Ms office suite, accounting, information systems, oracle, toad, sap

JOHN CALLENDER

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Queens Village, NY 11429 Email: **********@***.***

SUMMARY

Financial/Business Analyst with experience in Budgeting, General Ledger, Retail Sales Incentive Planning, Quality Control/System Assurance and Financial Control at major financial service companies. Successfully managed, organized, monitored and administered Financial and Management Accounting Control Systems. Thrive in a constantly changing work environment with the ability to multi-task. Career highlights include:

• Interfaced with Financial Management System SMEs on Budgeting and Procurement practices

• Ensured FMS/3 conformed to acceptable and auditable financial data practices using Oracle/TOAD

• Performed cost saving Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, and Inter-Company reconciliation reviews

• Conducted Business Requirement Document reviews with clients and technical development team

• Created value-added financial and account analyses for senior and middle management

• Established System Assurance processes and controls that significantly reduced system discrepancies

• Executed Expense Management Reporting Analyses to control budget expenses

• Administered Financial and Management Accounting Controls in accordance with GAAP guidelines

• Utilized Microsoft Excel, Access, Word and Power Point, QuickBooks, Essbase, PeopleSoft-Financial Reporting System, Procure To Pay, Crystal Reporting and CFC-Sybase database applications to present reports, conduct monthly analyses and Ad hoc reports as requested

EXPERIENCE

CITY OF NEW YORK – FINANCIAL INFORMATION SERVICES AGENCY (FISA) - CONSULTANT

Quality Control/System Assurance Lead – (September 2007 – January 2009)

Engaged in functions that ensure Quality Control (QC) and System Assurance (SA) are created, implemented and maintained to meet accepted and auditable policies and standards. Proposed recommendations for QC/SA process changes and reviewed all documentation.

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST – WALT DISNEY PUBLISHING – CONSULTANT (July 2007 – August 2007)

Conducted financial analysis of the consolidated revenue and expense segments of Walt Disney Publishing financial data. Utilized Microsoft Excel Pivot table structure in analysis process.

M&T BANK, NEW YORK- CONSULTANT

Software Development – Business Analyst- (November 2006 – March 2007)

Participated in creating a new Sales and Incentive Management System for M&T Bank. Phase I entailed development for Retail Banking and Telephone Banking Center. Developed Functional Requirement Specifications based on BRD reviews and client interviews.

DEUTSCHE BANK, AG NEW YORK- CONSULTANT

Accounting – Business Analyst-Controlling II, (May 2006 – November 2006)

Developed an understanding of the terms and accounting for various compensation plans, including cash bonus plans and stock award plans utilizing SAP, Essbase and Pivot Tables.

CITIGROUP, NEW YORK, NY

Financial Analyst, (January 2005 – February 2006)

Researched and implemented workable solutions as a member of the Equity Based Compensation Reconciliation and Inter-Company Initiative project team. Reduced breakage between corporate and local business units by about $40MM and significantly improved the levels of communications between the major players involved in the process. Performed Planning, Forecasting, Budgeting and Expense Management.

Financial Analyst, (February 1998 – January 2005)

Administered internal controls for Legal Affairs, Global Community Relations, Global Government Affairs, Corporate Human Resources, Corporate Affairs, Global Risk Management, Credit Policy, Risk Management, Anti-Money Laundering and Executive Dining. Managed business unit budgets between $2MM and $60MM annually, and headcount of 330. Processed monthly accrual, journal entries, general ledger adjustment and uploads.

EDUCATION

BBA - Management Information Systems

PACE UNIVERSITY

Personal: Very dedicated, energetic, cooperative and ambitious, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Team player.

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