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FARAAZ ALIWoodbridge, VA (USA) 22192 * 571.247.3674 * [email protected]

Professional Summary:

Faraaz Ali obtained an MBA from Johns Hopkins University in May of 2010. In additional to being a Finance professional for over 10 years, he is also an Entrepreneur that has started up started up 3 companies in his life-time and sold one of them 5 years ago. Currently, Faraaz is the founder of the website, Lost en Route (www.lostenroute.com), and co-founder of Post Honor (www.posthonor.org). Losten Route is a centralized website that gives travelers and commuters a second chance on attempting to reconnect with their lost valuables. Post Honor is a non-profit online digital memorial dedicated to honoring all of our nations public servants that have passed. Though Post Honor will not launch until next month, itwill aim to become the largest memorial website that archives and cherishes thelegacy of those who sacrificed their lives or us.

As an Finance professional Faraaz has solid managerial & working experience in Project Controls, Financial Planning, Cost Engineering, and Earned Value Management. He also has strong International Development background and has lived and worked in UAE, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Pakistan, & India. With approximately10 years of professional experience, Faraaz has managed and supported engagements serving the following highly visible Federal & International Projects:

United States International Development Agency (USAID)World Bank Group (WBG)International Monetary Fund (IMF)Department of State (DOS)Department of Defense (DOD)Department of Transportation (DOT)Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Pensions Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC)Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

Faraaz provided value-added preparation and analysis for Integrated Baseline Reviews, DCMA Audits, and numerous other financial deliverables. During this proces

s his duties included financial forecasting, scheduling & cost implementation, budgeting, planning, earned value analysis, and logistic support for all government (FFP, T&M, CPFF/AF, IDIQ, etc) and International Contracts. He delivered financial models and risk assessment simulations for various financial projects. Additionally, he was highly effective in enhancing productivity, cost reduction through evaluation of financial management systems and implementation of process improvements.

Citizenship Status: Born and raised American citizen

Education:

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2008-2010

MBA- Masters in Business Administration

The George Washington University, Washington, DC 2001-2004B.S., Business Administration (Double Major: International Business/Finance)

Professional Background:

CBT Workshop, LLC (General Dynamics-EFV) Woodbridge, VA 06/08 - PresentSenior Manager of Finance & Project Control Group


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* Provided full-time qualitative and quantitative earned value analysis for twomajor CAM's on the EFV program.* Weekly updated & maintained a program wide SDD2 CAM Virtual Notebook that provided high-level financial snap shot for all CAM's.* Worked closely with Finance peers and CAM's on consistent basis to ensure theinformation provided on the BCR log was accurately reflected and updated.* Financially managed over $140M scope of work for the suspension and software/vetronics engineering groups.* Performed and processed numerous BCR's on timely basis every month.* Consistently provided value added support to CAM's through notifying them of program risks, ensuring that they are compliant in all 32 guidelines of the ANSI-748 at all times, and assisted them in mitigating risks through better financialplanning.* Maintained regular communications with engineering groups, internal finance team, CAM's, and management to convey key metrics (SPI, CPI, SV, CV, VAC, EAC, ETC, ACWP, BCWP, BCWS, TCPI) , facilitate betters processes, and hedge against risks.* Sustained a close relationship with the scheduling department to ensure that the IMS and MPM cost database were in sync at all times.* Updated MPM to reflect BCR and administrative changes.* Exported reports out of MPM & wInsight on an ad-hoc basis to provide CAM's andother groups customized financial reports to facilitate them in achieving theiroverall program goals.* Contributed in attempting to establish the first automated WAD system ever use

d on the EFV program.* Presented and participated in the CAM Monthly Review (CMR) to the B-Level Directors of EFV program.* Updated and modified formal financial documents that outlined finance processes.ARWANO, INC

