Functional Skills

Business Unit Strategy
Business Planning
Financial Modeling
Valuation
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Software Skills

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Access
Microsoft PowerPoint
Performance testing

Sector Experience

Healthcare
Retail
Financial Services
Social & Public Sector
Consumer Goods

Languages

English
French
Russian
Persian
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hour

Avg Response Time

20
years

Years of Experience

11/14

Member Since


Experience

 
US Department of Health and Human Services Management Consulting
Senior Business Consultant & Analyst
12/2022 - 04/2023
On contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to analyze the Agency’s National Capital Region’s mail distribution network and develop new processes to incorporate new/post-pandemic workforce mobile & remote working environment
• Analyzed and mapped all external incoming mail (USPS) & courier deliveries (FEDEX, UPS, Amazon, others) as well as internal, agency generated documents, and their distribution throughout the Department’s sub Agencies in the National Capital region.
• Proposed and developed new processes (in addition to ones already in development) that incorporate delivery to remote and hybrid staff as well as staff that works at multiple agency locations.
• Created multiple modeling tools for Agency for estimating future manpower and other resource requirements as the Agency transitions (and later expands) to new mail delivery processes.
• Identified errors in and re-designed mail delivery record keeping process to correctly collect data and to track

International Finance Corporation (World Bank) Information Technology
Project Lead & Senior Consultant and Analyst
05/2017 - 02/2020
October 2018 – February 2020: Supporting customization and transition to a new, external vendor, Pre-/Post-trade compliance application (eNotebook) for the WB Treasury Fixed Income trading department.
May 2017 – September 2018: Advising on compliance with ASU 2016-01, a FASB update mandating Bank (IFC) to report all its equity assets in fair value by FY2019.

World Bank Accounting
Senior Consultant
05/2017 - 02/2020
Implementation of FASB mandates - Fair Value Equity Reporting (ASU 2016-01) and CECL - Current Expected Credit Losses (ASU 2016-13)

AD HOC PROGRAM/PROJECT CONSULTING Corporate Strategy & Development
Senior Project Consultant / Manager, Management & Planning
01/2012 - 04/2017
Fixed-term/Contract consulting for various Washington DC companies & organizations. Providing expertise in: Corporate & Financial Strategy Development, Market research and Entry Strategies, Business Process Improvement, Corporate Capital Structures, Debt vs Equity Decisions, Procurement & Supplier Negotiations

Medical Payment Exchange, Inc. Corporate Strategy & Development
Consultant, Finance & Business Development Strategy
09/2012 - 07/2014
Hired by a team of seasoned Healthcare entrepreneurs to assemble Private Placement Memorandums (PPMs) for rounds of capital funding. Provided expertise in strategy development and formalization. Advised on Incentive Compensation, Market Entry Strategy, Business Transformation and Overall Strategy.

MSCI, Inc. (Morgan Stanley Capital International) Finance
Consultant & Analyst, Executive Compensation
12/2011 - 05/2012
• Managed analysis of Fortune 500 financial statements & proxies to ensure CEO and NEO total direct compensation was aligned with corporate financial performance, shareholder interests & shareholder returns.
•Applied expertise of derivatives to ensure that incentive compensation (i.e. company Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards and other forms of incentive pay) was at appropriate levels and in line with company performance.
•Identified overgenerous severance packages, weak change-in-contro

VICTOR KAMKIN, INC. Operations
CFO and Managing Director
12/1999 - 04/2007
• As Managing Director
o Managed specialty retailer – 40 employees, 4 national locations, $10 million annual revenues
o Engineered company turnaround, including conceiving and implementing a new strategic vision, re-focusing company sales strategy on high margin institutional sales that generated margins nearing 300%
• As CFO
o Responsible for all financial & accounting operations; managed relationships with all banks/stakeholders.

ATKearney Management Consulting
Project Manager, Procurement, Sourcing, Negotiations
12/1994 - 12/1998
Consultant to the largest French multi-national retailers of Furniture, Cosmetics, Food, Electronics, Clothing and other consumer goods. Specialized in advising clients in the areas of Strategic Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor/Supplier Negotiations. Based in France and on assignments in Asia.
• Created quantitative negotiation strategy tools for retail clients and assisted clients during yearly vendor negotiations in Paris, Taiwan and Hong Kong; Obtained term gains of 4% on average