Fp A Executive Team

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Syed Malek

San Jose, CA - *****

*********@*****.*** Cell: 510-***-****

Summary:

● Over 10 years of experience in corporate FP&A in various management roles.

● Expertise in implementing financial management controls(SOX), budgeting, forecasting

& planning for revenues as well as expenses.

● Supported executive team,corporate finance & the cross functional organization.

● Supported a business Unit of $120M revenue and 90 employees. Increased contribution margin by 2% by various cost saving initiatives & reporting.

● Managed & supported Semiconductor manufacturing team with Accounting, warranties,

& Inventory.

● Participated in SOX implementation, evaluated internal control and designed.

● Managed, maintained & produced month-end, quarter-end & year-end reports.

● Prepared monthly management reports and presented to the executive team and extended staff members.

● Reviewed/Approved PO, SOW, Capital Appropriation Request & Capex.

● Created and Maintained month end Sales Commission Master file and Bonus Master file for the Sales Forces.

● Created product line P&L and achieved The President Award for outstanding reporting. This resulted in better pricing, planning & forecasting.

● Created models to justify additional investment, ROI Analysis, NPV, investment justification requirements and providing recommendation.

● Experience in Tech Accounting: Revenue Recognition: such as SOP-97-02 Skill:

MS Office Suits, SAP, BW, SQL, salesforce, Business Object, Oracle Financial & FSG reporting, Discoverer, Hyperion Pillar, BPC and Essbase.

Professional Job Experiences:

Best of Breed Ranch CA (Entrepreneurial Venture)2011–2023 Owner & Operator

● Being an entrepreneur & successfully managed my own Organic farming venture for over 10 years.

● Created & managed the entire processes to operate a self-sustaining organic farm.

● Managed Finance/Accounting, Marketing, Sales, Business Development and daily operation.

● Trained, coached and managed 18 employees.

Bevocal Inc. A subsidiary of Nuance Communication.2008-2010 FP&A Manager

● Maintained & updated revenue model on a weekly basis.

● Created & distributed weekly booking and revenue forecast to the executives.

● Analyzed sales contract and recognizing revenue.

● Prepared and maintained all sales and commission accruals.

● Managed month-end close, actual variance analysis, 12 month rolling forecast created, distributed individual sales commission statement & prepared monthly mgmt reports and present to the executive team.

Novellus Systems, Inc.2006-2008

Business Unit Controller

● Supported VP/GM of the Business Unit & the Corporate Finance organization.

● Drove & executed BU’s Strategic Plan by delivering objective financial analysis and insights to optimize the financial performance of the business.

● Managing the full P&L, balance sheet (inventory, fixed assets, AR, AP etc), cash flow, and other key corporate metrics. Tracking actual performance vs targets, executing plans, and providing management with actionable information in a timely manner.

● Providing comprehensive and detailed analysis, commentary, and guidance of the financial results to CFO, general managers, and executive staff. Daily interactions with executives, and staff.

● Project leader for several high-impact finance and cross-functional projects.

● Managed & controlled the contribution margin of the business (sales, COGS, I & W, upgrade, inventory, gross margins, and operating expenses).

● Reviewed/approved POs, open reqs, month-end close, actual variance analysis, 12 month rolling forecast & leading the financial aspects of Strategic Plan

● Prepared monthly management reports & presented to the Exe team& extended staff. ADP, San Ramon, CA 2003-2006

Sr. Financial Analyst.

● Designed and developed monthly Product Line P&L, identified the drivers of each operation area and developed allocation methodology by product.

● Quarterly analysis of product performance to determine product profitability.

● Created and designed various financial models for new products and investment initiatives by providing in-depth analysis of what ifs, and results.

● Created & managed monthly/quarterly reports, graphs & charts of Product P&L for upper Management team.

● Developed quantitative analysis of various types of data needed in planning, budgeting and cost control.

● Supported Product Managers and Directors to prepare annual operating plan as well as strategic plan for revenue & cost.

● Developed a centralized database of financial reporting. Maintained all product IDs, cost center strings, X-Charges and Finance reports for CSG FP&A group.

● Conducted special financial studies with other X-functional team in the preparation of Sarbanes Oxley. Assisted Finance Mgmt & staff with all their departmental policies and procedures in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley.

Consulting & short term Assignments:

Clorox Company

Logistics Finance Manager (Contract Assignment)Feb2024-Jun2024 Sandisk, Inc.

Sr. Staff Financial Analyst (Contract Assignment)Feb2011-Aug2011 Cisco System.

Finance Manager (Contract Assignment)Apr2010-Sep2010 Short Term Assignments over 15 years old

(Ebay, Applied Materials, Aspect & Sun Micro systems) Education:

BA, University of Pittsburgh, PA.

Major: Dual Business (Business Admin & Economics) Minor: Accounting

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