• I track financial status weekly/monthly by monitoring variances from plan by the help generating daily inventory reports, fixed overhead report, LC Variance report and transit variance reports etc.• Reconciling accruals, correcting data by re-classing charges and comparing charges information.• Updating and adding data to the corporate Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet on a monthly basis. Determining financial status by analyzing plans and forecasts against actual results.• Monthly presentation to Directors and LC managers showing financial positions, fixed overhead variation, variable expenses, unexpected overflow charges, multiple trends, overtime analysis and recommendation.• Increasing efficiency and effectiveness by developing basic macros in excel, and putting together training manuals, for upper levels of management.

As the senior most financial analyst for the Department of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center. Have been providing financial support to project investigators, on NIH, Federal, Navy etc. on Research Studies and Industrial clinical trials.• Provide financial budget spreadsheet and financial information for pro award statement and documentation.• Working on more than a 100 research projects annually. Supporting the PI with financial information-monthly budget runs, expense forecasts, re budgeting funds, providing guidance/recommendation and policy information whenever required.• Managing clinical trials- Currently assisting Project Investigators on 30 plus clinical studies. Updating trial tracker spread sheets which are individually generated for each study. Following up patient stipends, sending invoices to sponsor, protocol renewals & amendment, confirming /verifying hours applied on the study by the PI, Co-PI, Nurse/Coordinator.• Gift accounts & Endowments management.• HMC P card reconciliation, Bi weekly salary submission and new employee training.

Was hired to manage and complete 14 projects in a three month contract. Additionally was working on improving day-to-day operations, focusing on analyzing data and providing recommendations for operational and financial changes to improve efficiency and reduce costs/expenses. • Was working on the World Bank’s inbound mail, in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of new processes. 6 System operating process manuals were created by collecting data of the past two quarters, individual interviews, practical roaming etc.• Was the SME (Subject Matter Expert) of a new system ‘Mail Dispatcher ID’, introduced by the World Bank. Increased efficiency of the system from 25% to 72 %.• Provided day-to-day support of operational systems to both incoming and outgoing functions in the mail office of all World Bank buildings within the Washington, D.C region.• Had identified issues associated with daily operations and provided possible courses of action to management, such as updating scanner system on minimal cost that increased efficiency by 7%.• Supporting Sr. Operations Analyst with certain projects and providing operational analysis.

Collected and analyzed data from cross functional teams to explain business issues and financial implications. Ad Hoc projects business cases regarding account and hierarchy setup, login, account updates, financial benefits of investments in projects, interest rate of return assessments of projects etc.

Joined as an intern followed by joining the market research team. Created a feasibility report for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to start new businesses in Pakistan, which resulted in opening two branches in Lahore & Karachi.