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Ariel Prizont

South Bend,WA

Summary

Data and finance professional with diversified industry experience in analysis, reporting, streamlining processes, and developing operational strategy. Enjoy working with data to understand the story it tells about the business and provide actionable insights and tools that help drive company performance. Proven success in liaising between business and technical departments.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Financial Analyst

H&A Property Management
05.2024 - Current
  • Manage various multi-family assets to bring metrics and NOI to business plan
  • Develop actionable insights into financial and operational metrics through data analysis
  • Improve readability of financial data by optimizing software customization features
  • Manage cash flow to optimally support operations
  • Report and provide financial literacy to internal and external stakeholders using financial data

Senior Accountant

Silver & Co
03.2023 - 05.2024
  • Supported real estate clients through all levels of accounting work and analysis of financial data
  • Tax work - individual, parternship, S Corp, C Corp

Senior Data and Information Analyst

Pratt Institute
02.2020 - 03.2023
  • Managed budget platform and developed budget model within Adaptive for entire Institute
  • Solved automation issues with various budget and personnel reports using VBA
  • Developed automation and reporting for finance and budgeting group in SAP Business Objects
  • Increased efficiency for salary roster update process by 90%

Controller (Consulting Position)

HMH Iron Design
04.2019 - 09.2019
  • Managed all aspects of internal accounting
  • Improved processes resulting in better cash management, and improved financial reporting
  • Reduced processing time for payroll and other accounting functions by 80%

Senior Business Analyst

Voguestrap
01.2015 - 01.2019
  • Lead turnaround on major customer accounts improving account relationships and increasing revenue by 20%
  • Improved reporting, inventory management, and operational efficiency by 60% by creating and using auto-refresh databases to analyze data
  • Liaised with IT to make changes in inventory database software which improved visibility into customer data and increased efficiency of performing tasks by 75%
  • Implemented technology and reporting changes significantly improving company's ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
  • Lead analysis and evaluation of external e-commerce consultants resulting in 60% cost savings and e-commerce accounts course correction

Business Analyst (Consulting Position)

EquipX Med
08.2015 - 02.2016
  • Provided business analyst services to start-up company developing software to help health care systems manage their medical equipment portfolio
  • Lead analyst role for creating end-user dashboard format and metrics, buy and sell screens, UI improvements
  • Wrote functional specification documentation
  • Wrote user stories in JIRA and worked with development and UI teams for story-related development

Senior Financial Accounting Analyst

Emergent BioSolutions
12.2012 - 12.2015
  • Programmed TM1 financial reports to replace manual reports reducing report generation time by 90%
  • Increased scope and cut turnaround time for data deliverables through TM1 queries and reports
  • Successfully implemented and assisted in creation of Executive Level BioScience monthly reporting package and increased distribution list from site controller to entire finance leadership
  • Created project cost views and interactive tools for BioScience report expanding ability to forecast and manage project costs

Senior Business Analyst

Liberty Mutual (formerly Safeco Insurance)
01.2007 - 08.2012
  • Developed Safeco's first Supplier Spend Database which enabled sizing cost savings opportunities, prioritizing vendors for negotiations, understanding vendor spend and performing other ad-hoc analytics
  • Developed executive-level procurement cost savings dashboard
  • Managed staff analysts and inter-department cross-training program for strategic sourcing department
  • Reduced reporting preparation time for month-end reporting by 50%

Education

BBA -

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Violin Performance

Juilliard School of Music
Manhattan

Skills

  • Data Analysis
  • Process Improvement
  • Liaison between technology and business
  • SQL
  • Power BI
  • Cognos TM1
  • SAP and SAP Business Objects
  • Workday Adaptive
  • Appfolio

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Hebrew
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Senior Financial Analyst

H&A Property Management
05.2024 - Current

Senior Accountant

Silver & Co
03.2023 - 05.2024

Senior Data and Information Analyst

Pratt Institute
02.2020 - 03.2023

Controller (Consulting Position)

HMH Iron Design
04.2019 - 09.2019

Business Analyst (Consulting Position)

EquipX Med
08.2015 - 02.2016

Senior Business Analyst

Voguestrap
01.2015 - 01.2019

Senior Financial Accounting Analyst

Emergent BioSolutions
12.2012 - 12.2015

Senior Business Analyst

Liberty Mutual (formerly Safeco Insurance)
01.2007 - 08.2012

BBA -

University of New Mexico

Violin Performance

Juilliard School of Music