Provided Nike’s Digital Consumer Innovation team with dedicated financial support & strategic guidance around effectively managing a $14M annual portfolio budget― Supplied best-in-class financial, analytical & strategic support to Innovation business partners including Nike’s Vice President of Innovation Labs, Valiant Labs General Manager, Valiant Labs Head of Portfolio & the CFO for Advanced Innovation― Exercised thought leadership & independent judgment in developing methods, techniques & criteria for achieving objectives― Established monthly routines & cadences with key stakeholders to ensure alignment on project plans, provide financial transparency & maintain precise & accurate forecasts― Constructed highly complex statistical & financial models used to analyze aspects of project performance, predict potential headwinds & proactively shift funding as needed― Enabled business planning & investment related decision-making through advanced modeling & scenario analysis― Served as a critical member of the Investment Committee; responsible for overseeing key SG&A spend activities & providing advice on portfolio management decisions― Delivered analytics-driven insights to accelerate innovation growth for Nike Global

Accountable for supporting the Walgreens account team by developing customer business plans & evaluating pricing / promotional strategies to ensure that the strategic objectives & goals of Coca-Cola & the retailer were met― Led the evaluation & pricing strategy proposal for one of the most substantial off-cycle price increases to date, projected to grow annual retail sales by $5M ― Built financial models from diverse data sources used for market scenario planning― Fostered the development of fact-based customer evaluations, providing optimal strategies to deliver on internal revenue expectations & maximize retailer profitability― Presented recommendations to internal sales leadership & assisted in developing influential retailer sell-in plans― Influenced senior leaders by clearly & effectively communicating recommendations

Responsible for the deployment of North America’s Trade Promotion Optimization (TPO) tools & capabilities designed to maximize the return on the $4B annual spend investment― Interpreted, synthesized & communicated insights & best-practice guidance used to influence decision-making & ultimately accelerate sales growth & improve ROI ― Crafted compelling & actionable selling stories using syndicated data & visualization tools― Led event optimization analytics through routine assessments of post-promotion performance designed to generate revenue growth & expand shopper participation― Executed complex & comprehensive analyses to support the development of channel & customer-level promotional strategies that achieved share & profitability objectives― Provided thought leadership to steward & embed promotional optimization principles into commercial programs used to shape retail strategy & annual planning― Analyzed competitive behavior & performance to identify trends, distinguish opportunities & develop successful in-store execution of price, package plans

Supervised a team responsible for the master data & data quality of one of Coke’s most integrated, cutting-edge planning & forecasting tools; the Financial Data Warehouse (FDW) ― Analyzed large datasets, detected data integrity risks & conducted root cause analyses ― Partnered with the Solution Architect to design new financial reporting capabilities― Evaluated workstreams to find process efficiency gaps & automation opportunities― Managed client needs by translating requests & ideas into goals & action plans

Managed a project team responsible for building & deploying the FDW platform designed to integrate multiple source systems into a ‘single source of truth’ for management reporting & budgeting (SAP BW)― Acted as a liaison between cross-functional teams to ensure key stakeholders were aligned on organizational design & reporting capabilities― Tracked & coordinated critical path activities, workflow dependencies & key milestone deliverables― Conducted complex analytical tasks & established intricate system design initiatives― Extracted, aligned, synthesized & reconciled data from various sources & systems― Assisted in overseeing project development including tracking key development milestones, coordinating critical path activities & communicating workflow dependencies― Established intricate system design initiatives & conducted complex analytical workstreams― Extracted, aligned, synthesized & reconciled data from various data sources & systems― Managed process improvement initiatives to streamline & standardize existing master data & data quality processes― Provided subject matter expertise on the FDW end-to-end design to internal stakeholders & business leads

Supported Cox Media Group in creating, validating & launching several revenue analytics databases designed to enhance the business planning process for the national sales teams― Worked with IT to gather requirements, define the KPI’s & build tools― Performed market & industry analyses to identify trends & projections― Designed, created & customized models to assist management in understanding the key drivers of revenue generation

Served as a Senior Analyst managing & executing master data maintenance & governance routines across the company’s global financial systems― Evaluated conflicts, estimated risks versus benefits & identified alternative proposals― Promoted master data improvement initiatives including design, testing & implementation

Cultivated & maintained strong relationships with customer business teams to design & deliver regimented & ad-hoc financial reporting to fulfill specific client requests― Assisted in the production of a homegrown data integration platform used to fulfill management planning & reporting needs― Ensured accurate data alignment between multiple systems utilized for extracting actuals, budget & forecast information― Formulated innovative solutions to simplify & enhance existing routines & reduce the ELT processing time during month-end-close routines

Consulted for the Reporting Center of Excellence to assist with the integration of Coca-Cola North America’s financial reporting & analysis systems in the wake of a large-scale merger― Developed intricate data & system alignment initiatives to ensure P&L accuracy across business units ― Automated & streamlined recurring standardized reporting routines― Led end-user training for SAP & other Coca-Cola legacy source systems

Provided support to the Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer team with marketing & sponsorships― Created cost analysis for sponsor signage at the Major League Soccer complex― Collaborated with potential sponsorship partners to create mutually valuable initiatives― Choreographed gameday entertainment by researching potential events, formulating a game plan, coordinating with performers/participants, & overseeing the execution