Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst

CAREER FOCUS

An analytical position in accounting, audit, and/or financial process management with an emphasis on finance / budget / risk / fiscal policy and process evaluation that bridges applied finance, budgeting, business analysis, and reporting. An ideal role in a private / public company would involve data collection, analytical processing, ad-hoc reporting, forecasting (SPSS, SAS, MS Excel) and efficiency studies (cost-benefit, financial, feasibility, and performance) to be used by internal and external stakeholders. CPA / CFO certification is planned, eligible.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Unique blend of Analytical Finance and Administration experience. Worked closely with the City of Chicago.

• Hands-on experience performing complex financial analysis using a wide array of quantitative methods:

Budget analysis and forecasting

Revenue forecasting and profitability analysis

Cost-benefit / profit improvement analysis

Best practices and accountability / control optimization

• Understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

• Solid working knowledge of applied econometric modeling. Linear/non-linear regression, time series, GMM

• Ability to resolve original, non-routine quantitative, analytical, and business problems

• Extensive professional writing experience. Publications in professional finance / management journals

• Multilingual /multicultural experience. Thorough understanding of ethnically diverse working environments

• Self-motivated, optimistic, goal-driven, and punctual. Multilingual. B.S. in Psychology, apt negotiator.

PARTICULAR EXPERTISE

• Finance and budgeting

• Business analysis and evaluation of fiscal effectiveness

• Research-driven decision support

• Financial issues in organizational management

• Cost benefit analysis and feasibility studies

• Contract management and government relations

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• MS Excel • MS PowerPoint • STATA

• MS Access • SAS • QuickBooks

MS Word • SPSS • Adobe products

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Research/Teaching Fellow (Government Finance) 2009 - present

The University of North Texas, Denton TX

• Data collection and organization • Revenue forecasting

• Quantitative finance, statistics • Cost benefit analysis

• Variance, correlations analysis • Drafting and presenting research findings

Performing independent research with main focus on municipal governments and their revenue structures. Providing assistance to faculty members with conducting subject interviews, writing research reports, collecting and processing data for quantitative research projects and case studies. Independently teaching upper-level undergraduate courses in quantitative finance and policy analysis

Business Manager / Project Administrator 2005 - 2007

The Lithuanian Human Services of the USA, Inc., Chicago IL

• Financial reports

• Monitoring and analyzing budgets and program effectiveness

• Payroll

• Audit preparation procedures

• Liaison with the City of Chicago officials and agency donors

• Decision support to the Board of Directors

• Organization and management of public meetings and fundraising events

Administered the city-sponsored residential security program contract for the Marquette Park Special Service Area # 14 in Chicago. Acted as an organization's official liaison with the City of Chicago. Provided information and decision support to the Board of Directors. Performed all major financial management procedures for the

organization. Managed 5 employees and a large number of volunteers.

Intern 2004

The Lithuanian Foundation, Inc. (Lemont, IL)

• Manipulations with large financial data sets

• Public outreach / donor relations

• FoxPro database conversions

• Construction of custom MS Access queries

Performed quantitative evaluation of an annual grant making process. Played instrumental role in reorganizing and managing an organization-wide database of donors

Research Assistant 2003 - 2005

The University of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO

• STATA • MS Access

• SPSS • Research design

Provided one-on-one tutoring and assistance to undergraduate and graduate students with policy analysis, research design and quantitative statistical data processing projects

School Counselor / Psychometrist 2001 - 2002

Kaunas "Vyturio" Secondary School, Kaunas, Lithuania (European Union)

• Decision support • Quantitative data acquisition

• One-on-one counseling • Survey design and implementation

Provided psychometric assessment and counseling for children and adolescents. Collected statistical data for quantitative research in collaboration with the local Educational Psychological Council. Provided analysis metrics and quantitative decision support for the school headmaster and the board.

EDUCATION

University of North Texas, Denton, TX GPA 3.8

PhD (expected by May 2012), Public Finance and Management

University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO GPA 3.5

M.S., Public Policy Administration (major), Public Finance (minor)

Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania (European Union) GPA 3.6

B.Sc., Health Psychology (major), English Philology (minor)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS / AWARDS

• Recipient of a competitive Dissertation Fellowship

• Recipient of a competitive Masters-Doctoral Grant from the University of North Texas Toulouse Graduate School (2011)

• Fellowship Grant from the University of North Texas Toulouse Graduate School (2008-2010)

• Recipient of the "Who Is Who at the U.S. Universities" Award (2010)

• Passed the United Nations Comprehensive Clerical Examination at Geneva, Switzerland office, scoring 97% (2007)

• One of the founding members of the PADM

• Doctoral Student Association at the University of North Texas, serving as the first Treasurer for the Association (2009-2010)

OTHER INFORMATION

• Languages: English, French, Lithuanian, Russian, Polish

• U.S. Person as defined in 22 C.F.R. § 120.15

• No immigration sponsorship required

• Local candidate, willing to move

• International experience

• Security Clearance eligible

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