Over the course of two years, I wore many hats in this role. At the beginning, I was a Sr. Associate on our Talent Reporting team. However, a few months in, we combined with the Talent Analytics team (previously a partner team) to become People Analytics. After the reorganization, I moved onto our Consulting team, serving as a Sr. Consultant supporting our Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIBs), GTO (Global Talent Organization) HRBP, and Finance HRBP teams. The majority of my time… Show more Over the course of two years, I wore many hats in this role. At the beginning, I was a Sr. Associate on our Talent Reporting team. However, a few months in, we combined with the Talent Analytics team (previously a partner team) to become People Analytics. After the reorganization, I moved onto our Consulting team, serving as a Sr. Consultant supporting our Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIBs), GTO (Global Talent Organization) HRBP, and Finance HRBP teams. The majority of my time in this role was spent as a Sr. Consultant, where I served as the single point of contact for two members of the GTO Leadership Team. My responsibilities included partnership and influencing, problem solving and analysis, execution, and leadership. Becoming a trusted advisor was critical to my success in this role, and I worked to build this trust in a few key ways:(1) Making a concerted effort to frame problems, ask probing questions, and identify dependencies to structure a logical and thoughtful analysis(2) Using data and insights to build a story line that resonates with my audience (including an executive audience) and enables others to take action(3) Surfacing new opportunities for improvement for myself, my team, and my clientsKey projects included:(1) Product managing the first two phases of an internal HR data tool for all people managers at LinkedIn(2) Partnering with the DIBs team to provide the data and insights that set the basis of a multi-year company-wide strategy, including setting and measuring progress against aspirational goals(3) Partnering with the DIBs team to create diversity data guidelines to ensure we are critically thinking about, talking about, and sharing diversity data in a way that protects the sensitivity of this information and focuses on driving action Show less

In this role I partnered with our Talent Acquisition organization (recruiting) to create, build, and automate rhythm of the business reports and dashboards. My core responsibility was to be the bridge between recruiting leadership and our HR Technology team (HRIT) to convert business needs into technical solutions so my team could deliver data and insights used to help our recruiting organization achieve operational excellence. Key projects included:(1) Ongoing partnership with our… Show more In this role I partnered with our Talent Acquisition organization (recruiting) to create, build, and automate rhythm of the business reports and dashboards. My core responsibility was to be the bridge between recruiting leadership and our HR Technology team (HRIT) to convert business needs into technical solutions so my team could deliver data and insights used to help our recruiting organization achieve operational excellence. Key projects included:(1) Ongoing partnership with our data warehouse team (HRIT) to ensure we had all data needed for reporting in a usable and easily accessible format; this included creating business requirement documents (translating business needs into technical requirements), prioritizing requests, and completing user acceptance testing(2) Partnering with other members of my team and the recruiting organization to create the suite of Tableau dashboards used by our recruiting organization for ongoing operational reporting (played a business analyst role in project vs technical developer)(3) Coordinating efforts between a cross-functional team in HR to build a robust set of self-serve, interactive training material for our Applicant Tracking System (Jobvite); training included ~2 hours of video content, assessment tests, and 100+ FAQs Show less

My role as a Strategy & Operations Business Analyst was to listen to the needs of my client counterparts, bridge the gap between stakeholders within an organization, and implement, standardize and simplify operational efficiencies. I focused primarily on Finance Transformation Projects, with everything from Source to Pay Transformations to an FP&A Transformation. I developed advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills through a number of different analytical roles, specifically through analyzing… Show more My role as a Strategy & Operations Business Analyst was to listen to the needs of my client counterparts, bridge the gap between stakeholders within an organization, and implement, standardize and simplify operational efficiencies. I focused primarily on Finance Transformation Projects, with everything from Source to Pay Transformations to an FP&A Transformation. I developed advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills through a number of different analytical roles, specifically through analyzing expenditures for a client with $5B of annual global spend across 5,000+ unique vendors, four business units and three international regions. Additionally, I focused on streamlining clients' business processes, and had the opportunity to do this through two SAP system implementations at the world's largest retailer and one of the world's largest online marketplaces. Show less

Had the opportunity to serve some of the most hard working and innovative small businesses in Texas by focusing my work on the clients' needs while ensuring profitability for the company. I created a resource manual detailing tax responsibilities, permits, licenses, and insurance requirements to help small businesses more successfully operate in 60 Texas counties. Additionally, I analyzed two quarters' loan history to help the company identify target client demographics to ensure profitable and… Show more Had the opportunity to serve some of the most hard working and innovative small businesses in Texas by focusing my work on the clients' needs while ensuring profitability for the company. I created a resource manual detailing tax responsibilities, permits, licenses, and insurance requirements to help small businesses more successfully operate in 60 Texas counties. Additionally, I analyzed two quarters' loan history to help the company identify target client demographics to ensure profitable and secure returns of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. Show less

Focused the majority of my work preparing the federal and state workpapers and tax returns for a large Partnership. I researched tax laws, reviewed client’s prior year returns, and generated returns in an online tax support system. I also contributed to the preparation of tax provision audits for three clients by reconciling book income to taxable income to calculate current tax expense and recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities.