Providing Data and Reporting Solutions with Holistic and Programmatic Approaches:I really enjoy diving into data challenges! I thrive on collaborating with people to establish partnerships, processes, and automation to find compelling stories and actionable insight in their data. With a broad and diverse career experience (Director of Operations, HR, and Finance in small business to Business/Data Analyst at a Fortune 100 company) I’m comfortable bringing multiple perspectives to projects. My experience and expertise span across high level strategic thinking and ideation; to managing scope, deliverables, and strategic partnerships; to hands-on tactical creation and development of insight using data and reporting tools.Key Strengths:• Scaling data-informed decision making with resilient processes, cross-functional collaboration, and team building.• Forming strategic win-win relationships with customers and stakeholders to deliver helpful and relevant solutions.• Using tools like Excel, Power Query, Power BI, SQL to transform large complex datasets to build, and automate, comprehensive reports and intuitive visualizations.A Career Pivot:As a result of a deep-dive career pivot, my most recent role was a Business/Data Analyst within Microsoft’s CELA (Corporate, External and Legal Affairs) group. In this role I extracted insights from data related to employees’ immigration journey, employee investigations and legal matters as well as federal agency reporting compliance.I came to this role after having spent about a decade in leadership positions creating, growing, and managing entrepreneurial small business Operations, Finance and HR departments. I owned key business-critical activities, including: • Financial Reporting, • Bookkeeping, • Payroll, • HR Policy Creation, • Benefits Selection and Management • Employee Engagement, • ITA Diverse Career Journey filled with Learning:I started in the medical industry, eventually leading a small team at a pathology lab. Embracing an opportunity to solve new challenges, I moved into the small business and entrepreneurial space where I learned to navigate and lead through complex business needs and scenarios. Getting hooked on solving problems with data and using Excel like a Swiss Army knife, I pivoted my career to gain more hands-on experience and a deeper proficiency with tools and languages like • Power BI, • SQL, • Power Query, • M formula language, • DAX.Let's Connect:I'm always interested in learning, exchanging ideas and discussing opportunities. Please feel free to reach out!