Business Analysis Financial Planning
Resume:
Zephirin Ebonzo
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SUMMARY
Leverage extensive and diversified professional career geared to assess the profitability, the viability and the stability of a business, sub-business or a project.
Specialties
- Strategic & Market Planning
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Business Analysis and Development
- International Finance
- International Accounting
- Problem-Costing Methodology
- Internal Auditing
- Program/Projects Management Analysis
- ROS/ROI Tax Strategies
- Transfer Price Processes
- Enterprise-wide system (ERP) implementation
- Economic Risk/Opportunity Analysis
- International Billing and Settlement
- SAP Financial Modules
- ORACLE Financial Modules
- PEOPLE-SOFT Financial Modules
- MS Access
- MS Excel
- HTML/XHTML/CSS
-SAS and SPSS
- Creative Writing, Fiction Writing and Self-Publishing
Experience
03/24 – Present - AFRICAN BRIDGE CONSULTING
CONSULTANT- BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: Assumed leadership role in developing, documenting and risk assessing the business analysis and development of business entities in Africa and Caribbean Basin: Facilitated successful international partnerships and market expansion by bridging gaps in communication, understanding, and strategic insight between Africa and the rest of the world.
Spotlighted Achievements
A-Oil and Gas Exploration in Haiti
Developed and submitted for implementation a Business Analysis and Development plan to conduct a scientific based exploration of Oil and Gas Onshore and Offshore over the Republic of Haiti territory including Executive Summary, Industry Analysis, Exploration Business Model, Operations Planning, Exploration Timeline and Milestones, Strategic Team Definition, Strategic Analysis, Marketing Analysis, Funding Planning, Revenue Growth and Risk Assessment, and Financial Projections.
A-Expansion of a QSR Project in Africa
Completing a Business Analyss and Development plan to expand the implementation of a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) project from one African Urban Center (Cotounou, Republic of Benin) to twelve Urban Centers (Johannesburg, Cape-Town, Durban, Gaborone, Dakar, Abidjan, Accra, Lagos, Abuja, Douala, Nairobi, Dar-Es-Salam) using for each expansion location detailed expert Industry Analysis, Strategic Analysis, Market Analysis, Marketing Implementation Analysis, Revenue Growth and Risk Assessment, and Financial Projections.
06/20 – 03/21 SOUND MIND HEALTH CARE ACQUISITION ANALYSIS
CONSULTANT- FINANCIAL ACQUISITION PROJECT: Assumed leadership role in developing, documenting and risk assessing the financial acquisition of a psychiatric health care entity:
Spotlighted Achievements
-Developed and transferred prior years, 2017-2019, Sound Mind Healthcare company (SM)
Financial Data into Medical Service Financial Representation.
-Researched Enterprise Purchase Price Determination Methodology Alternatives
-Developed Computation of SM Purchase Price Methodology Alternatives
Income Statement Balance Sheet, Financial Percentage Ratios, and Operating Cash Flow
Representation from 2019 through 2025
-Submitted Analysis of SM Purchase Price Methodology Alternatives
-Review SM Financial Analysis and Purchase Price Methodology Alternative
-Applied and Risk-Assessed Discounted Cash Flow Methodology
Over SM Purchase Price Through 2025
-Determined, Evaluated and Assessed Considerations Over SM Purchase
Price Considerations Including the Risk-Adjusted Range of Purchase Price
-Revised Application of Risk-Assessed Discounted Cash Flow Methodology
over SM Purchase Price from 2019 through 2025
-Developed And Submitted SM Purchase Price and Risk Considerations
Presentation
SM acquisition per submitted Purchase Price and Risk Considerations was completed
on February 3,2021.
10/2016 – PRESENT SOULEYMANE GUENGUENG FOUNDATION
DIRECTOR – OPERATIONS, STRATEGIES, NEW TECHNOLOGIES MANAGEMENT
Responsible for initiating, developing and putting in place foundation financial and operational infrastructures, strategies and new technologies management.
Spotlighted Achievements
-Defined “Souleymane Guengueng Foundation” Project Mission and Structures
-Preliminary Design of “Souleymane Guengueng Foundation” website using WordPress
-Set up administrative infrastructures for “Souleymane Guengueng Foundation” including Articles of Federal and New York State Incorporation, Foundation Tax Id, a Non Profit 501c3 entity, electronic/digital contacts, Foundation Logo, complete website using WordPress infrastructure as https://www.sggfblog.com .
