Security Clearance Project Management

Brandon Pfeffer, CMA

********@*******.*** • Cell #: 301-***-**** • Ashburn, VA 20147 • LinkedIn.com/in/BrandonPfeffer

Director of Finance

Versatile finance executive who improves financial performance by actively managing business operations. Strong executive leadership, analytical, decision-making, team building and communications skills. Inactive security clearance.

Expertise includes:

• Corporate Finance • Operational Analysis • Financial Modeling • Cost Accounting (CAS) • GAAP / SOX

• Budgeting / Forecasting • KPIs / Dashboards • DCF / IRR / NPV / ROI • Operational Risk • DFAR / FAR

• Strategic Planning • Variance Analysis • Pricing / Indirect Rates • Cash Flow Analytics • ETC / EAC

• Project Management • Contract Structuring • Structuring / M&A • Data Analytics • FFP / TOC

Experience

QAD INC., Ashburn, VA

Director - Finance 2023 - 2025

Partnered with business units providing corporate finance decision-making, strategic planning, & operational analysis.

Provided strategic financial guidance & modeling to executive leadership, PE owners & business units for special projects.

Developed customer P&L margin framework to evaluate new product investment, R&D initiatives & pricing strategies.

Identified opportunities for efficiency and cost savings by consolidating spending & renegotiating key vendor contracts.

Worked on the firm’s new NetSuite, Adaptive Planning, and Coupa system implementations and automation projects.

NAVIGATE360 LLC, Reston, VA

Director - Financial Planning & Analysis 2022 - 2023

Directed all corporate finance, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, treasury, financial modeling & investor reporting functions.

Provided strategic financial guidance and analytics to the company’s CEO, CFO, BU heads and private equity (PE) owners.

Managed the preparation of reporting packages that included financial statements, KPIs/metrics & operating reports.

Developed complex budgeting, cash flow, revenue forecast and product pricing models to evaluate various scenarios.

Worked with the company’s controller to implement a new accounting system and to improve accounting processes.

QOMPLX, INC., McLean, VA

Director - Finance 2019 - 2021

Directed firm’s global corporate finance, budgeting, FP&A, treasury, accounting, and vendor management functions.

Managed the firm’s finances through a major financing round & provided strategic guidance to senior management.

Created highly accurate 24-month cash flow and 3-year quarterly revenue/expense projection and scenario models.

Conducted vendor contract negotiations, developed operating procedures & implemented a new NetSuite ERP system.

Performed project EAC, ACWP, and BCWP forecasting, assuring accuracy and compliance with contracts and SOWs.

Prepared monthly risk assessments to forecast and identify potential funding and periods of performance risk.

Supervised firm’s external tax, insurance, banking & treasury providers and hired the firm’s first accounting team.

WINSTON ENTERPRISES LLC, Pikesville, MD

Vice President / Senior Advisor - Finance & Pricing 2014 - 2019

Provided consulting services to defense, engineering, technology, software, energy, telecom & financial sector firms.

Managed monthly project & program financial reporting, quarterly operating budgets, PSRs, multi-year strategic forecast, ensuring that client financial and KPI targets were met and improving operating margins by up to 25%.

Developed sophisticated financial models to dynamically evaluate project and program pricing options for clients.

Performed corporate finance, risk management, financial advisory, analytics and project management for clients.

Created client business intelligence (BI) tools & dashboards to evaluate project performance, risk & cost allocations.

REWORLD HOLDING CORP., Morristown, NJ

Manager - Finance & Strategy 2011 - 2013

Provided strategic direction & guidance to business unit heads improving operational performance & financial results.

Structured $1B+ in new development bids, program proposals and JV projects growing revenues by 20% over 3 years.

Conducted financial modeling and pricing for bidding on various new FFP, FPI & FCP DoD and government contracts.

Supervised the development of monthly business reviews (MBR) & quarterly financial Reviews (QFR) for management.

Conducted analysis on key performance indicators (KPIs) including backlog, program investments, sales margin, change orders, operations, expense driver, working capital and explained performance drivers for variances.

Performed business case, scenario and sensitivity analysis for engineering, research, and development groups.

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OSG, New York, NY

Manager - Finance 2005 - 2010

Managed the development of global financial projections, monthly ETCs, quarterly budgets, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and 5-year strategic financial planning outlook in coordination with business unit leaders & program managers.

Performed financial modeling & contract pricing development for firm’s MSC/MSP contracts with the US government.

Conducted structuring for $1B+ in strategic mergers, acquisition, and business development transactions for CFO.

Supervised new project ETC and EAC for contract compliance and Earned Value Management (EVM) processes.

Implemented new operational strategies that resulted in $300M worth of new business and corporate growth.

Utilized statistical tools, scenario analysis, cost-benefit analyses, and economic analyses to evaluate new programs.

Conducted analysis and created commentary and presentation material for board of directors’ meetings and calls.

Coordinated junior employee recruitment, management, training, development, and performance assessments.

HIGHSTAR CAPITAL, New York, NY

Senior Consultant - Private Equity & Corporate Advisory 2004 - 2005

Developed and implemented strategic plans that improved profitability of firm’s portfolio companies by over 25%.

Evaluated business cases to support critical decisions, quantified opportunities, and recommended alternatives.

Managed overhead and indirect cost allocations through quarterly forecasting and monthly monitoring of results.

Coordinated with tax and accounting groups to develop transfer pricing and corporate allocation calculations.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, Houston, TX

Manager - Capital Markets & Business Advisory 2002 - 2003

Conducted financial structuring, business analytics and due diligence services for over $1B in transactions for firms in the defense, aerospace, technology, energy, pharmaceutical, industrial, private equity & financial services sectors.

Identified and implemented process improvement, process change and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) initiatives for clients.

Managed the development and implementation of innovative BI systems, finance analytics tools and dashboards designed to provide clients with diverse tools to evaluate financial results and program operational performance.

Performed program budget reviews for federal government and state entities, resulting in $50M in cost savings.

Education

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, PA

Master of Science in Industrial Administration (MBA), Majors: Finance & Strategy

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, NY

Bachelor of Science (BS), Majors: Business Management & Economics

Certifications

Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Memberships

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

Software

• MS Office 365 • Costpoint • Adaptive Planning • NetSuite • Salesforce • Chat GPT • Tableau • Google Suite

• Excel / Word • Unanet / Jamis • Office Connect • Sage Intacct • Longview • AWS Cloud • Power BI • Xero / Carta

• PowerPoint • TM1 / Cognos • Anaplan / Planful • Workday • OneStream • Visio • Bloomberg • QuickBooks

• Access • MS Project • Dynamics 365 • PeopleSoft • Coupa / Zylo • SQL / VBA • FactSet • Vena / @Risk

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