Big 4 Experienced Financial/Business Analyst

HEMA KRISH Home 805-***-****

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Simi Valley, CA 93065 email ********@*****.***

PROFILE

Well-rounded business analyst with a focus in financial analysis, reporting, process analysis & improvement, systems implementation, procurement process redesign, and business process outsourcing analysis and implementation.

EDUCATION

MBA (Honors)-Finance, Beta Gamma Sigma, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, May 2000

BA (Honors)-Economics, Earlham College, Richmond, IN, May 1997

Internship and Training at Deloitte & Touche

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Expertise in CMSOpen, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Word, ProVision, Casewise, SQL Server

• Experienced user in PeopleSoft, Cognos, J.D. Edwards Distribution Suite (Order to Ship), Working knowledge of J.D. Edwards Financials

EXPERIENCE

First Data, Moorpark, CA

Senior Financial Analyst 8/07- 2/09

• Prepared revenue and expense projections for the Business Units and portfolio companies and presented it to senior management during monthly close call.

• Performed budgets vs. actuals, variance analysis, account reconciliation and various management reports using PeopleSoft ERP

• Determined the right accounting treatment for new portfolio entities and developed Business Unit level projections.

• Developed technical and business requirements for Decision Support System for sales forecasts

• Integrated systems, processes and reporting tools across 3 portfolio companies to create a unified reporting framework

MetLife, Bridgewater, NJ

Senior Financial Analyst 8/03- 3/07

• Prepared the monthly projections for the annuities product and present it on the CFO call to senior management.

• Performed budgets vs. actuals, variance analysis, account reconciliation and various management reports using PeopleSoft ERP

• Consulted with business partners in the Actuarial, Financial Reporting and DAC groups to improve the Annuities projections

• Developed and managed a database to centralize monthly list of normalized items; ran management reports from this database to distribute to business partners

• Redesigned projections processes to standardize and streamline across the different products using business process tools such as As-Is/ To-Be process mapping and KPI measurements.

• Performed quarterly account closing process for IB annuities using PeopleSoft General Ledger system for the MLFS, Genam and Nelico legal entities

• Developed account analysis for balance sheet and income statement accounts using the Cognos and Hyperion reporting tools

• Prepared reports for Quarterly Financial Supplement for use by executive management

Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY

Promoted to Senior Consultant 8/02-8/03

Consultant 8/00-8/02

Consulting clients include Engelhard, Otis Elevators, MasterCard, NYCHA, US Navy, WWE, Akin Gump

• Conducted redesign interview workshops with end users to capture the "As-Is" state for Budgeting, Billing, Procurement, and HR processes

• Developed "To-Be" process maps and configured the financial systems (JD Edwards, CMSOpen) to integrate client's unique business needs with financial best practices

• Performed data validation and account reconciliations from the legacy systems to the new systems.

• Developed end user training plans and materials on the new processes; conducted training to users in different continents

• Managed 2 professionals as part of the systems implementation and training team

• Set up project management office and determined scope of the project and deliverables

Parry’s Confectionery, Chennai, India 7/97 – 5/98

HR Analyst

One of India’s largest confectionery makers with numerous international JVs with companies such as Wrigley’s, Spain’s Chupa Chips and Finland’s Hutamaki Oy Leaf.

• Formulated a user survey to assess employee morale in the various manufacturing divisions.

• Administered the survey to over 500 employees to capture such factors as motivation, career advancement, compensation & recommended improvements

• Analyzed the findings, suggested improvements and presented it to top management.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• Leader’s Club- Recognition by the Managing Director for outstanding client service (2 years in a row)- Deloitte & Touche

• Beta Gamma Sigma Key Award- Rutgers University

• Award for outstanding social work- Earlham College

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