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

 

§  Revenue/Expense Forecasting

§  Business Plan Creation

§  Sales/marketing relationships

§  Budgeting management

§  Revenue / Expense Analysis

§  Financial / data systems

§  Website management

§  Writing/Presentation skills

§  Staff recruitment/development

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

BEST-FINANCIAL-ADVICE.COM, New York, NY

General Manager, (9/2008 – Present)

§   Publish Best-financial-advice.com, a financial information website which features articles on personal finance, investments, retirement planning and other current finance topics.

§   Ongoing update/management of all editorial content, advertising and finance.

§   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)

§   Developed revenue/expense forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans for the WSJ US and Int’l Sales Organizations.

§   Created and administered sales commission plans for the US and International salesforces.

§   Provided analysis of key issues impacting Division and Product P&Ls.

§   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)

§  Developed business plan, budgets, and forecasts for $85 million revenue magazine; created business plans for ancillary products and corporate departments.

§  Ensured optimal profitability on a monthly basis through review of accounting close and P&L analysis.

§  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)

§  Created business plan for $400 million revenue company; collected, reviewed, and quantified inputs and prepared review and results; presented to top management.

§  Prepared internal division budgets and related financial analysis; presented to top management.

§  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)

§  Created business cases for local entry into Northeast telecommunications markets.

§  Evaluated potential revenue streams and cost of connectivity; analyzed profitability of new businesses and business services.

§  Reviewed results from business units; created presentations and forecasts of financial results for senior management.

§  Analyzed results for Business Markets Division; wrote commentary for company-wide presentations.

 

Teleport Communications Group, New York, NY

Financial Analyst (1/1994 – 9/1996)

§  Coordinated collection and preparation of the three-month forecast for national operations.

§  Facilitated production and consolidation of national operations and departmental budgets and prepared for review.

§  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