-Set up Foundation financial infrastructure using QUICKBOOKS Financial Application for Non-Profit Entities. The application allows to track the Foundation financial performance at three levels: the Foundation’s Chart of Accounts, the Foundation’s Programs and sub-Programs, the Foundation’s Activities on Locations.
-Applied and acquired New York State Certificate of Incorporation for Souleymane Guengueng Foundation as a Non-Profit Entity.
-Developed and submitted Foundation Strategic Programs, including Programs Objectives, Activities and Outcomes.
-Developed and submitted Foundation Budget. The budget was based on Strategic Programs which were broken down to specific lower sub-Programs which were developed from activities determined per quantifiable and dollar base activity unit.
-Developed, leading and implementing Foundation fundraising campaigns using advanced fundraising management technologies including NEON-CRM.
10/2014 TO 10/2020 – AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANT- PROJECT MANAGEMENT – STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING:
Assumed senior leadership role in developing, documenting, executing and constantly risk assessing three major development projects in Sub-Sahara region of Africa at the project feasibility study phase including:
Spotlighted Achievements
A “Surcharge Projects”
In order to generate new revenue streams to rehabilitate and expand African countries infrastructures, provide basic services throughout the entire population within these countries, sustain their economic growth in the future, developed two short term projects including:
-Telecom Network Platform Surcharge Project whereby a new Governance Strategy will be implemented using advanced digital technologies that will not only account for the Accurate and Complete Telecom Volume of the entire country Telecom platform but will also enable an effective regulation of the Control, Traffic Equity and Transparence of the Telecom sector. As a result, this enhanced visibility over the country Telecom sector will allow the country Telecom authority to correct and reclaim past short payments due to the Specific African Country from other international carriers. In addition, this enhanced visibility over the country Telecom sector will allow the country Telecom authority to design and implement correct surcharge over international calls terminating in the Specific African Country, generating a New Stream of much needed revenues to auto-finance country development needs.
-Financial Transfer Platform Surcharge Project where by a new Remittance/Transfer Strategy will be implemented using advanced digital technologies that will not only account for the Accurate and Complete Remittance/Transfer Volume within the entire country financial spectrum but will also enable an effective regulation of the Control, Levy and Transparence of the Remittance/Transfer sector. As a result, this enhanced visibility over the country Remittance/Transfer sector will allow the country financial authority to design and implement correct surcharge over the Transfers of money sent to the Specific African Country, generating a New Stream of much needed revenues to auto-finance country development needs.
This new stream of revenue auto-finances and kick-starts long-term projects including:
-Development and Expansion of a Regional Airline Project
-Development and Expansion of Ports and Transportation Infrastructures Project
-Development and Expansion of Health Care Facilities Project
-Development and Expansion of Touristic Facilities Project
B. “Sao Tome & Principe Air Transportation and Tourism Industry Project” with following objectives:
-Development of STP (Sao Tome & Principe) as a major low cost air transportation hub in the Western, Central and Southern Africa,
-Development of STP as a major tourism infrastructure center in the Gulf of Guinea,
-Development of STP as a top rated, high quality major Health Center providing high quality health care backed by outstanding pharmaceutical supplies and a dedicated Nursing school,
-Development of STP as a major center for offshore activities in Africa.
C. “US Private Initiative for DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) Recovery” Project with the following objectives in 50 designated Development Hubs:
-Build 5 Million Modern and Low-Cost Units of Habitation,
-Build 50 agricultural/fishery/breeding production centers,
-Build 6 Chemical fertilizer manufacturing centers dispersed in 6 key areas (North-East, North-West, South-East, South-East, Mid-East and Mid-West),
-Build 50 financial network institutions,
-Build 100 Workshops which would construct more than 10.000 Modern, Low Cost and Medium Capacity (20 to 250 tons) boats/vessels and 5.000 barges Capacity (50 to 250 tons),
-Reforest climate change impacted areas within the Development Hubs.
-Develop and enhance marketing and financial support for time tested Market Women through Microfinance windows,
-Expand and promote the information technology and any modern technology and science to enhance each hub productivity.
Documented and submitted development project definition, premises, guidelines, objectives, goals, structures, functions, financial assumptions and planning, and synopsis. Translated project documentation for DRC Recovery in French.
