Financial Analyst
Current• Responsible for financial planning, continuous monthly operating expense analysis and providing management reporting packages for Operations and Technology business groups• Managed preparation of annual budgeting and corresponding strategic plans through communication with respective business group executives. Regular presentation of consolidated financial packages to executives was required.• Prepared monthly operating expense rolling forecast vs budget analysis on significant variance, notable trends, and key metrics with value-added commentary reports• Lead development and evaluation of multiyear financial modeling for project related business cases and scenario analysis. Provided intuition and recommendation on the project’s validity from P&L perspective• Engaged with executives and senior management for establishing and analyzing various project P&L scenario analysis to evaluate the impact of changes in key factors in the resulting net income• Created and consistently renewed and upgraded financial reporting templates and packages for report enhancement and standardization to allow improved management decision making and visibility on key financial insights • Conducted consistent communication with oracle hyperion essbase system managers to comprehend predetermined budget driving factors. Ongoing effort minimized discrepancy between manual vs system downloaded budget figures for enhanced budget preparation.• Monitored KPI (Key Performance Indicators) for business groups to recommend intuitive suggestions on their performance results and key issues• Trained four financial analysts on the use of hyperion essbase, maintenance and monthly renewal of operating expense forecast templates, and month end accounting general ledger bookings