Neru Kothari Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for overall Deployment & Operations project management efforts regarding new cell sites and/or the modification of existing sites. Manage project control team closely with internal and external team members to achieve yearend operational objectives. Manage financial cost controls and document control for the team. Provide leadership, direction and expertise for the team’s processes and systems. Managing information, developing, communicating & managing trackers in Siterra, Service Now, Navision in order to provide overall cost management & QA/QC of projects/documents.

Chicago, Il, Us

Serves as the first point of contact for project control, scheduling and planning, subcontracts, billing and reporting, Analyze and manages Sprint 3G & 4G upgrade projects over 2000 sites in Chicago, Ft Wayne and Indianapolis market from constriction to finish/On Air. • Lead the project Change Management Program, regional Scheduling/Planning, assists in preparation of L2 plan. Prepares and maintains baseline schedule and forecasting. • Lead in coordinating aspects of the budget and forecast processes including timelines and the rollup of assumptions form other analysts and business partners.• Prepares and maintains cash flow, cost reports and forecasts. Prepares PES man-hour reporting. Maintains budgets and produces EAC. • Develop budget, supporting models, collaborating with business partners to develop assumptions, and driving to targets in order to provide direction and support to key business partners.• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc forecasts to provide direction and insight to leaders in order to support decision making.• Collect, analyze and present financial information to business partners identifying risks and opportunities to aid the team in meeting their specific Pre NTP and Post NTP goals. • Prepare monthly variance analysis in areas of accountability to provide insight into business results and input into future forecasts and budgets.• Provide financial expertise by working on and leading cross-functional teams, ensuring that projects are modeled appropriately and that financial ramifications are adequately considered.

• Developed management tools to measure and analyze financial and operational information e.g. sales forecasting platform, integrated budget model, product pricing and management reports. • Preparation, reporting and analytical reconciliation of monthly actual results as compared to plan, forecasts and prior year for operations and supply chain. • Lead the Annual AOP and quarterly Forecast process for Operations, Supply Chain, Inventory and Cost Center. Providing data analytics and recommendations as needed to understand the Plan and Forecast requests. Provides P&L analytics on a monthly/quarterly/annually basis vs. prior year and AOP• Provide financial support for forecasts, analyze key performance indicators to identify underlying business issues, and provide input for operational decisions and provide daily and weekly cash flow analysis • Develop robust timelines and calendars for forecasting and planning cycles, including early communication to all stakeholders, delineation of dependencies, and ensuring timelines are adhered to • Provide financial analysis and modeling expertise for operational results, field and corporate forecasts and annual business plans • Provide analysis and commentary on key variances vs. targets and vs. prior months and recommendations for future actions as required • Perform ad hoc business case analysis, including creation of financial models and analysis of business trends to support the growth of the business • Participate in developing monthly operations review, benchmarking studies, and various management presentations • Ensure that the P&L and overall financials are correctly reflected in the month end close management reporting • Reconcile Monthly Account Receivables for Inventory and related GL • Provide Payroll review and temporary labor accounts and reporting• Worked as liaise with other finance teams to support various activities related to month-end / quarter / year-end closing process and audit

Chantilly, Virginia, Us

• Analyze pre-award and post-award functions involving highly specialized procurements, serve as advisor to program officials in procurement planning and serve as lead negotiator, advisor to the organizations’ management on program cost and revenue. • Prepare management reports, Assist with maintenance of customer database, Assist with audits and special projects. Approve invoices and back-up to ensure contract compliance and proper SOX accounting treatment, Assist in collections and tracking of delinquent accounts. • Analyze variant and issues with each group and project. Reconcile cost and revenue for Labor, Over head, G&A, Material, Travel and ODCs. Reconciled balances to the General Ledger each month. Maintain and prepare reports for internal customers. • Analyze monthly cost incurred and compare general ledger entry with projects and incorporate budget and forecast change into control system. Request action from the appropriate individual or group to maintain contract cost and schedule baseline. • Analyze unbilled balances that remain after the current month’s bill. Provide daily financial support to resolve issues and input to weekly and monthly financial reporting to upper level management • Assist with contract shutdown activities, prepare final bill. Analyze AR data to track and report costs of revenues. Discuss contract status with CAO, Contract Manager and Support Team members to resolve outstanding work issues. • Process Contract Document and Mods, maintain contract status report and notify Contract Support Team of all updates i.e. funding, POP, contract At Risk. Work closely with Billing, AP, General Ledger, Accounting and Budget department.

• Maintained Project and contract billing, Time, and Material, Fix Price, Milestone, Cost Plus billing in SAP system. • Prepare management reports, Assist with maintenance of database and create report for Budget and Forecast • Creating new customer numbers update changes in customer master, Ad hoc customer sites in Sims, Create site-on-the-fly and create Embargo Notice list. • Make check deposit via CashPro* application, maintain and research files for collection and legal department. • Process credit memo, returns and adjustments. Review the list of return orders, determine proper approvals and following guideline.• Monitor Blocked billing documents in SAP, resolve issue to ensure invoices reach the A/R. analyze and work with IS and Order Entry department to resolve the issues. • Review calls in Pre-gen. Assist in collections and tracking of delinquent accounts Manage sales tax compliance and ensure proper sales tax applied to invoices.