05/2014 - PRESENT – CREATIVE WRITING AND SELF-PUBLISHING
Below are Creative Writing products I have completed and where I have advanced consistent underlying themes through systematic character and plot development in appropriate viewing sets and scenes augmented by pertinent dialogues rich in exacting anecdotes, metaphors and similes:
-In 2014, Trafford Publishing Company published a novel titled; “KANY RISING’ under my pen name of XEBO. This work of fiction of 700 pages attempts to answer the age-old question of what would happens throughout the world when a new mineral, with phenomenal properties to increase exponentially industrial and production capacity of mankind, is discovered somewhere in the world. This novel was awarded a GOLD SEAL and was described in the website http://www.xebo3t.com, with the video transcribed in http://youtu.be/RgKKdYZf3J8 and the book review article provided in www.theusreview.com/reviews/Kany-Xebo.html
-In May of 2016, I completed a manuscript of another political drama around the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). This fictional narrative titled “WALLS OF SHAME – WEB OF DECEIT” provided a description of the Congolese Political Elite during the Second and Third Republic.
-In November of 2018, I completed a manuscript of a fictionalized account of a Haitian immigrant
couple story. This narrative titled “BROKEN AND BITTER MIRRORS” of 270 pages provides a
description of the ravaging echoes of the social disconnects that an immigrant couple confronts by
following the aspirations projected in the host country of US against the aspirations left in their
home country.
-In February of 2022, I completed a manuscript of a fictionalized political conflict in Haiti,
pitting two major communities in “PORT SALUT, IN THE MORNING” narrative of 467
pages. The narrative describes the slow displacing of the economic stranglehold of the
island from an old declining Mulatto Merchant Community to a new Christian-Arab
Enterprising Commercial Community.
-In 2023, the hopeless parody of the Political Elite, unable to manage the DRC ship of
state, led me to start another manuscript titled “BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB”,
recounting the atrocities borne by Congolese people from the systematic plunder
of DRC natural resources by the neighboring states and the endless twenty years
war in the Eastern region of DRC. The manuscript, started around April of 2023,
has advanced currently to about 75% of completion.
-To be completed in 2023/2024-time frame, a manuscript sequel to “KANY RISING”, a
narrative, in progress, of more than 400 pages titled “CURSE OF KANY”.
This sequel shows that extraordinary and phenomenal Kany applications
have established Mezi as a shining star of an emerging Africa in every way possible.
This emergence would unfortunately generate the envy of other countries and far
away major economic powers, which will precipitate the descent to major conflicts,
war and catastrophe.
08/2013 – 05/2014 FEDEX SERVICES, PITTSBURGH PA
CONSULTANT- PROGRAM MANAGEMENT – STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANNING:
Develop a comprehensive Cost/Benefits Analysis to support Field Network Services Installation Process Sourcing Strategy across FedEx Network Enterprise
Spotlighted Achievements
-Defined and submitted Project Drivers and Opportunity,
-Defined and submitted Project Risk Factors,
-Defined, executed and submitted Project steps including:
a) Analysis of the complete work tasks of and determine a standard sizing network infrastructure installation model for large, medium and small site for each major FedEx Operating Company,
b) Development and submission of the complete flowchart of work tasks defining a standard sizing network infrastructure installation model,
c) Determination and validation of how many hours were needed to implement such a standard network infrastructure installation model for large, medium and small site for each of the 4 major FedEx Operating Companies,
d)Determination of what would be the overall internal and external cost of the standard network infrastructure installation model for large, medium and small site for each major FedEx Operating Company,
e) Validation of the overall internal and external cost of the standard network infrastructure installation model through the analysis of External Vendors charges at the Corporate level, the 4 main FedEx Operating Companies level, the Network Installation work type level, the Network size site level (from hub/campus, through large, medium and small site) and the Network location site using MS-ACCESS data base management,
f) Determination of the Sourcing Option framework according to the developed Matrix that ties FedEx Requirements driven from Project Drivers, Opportunity and Risk Factors to the ranked, rated and internally evaluated Vendors/Suppliers Offerings
g) Completion of the feasibility study to determine the alternative sourcing to support the standard network infrastructure installation model for medium and small sites across FedEx Network Enterprise.
h) Development and submission of the Statement of Work (SOW) defining the FedEx standard sizing network infrastructure installation model. The SOW was provided to potential Vendors/Suppliers in support of their bid to provide the Sourcing Option for the FedEx standard sizing network infrastructure installation model across the FedEx Network Enterprise. The evaluation of the Vendors bids was completed in April/May 2014 time frame.
-In support of FedEx Network Inventory Audit, completed an evaluation of a sample size of 40,000 phone numbers and circuits to determine their active/inactive status to advance the broader task of determining savings for, categorizing, disconnecting and cleaning up FedEx Network Inventory.
