Amanda Medina Email & Phone Number

As the founder of MBD Consulting Group, I am driven by a singular mission: to empower career women to break through barriers, achieve their highest potential, and lead with confidence. With over a decade of experience in the aerospace industry, I have navigated complex challenges, led transformative growth, and built successful teams across continents.From.

• Provides strategic leadership and direction to ensure the company's long-term success, including setting goals and developing plans to achieve them
• Managing department workflows, improving processes, and ensuring the organization’s overall operational efficiency and effectiveness
• Oversees the day-to-day operations of the company, ensuring smooth and efficient workflows across all departments
• Provides advice and council on operational issues including: purchasing, planning, logistics, HR, Finance, Customer Engagement, Engineering, and R&D
• Creates and supports a culture that's continuously consistent with communication and collaboration to drive high performance
• Reporting financial results of subsidiaries to management & investors; providing commentary, analysis, & forecast modeling

• Lead financial analysis, modeling, and evaluation to keep the business on track to meet its financial goals
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners at all levels to drive effective decision-making, challenge assumptions to ensure sound financial decisions, and achieve objectives and targets
• Optimize the FP&A function, creating automated and scalable processes, reporting, and systems
• Provide financial leadership over operations and planning and prepare detailed reports on the company’s performance
• Develop budgets and establish strategic targets including 3-Year Forecasts, AOP & Investments
• Participate in pricing strategy, proposal commitments, and contracts financial compliance

Downers Grove, IL, US

• Engaged directly with senior management to understand key drivers of operating expenses, developed forecasts to drive critical strategic decisions
• Supported quarterly rolling forecasts, annual and long-range planning processes
• Developed financial modeling tools to analyze revenue variance, customer performance & industry trends
• Performed deep drive analysis of P&L & balance sheet and resolved all outstanding issues
• Maintained 13-week rolling cash forecast
• Prepared and supported quarterly and annual tax packages

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Provided analytical support to Sales, Engineering, and other business teams regarding customer and pricing performance against agreed upon contractual commitments
• Developed and maintained program financial plans including budgets and Estimate-At-Completes (EACs) to meet contractual/project requirements for assigned programs
• Supported the development of proposal cost estimates, supported DCAA audits (pre- and post-award), and assisted with contract negotiations as necessary
• Provided modeling and analyses for various ad-hoc financial projects (excel sumif, vlookup, macro)

Simi Valley, CA, US

• Supported CFO to understand and ensure accuracy of all financial reporting activity
• Prepared journal entries, financial statements, payroll, and supporting schedules
• Participated in Quarterly and Annual Audits

Simi Valley, CA, US

• Processed daily cash receipts of checks and wire transfers and issued return credits
• Reconciled commission payments and invoice discrepancies, correcting transaction documents
• Reviewed distributor purchase orders, return paperwork, and commission requests for accuracy
• Communicated both written and orally with outside sales to streamline invoicing and payments
• Collected on past due invoices

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And Financial Management Services

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Management

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