Vijay Singh
Austin, TX
Mobile: +1-415-***-****
Email: *************@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Extensive Finance experience ranging from startups to global roles. Proven record of success in identifying key drivers for decision making, strategy and problem solving. Natural affinity for cultivating relationships and building consensus among diverse individuals.
My specialties include:
Highly skilled in financial management including:
-Budgeting, forecasting, complex business modeling, problem solving and decision making
-Simplifying processes to enable shifting resources to higher priority demand
-Leading financial and organizational initiatives for reorganizations, consolidations, and merger
Building highly effective teams
Transforming strategy or vision into a structured P&L
Successful collaboration and support for business partners and senior management
Management reporting and complex business modeling that drives decisions
EXPERIENCE:
ReciproTech
Executive Director - Finance
2010 – Present
Strategic consulting for clients in industries ranging from High-Tech to Financial Services to BioTech/Pharma
Streamline client's process for budgeting and forecasting resulting in 15-30% timeline reduction and increased accuracy
Conduct complex financial modeling for capital and operating expense business cases
Create successful Decision-Making process for enterprise capital projects
Develop client's finance department in an environment with high turnover due to a strong job market
Kaiser Permanente – Oakland, CA
Executive Director - Technology and Strategic Finance
2007 – 2010
Developed a highly effective FP&A team in budgeting, forecasting and analysis for over $1.3 Billion in technology spend
Successfully supported a wide range of Business Units and consistently received the highest annual client rating
Reduced the FP&A forecast cycle by 50% with increased accuracy
Lead and streamlined the $10 Billion demand of the Strategic Enterprise Business/Technology process resulting in a timeline reduction of 40%, a reduction of demand of 50-60% and presented to C-Level Executives for successful decision making.
Developed complex business cases for Capital projects and attained the highest senior management/Board approval rate
Allianz Global Investors – Newport Beach, CA
Vice President - Global Finance
2001 – 2006
Global head of IT Finance (FP&A) across ten subsidiary firms in the US, Europe, and Asia in a matrix environment
Head of Finance for the Global Hedge Fund business unit
Directly managed multiple budgets and management reporting that brought greater transparency and actionable results
Lead product profitability modeling for investment products
Successfully lead expense optimization initiatives resulting in annual P&L reductions ranging from 10 - 40%
Lead the analysis for Post-Merger Technology/Operations resulting in $10-50 Million annual savings
Financial leader for Global technology initiatives and achieved material saving by sharing best practices, consolidation and joint-ventures
Zantaz, Inc – Pleasanton, CA
Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
2000 - 2001
Managed the Central FP&A function and prepared budgets and forecasts for entire firm
Developed extensive business models that determined all aspects of profitability. The results directly changed the direction of the company and product lines
Developed and updated pricing and cost models for new and existing products
Developed business plans for Joint-Venture expansion into Europe and Asia
Excite@Home Corporation – Redwood City, CA
Group Controller
1999 - 2000
Head of Finance for National Infrastructure Deployment Business Unit
Directly managed projects including implementation of financial systems
Continually determined national network capacity, expense and profitability
Created new financial control systems that resulted in reducing annual expense by over $5 Million
EDUCATION
MBA - Finance
Golden Gate University
Bachelors - Economics
Minor - Business Administration
California State University Sacramento