Sr Financial Analyst

ALEXANDER JAVID

**** ****** **. :: Apt. *** :: San Francisco, CA 94109

415-***-**** :: **************@*****.***

SUMMARY

I’m a well-rounded, quick-learning financial analyst with more than 3.5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis in various industries. I have extensive experience with data analysis, driving forecasting, outlook, and budgeting processes, variance and trend analysis, model building in MS Excel, data mining, finding new ways to improve reporting and business processes, and delivering recommendations, metrics, and KPIs to the management. I provide business support and drive decision making processes through data-driven analysis and planning, and make significant and immediate impact in any organization. I enjoy thinking outside the box and employing best practices, and increase the efficiency of my roles and responsibilities by leveraging new software and technologies.

EXPERIENCE

(08/11 – Present) Financial Analyst II, Gilead (Foster City, CA)

As a member of the R&D FP&A team at Gilead, I provide support and bandwidth on a broad range of activities dealing with the Liver and Oncology therapeutic areas and business partners.

* Handle numerous month-end closing activities such as vendor expense accruals, data mining and reconciliation and updating monthly reports

* Perform a variety of ad-hoc analysis to provide a financial picture of research expense drivers and overview

* Maintain and update financial reports and dashboards relating to liver and oncology clinical operation expenses

* Assist in the quarterly forecasting and budgeting processes

* Leverage new ERP and financial software to streamline and improve financial reporting and activities

* Implement Hyperion Essbase to current financial reports and dashboards to replace older TM1 interface

* Participate in quarterly review deck preparation for the R&D business partners, as well as finance executives

(06/09 – 08/11) Financial Analyst II, AECOM (San Francisco, CA)

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. I am part of the Financial Planning and Analysis team for the Design and Planning division.

* Provide analytical and reporting support to various domestic and international offices

* Analyze periodic financial data for management overview and decision making processes

* Create financial reports, dashboards, and summaries and presentations

* Provide ad-hoc analysis, summarize large quantity of data to highlight and present meaningful overview and draw useful trends

* Assist in month end closing processes and loading of financial data into Cognos

* Create planning (budget) and outlook (forecast) templates and reports for various regions with respect to individual needs in the context of their business environment, as well as upper management

* Perform consolidation of financial data and metrics from various regions for reporting and analysis

* Look for ways to improve and speed up the current reporting practices and find new ways to analyze existing data for better decision making

(08/08 – 06/09) Financial Analyst, Rainin Instrument LLC (Oakland, CA)

Rainin, a division of Mettler Toledo is a producer of advanced pipetting products and services for various industries ranging from biopharmaceutical to food. In this position I drove the month-end internal reporting, quarter forecasting, and annual budgeting processes.

* Streamlined and speed up the internal month end reporting process through process automation, IT, and best practices

* Performed financial planning, analysis, and modeling to assess new marketing, sales, and R&D initiatives aimed at increasing sales and revenue

* Analyzed company and department expenses to recommend cost saving plans to cope with the challenging economic environment

* Took lead on many ad-hoc projects to increase process efficiency and velocity by using and evaluating new software in monthly reporting, analysis of sales, costs, revenues, and expenses.

* Assisted in organizational change management through the use of financial analysis

(02/07 – 05/07) Compliance / Client Onboarding Analyst, UBS AG (Stamford, CT)

This contract position was a hybrid of compliance, anti-money-laundering, and new client onboarding functions, requiring attention to detail, integrity, and learning new procedures and proprietary ERP software quickly.

* Handled large concurrent projects for compliance and anti-money-laundering initiatives

* Assisted the team by supporting all project objectives, including development, analysis, coordination, consolidation, updating and implementation of project plans

* Created and updated various reports and project websites utilizing the internal web as a strategic internal communication platform

* Ensured the accuracy and integrity of the bank clients for dozens of entities on a daily basis, for anti-money-laundering, Patriot Act, and other regulatory and banking compliance purposes

* Prepared data and generated reports for management by working with and data-mining in Excel and other ERP resources

* Participated in restructuring of the team in order to increase efficiency, speed, and effectiveness of work and projects

(05/06 – 12/06) Research Analyst, General Electric (edgelab)(Stamford, CT)

“edgelab” is GE’s premier academic research lab that leverages the expertise and research background of UConn’s graduate students and faculty to provide unbiased perspective and strategic insight into GE businesses. I successfully worked on two 3-month projects to come up with strategic, step-by-step introductory marketing plans for GE Healthcare products worth millions of dollars in terms of market share.

* Conducted market viability assessment through primary and secondary sources and research

* Provided quantitative and market analysis, intelligence, and forecasts of customer needs, expectations, demand, and market segmentation and adoption rates

* Worked in cross functional teams to generate novel and creative solutions to challenging business problems

* Provided strategic thinking and direction, ensuring successful and timely completion of deliverables and deadlines

* Interfaced with subject matter experts, sales force, management, and stakeholders at GE, as well as end users

* Presented strategies and recommendations, research, reports and findings to high level management at General Electric

(06/05 – 09/05) Client Services Associate, The Bank of New York (Syracuse, NY)

This role required quick-learning, attention to detail, and strict adherence to deadlines. This position allowed for experiencing of a deadline, result driven and challenging banking environment prior to embarking for graduate school.

* Acted as a liaison and point of contact between the Bank of New York and its corporate clients, providing accurate maintenance of accounts, including resolutions to problems and status updates

* Executed time sensitive transactions and wires while meeting strict deadlines accurately and efficiently

* Handled a dozen corporate clients with hundreds of accounts and managed the custody of millions of dollars

* Worked in a collaborative and team environment to increase process efficiency through group learning and the use of best practices

EDUCATION & COMPUTER SKILLS

MBA in Finance (3.5 GPA) from University of Connecticut (UConn) at Stamford, CT May 2007

* Graduate assistant

* Business Association member

* Student mentor

BS in Business Administration, with a minor in MIS from University at Buffalo at Buffalo, NY May 2004

* Proficient in MS Office, with particular focus on Excel and PowerPoint and have experience with Oracle, Deltek Vision, Cognos, Hyperion Essbase and other business intelligence and reporting tools.

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