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Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Boston, MA, US

• Responsible for the monitoring, communicating, and influencing of financial health via ownership of corporate 3-statement financial forecast that serves as the basis for strategic planning, Wall Street investor.
• Developed partnerships with teams throughout the company to more accurately model financial impacts of strategic decisions and build ownership of financials, resulting in smarter financial decisions, cost savings.
• Built financial reporting platform that automates actuals reporting and analysis, eliminating manual processes, freeing up team time for analysis and ad-hoc requests.
• Managing team of 3 analysts responsible for forecast and analysis of over $1.5B of operating expenses, including a headcount/compensation model used to forecast financial impact of hiring nearly 1000 employees per.

Dallas, Texas, US

• Budgeting, P&L Forecasting, & Variance Analysis
• Responsible for modeling and forecasting corporate G&A expense, as well as the consolidation of forecasts from 6 business units into overall company view, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and feasibility across the.
• Responsible for the regular budget/forecast vs actual variance analysis for 6 business units and 40 cost centers, resulting in better understanding of business performance and leading to more informed business strategy.
• Modeled multiple revenue scenarios for new lines of business that resulted in the business case for expansion into new verticals.
• Established P&L performance reviews with leadership that resulted in clear insight and understanding into financial performance that had previously never been achieved.
• Modeled potential impact of FX fluctuation on P&L, leading to a more accurate earnings and revenue guidance for Wall StreetReporting, Information Systems, and Optimization

Dedham, MA, US

• Management/Leadership
• Managed a team of analysts responsible for the complete retool of the analysis, forecasting, and reporting of cost of goods sold. Oversaw various in-depth analyses and reports used by senior management for strategic.
• Developed junior analysts and coached techniques resulting in more accurate and advanced data analysis and modelingPlanning, Forecasting & Analysis
• Owned the company-wide planning process including reporting and variance analysis, resulting in multi-year operating budgets used for capital planning and operational performance benchmarking.
• Built KPI scorecard used by senior leadership that highlighted recent trends, top performers, and opportunities for improvement that led to company-wide initiatives that improved customer service and sales results.

Dedham, MA, US

• Strategic & Financial Planning
• Modeled financial impacts of strategic initiatives, including complete re-launch of a brand, strategies for its growth, marketing initiatives, new products, pricing and couponing strategies.
• Created 3 full-year $230m fiscal operating budgets, strategic plans and rolling forecasts encompassing 2 distinct brands, nearly 300 business units, and corporate overhead.Data Analysis
• Managing team of analysts that has improved cost controls and P&L management by developing methodologies for more accurate forecasting and trend analysis of COGS using advanced data modeling and statistical analyses
• Led the data analysis of customer loyalty program. Analyzed voluminous purchase history and patterns to segment customers into distinct targets and developed a specific data-driven marketing strategy for each.
• Collaborated with CEO, CFO, private equity ownership, and investment banks to create a dealbook for pitching the sale of the company to prospective investors as well as to successfully obtain additional credit.

Arlington, VA, US

• IT Strategy:
• Minimized delays in project launches and manufacturing schedules by 80% by recommending a web services-based solution that reduced work authorization cycle time. Project was estimated to have an IRR of 120% and payback.
• Analyzed existing work authorization process and identified significant inefficiencies. Developed business case and proposal for enterprise-wide solution presented to business unit CIO and CFO. Proposal included.
• Managed resource planning, scheduling, $475k budget allocation of the project.
• Ensured the project met Raytheon Six Sigma standards
• Established system to track its progress using earned value management system methodologies.

Falls Church, VA, US

• Leadership
• Selected by senior management to lead and serve as technical liaison for the AIPSS to KPS software development and data migration project for office’s largest customer. Managed SDLC, scheduling and tasking of 10-person.
• Contributed to the company winning two major contracts, as the company was able to promote its product as the fastest and most efficient software for accessing military intelligence data. This was a result of.
• Eliminated unnecessary hardware expenditures by regularly analyzing large data sets and performance metrics in order to derive trends, benchmark, recognize variances, and transform into actionable recommendations for.
• Developed original data access algorithms leading to 300% performance gains over legacy software for the $40 million DIODE project by analyzing real-time performance data and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Mba, Finance, Strategic Analysis (Dual Concentration)

Bachelor Of Science In Business, Management Information Systems