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Business Analyst at Playworks
Bora Kara
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Brooklyn, United States
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Bora has been an expert in business/finance for more than 8 years building financial processes from budgeting to forecasting to reporting for new business in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. His experience building processes from the ground up started during this time at Gap, where we were accountable for developing FP&A and managing communication between finance and business stakeholders, delivering on projects and initiatives cross-functionally. His true talent is storytelling, seamlessly connecting the dots for business partners in and outside the company.
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United Kingdom
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Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Available
My experience
2016 - ?
job
Business Analyst
Playworks.
& New York, NY
• Build and implement annual strategy that focuses on most efficient service portfolio and pricing as well as optimization
of operational expenses and staffing
• Monitor key performance indicators, highlighting trends, analyze cause of variances, and propose strategic actions to improve financial results
• Develop comprehensive budget, forecast and reporting processes that lead to significant efficiencies in the entire
organization with 25 regions and 10 national departments
• Lead the executive directors on strategic financial planning while providing guidance on risk management with scenario analysis and historical trend analysis for $45M budget
• Improve systems efficiency by implementing new procedures and streamlined controls
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports for board presentations and reported directly to CFO
• Build and implement annual strategy that focuses on most efficient service portfolio and pricing as well as optimization
of operational expenses and staffing
• Monitor key performance indicators, highlighting trends, analyze cause of variances, and propose strategic actions to improve financial results
• Develop comprehensive budget, forecast and reporting processes that lead to significant efficiencies in the entire
organization with 25 regions and 10 national departments
• Lead the executive directors on strategic financial planning while providing guidance on risk management with scenario analysis and historical trend analysis for $45M budget
• Improve systems efficiency by implementing new procedures and streamlined controls
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports for board presentations and reported directly to CFO
Management, Risk Management, Budget, Service, Analyst, CFO, Forecast, Processes
2014 - 2015
job
Manager, Marketing Operations
Gap/Gap Inc.
• Guided leadership on effective allocation of $140M Global Marketing budget
• Provided financial analysis and strategic alignment guidance to Gap Marketing teams - North America, EU & Japan
• Delivered highly accurate and timely forecast submissions by building advanced and user-friendly planning tools
• Advised leadership on optimizing expenses to exceed budget targets while providing savings up to 15%
• Produced new operational procedures while improving execution of marketing campaigns, PO & invoice tracking
• Provided financial analysis and strategic alignment guidance to Gap Marketing teams - North America, EU & Japan
• Delivered highly accurate and timely forecast submissions by building advanced and user-friendly planning tools
• Advised leadership on optimizing expenses to exceed budget targets while providing savings up to 15%
• Produced new operational procedures while improving execution of marketing campaigns, PO & invoice tracking
Marketing, Leadership, Budget, Global Marketing, Forecast, Manager, UP
2008 - 2010
job
Finance Coordinator/Analyst
Cohn & Wolfe PR Agency.
• Analyzed monthly financial reports and identified budget variances
• Distributed weekly billability & headcount reports as well as client income analysis
• Distributed weekly billability & headcount reports as well as client income analysis
Budget, Finance, Analyst, Coordinator
My education
Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business
MBA, Finance / International Business
MBA, Finance / International Business
Holy Names University
Bachelors, Business Administration / Marketing
Bachelors, Business Administration / Marketing
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