Date : June 2, 2012 The Hiring Manager, Co : Subject: Finance and Controlling Project Manager Dear Hiring Manger,

I am writing in response to the position of Sr. Manager, Finance & Planning Analysis, Corporate advertised as being vacant in the career section of your company website. I have 15+ years of diversified financial and accounting management experience in business focused finance roles providing strategic finance and business management support including over 9 years international experience with a US MNC. My extensive background in financial management has given me excellent financial skills and commercial insight that I can offer to add value to XXX (insert the company name) I have also strong background and skills in providing quality finance leadership to operations management in the execution of growth strategies and creating superior shareholder value, driving productivity transformation initiatives and developing high performing team. I have enclosed my resume to provide you with the greater details of my background and skills. I will highly appreciate the opportunity to talk to you and provide you with greater details of how I can add value to your business. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely

financial planning and analysis including management reporting for internal and external communications of financial performances, administration of planning systems and applications, consolidation, review and presentation of annual budget and quarterly forecasts and long term strategic planning, product costing and profitability analysis and leading cross-functional projects