1. Seth D. Parks
1068 Van Buren Ave. Owatonna, MN 55060 Cell: (507) 456-2668 Email: sethdparks@gmail.com
Professional Experience
Financial Analyst, IBM, Rochester, MN
Dec. 2011 – Present
Education
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
Bachelor of Science, Economics
• Graduated May 2012
• Minor: Accounting
• GPA: 3.77/4.0
Summary of Skills and Qualifications
Skills Acquired Through Work Experience
• Calculate and process billing invoices for Software Solutions contract with Marathon Oil
• Calculate and process billing invoice for loan management contract with Fannie Mae
• Analyze and allocate loans into delinquency brackets for calculating Fannie Mae invoice
• Calculate and process revenue and cost accruals for contracts
• Assess and forecast expenses, revenue, and gross profit for contracts
• Coordinate and consolidate information flows relating to financial performance of contracts
• Develop expense forecasts for $352M IBM AIM Brand Software organization
• Set up and manage accounting/finance structure
• Prepare journal entries and reconcile accounts
• Provide monthly and quarterly expense reports to operations and finance teams
• Assist in the monthly and quarterly ledger close process
• Research and analyze monthly/quarterly variance of actuals vs. budget, forecast, and prior period
• Investigate source charges and ad hoc requests from operations or finance managers
Skills Acquired in College
• Analyzed case study financial performance using net present value and internal rate of return procedures
• Evaluated potential investments using financial ratios and Capital Asset Pricing Model
• Reviewed and evaluated financial statements for accounting and financial purposes
• Performed economic modeling using regression analysis with SPSS software
• Processed case study transactions within Quickbooks
Software Use Experience
• MS Excel (including basic VBA), PowerPoint, Word, Access
• IBM’s Cognos BI, TM1, and SPSS
• QuickBooks (certified in 2011)
• Hyperion Essbase and Brio
• Stata
