Finance Professional

Hassan Shehadeh, MBA

**** ********** ***** **.

Freehold, NJ 07728

Phone: 732-***-****

********.******@*****.***

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & ACHIEVEMENTS

A financial, budget and inventory analyst with industry experience in Pharmaceutical, entertainment, retail and banking. I am skilled in negotiation, customer service, team building, project management and conflict resolutions.

• Software skills: (Pivot tables, V-lookup…), Access, Word, CARS/IS, COGNOS, SAP.

• Foreign language skills: Fluent in Arabic, Working knowledge of Spanish and French.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Finance Consulting

Companies include Sanofi-Aventis, BET.com, and Johnson & Johnson 01/07-12/09

• Created and managed regular reports for inventory management

• Served as a financial liaison to the sales and marketing teams.

• Investigated and researched discrepancies between forecasted and actual revenues.

• Prepared and presented revenue reports to Director of Finance and Vice President of Sales.

• Performed variance analysis to explain the reasons for discrepancies between the forecasted and actual billed amount.

• Prepared management reports and analysis including, but not limited to, those that focus on product and customer profitability, working capital management, fixed costs and capital expenditures.

• Adjusted the weekly revenue forecast to reflect the performance of Ad campaigns. Delivered results to the director of finance and the Vice President of Sales and recommended adequate measures to boost or reduce exposure of specific campaigns.

• Liaised with Marketing on all page impression data to ensure we are on track vs. Forecast - highlighting any issues to rest of Sales Team.

• Performed Ad hoc reports for the Director of finance and Vice President of Sales.

• Actively participated in the planning and forecasting processes.

• Worked closely with the wholesaler to analyze and mitigate chargeback deductions.

• Communicated and resolved all rejected chargeback line item issues with wholesalers.

• Processed chargeback submissions and resubmissions in the CARS/IS system.

• Perform Sales analysis for the Oncology group

• Investigate and resolve chargeback’s and rebates discount eligibilities discrepancies.

• Reconciles irregularities between submitted and actual discounts values.

• Partner with Rebate team and Customer Service (as needed) to ensure proper system set-up, accurate pricing terms and rebate terms

HASSAN SHEHADEH, MBA

Finance Manager Adona International (04/01 to 06/06)

• Performed pricing analysis and validation on exciting merchandises in order to reduce inventory via reduction of prices and incentives to clients.

• Managed multiple projects simultaneously.

• Supervised bank reconciliation, account payable and receivable and clients’ billings.

• Audited Inventories and finances of the company.

• Reduced the debt by more than 80% through control in purchasing volume, reducing inventory and increasing sales and account receivable collection.

• Restructured and stream lined operational procedures in the company.

• Spearheaded annual budget and forecasting process including contacting clients to get an estimate on projected purchases for the coming year.

• Dealt with inventory management which included reviewing the inventory and the turnover of merchandises.

• Handled price adjustments which were done to clean excess inventory and create liquidity and warehousing space.

• Negotiated with bank loan terms, interest rates. Also negotiated with providers’ payment terms, quality means of shipments, delivery times and penalties for delays.

• Managed the account of large wholesale clients which included due diligence, problem solving of all issues relating to delivery, pricing, quantity and quality of merchandises delivered.

• Traveled to client’s locations to meet and discuss their needs and how we can improve our services.

• Audited purchase orders, account payable and receivable to verify proper order insertions and payments.

Trader/Strategist ARAB AMERICAN BANK (01/98 to 11/00)

• Provided long and short term analysis on the currency markets, US equity market, and individual stocks.

• Serviced clients needs for FX and money market instruments including.

• Calculated P&L on a daily basis for spot and future FX positions.

• Traded government securities and the dollar against the major currencies in the spot and futures market.

• Assisted in managing the investment portfolio of the bank.

Process/Project Engineer ALLIEDSIGNAL (HONEYWELL) (04/94 to 07/97)

• Responsible for budgeting and scheduling work completion on equipment installation for upgrades and new projects.

• Worked on preliminary cost estimations for new processes, this included preparation of concept, feasibility and sensitivity analysis.

• Served as a liaison between the engineering department and suppliers.

EDUCATION

• Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business, NY: MBA Finance(2000)

• City College of New York, NY: BE Chemical Engineering (1994)

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