Ming Zhang Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

• Pivoted actively in the preparation of EDC’s city capital plan submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and response to the OMB questions regarding financial plan submission to ensure the effective integration of priority project needs and the City’s budget target in the corporate financial plan• Collaborated with a variety of stakeholders, including project managers, senior management, other City agencies, City Hall, and elected officials’ offices during and after the plan… Show more • Pivoted actively in the preparation of EDC’s city capital plan submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and response to the OMB questions regarding financial plan submission to ensure the effective integration of priority project needs and the City’s budget target in the corporate financial plan• Collaborated with a variety of stakeholders, including project managers, senior management, other City agencies, City Hall, and elected officials’ offices during and after the plan cycles to track and maintain the capital funds forecasted and committed properly• Took ownership of funding agreements and many high-profile capital projects in the portfolios to the point of having autonomy day to day• Guided project managers and relevant teams through the City’s and NYCEDC’s various approval processes, including the Certificate to Proceed submission to OMB, registration, and fixed asset number submission to City Comptroller. Actively worked as budget liaison with these and other City entities to ensure that approvals are received in a timely manner• Downloaded data from the City’s Financial Management System and internal systems to reconcile project budgets periodically• Managed over 109 capital construction projects in budget tracking including registration, internal work process approvals, and invoice payments• Communicated with New York City Mayor’s Office of Management of Budget (OMB) task forces, various city agencies and EDC project managers in the Certificate to Proceed (CP) submittal and review process for over 55 capital projects in amount of over $900Ms• Initiated and led the monthly meeting between Budget and Funding Agreement Teams for effective discussion about the FA projects issues• Participated in EDC’s annual Capital Plan forecasts, maintained capital budgets for over 60 projects in Financial Management System 2 (FMS2) • Trained team members to prepare the weekly reports, maintain project budget and submit registration in FMS Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated with 5 Program Finance Administrators to ensure programs and budgets are prepared and submitted on time• Checked and analyzed over 50 grants expenses for over $11M, including PS, OTPS, Admin and Subcontractors expenses on a monthly basis• Taken charge of over 70 temporary restricted funds, prepared/revised budgets, provided expenditure reports for the donors as requested• Compared the monthly expenses with revenues for the temporary restricted funds to identify monthly… Show more • Coordinated with 5 Program Finance Administrators to ensure programs and budgets are prepared and submitted on time• Checked and analyzed over 50 grants expenses for over $11M, including PS, OTPS, Admin and Subcontractors expenses on a monthly basis• Taken charge of over 70 temporary restricted funds, prepared/revised budgets, provided expenditure reports for the donors as requested• Compared the monthly expenses with revenues for the temporary restricted funds to identify monthly accruals vs releases in General Ledger• Compared the actual expenses with approved budgets to provide optimal internal expense monitor and control• Flagged the over- and underspent on a monthly check and initiate staff allocation changes to keep expenses aligning with budgets• Updated the staff allocation and programs information in the Financial Edge system• Monitored and maintained the accuracy of data entry of Staff allocation in the Financial Edge System• Prepared and revised grants’ budget proposals and narratives for funders upon contract approval and budget modification• Provided semi-annual/annual expenditure reports for external funders and internal Civil, Juvenile and Criminal Practices • Ran revenue P&L query to provide funders the Annual Private and Public Funding Sources• Assisted with individual programs’ and Society’s year-end audits• Trained team members on data query and data input in Financial Edge System• Interacted with government and private funders to address their inquiries of the budgets proposals, modifications and vouchers.• Ran queries semimonthly to produce Staff and Program allocation history/list reports for the organization Show less

•Reviewed over 5,000 invoices from more than 40 IT vendors in the Europe, Middle East and Africa, reconciled the mischarges of over $2 millions•Produced weekly reports for top 80% worldwide vendors and services to align with the strategic global vendor management•Reached out 45 local vendors to collect missing invoices, bridged the data to the system entry

Greater New York City Area

• Conducted quantitative analysis of 907 survey respondents, and produced training needs reports with advanced Excel graphs• Customized operational handbooks through research of best Human Resource practice models • Elaborated career development initiatives into feasible projects, and prepared documents for training workshops

Hong Kong

• Increased firm’s profitability by 25% with contribution of over $20k towards revenue through placement of candidates• Built strong leadership with 37 client companies and managed over 2,000 candidate relationships to match opportunities• Enlarged pool of applicants for legal positions daily by identifying 20 potential candidates in U.S.A., Canada, U.K. Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Africa to increase probability of placements• Used probing skills to… Show more • Increased firm’s profitability by 25% with contribution of over $20k towards revenue through placement of candidates• Built strong leadership with 37 client companies and managed over 2,000 candidate relationships to match opportunities• Enlarged pool of applicants for legal positions daily by identifying 20 potential candidates in U.S.A., Canada, U.K. Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Africa to increase probability of placements• Used probing skills to accurately refine clients’ job descriptions to effectively match candidates to positions• Conducted prescreening interviews and coached shortlisted candidates on tips for successful employer interviews• Coordinated interviews, debriefed with clients and communicated feedback of interview performance to candidates • Performed reference checks for clients to verify employment history; prepared offer packages or refusal letters to candidates Show less

Changchun, Jilin, China

• Translated over 120,000 words in technical documents, guidelines, daily reports and work-related information exchange for managers, engineers and other staff for training and daily communication purposes• Interpreted German and English to Chinese and vice versa in hundreds of corporate conferences, workshops, trainings and negotiations concerning car assembly, daily quality feedback, automotive dynamic system, and the market launch of new models• Led 3 groups of 16 engineers in a… Show more • Translated over 120,000 words in technical documents, guidelines, daily reports and work-related information exchange for managers, engineers and other staff for training and daily communication purposes• Interpreted German and English to Chinese and vice versa in hundreds of corporate conferences, workshops, trainings and negotiations concerning car assembly, daily quality feedback, automotive dynamic system, and the market launch of new models• Led 3 groups of 16 engineers in a three-month automotive electronics training held in Germany• Provided effective German instruction to groups of 12-15 employees leading to 90% attendance rate• Acted as liaison between management and employees to ensure smooth communication in addressing problem solving and issues requiring immediate attention and resolution• Organized conferences preparation, guests’ accommodation and banquet reservation with over 200 attendants• Reimbursed expenditures of media events and managers’ business errand through SAP system • Scheduled managers’ appointments and arranged their travel schedules including tickets and hotel bookings • Collected, classified, stored and handled confidential documents and files for 56 employees Show less

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, Gpa:3.65

Recipient of Mitsui Scholarship Full-time MBA student focusing on Human Resource Management

Diploma, Human Resource Management Montreal, Gpa: 3.56

Diploma on HRM

B.A, German Linguistics, Gpa: 3.3

Recipient of Outstanding Students Scholarship Major in German Linquistics