05/2008 – 8/2013 IDX – CONSULTING, EASTON, PA
CONSULTANT - SELF-EMPLOYED
Consultant over Internet Affiliate Marketing, Small Business Financial Management, QUICKBOOKS Integrated software installation and maintenance, Software Development and Translation services
Spotlighted Achievements
- Assisted software company in a gaining a contract to develop and install an enterprise wide application in support of reservation and ticketing operations for the Quebec Ferries Company in Canada by providing translation services from French to English and English to French of User Requirements, Contract stipulation, Project Timeline, Costing and application conditions
- Developed and submitted for MIDWAY STAINLESS FABRICATORS a Project Proposal to convert its current set of disparate and intensively manual processes into an integrated mechanized process using the current QUICKBOOKS PREMIER Edition and evolving further into the QUICKBOOKS ENTERPRISE Edition.
- Promoted more than 60 products and services using the worldwide Internet Advertising landscape supported by Yahoo and Google facilities and countless of Internet Advertising applications. Used HTML/XHTML/CSS and JAVA programming in order to develop and submit more than 60 applets to support my Internet Affiliate Marketing and Ecommerce endeavors.
10/2010 - 12/2010 UN/FAO IRAQ MISSION OFFICE AMMAN JORDAN,
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
Review of key management internal controls and submission of process improvements
Spotlighted Achievements
- Assisted Management in the formulation of the financial requirements around Unilateral funded Projects through Iraq Central Government and Governorates,
- Conducted seminars over Project Management Analysis and Process Improvement areas for the benefit of the Office Program/Project Managers
- Reviewed internal controls over Office Project Management Analysis, Program Management Analysis, Project Budgeting Process, Funds Allocation Process from Headquarters to Amman to Iraq sub-offices, Procurement Process and Financial Processes while identifying Process Improvement areas.
- Reviewed the Internal Controls over the Office overall Financial Processes including the Cash Accounting Method Process, the Book Close Process around FAS, the upcoming IPSAS financial system application, the Cash Flow and Imprest Accounts Process and the Cash Transfer Process for sub offices of Baghdad and Erbil while identifying Process Improvement areas
- Developed and validated 2011 six month budget requirements and justification for the Office Administrative Costs. Communicated to Staff the impacts of 2011 Office Projects Projection over the Office Administrative Costs Budget.
-Identified Process improvements were fully implemented at the end of assignment including 2011 Budget impacts.
5/2005 - 5/2008 AT&T MMORRISTOWN, NJ
INTERNATIONAL DEBT MANAGER – INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OPERATIONS
Responsible for relief of AT&T Receivable positions with International Carriers through the International Settlement Process and Receivable Cure Metrics process using International Billing Reconciliation, International Accounting, Country Economic Risk/Opportunity Assessment and Foreign Exchange Adjustment Accounting. Debt Management function concentrated on AT&T Network Provisioning Operations for Middle East and Africa and Under Sea Cable Services.
Spotlighted Achievements
- Developed and implemented a New Bad Debt Reserve using rolling rates based on both Country Economic Risk/Opportunity Assessment rates and Carrier Financial Risk Assessment rates. Used MS-Access Data Base and PEOPLE-SOFT Finance modules in order to attest the new Bad Debt Reserve model.
- Reduced financial exposure with Network Carriers and Cable Services customers by reducing the percentage of AR buckets in 180 days and 90 days by between 50% and 80%
- Developed and implemented Special Drawing Rights (SDR) Foreign Exchange translation process used in the settlement of Account Receivable and Account Payable positions between AT&T and Middle East and Africa Network Carriers
5/1997 - 3/2003 AGERE SYSTEMS Inc. ALLENTOWN, PA
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE MANAGER – SEMI-CONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING
Responsible for analyzing key business drivers financial impacts, providing management with timely analysis and recommendations to make strategic decisions for Agere Systems European Region business entities
Spotlighted Achievements
-Ensured that overseas P&L and B/S were in compliance with US GAAP throughout International Accounting Recording, Translation, Transfer and Consolidation processes.
-Recommended, reviewed and executed Transfer Price based Tax strategies for Sales Offices to achieve ROS target and for Manufacturing locations to achieve ROOA target.
- Led and coordinated on worldwide basis the attestation/resolution of issues pertaining to ORACLE Financial Modules GO LIVE implementation and daily production.
-Member of ORACLE/SAP Interface Team charged to establish necessary controls to insure adequate ORACLE to SAP-LOR feed. Analyzed process flow, documented User roles/responsibilities, tested the interface and signed-off on test results.
-Led and coordinated the analysis, review and documentation of A/R Accounting Process Flow associated with Agere Systems Internal Inventory activities for implementation of ORACLE Financial Led Modules.