06/06 - 09/07

(DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP, Federal Practice) Washington, DC09/07 - 04/08 Senio

r Project Financial Manager

* Provide quantitative and qualitative financial analyses for multiple contractengagements varying in size and complexity. Mentor, trained and develop subordinates in support of firm financial goals and objectives.* Lead red team audits for fiscal year end reviews with short and critical deadlines. Coordinate contract funding, billing and scheduling status report metricsfor review by all levels of leadership.* Lead advisor to senior leadership of opportunities to improve process inefficiencies and streamline

Communications between supporting groups.* Write policies and procedures for proper EAC development and revenue recognition. Mentor, coach and instruct project managers and their teams on key performance metrics, providing alternative solutions to keep their projects within the scope of work and on budget.

* Develop financial models and advise Partnership of critical path optimizationwhich facilitates managed revenue while mitigating periodic month end adjustments. Recognized by colleagues as the subject matter expert for financial modelingand development.* Track and monitor the engagements budget, ensure contract compliance, providebacklog and forecast information, and updated project plans in the month-end close process.* Maintain regular communications with project teams to include Partners, SeniorManagers, Directors, and Contracts team to convey key metrics, facilitate betters processes, and hedge against risks.


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* Provide explanations on invoices not yet issued. Work with BCOE to initiate and execute invoices on a timely basis to ensure prompt payment and reduce impacton accounts receivable.* Adjustments - explain status or situations on any projects that require true adjusted write-ups / downs, specifically on amounts over $100K.* Oversaw all tasks orders for assigned projects and made sure all of them get processed in a timely manner.* Presented and participated in the (MBR) Monthly Business Review to the Director of Finance & Partners.* Extensively traveled to domestic and international project sites to meet withPartners and Sr. Project Managers to discuss the project status, risks, and areas of improvement on a financial standpoint.* Performed first level of audit review of Contract set-up in system with properrevenue recognition for fix price and time & material contracts.* Managed expense budgets and reported on questionable or invalid expenses and variances to expense budgets.* Assisted with forecast management activities such as input collection, processing, report creation, and quarterly revenue projections.* Analyzed dashboards with invoices to see if they agreed, and performed trend analysis of changes in adjustment and revenue of current and previous quarters.* Traveled heavily to USAID international project sites (UAE, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, & India) to support my PMO and Partners working overseas.

ARWANO, INC.

05/03-06/06(BEARINGPOINT, INC) McLean, VA02/06-06/06

Program Control Engineer

* Performed first level of audit review of Contract set-up in system with properrevenue recognition for fix price and time & material contracts.* Assisted with ensuring U.S. GAAP compliance by providing internal auditing ofcontracts/projects, along with tracking and reporting on A/R & A/P transactions.* Tracked and reported time report expenses and other BearingPoint expenses.* Managed expense budgets and reported on questionable or invalid expenses and variances to expense budgets.* Assisted with forecast management activities such as input collection, process

ing, report creation, and quarterly revenue projections.* Analyzed dashboards with invoices to see if they agreed, and performed trend analysis of changes in adjustment and revenue of current and previous quarters.* Controlled all aspects of the ETC by coordinating all efforts with project managers, distributing self-designed ETC templates with all pertinent information,performing quality checks on adjustments and EAC's, populating data into BearingPoint's One-Globe system, submitting project binder's, and following up with HUB-auditors.* Coordinated all project closings, new project set-up process, and updated One-Globe whenever a new funding modification came in.* Formulated and processed T&E adjustments, AP adjustments, credit re-bills, andmiscellaneous revenue adjustments.

Additional Experience:

* Strong working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access.* Strong background in all components of Microsoft Office Suite XP, SAS, SPSS, Bloomberg Software, OneGlobe, TIMEnX, BOSS, JAMIS, Oracle Federal Financials, Deltek GCS Premier, MPM, wInsight, Cobra.* Born and raised US Citizen that's lived in both Europe, Middle East, and & South Asia* Native Fluency in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu* Moderate Fluency in Italian & Arabic

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