Sean P. Greene
Floral Park, NY 11001
E-mail: seang11@yahoo.com Cell
phone: (646) 808-6861
Website:
Best-Financial-Advice.com
SUMMARY
Financial professional
with extensive experience solving analytical problems in business planning,
finance and marketing. Demonstrated success advising senior management on most
profitable ways to conduct business operations. Consistent track record for
delivering results to senior leadership executives in support of strategy formulation
and key business decision-making.
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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Revenue/Expense
Forecasting |
§ Business Plan Creation
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§ Sales/marketing
relationships |
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§ Budgeting management |
§ Revenue / Expense
Analysis |
§ Financial / data
systems |
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§ Website management |
§ Writing/Presentation
skills |
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Staff
recruitment/development |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BEST-FINANCIAL-ADVICE.COM,
New York, NY
General Manager, (9/2008 Present)
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Publish Best-financial-advice.com,
a financial information website which features articles on personal finance,
investments, retirement planning and other current finance topics.
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Ongoing
update/management of all editorial content, advertising and finance.
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Create
and monitor ad campaigns to generate web traffic. Analyze traffic patterns to determine success of ads,
keywords and topics.
DOWJONES/NEWSCORP, New
York, NY
Senior Business Manager, WSJ Advertising
Sales Division (2/2005 5/2010)
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Developed revenue/expense
forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans for the WSJ US and Intl Sales
Organizations.
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Created and administered
sales commission plans for the US and International salesforces.
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Provided analysis of key
issues impacting Division and Product P&Ls.
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Liaised between Ad Sales
and the Finance, Strategy, IT, and other corporate departments regarding
financial and operational issues.
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL CONSULTANT, New York, NY
Financial
Advisor/Consultant (3/2003
2/2005)
§ Advised clients on best
financial actions/direction given their needs including investments, mortgage
products, retirement planning products, etc. Counseled and educated clients and
on related financial concepts.
Gruner
& Jahr, Inc.,
New York, NY
Financial Manager, Parents Magazine (5/2000 3/2003)
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Developed
business plan, budgets, and forecasts for $85 million revenue magazine; created
business plans for ancillary products and corporate departments.
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Ensured
optimal profitability on a monthly basis through review of accounting close and
P&L analysis.
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Determined
best pricing and strategies to maximize earnings for all products; advised
Marketing and Sales on most advantageous options for meeting sales goals.
Mikasa, Inc., Secaucus, NJ
Senior Financial Analyst
(3/1999 5/2000)
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Created
business plan for $400 million revenue company; collected, reviewed, and
quantified inputs and prepared review and results; presented to top management.
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Prepared
internal division budgets and related financial analysis; presented to top
management.
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Reviewed
and managed database of all revenue-producing units, identifying those
requiring further management attention.
AT&T,
New York, NY
Manager, Northeast Local
Finance (9/1996 3/1999)
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Created
business cases for local entry into Northeast telecommunications markets.
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Evaluated
potential revenue streams and cost of connectivity; analyzed profitability of
new businesses and business services.
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Reviewed
results from business units; created presentations and forecasts of financial
results for senior management.
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Analyzed
results for Business Markets Division; wrote commentary for company-wide
presentations.
Teleport
Communications Group, New
York, NY
Financial Analyst (1/1994 9/1996)
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Coordinated
collection and preparation of the three-month forecast for national operations.
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Facilitated
production and consolidation of national operations and departmental budgets
and prepared for review.
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Evaluated
efficiency of deployed capital using EVA; proposed more efficient use of
capital.
EDUCATION
M.B.A. in Finance, Bernard M.
Baruch College, New York, NY
B.B.A. in Finance, Bernard M.
Baruch College, New York, NY
SKILLS
Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver,
Google Adwords/Analytics, Access, Peoplesoft, SAP, Cognos