Omar Mohammed

About Omar Mohammed

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.\"- Steve PrefontaineBeing an effective leader requires a dedication to excellence in ones personal and professional lives. Fostering an environment of effective communication, comes from a leader\'s ability to gain trust, show empathy, and compassion. When a challenge is ahead leaders fight to support their teams and persevere through adversity when attempting to drive change. The key to being an effective leader is to embrace and love what you do on a day to day basis. If you come with the right positive attitude, high energy, ability to really listen and learn most challenges are easily overcome. And when your able to transfer your passion within a team you can create a sustainable environment for success. You\'ll never know what your capable of unless your challenge yourself daily-Omar Mohammed

Experience

1. Director of Gross Margin Improvement

   Abbott

   Sep 2022 — Present · Lake County, IL, US

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Bachelor's Degree, Finance & Economics

  2000 — 2004

• University of Chicago

  Graham School Graudate Program at Large - No Degree, Financial Accounting, Business Statistics

  2009 — 2011

• DePaul Driehaus College of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance & Strategy, Execution & Valuation

  2009 — 2012

Skills

• Strategy
• Financial Modeling
• Analysis
• Forecasting
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Business Analysis
• Collections Management
• Leadership
• Corporate Finance
• Portfolio Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Hyperion Planning
• Budgets
• Finance
• Loss Forecasting
• Mba Finance and Strategy, Execution & Valuation
• Risk Management
• Essbase
• Strategy Execution
• Management
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Financial Reporting
• Customer Engagement
• Balanced Scorecard
• Financial Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Data Analysis
• Variance Analysis
• Project Management
• Budget Management
• Analytics