Sheya Zarzar
Minneapolis,MN
Summary
Analytical and performance driven financial project management professional with diversified experience in business process improvement, financial analysis and modeling, Lean and Agile practices, corporate finance, and business development strategies.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Improvement Consultant (FP&A)
Minnesota College of Art and Design (Salo)
01.2023 - Current
- Responsible for the reconciliation and accuracy of revenue recognition, general ledger and all subsidiaries ledgers
- Work independently to create bimonthly month end close cycle and make recommendations to meet fiscal year end deadlines
- Established, implemented, and monitored internal controls and guidelines, policies, and procedures
- Performed research and resolution for complex transactions support function to leadership
- Provided interpretation of financial results to business leaders including direct support and presentations on results and business activities.
Sr. Credit Consultant
The Mosaic Company (Salo)
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Assess and analyze the credit worthiness of customers, risk mitigation and monitor current and potential exposures
- Create credit scoring models to predict risks and recommend credit terms and conditions and contract with customer
- Coordinate with Treasury on collateral including cash, letters of credit and parental guarantees and Account Receivables to ensure timely collection
- Manage credit relationships with assigned counterparties to ensure all lending procedures comply with regulations
- Lead coordination, maintenance, and implementation of improved reporting and functionality of Credit Risk systems.
Sr. Financial Analyst
IRI Worldwide (Salo)
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Collaborate with business partners on implementation and adoption of new CRM (Microsoft Dynamics 365) with testing, requirements development, reviews, and analysis
- Maximize use of current financial systems to drive growth (revenue pipeline review & forecast, recurring revenue streaming and booking accuracy)
- Drive Annual Planning Process and Operating Reviews for supported teams (headcount, direct expenses, and key operational metrics, etc.)
- Assist vertical leaders and their teams by streamlining and standardizing processes
- Prepare scheduled reporting packages, analyses, and narratives to senior management with emphasis on identifying variance drivers and recommending corrective actions
Sr. Financial Consultant
Optum Technology (Salo)
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Analyze financial results, trends, performance metrics and provide variance and root cause analysis to support investment decisions to key senior executives
- Identify inefficient or non-compliant processes and drive elimination or refinement (Adhoc)
- Collaborated and partnered with business and product teams responsible for project planning and delivered solutions to improve procedures and processes to business partners
- Research operational business initiatives by creating & analyzing long term capital pipelines, forecasts, asset management and program performance audits
Sr. Business Process Analyst, AVP
TCF Bank
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Lead prioritized initiatives using Lean/Six Sigma/change management/agile methods to help identify, evaluate, and develop cost effective processes and procedures
- Effectively partner with financial business areas and provide implementation subject matter expertise level support to enhance functional business areas through processes and systems improvements.
- Work collaboratively with product team responsible for planning, analyzing and delivering solutions to improve value to banking centers and business partners
- Identify insightful metrics, process maps, trends and variances to propel continuous improvement opportunities
- Performed analysis in planning and executing acquisitions/merger and strategic growth initiatives.
Sr. Financial Analyst
TCF Bank
01.2016 - 01.2019
- Consolidate and analyze current and projected financial results for Information Technology Business, including reviewing budget/forecast data and maintaining and updating pro forma models
- Provide monthly allocation guidance recommendations and detail reporting for various Line of Business to IT business partners
- Build predictive, efficient and systematic pro forma models and support IT in new data integration by providing database and platform requirements to align with new Oracle ERP system
- Lead monthly meetings to present results and discuss projections for expenses and capitalization
- Collaborate with the accounting department and business team during month-end close to analyze and reconcile variance accounts and prepare standard journal entries, prepaid amortization, inter-company transactions and adhoc accruals
- Prepare and reconcile balance sheet and indirect expenses monthly for IT Business
- Ensure accuracy in monthly closing including accruals, reporting of financial performance, appropriation budgets, monthly financial statements & reconciliations for IT
- Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data and transform analyses into concrete, actionable recommendations.
Financial Accounting Analyst
3M
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Developed and execute annual and strategic financial plans, by forecasting models and quantifying projections
- Formulated allocations formula for fiscal year
- Research variances against projections and review with business team for financial planning
- Prepare, audit, and present monthly manufacturing reports and financial P&L statements to Division
- Perform analysis for quarterly US financial statements, budget reviews, FP&A and annual pricing
- Conduct compliance reviews of divisional activities in accordance of global financial standards guidelines and maintained SOX control
- Lead divisional transformation into SAP implementation and all process improvement projects
- Partner with US Accounting Center team to develop standardization and efficient processes and metrics
- Performs monthly accounting functions to include accruals, journal entries, GL reconciliations
- Business partnering with manufacturing plant managers to become lean and improve processes
- Lead cross functional Six Sigma project for debt reduction, reducing over $50K in per quarter.
Education
BS Finance -
University of Maryland
Adelphi, MDSkills
- Budget Development & Forecasting
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Variance Analysis
- Analytical Problem Solver
- Lean Six Sigma
- Agile
- Change Management
- Project Management
- Business Intelligence (BI)
- Business Reporting
- Acquisition Support
- Calculate Royalty & Incentive Payout
- Asset Valuation
- Strategic Consulting
- Business Partnering
- Project Team Management
- Month End Consolidation & Closing
- Accounting Operations (Cashflow, Cost Accounting, Fixed assets, G/L)
- ERP System testing & data Validation
- Management and Leadership
Computer Applications
- Oracle
- Essbase
- SAP
- SQL
- Microsoft Office 365
- Dynamics Great Plains
- Crystals Reporting System
- PeopleSoft
- Hyperion
- Visio
- Tableau
- Adaptive (Workday)
- Salesforce
- Power BI
- SmartView
Earlier Career History
- United States Army Reserve
- Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. Air Force
Timeline
Business Improvement Consultant (FP&A)
Minnesota College of Art and Design (Salo)
01.2023 - Current
Sr. Credit Consultant
The Mosaic Company (Salo)
01.2022 - 01.2023
Sr. Financial Analyst
IRI Worldwide (Salo)
01.2021 - 01.2022
Sr. Financial Consultant
Optum Technology (Salo)
01.2021 - 12.2021
Sr. Business Process Analyst, AVP
TCF Bank
01.2019 - 01.2021
Sr. Financial Analyst
TCF Bank
01.2016 - 01.2019
Financial Accounting Analyst
3M
01.2013 - 01.2016
BS Finance -
University of Maryland
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