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I led accounting for a $12M, three-phase campus renovation over 18 months with a cross-functional team of 7. I created a phase-level P&L in our ERP, breaking costs into labor, materials, subs, and change orders, and mapped each to project cost codes. Every two weeks I reconciled actuals to budget and updated a rolling forecast; that process cut our forecast variance from 8% to 2% within one quarter. For revenue recognition I used percent-of-completion tied to certified progress reports and subcontractor invoices, which reduced revenue timing errors by $350K annually. I also ran monthly stakeholder reviews with PMs and procurement to address scope drift before it hit the ledger.
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Walk me through a recent multi-channel digital marketing campaign you managed end-to-end. How did you set objectives, choose channels, allocate budget, and measure success?
On your resume you mention working on a cross-functional project (e.g., involving multiple teams or stakeholders). Describe a situation from that project where priorities conflicted—how did you navigate the trade-offs and what was the final outcome?
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Based on your hydrology and irrigation engineering background, explain how you would estimate the irrigation water requirement for a kharif crop in a semi-arid region of Gujarat. Walk me through each step: from reference evapotranspiration estimation, crop coefficient selection, effective rainfall calculation, to arriving at canal discharge for a given command area.
Can you explain how you would tailor your sales approach for selling medical products in the telecommunications industry?