Financial Analysis and Project Control

Hassen AMMAR

Address: **** ********* ***, ***. *

Alexandria, VA 22310

Phone: 703-***-****

e-mail: ***.*****@*****.***

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OBJECTIVE

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Financial Analysis and Project Control position within a dynamic corporation where my international experience and demonstrated skills in business managing, planning, forecasting and analysis within different industries can be translated into improved growth and profitability.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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10/06–Present: BearingPoint, Inc.

One of the world's largest Management and Technology Consulting companies dedicated to aligning business and systems for Global 2000 companies and government organizations

Senior Financial Analyst - Financial Services

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[+] Elaborated the Global Markets Revenue Forecasts and maintained the order pipeline by interacting with Managing Directors, Project Managers, and Finance Managers within the GM segment

[+] Prepared Time & Expenses and Compensation Analysis reports for all North America Commercial and Financial services business units (time & material, and fixed-price contracts)

[+] Managed subcontractor accruals for the Financial Services industry, prepared adjusting entries for costs & revenue, P&L impact reports, and trending analysis

[+] Prepared segment leaders’ monthly performance metrics, attributing each a scorecard based on their spending, team performance and utilization, and overall contract profitability

[+] Assisted with monthly, quarterly, and yearly closing, and prepared analytics and analysis on monthly Plan to actual variances by segments and by key accounts

[+] Mentored Public and Commercial division employees and helped them meet their deadlines in terms of account payables, estimate-to-complete and binders review, as well as subcontractor accruals

[+] Served as a POC between BearingPoint’s FS division and auditor staff for the subcontractor accruals

[+] Designed and prepared complex financial models and ad-hoc reports for industry controllers for various contracts, analysis, and performance metrics

[+] Reported weekly cash & billing performances, and prepared weekly Scorecards for top management

[+] Created and maintained databases for the FS industry accruals (booked cost, markup, and revenue…), as well as additional metrics, such as adjusted revenue, receivables, cash, profits …

[+] Prepared monthly Fluctuation Analysis reports (QoQ & YoY) in terms of Net and Gross Revenues, Unbilled, and AR for the FS industry NA

[+] Participated in all different UAT testing phases during the implementation of Deltek CostPoint Financials and COGNOS Reporting tool

04/03–04/06: Siemens, Inc.

A service company in the Telecommunication, Energy, and Transportation sectors, with operations in North America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Business and Finance Manager

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[+] Validated and reported periodic financial metrics to Corporate – Sales, gross and net revenue, pipeline, backlogs, and overall performance along with a trending and variances to plan analysis

[+] Worked directly with Senior Managers and Managing Directors for all ad-hoc financial requests

[+] Maintained pipeline and monitored all projects billings, revenues, expenses, and deliverables

[+] Developed monthly revenue forecasts for all segments using sales pipeline, backlog, and current period bookings to effectively support top-management decision-making

[+] Reached planned objectives 3 years in a row and improved Accounts Receivable overdue by 50%

[+] Worked closely with the accounting team to verify accurate project setup in the financial system

[+] Reviewed monthly Performance Management Reports on all active projects for financial accuracy

[+] Managed 7 Project leaders in Telecommunication Networks (fixed, mobile and intelligent Networks) and in Information Systems (running projects, Channel Management and Shared Services)

[+] Developed a pipeline tracking tool to follow-up on all outstanding bids and upcoming opportunities

[+] Elaborated yearly budget, sales plan, forecasts, and Business Target Agreements (BTA)

[+] Supervised EXACT Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) implementation (Invoicing/Billing, Order Management, Projects and Purchase modules) within the company’s consolidation process

[+] Proposed program and system generated reports customization and optimization for the current ERP

10/00–03/03: BATAM Group

A retail conglomerate with many subsidiaries: Electronics, IT, Appliances, Furniture, Travel, Clothing and Food

eCommerce Project Manager

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[+] Defined project requirements including budget, planning, and resource allocation

[+] Supervised the multi-organizational Oracle iStore online selling platform implementation for the group’s subsidiaries by defining functional processes, business aspects, and system interfaces

[+] Managed project deliverables and documented processes from product concept to deployment

[+] Developed test cases, procedures, and strategies during the project implementation in order to evaluate outcomes and detect system problems

[+] Established performance testing capabilities to validate software response time

[+] Analyzed system performance bottlenecks and recommended solutions

[+] Managed websites content elaboration and controlled project progress through monthly reports

[+] Monitored eCommerce solution’s performance and service-level agreement deliverables

Customer Centricity and Reward Program Project Manager

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[+] Supervised the customers Reward Program set-up and progress status

[+] Maintained the customer database and their transaction history, and used SQL commands to retrieve, export and analyze transactions volume and trending by geographic areas

[+] Documented database structure and queries specifications and functionalities for other users

[+] Liaised with Marketing department to analyze market trends and satisfaction indexes in order to develop effective customer reward programs

[+] Built an optimized model to manage the Reward Program progress and measure impact on specific subsidiary performance

[+] Managed a 12 operator team to follow-up on customer satisfaction inquiries (call-center)

08/98–06/00: Honeywell, Inc.

A leading worldwide supplier of industrial automation solutions and control technologies within the Petrochemical industry

IT and Engineering Support

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[+] Assisted engineers in building Operator Training Simulators for the oil and gas industry

[+] Built model block diagrams using a Computer Aided Design software (AutoCAD)

[+] Created user interactive schematics with an SL-GMS based software and tested final outcomes through reverse engineering processing tool

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SKILLS

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BUSINESS / FINANCE / MANAGEMENT SKILLS

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[+] Excellent communication and leadership skills, and support across all levels of the organization

[+] Billing, Account Receivable, Account Payable and Customer Management experience

[+] Financial and statistical analysis / Strategy and procedures analysis / Multi tasking

[+] Detailed oriented with objectives across business processes and procedures

[+] Project Management, Sales and Business plan development

[+] Budgeting, Planning and Forecast elaboration and analysis

[+] Trend and Variance analysis/Account profitability analysis

[+] Data definition, process improvement and documentation

[+] Complex data analysis and ad hoc financial reporting

[+] Positive attitude and high standard of business ethics

[+] US GAAP Accounting principles and financial processes

COMPUTER SKILLS

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[+] DATABASES & LANGUAGES: ORACLE (SQL & SQL*Plus queries), Database maintenance and cleanup, Microsoft Access, HTML

[+] PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: Expert user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage and Outlook), Crystal Reports, DELTEK CostPoint, PYRA ERP, EXACT ERP, Hyperion, Dashboard, COGNOS Reporting, PeopleSoft, AutoCAD, SL-GMS (Sherrill Lubinski-Graphical Mgmt. System)

[+] Software Testing and ERP Modules Workflow Analyses (Quality Assurance)

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EDUCATION

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08/97 – 12/99: University of Houston

Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

Concentration in Management of Information Systems (MIS) with emphasis in eCommerce and the Internet for Managers, and in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS): logical and physical database design, development and implementation

09/94 – 06/97: Higher Institute of Management

Bachelor of Science, Finance

Senior Project: Inflation, Inflation Tax and Segniorage

Economic study on the increase in Government revenue induced by an increasing inflation, and its impact on the overall economy

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LANGUAGES PROFICIENCY

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Fluent in English, French

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REFERENCES

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Available upon request

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