and partnerships for almost all states in the US.

Filing tax returns for US Corporations and partnerships to IRS through Gosystem and Onesource.

Financial Data Analyst, Wipro Limited, Bangalore, India

June 2015 – Apr 2016

Developed $20M annual budget by providing project planning, modeling, forecasting, capital allocation and variance analysis. Presented capital budgeting decisions by evaluating NPV, IRR and profitability index. Developed sales, capital, and operating expense forecasts asper production planning. Presented department wise spend analysis reports to help improve operational efficiency.

Developed 3-statement financial model to generate quarterly and annual reports

Reduced 5% operational cost by recommending effective working capital strategies.

Credit Risk Analyst Intern, PNB Metlife Insurance, India

Dec 2014 – Jan 2015

Assisted Risk Analysts in preparation of 25+ account reviews and recommendations to mitigate account risk using risk models and financial analytics. Assisted the Annual Review process of larger transactions including contacting the customer for the updated financial information, spreading the tax returns/financial statements.

Underwriting by analyzing cash flows, profit & loss statements, and balance sheets to improve bank asset quality and to protect against unwanted losses.

Budget and Forecast Analyst, Ashok and Ram Auditing firm, India

Dec 2017 – Mar 2018

Gathered business requirements and extracted warranty claims data to perform financial analysis. Designed dynamic excel dashboards to highlight trends in replacement cost, defect rate, supply chain cost across all 14 locations in India

Estimated $1.2 Million in annual cost savings upon implementation of a lean supply chain management.

Presented a Excel storyboard on trends of defect rate and cost of warranty replacement across geolocations.

Finance Analyst Intern, Beavers Group, India

May 2017 – July 2017

Analyzed and communicated market position, business trends and 6 competitor’s performance in revenue meeting. Assisted in developing operating budgets and cost analysis to identify areas of high spending and improve ROI.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS AND LEADERSHIP

Consultant at Financial Academy, State University of New York, NY, USA

Jan 2020 – May 2020

Analyzed income statements to prepare sensitivity model for Senior management at UB Athletics.

Recommended strategies to UB Athletics on increasing revenue and reducing operational expenses by 8.19%

Mentor, Sri Sai Sampathi, India

Mentor for Nonprofit Organization to aid the development of rural schools. Developed financial forecasts to drive annual operating plans. Led Monthly Business Reviews to manage operations of the organization.

Expanded scale of operations to 5 schools by benefiting 2000+ students, in a span of 3 years.

Reduced 7.53% in annual budget on advertisements by migrating from print media to social media campaigns.

Financial Analysis on Target Corporation, Capstone Equity Research

Technologies: Python, SQL,Tableau

Developed a python tool to automate extraction of financial information from 10-K repots and feed data into a database to financial performance in modelling and generate periodic reports.

Prepared 3-Statement, DCF and Sensitivity Models using Microsoft Excel to forecast NPV of unlevered cash flow from 10-K reports. Estimated NPV of Terminal Value to be $63.55 Billion by 2022.

Portfolio Optimization for Endowment fund, Investment Management

Technologies: Tableau, Excel

Analyzed a $100 Million College endowment fund consisting of 8 asset classes using covariance and correlation matrices.

Built Markowitz Efficient frontier by constructing an optimal mix using solver and received a return of 11.62%.

Achieved 12.68% of return by using asset allocation strategy with a reduction in risk from 3.65% to 2.8%.

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