-Member of SAP Team charged with the attestation/resolution of issues pertaining to SAP Financial Modules GO LIVE implementation and daily production.
-Led team and process to reduce and eliminate Transfer Price Out-of-balance profit and loss percentage in Semi-Conductor Inventory Internal Shipments valued at more than $800 Million annually.
- Planned and directed financial operations associated with the closing of Spain Semi-Conductor Factory including plant and equipment sales
- Evaluated the economic risk/opportunity of, recommended and managed the migration from local functional currency to US dollar functional currency for the entire Europe Region.
3/1992 - 5/1997 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES PARSIPPANY, NJ
FINANCE MANAGER – TELECOM CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Responsible for analyzing key business drivers financial impacts, providing management with timely analysis and recommendations to make strategic decisions for Consumer Products International and Lease Operations business units with over $800 M revenues.
Spotlighted Achievements
-Ensured that overseas P&L and B/S were in compliance with US GAAP throughout International Accounting Recording, Translation, Transfer and Consolidation processes.
- Led a depreciation study that ascertained a $50 Million Accumulated Depreciation balance disconnect due to system flaws.
- Directed the implementation of financial internal controls over new international distribution channels and processes.
- As the International Provisioning Process Owner led a team to analyze, monitor and strengthen the effectiveness of new international operations internal controls.
- Developed and implemented a Risk/Opportunity Review Process designed to support and protect Lease Operations achievement of P&L targets during a rapidly declining revenue cycle.
5/1989 - 3/1992 AT&T - INTERNAL AUDITING MORRISTOWN, NJ
SENIOR INTERNAL AUDITOR – BILLING PROJECTS
Internal Audit over Projects Management internal controls.
Spotlighted Achievements
1)Led a team of diverse managers to perform the New AT&T Calling Card (NACC) audit activities. The audit outputs included 5 Audit Memoranda and 1 Executive Summary report. The audit resulted in:
-Initiating a process to guide the execution of Mutual Honoring Agreements among multiple departmental organizations supporting the NACC Strategy.
-Putting an Overall Project Manager/Owner in place in order to initiate the development of performance measurements for the Card Implementation Process.
-Putting in place a Fraud Prevention Team to own up to the NACC fraud control management.
-Putting in place a process to secure proprietary data movement from AT&T to CBIS was initiated.
-Putting in place a process to insure a development of consistent NACC support Methods and Procedures in work centers was initiated.
2) Co-led an audit team reviewing internal controls over the project management of AT&T existing and future Residence Billing processes. The audit outputs included an audit report and an additional statement of Internal Audit concerns with recommendations around the overall project management of the Residence Billing processes. Major recommendations included:
-Establishment of clear lines of authority and accountability to manage all phases of the project.
-Development agreement to code according to user requirements and to provide user walk-throughs of the physical design in order to close the loop between user requirements and system design.
-The Breakthrough Billing Plan program management process to take over the project.
In addition, I authored and issued, at managements request, a review of Internal Controls over Invoice Derived Billing, a temporary Residence Billing process.
3) Led a nationwide audit reviewing internal controls over the separation of AT&T regulated and non-regulated costs in the areas of Joint (Services and Products lines of business) Installation and Maintenance-Time Reporting in order to ascertain that there were no cross-subsidy between Services and Products lines of business. The audit report alerted management of continued problems and was used by the external auditor from C&L to attest the separation of regulated and non-regulated costs in his presentation to US Department of Justice Division charged to review AT&T compliance to the Computer Inquiry II statement.
12/1979 - 5/1989 AT&T Communications BEDMINSTER, NJ
SYSTEMS ANALYST & PROGRAMMER – NETWORK EQUIPMENTS PROVISIONING
Provided systems analysis and programming functions for Network Equipment Provisioning.
Spotlighted Achievements
- Member of a task force to upgrade the AT&T Network Capital Budget mechanized process from a bottom-up orientation to a top down orientation based on management strategies. Documented user needs and concerns, work, and function flows for the Capital Budget Management system. The annual capital budget amounted to $ 3 billion.
- Analyzed, designed, implemented and maintained computer programs for accessing and updating data bases of the Plug-In Equipment Inventory system, the Network Trunk Group Forecasting system, the Network Service Technical Support system, the Emergency Preparedness Administration system and the Network Capital Budget Management system.
Education
Master - 1977 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - FINANCE
Bachelor - 1976 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
LANGUAGES
Read, Speak and Write Professionally and Fluently French in addition to three African dialects.
Fully conversant in Haitian Creole.
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