Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A at Sterling Goods

Summary

4 of 6 requirements are supported by the resume as written, one needs an answer from the candidate, and one is not shown, so it stays out rather than being invented.

What the posting asks for

No score. “Supported” names the sentence that supports it. “Not shown” means the resume says nothing about it, and neither will the tailored version.

The tailored summary

FP&A analyst, five years in consumer goods. Built the monthly forecast model for a $210M revenue unit and cut the close-to-forecast cycle from 9 days to 5.

Each figure in this summary appears in a bullet below. The summary is assembled from them, not written over them.

Changes that matter

• Original: Prepared financial reports and forecasts.Rewritten: Built and ran the monthly forecast model for a $210M revenue business unit, reviewed with the GM each cycle.
  From your resumeWhy this changed: The posting leads with forecasting ownership; the resume names the unit and the review.
  Source: “Built the monthly forecast model for the $210M Home unit; reviewed monthly with the GM.” Alder, bullet 1.

  In your own application you choose: use this wording, edit it, or keep your original.

• Original: Improved the reporting process.Rewritten: Cut the close-to-forecast cycle from 9 days to 5 by rebuilding the variance pack in Excel with Power Query.
  From your resumeWhy this changed: The posting asks for process improvement with numbers; the resume states them.
  Source: “Reduced close-to-forecast from 9 days to 5 by rebuilding the variance pack (Excel, Power Query).” Alder, bullet 2.

  In your own application you choose: use this wording, edit it, or keep your original.

• Original: Coordinated the team's volunteering day.Left out.
  Left outWhy this changed: Not relevant to the posting.
  Source: “Coordinated the team's volunteering day.” Alder, bullet 6.

  In your own application you can keep this line in.

The rewrite we rejected

• Rejected suggestion: Owned the $210M P&L.Built the monthly forecast model for the $210M Home unit.
  Rejected, original keptWhy it was rejected: Modelling a unit's forecast is not owning its P&L; the GM owned it. Checked against Alder, bullet 1.

The first draft proposed the struck line. The check found the resume does not support that level of ownership, reverted to the original wording, and shows you both so you know what was declined.

The one question we asked

An answer goes in as a bullet labelled “added by you”. Leave it blank and the resume says nothing about it. There is no checkbox that approves a claim on your behalf.

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