Cici Kang — FP&A Portfolio

Not a straight line.

FP&A professional with 6+ years building and scaling finance functions across multi-entity organizations — translating complex financial data into executive-level insight and partnering directly with CFO and CEO on performance, cost strategy, and planning.

My path here wasn't a straight line: a philosophy degree in Lanzhou, a hospitality master's in Miami, front desks and wine competitions before finance. This blog reflects all of it.

Experience

Senior Financial Analyst

OCT 2022 — PRESENT

Clarium Managed Services, LLC — Miami, FL

Directed annual budgeting and rolling forecast cycles across all departments and cost centers, increasing forecast accuracy to 90% through driver-based financial models and structured variance analysis (Actual vs Budget vs Forecast).
Delivered monthly executive financial packages to CFO and CEO covering revenue performance, COGS, gross margin, EBITDA, operating expenses, and working capital.
Transformed the finance reporting infrastructure by connecting SAP Business One to Power BI via SQL data pulls and developed Excel-VBA automation for onshore/offshore P&L allocation, reducing reporting cycle time by 80%.

Financial & Accounting Analyst

NOV 2021 — OCT 2022

Sunshine Computers & Software, Inc — Miami, FL

Delivered financial reporting and variance analysis across multi-division operations, working cross-functionally with Operations, HR, and external auditors.
Conducted margin and profitability analysis across product and service lines, supporting pricing optimization and cost containment initiatives.
Prepared annual budgets and rolling forecasts by analyzing historical financial data and identifying key cost drivers across business divisions.

Finance / Administrative Assistant

JAN 2021 — AUG 2021

Hong Kong Hongou Group: C1 International Miami LLC — Miami, FL

Developed Excel-based budget tracking and expense forecasting models to improve cost visibility and operational planning.
Produced financial and operational reports for senior management to support decision-making.

EARLIER CHAPTERS

FP&A Intern JAN — MAY 2020

DiliVer — Annapolis, MD

Complete financial valuation of the firm ($30M) to support strategic planning for a potential acquisition or IPO.

Executive Assistant JUL 2020 — JAN 2021

North American Economic Herald Media Group — Lauderhill, FL

AR and billing operations in QuickBooks across media, hospitality, and e-commerce entities.

Front Desk Agent OCT 2018 — APR 2019

Marriott Vacation Club Pulse South Beach — Miami, FL

Supervised front desk and admin teams on property management systems.

Executive Assistant JAN — OCT 2018

American Fine Wine Competition

Registered 400+ wines per competition, recruited volunteers, ran social media campaigns.

Three degrees,
three cities.

FINANCE · MAY 2020

M.S. Finance — STEM

University of Miami, Miami, FL

GPA 3.73 / 4.0

FIU

HOSPITALITY · MAY 2019

M.S. Hospitality Management

Florida International University

GPA 3.94 / 4.0 · magna cum laude

LZU

PHILOSOPHY · JUN 2017

B.A. Philosophy

Lanzhou University, China

GPA 4.56 / 5.0

Capabilities & toolkit

FP&A

Budgeting Rolling Forecasting Variance Analysis EBITDA Profitability Analysis Cash Flow Forecasting Working Capital Executive Reporting

TOOLS

SAP Business One Power BI SQL Advanced Excel (VBA, Pivot Tables) QuickBooks MySQL Claude in Excel

CREDENTIALS

Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Bloomberg Market Concepts Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics MySQL Bootcamp

LANGUAGES

English — Fluent Mandarin — Fluent Spanish — Conversational German — Intermediate