Moved to California and started working in the Finance team as a FP&A Associate and now as a Senior FP&A Associate. I utilized my newly acquired finance skills from my MBA degree along with my previous 9 years of work experience which made me an excellent employee.• Initialized and optimized the projection models for my programs, which helped in actualizing the goals and timely identifying the inefficiencies. This helped in budget expansions for up to 3 million dollars.• Prepared monthly invoices and monthly forecast models (only employee to be preparing monthly forecasting models) and identified financial issues for projects of up to $12 million. Prepared and enhanced budgets for various programs based on available and future funding requirements.• Helped in overcoming backlog of $1.2 million and up to 6 months of outstanding payments.• Tracked margins, budgets and forecasted revenue using key performance metrics. Tracked potential issues through timely variance analysis.• Cultivated strong cross-functional relationships across organization. Partnered with the Accounting team to manage close timelines, process, and reports. Worked closely with the Finance directors, Project directors and CFO to reach desired targets. • Helped in optimizing Purchase Order (PO) processing. Reduced cycle times from 10 days to 2 days by focusing on data accuracy and integrity.

Corporate Finance, FP&A, Financial modeling, SCM, ERP (SAP), Business Analytics, certified in Business Modeling and strategic decision making.

Taught business classes to 130 students at the same time. Took on 30% more workload when assistant left; prevented the need to hire another assistant. Analyzed the need for resources, and kept costs down despite the need for more supplies and man-hours. • Taught diverse students courses in general business. Provided instruction in financial analysis, business analysis, accounting principles, and forecasting. • Organized events, including job fairs. Distributed business attire and coupons to students low on finances.

Moved to Houston after the previous role, built on the experience of establishing standards for operations and financial planning during the start-up phase of the company that conducts seismological research worldwide, and helped plan and control finances in increasingly complex projects with larger budgets.• Helped the company expand from at-sea projects to land-based projects (with more complex data). Analyzed >40 years of data (which was disorganized and incomplete), found many gaps, and standardized it. • Worked in multi-client research projects (projects the previous role were single-client), and helped minimize expenses for the complex workflows. • Conducted seismic modeling for clients (one of only two people in the company who provided seismic modeling).

Joined a brand new department that had no experience in complex research, and played key role in building it from scratch into the company’s highest revenue-earning and most profitable department. • Met with management in the company’s early stages, and helped establish standards for financial planning, operations, project management, and documentation. Helped estimate costs, and usually finished projects under budget. • Conducted off-shore seismic research from vessel launch (in 33 countries) to project completion. Minimized risks in several volatile areas (including Somalia and Nigeria). Participated in meetings for analyzing the costs of damages to vessels. • Played key part in standardizing workflows and documentation between ION and the third-party vessel company (both were brand new). Extensively worked with Excel macros and coding technologies. • Reduced expenses by frequently completing experimental procedures 25% before due dates and providing more accuracy than projected. • Reduced storage costs >25%. • Further lowered costs by completing projects for other groups and eliminating the need for more hires.