John Manoogian
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Finance Expert
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Toptal member since June 3, 2019
John has worked in private equity and venture capital, helping startups and small businesses create external-facing financial projections for investors as well as quantify and monitor critical success drivers. He has also held management roles on two successful startup teams. John freelances for businesses that need assistance with valuation, financial projections, evaluating new projects, and performing data analysis.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Mobile Game Analysis
Startup Financial Model
Software Expertise
- Microsoft Excel
Other Expertise
- Angel/Seed Funding
- Financial Modeling
- Forecasting
- Private Equity
- Startups
- Valuation
Work Experience
Finance/Data Analysis Consultant
Freelance
- Analyzed business models, created critical growth assumptions and cost drivers, built detailed multiyear financial projections, and constructed valuation models for startups raising early-stage capital.
- Performed ad hoc data analysis projects for software-as-a-service (SaaS) and mobile app companies including the optimization of ad spend, analysis of user acquisition data, and the creation of pricing strategies.
- Built a financial model and business plan for a startup media firm that raised $3 million in venture funding.
- Created a financial projection model for a mobile gaming company that enabled the optimization of their $1+ million monthly marketing budget and leveraged the data to make product improvement decisions to enhance critical metrics.
U.S. Business Development Manager
Freeletics
- Helped a German-based health and fitness startup drive user growth in the U.S., analyzing KPIs to find areas where the company was most likely to grow and executing marketing strategies to accelerate registered user growth from 400,000 to 1.2+ million.
- Executed influencer marketing campaigns that generated ROIs of 50-70% and negotiated and executed influencer partnerships that led to the acquisition of 100,000+ new users.
- Worked with the paid marketing team to optimize advertisements for the U.S. market and to find new, unique paid acquisition channels, including Pinterest, to reach our user base.
MBA Associate
The Riverside Company
- Performed business analytics for portfolio companies identifying $600,000+ in potential EBITDA increases via price optimization for a company with 10,000+ SKUs and $70 million in revenue.
- Operated as a member of the deal team on potential investments across a variety of industries including consumer goods, healthcare, SaaS, and professional sports.
- Built LBO models, wrote investment memorandums and gathered data from management and the sell-side deal team.
Financial Analyst
Tallwave Capital
- Created financial models for startups in Tallwave’s High Tide business accelerator, working with SaaS businesses that raised several million in seed-stage funding.
- Generated detailed revenue, cost, and cash flow projections for new ventures and performed due diligence on the model assumptions to check business model feasibility.
- Created valuation models and capitalization tables for pre-revenue startups to present to investors and inform their funding decisions.
Director of Finance and Operations
The Veloz Group
- Joined as the third employee and helped a bootstrap startup build the annual revenue run rate from $0 to $400,000 with a limited budget using a combination of growth hacking strategies and traditional paid acquisition channels.
- Built operations driving new employee hires, creating operational processes for supply chain and inventory management, developing customer service processes, and working with the CTO to integrate operational procedures and technical development.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Finance
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, California
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, California
Certifications
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA Institute
Skills
Finance
Financial Modeling, Valuation, Angel/Seed Funding, Forecasting, Three-statement Modeling, Data Analysis, Revenue & Expense Projections, Five-year Projections, Startup Funding, Finance Strategy, Private Equity, Private Equity Valuation, Pro Forma Financial Statements, Operational Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Equity Valuation, Fundraising, Corporate Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Leveraged Buyout Modeling
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint
Industry Expertise
Financial Services, Exercise & Fitness, Technology, Cannabis, Healthcare, Health, Retail & Wholesale, Venture Capital
Geographic Expertise
United States, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Canada, United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, Peru, China
Data & Analysis Software
Power Pivot, Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Microsoft Access
Other
Startups, Software as a Service (SaaS), IT, Startup Consulting, Growth, Customer Acquisition, Business Management, Mobile, JMP, SaaS, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Revenue Projections, Investments, Platform as a Service (PaaS)
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