Certified Public Accountant John V. Karavitis has worked as a senior financial analyst in a variety of industries since 1997. For companies in publishing, energy, insurance, IT consulting, pharmaceuticals, and real estate, Karavitis offers his fellow employees a blend of big-picture analysis and minutely detailed instruction. A typical week in John V. Karavitis’ professional life might include both providing chief financial officers with ad hoc budgetary analysis related to internal projects and guiding coworkers through problems with the Microsoft Office suite. Karavitis views his work with the famous Winston Churchill quip in mind: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
Among the opportunities that John V. Karavitis encounters through his work are chances to guide and oversee yearly budget cycles. As part of this responsibility, Karavitis often finds himself charged with ensuring that departmental goals align with the goals of the larger business and that leaders in various sections are attuned to, and on board with, the big-picture objectives. To maintain unity throughout a company, Karavitis frequently serves as the point person for managers at both the departmental and corporate level.
His work also requires that John V. Karavitis handle internal rate of return profitability analysis projects. His analysis plays a crucial role in determining whether a number of projects receive the go-ahead to m