tamara hamdan

Provided part-time management, financial, & operations consultancy services while completing a one year journey of travel, learning, and service. Traveled to 20+ countries throughout the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and provided pro-bono financial & operations consultancy services to social enterprises.

* Partera Advising is a business consultancy that helps businesses and non-profit organizations refine their structure, teams, systems, and processes for optimal operations and impact. At Partera Advising, we approach professional challenges with passion, analytical rigor, and creativity, turning out effective, sustainable, and efficient solutions. We specialize in: * Revenue and cost modeling and projection * Operations management and business process optimization * Organizational strategy assessment, redefinition, and implementation * System assessments and implementation * Structural reorganizations and hiring * Communications and change management * Project management

* Pitched business plan and secured financing for initial overhead and material costs * Produced 6 collections of 420 unique pieces, negotiated terms of distribution and payment with 4 retailers

Head of Finance and Accounts @ Capsule, a B2B tech startup that packages, private-labels, and delivers personalized supplement packs to customers of wellness businesses.

* Director of Sponsored Projects Finance * Lead a 20+ person team responsible for the financial administration of over $1 Billion in annual government, non-profit, and industry sponsored research funding * Define and communicate organizational structure, vision, and strategy * Collaborate with stakeholders and customers to facilitate and encourage knowledge sharing and to ensure efficiency in points of intersection * Manage audit exposure by assessing efficacy of business processes and internal controls, improving them when necessary * Designed and executed internal change management plan centered on enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation * Monitor, derive, and communicate metrics related to financial performance, compliance, and customer service to executive level leadership * Deliver trainings to team members and customers related to regulations and best practices for establishing and maintaining compliance

* Developed report detailing performance and potential of a top regional hospital’s research enterprise, used by board of trustees in development of 10-year strategic plan * Analyzed transactional data for a Fortune 500 firm’s defense in SEC investigation; summarized findings in a report used as the basis for the defense’s arguments

* Improved productivity, business processes, and team cohesion as interim Director at Columbia’s office of Sponsored Projects Finance * recruited to fill position permanently * Managed team analyzing unreimbursed research expenses at a top-20 University * detailed outstanding debts of $6.5M, collected $4.9M by project-end * Led project to enhance research administration at an Ivy League University * redesigned account management processes resulting in the elimination of a backlog of 520 award closeouts

* Led a 20+ person team responsible for the financial administration of over $1 Billion in annual government, non-profit, and industry sponsored research funding * Defined and communicated organizational structure, vision, and strategy * Collaborated with stakeholders and customers to facilitate and encourage knowledge sharing and to ensure efficiency in points of intersection * Managed audit exposure by assessing efficacy of business processes and internal controls, improving them when necessary * Designed and executed internal change management plan centered on enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation * Monitored, derived, and communicate metrics related to financial performance, compliance, and customer service to executive level leadership * Delivered trainings to team members and customers related to regulations and best practices for establishing and maintaining compliance

Activities and Societies: Swim Team, Water Polo Team, Golf Team. International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP): History, English, French, Math

Scholar, Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies"," * Completed intensive courses in Arabic language (High Introductory I & II) earning overall grade of 94%"]

Awarded: Order of Troy Distinction, given to less than 1% of class for excellence in leadership * Selected: Vice Chair of Programming, Marshall Women’s Leadership Board; Finance Director, Women’s Student Assembly; Director of Performing Arts, USC Program Board; School Delegate, California Arab Student Association; Liaison, USC Progressive Alliance; Mentor, Women & Youth Support Each Other Activities and Societies: Marshall Women's Leadership Board, USC Program Board, Emerging Leader Program, Women's Student Assembly