Work experience and skills

1. Michael Kharrat, MBA
7101 Pullman Lane # C, Brownsburg, IN 46112 | (317) 294-4208 | email: mikekharrat@hotmail.com
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Business and Financial Modeling – Established and presented complete business cases addressing
product life cycle, costs, capital requirements, material, labor resources, ROI (Return On Investment),
NPV (Net Present Value) and all related financial statements. These efforts were conducted through
diligent work with project office, procurement, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and quality
control.
 Financial Analysis – Completed different aspects of analysis with respect to the variance between actual
to budget / forecast, to previous years, and to competition. Presented the finding in a written and graphical
format with suggested approaches to address those variances to all levels of the company. .
 System Implementation – Participated in converting financial systems through assessment,
documentation, and communication of clients/users’ needs to the new system administrators. Expert
knowledge in MS Office (Excel, Access, Power Point, and Word), SAP, Hyperion, Oracle, AS400,
Essbase, Business Warehouse, and NetSuite.
 Process Improvement – Conducted due diligence and applied Six Sigma principals to understand, study,
and assess manufacturing and distribution processes and identify innovations to improve efficiency and
cost effectiveness. Result is a 25% reduction in rejected manufacturing components due to quality issue.
 Internal Audit – Evaluated and provided reasonable assurance that risk management, control, and
governance systems are functioning as intended and ensure achievement of the organization’s objectives
and goals.
PROFESSIONAL WORK HISOTRY
Principal Financial and Business Consultant through Robert Half (Dec 2016 to Present)
Client Companies included; Genesys, AES, Delta, American Water, and Citizens Energy Group
• Fully responsible for the implementation of SAP Business One. Documentation of requirement and
blueprints, Examination of information transferred, and facilitation of all communications between
involved parties and function areas
• Streamlining of all financial reporting and modification to the new system
• Fully responsible for all Trade and Wholesale customers incentive accrual calculation, posting, and
reconciliation. Examine all contracts for accuracy as to incentive pay and bonuses
• Fully responsible for establishing P&L for new potential customers, KPI reporting, Invoice audit, accrual
audit, contract audit, month end closing and all month end reports to home office management
• Fully responsible for revenue performance for assigned states. A total of $1.2 billion.
• Conduct full analysis on declining demand, average revenue per customer, rates and rate building,
revenue budget, analysis and forecasting, accruals, unbilled assets analysis and evaluation, ad hoc
requests from multiple stakeholders. Accrual and Invoice audit
• Drafted policy and procedures for the operations of the business units, budgeting and forecasting, Earned
Value Added analysis, capital expenditure forecasting and analysis.
• Applied KPI and other metrics to monitor project execution and progress.
• Conducted Accrual and Invoice audits.

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Finance Manager - Stanley Security Solutions, Indianapolis, IN (Feb. 2014 to Dec. 2016)
• Established a new procedure to sell scabs generated through the whole manufacturing process that
generated an additional $3M per year in revenue
• Performed inventory management analysis and reporting that included PPV, tracking, consignment, audit,
and profit elimination
• Was a major contributor in the implementation of several SAP modules
• Improved AP analysis, tracking, and reporting. Executed special projects to facilitate transition to SAP.
• Completed month end closing reporting and GL entries
Manager - Brightpoint, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (Jun. 11 to Dec. 14)
• Conducted risk and opportunity analysis, due diligence, financial modeling associated with the purchase
of a European companies in an effort to penetrate the European market.
• Identified, quantified, and tracked key risks and opportunities of different scenarios of operation for the
newly acquired companies.
• Completed special projects for corporate business analysis and planning function including risk analysis,
budget and forecast reporting, stock price analysis and key performance metric analysis on a
consolidated, regional and individual country basis.
Sr. Financial Analyst - Allison Transmission (GM Powertrain), Indianapolis, IN (Jun. 2008 to May. 2011)
• Led the entire business development case for a new transmission product technology, presenting the
component during project team presentation to the board of directors. Resulting product was a highly
successful smaller, lighter, transmission with more speeds.
• Established the 2007 - 2012 revenue budgets for all of Allison’s business lines, including business
development. $3.8 billion in total.
Project Financial Manager - Raytheon Technical Services, Indianapolis, IN (Jan. 2001 to May. 2008)
• Full responsibility in attainment of targeted profit margins by focusing on labor allocation of different
level of skills and cost reductions through analysis and mo nitoring of risk factors.
• Ensured compliance with contractual obligations, monitoring proper funding and billing.
• Provided estimate at complete and estimate to complete calculations for SOX and FAR.
• Measured levels of risks / opportunities and evaluated their components in relation to the impact on gross
margin.
• Improved cash flow and revenue by closely watching investments, reducing cost, and adding new
businesses.
EDUCATION
MBA, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Bachelor of Science in Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Major: Finance and Economics
ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS
Dean's Honor List at both Indiana and Butler Universities
Multilingual and have dual citizenships, willing to travel domestically and internationally