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Brussels, Brussels, BE

Brussels, Brussels, BE

Worldwide, OO

Direct wide range of analytics adoption by serving multiple roles of increasing responsibility, including Analytics and Quality Leader, National Office Statistical Expert, and Internal / External Speaker on Analytics in audit. Improve performance and productivity by creating and leading quality network. Play key role in statistical research and development.

Worldwide, OO

Demonstrated outstanding leadership and transformational skills while generating and deploying analytics and statistical procedures. Optimized substantive testing through execution of effective strategies for analytics development, creating most widely used substantive testing analytic in the firm.

Houston, TX, US

Enabled informed decision-making by delivering accurate reporting solutions in timely and accurate manner from multiple disparate systems. Demonstrated key analytical skills to analyze complex data sets extracted from multiple databases and presented conclusions to executive leadership. Navigated multiple complex, sensitive and confidential projects within.

Houston, TX, US

• Managed 8 financial, management and systems analysts in preparing varied financial, operational and risk analyses.
• Collaborated extensively with legal, finance, Director’s Office and IT, often on sensitive or confidential projects.
• Participated extensively in municipal bond issuance, variable instrument renewals, disclosure and offering statements.
• Researched, analyzed and reported on special projects and inquiries including plant and reservoir expansions, work order activity, budgeting.
• Modeled various financial and operational systems, projections and forecasts including utility rates, debt and financial implications for EPA consent decree negotiations.
• Acted as point of contact for internal, external and forensic auditors.

Houston, TX, US

• Managing Analyst in Analysis and Information Management Group
• Managed 6 Analytics and Information Management team.
• Prepared, maintained and monitored $35 million annual operating budget.
• Collaborated with financial services branch to ensure compliance of revenue and collection records with GAAP, GASB and Ordinance.
• Fully reorganized branch personnel (~450 employees).
• Drafted Drainage Ordinance in collaboration with legal team.

Houston, TX, US

• Lead Analyst in Analysis and Information Management Group
• Prepared, maintained and monitored $33 million annual operating budget.
• Prepared and presented monthly financial analysis for Drainage Utility.
• Created, evaluated and reported monthly KPIs for executive management.
• Liaised with internal and external auditors, accounting, legal, and management.
• Performed impact analysis for governance, policy and procedural changes.

• Houston Pathways Initiative Representative for campus.
• Lead Faculty for Pre-AP Algebra II.
• AP Calculus and Math Models Instructor.
• Selected as STAAR/EOC Committee Representative for CCISD

Pasadena, TX, US

• Instructional Coach
• Planned and led professional development for faculty.
• Actively participated in Texas High School Project.
• Created and organized daily advisory lessons for school.Mathematics Teacher, Grades 9 -12
• Algebra III – Designed and taught College Prep course for 10th-12th grade students preparing to enroll in College Algebra.
• College Algebra Supplemental Instruction – Designed and taught support class for students enrolled in College Algebra.

Houston, TX, US

• Concentration in Fluid Flow, Elasticity and Plasticity ResearchNumerical Elasticity and Plasticity (See Publications)
• Determining the best constant in Sobolev inequalities arising in Visco-plasticity when modeling Bingham visco-plastic flows with varying constraints.
• Used Finite Elements Method to approximate solution on unit square (Matlab).
• Applied Augmented Lagrangian Approach to approximate solutions on unit square and unit circle (FORTRAN 77). Numerical Atmospheric Chemistry (See Publications)
• Modeling mass transfers in a population of particles exchanging mass through a common media.
• Developed algorithm to decompose and solve ill-conditioned Newtonian linear system arising in modeling a large population of organic aerosols (FORTRAN 77).

Worldwide, OO

• Assurance and Advisory Senior
• Performed audits for public, Fortune 500 companies.
• Coordinated multinational, complex audits in more than 75 countries.
• Provided training for non-US teams auditing under US GAAP (15 – 100 people).
• Lead recruiting efforts for Texas A&M University.

Master'S Degree, Applied Mathematics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting