• Responsible for all accounting activities related to monthly and annual close processes and maintaining financial controls• Manages accounting staff and activities related to accounts payable processing, accounts receivable billing and collection, state & local tax compliance, payroll, and treasury processing• “Working” member of the accounting group with hands on involvement in addition to supervisory and staff development skills

Division Controller• Led Accounting Reporting team to perform month-end close and financial reporting for the Board of Directors.• Standardized the proformas of the bid estimates for the Board of Directors approval.• Utilized cross group collaboration skills working with Controllers in other divisions to ensure consistent reporting. • Liaison between Accounting/Finance and the annual outside auditors.

Provide monthly reporting, forecasting, and annual budgeting for the Commercial Surface business.Business partners with Commercial Surface Channel team and the SMC segment leads.Provided ad hoc analysis for business partners and finance managementd

Provided monthly reporting and other business partner support for the National Practices Teams and the ACTO organization.Provided ad hoc analysis for business partners and finance managementBackfilled for 3 different MCS and Premier positions while they were open and new candidates were being found

• Provided monthly reporting, quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting for $1B+ revenue for US Enterprise Services Premier business.• Led finance for Premier - Cloud.• Teamed with manager and business to provide analysis for successful Mid-Year Review process.• Provided ad hoc analysis for business partners and finance management • Expertise heavily relied upon by the Premier community on a broad range of Premier topics.

• Coordinated and consolidates the monthly forecast process for the US Services Sales organization.• Teams with peer in Sales Operations to drive the annual quota setting/bottoms up budgeting process for Sales.• Teamed with manager to provide analysis for successful Mid Year Review process.• Provided insightful monthly/weekly Sales analysis to rest of Services Finance team.• Continually looked at monthly and weekly Sales reporting with a critical eye as to how it can be improved.• Provided ad hoc analysis for business partners and finance management • Expertise heavily relied upon by the Sales community on a broad range of MCS and Premier topics.

• While in this role, became successful and proficient in setting the pace for other and new RBA’s to follow. • Provided exemplary business partnering/customer service to West Region Services VP and his direct reports.• Cited as the example to follow in many best practices demonstrated.• While in this role backfilled for other RBA’s in Federal, Partner, and Central Regions.• Promoted within the position after first year.• While in this role received “exceeded” ratings all three years.

• Backfilled for manager while on LOA and received a Gold Star and UBER awards for personal leadership. • Participated in the hiring of 2 RBAs.• Mentor of other RBAs - successfully trained 3 new RBAs and was chosen as mentor of another. Created and implemented an RBA onboarding guide which proved very successful in the ramping up of new RBAs.• Maintained previous level of service of RBA role while also backfilling for manager.

• Provided business partnering/financial support to GM over US Services-Premier and Partner groups.• Expertise heavily relied upon by the Premier community on a broad range of topics.• Created first P&L by region for US Premier.

• Selected to join an elite group to pioneer the product segmentation/costing methodology at Genuity.• Participated in the identification and development of plans for cost savings/revenue generation.• Prepared executive presentations regarding product segmentation/costing other cost savings initiatives for presentation to Senior Management, including the CEO and CFO, which were also utilized for Investor Relations presentations.• Developed and maintained activity based cost models (Cost of Goods Sold, Sales, Marketing, G&A, and Interest and Depreciation). Models were updated quarterly and consolidated with revenue information to provide Senior Management an end-to-end barometer of net income, by line of business and product segmentation, thus driving the market-by-market strategy for Genuity. Models also supported SEC segment reporting.• Developed and maintained headcount models, supporting the optimum placement of personnel and the right sizing of Genuity.• Supplied the vital line-of-business profitability reports used to solidify new financing requirements, following the decision by Verizon not to reintegrate with Genuity in July, 2002

• Provided relevant, reliable, and timely financial, operational, planning, and analytical information to various departments (Billing & Collections, Order Management, Provisioning, and Project Management).• Developed and monitored annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.• Prepared monthly expense, variance analysis, and capital reporting packages for VPs and Directors.• Maintained and developed numerous metrics and updated departments on a weekly basis.• Analyzed capital spending for Project Management and helped them secure their $400 million capital budget.• Prepared collections/receivables, cost per bill/order, and headcount requirement ad hoc analysis.

• Managed the preparation and consolidation of the 2001 $2.2 billion capital forecast for Genuity’s Network Planning Organization.• Analyzed business cases to evaluate new business opportunities for capital spending, including ROI and IRR decisions. This analysis also identified unnecessary/unprofitable capital spending. • Developed cost models for various technologies and lines of businesses.

• Prepared and helped secure $150 million capital budget and $1.5 million expense budget for the Network Construction and Project Management Organizations.• Prepared monthly expense and capital reporting packages for Directors.• Participated in the integration of Genuity’s financial systems into SAP.• Performed ad hoc analysis as needed.

• Maintained and enhanced a Microsoft Access database that housed the $16 billion of consolidated budgets, results, and outlooks for various revenue products. This information was updated monthly for shared use.• Prepared and consolidated budgets/outlooks for local, non-regulatory, and miscellaneous revenue streams.• Reported on Access Lines monthly and performed 10Q/10K reporting quarterly.

PROJECT MANAGER - FINANCIAL SYSTEMS (8/92-5/97)• Managed cross-functional teams on Finance/Sales projects for system development and enhancements.• Created, developed, and implemented budgeting software used by Regional Finance Managers.• Enhanced the existing system to accommodate constant changes to the sales commission pay structure.• Performed data modeling, unit testing, system testing, user training, and system documentation.• Team member that partnered with cross-functional groups to perform process engineering as a precursor to achieving the prestigious Malcolm Baldridge Award in 1994.• Successfully completed assigned projects on time and under budget.REGIONAL FINANCE MANAGER (RFM) – SALES, CALIFORNIA (2/91-8/92)• Pioneered new RFM position to enhance finance support within the region.• Developed annual revenue and expense budgets for the Sales VP and the 5 Division Managers.• Performed ad hoc reporting and directory market profitability analysis.SENIOR ACCOUNTANT II – BUSINESS PLANNING & RESULTS/CONSOLIDATION (11/87-2/91)• Provided financial support for Marketing VP and Directors.• Evaluated and established costs of independent directory contract proposals and renewals.• Performed GAAP/accounting research for complex issues and evaluated their impact on company strategies. • Prepared consolidated GAAP financial statements.• Coordinated annual external audit.• Supervised company store accountant and store inventory valuations.