Mohammad Karim
Dublin,OH
Summary
Passionate, results-driven product leader with two years experience leading cross functional team including product roadmap development, market research and data analysis. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize revenue. Driven and strategic with proven history of superior market penetration and product launch ability.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Lead and Co-founder
AdmissionWiz Inc
Columbus, OH
09.2020 - Current
- Lead the initiative to build the Minimum Awesome Product (MAP) to serve the initial target market.
- Conducted a business plan and strategy, developed business model and participated in all facets of the business development.
- Communicated and built relationship with potential users and customers to identify and formulate their requirements; customized website design to ensure that it followed users’ needs.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Liaised with clients to develop deep understanding of business needs and current market landscape.
- Compiled product, market and customer data to forecast accurate sales and profit projections.
- Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
- Defined and analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
- Coordinated innovative strategies to accomplish objectives and boost long-term profitability..
- Developed product documentation to communicate and align key components of upcoming features and products to internal teams.
- Worked with marketing teams to create, deploy and optimize effective campaigns for university clients.
- Monitored market trends and competitor performance and analyzed gaps to update business strategies and maximize sales.
- Recruited and trained employees and contractors to ensure the company’s vision and goal is fully met.
- Attended various startup exhibitions and other events to present the company to potential users, partners and investors.
Senior Analyst
Nationwide Insurance
Columbus, OH
11.2019 - Current
- Collaborated with business partners to develop a data request workflow tool to make the internal and external data request process more efficient. This process improvement saves hundreds of hours each year.
- Successfully oversaw and implemented various process improvement projects, including: Optimization of the quarterly and annual General Interrogatories and creation of a new Controllership SharePoint site.
- Became the subject matter experts on general interrogatories and a valued contributor to various reporting continuous improvement initiatives.
- Performed system analysis, documentation, testing, implementation and user support for platform transitions.
- Managed customer relations by developing effective communications process.
- Evaluated and adopted new technologies to address changing industry needs.
Senior Analyst
Nationwide Insurance
Columbus, OH
11.2015 - 10.2019
- Responsible for the preparation and analyzing of financial report, regulatory filings, development of process workflow Key Results:.
- Developed and implemented new financial reporting procedures to make internal and external reporting more accurate. This process improvement lead to a huge time savings.
- Introduced new team meeting structure for the team to reduce meeting time and enhance effectiveness of the team.
- Led the team during the new team structure transition, so that team does not miss any reporting deadline.
- Became subject matter experts in some regulatory reporting areas.
Accounting Manager
Cellucom Group
Columbus, OH
02.2014 - 11.2015
- Developed and implemented new procedures, financial databases, analysis of revenues/expenses and other features to enhance the workflow of the accounting department.
- Increased collection efficiency by 55% which resulted in more cash inflow to the company and lowered the chance of bad debts
- Helped company to collect more that $200,000.00 of additional accrued revenue
Finance & HR Manager
NewsCred Inc
New York, NY
11.2012 - 01.2014
- Oversaw financial analysis, financial audits, fixed-asset accounting in accordance with accounting standards, recruitment, payroll processing, employee performance evaluation, employee training and procurement.
- Developed and managed external financial relationships (e.g., banks, insurers, auditors) and constantly look for ways to strengthen overall company performance.
- Saved fixed spending by 15% and variable overhead spending 23% through a variety of cost-improvement initiatives through better utilization of resources.
- Initiated an income and expense flux analysis on the first working day of every month in order to identify posting errors. This effort helped accelerate the month end close process to the seventh calendar day of every month.
- Resulted in increased use of reports and quicker decision maker attention to variances.
- Identified, pursued and hired 30 industry renowned talented software developer in order to support company's 400% growth in 2013.
Accounting Manager
NewsCred Inc
New York City, NY
06.2011 - 01.2014
- Developed and implemented new procedures, financial databases, analysis of revenues/expenses and other features to enhance the workflow of the accounting department.
- Increased collection efficiency by 55% which resulted in more cash inflow to the company and lowered the chance of bad debts.
- Helped company to collect more that $200,000.00 of additional accrued revenue, NewsCred is the leading online content marketing company headquartered in New York.
Senior Accountant
NewsCred Inc
New York, NY
11.2011 - 10.2012
- Built a finely tuned in house finance department in order to establish and control company’s profitability level and to meet company’s strategic objective.
- Delivered six figure cost savings by initiating detailed expense analysis.
Education
Product Manager Certificate - Product Management
Product School, Silicon Valley
San Francisco, CA 05.2021 - Current
Masters Of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance & Strategic Management
Anglia Ruskin University
ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountant) Accounting in Business, Financial Accounting, Corporate and Business Law, Performance Management, Business Taxation, Financial Reporting (International), Audit, Governance, Risk and Ethics. - undefined
Kaplan Financial
Skills
Research and trend analysis
Digital Marketing
Budgeting
Product development
Brand building
Project Management
Strategic Planning
Agile / Scrum Methodologies
Market Analysis
P&L Management
Product Roadmap
Innovation
User Persona Development
Timeline
Product Manager Certificate - Product Management
Product School, Silicon Valley
05.2021 - Current
Product Lead and Co-founder
AdmissionWiz Inc
09.2020 - Current
Senior Analyst
Nationwide Insurance
11.2019 - Current
Senior Analyst
Nationwide Insurance
11.2015 - 10.2019
Accounting Manager
Cellucom Group
02.2014 - 11.2015
Finance & HR Manager
NewsCred Inc
11.2012 - 01.2014
Senior Accountant
NewsCred Inc
11.2011 - 10.2012
Accounting Manager
NewsCred Inc
06.2011 - 01.2014
ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountant) Accounting in Business, Financial Accounting, Corporate and Business Law, Performance Management, Business Taxation, Financial Reporting (International), Audit, Governance, Risk and Ethics. - undefined
Kaplan Financial
Masters Of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance & Strategic Management
Anglia Ruskin University