Brad Geene, Mba Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for the coordination, implementation, and review of the entire ALA budget process involving both the Operating and Capital Budgets totaling $52 million.Develop and mange timelines and due dates for iterative budget cycleCreate budget templates for multiple ALA fund types and coordinate distribution and security rightsDevelop training materials.

• Chamberlain College of Nursing is a fast growing business unit within $2.5 Billion publicly traded DeVry Education Group (NYSE:DV).
• Build advanced forecasting models in Excel to manage, analyze and improve budget submissions.
• Consolidate budgets in Cognos TM1 OLAP software for roll-up to corporate P/L.
• Model price, volume, and discount variables to understand variances to plan.
• Drive improved operating income percentages by analyzing revenue and cost trends and actual to budget variances.
• Advise and train four regional business unit Presidents with responsibility for $29 million in revenue and $6 million in operating income.

• Developed multiple year operating and capital budget forecasts under the direction of the Vice President of Finance and Chief Operating Officer.
• Analyzed monthly revenue metrics against expectations and prepared Senior Executive and Board of Trustee PowerPoint presentation materials.

• Analyzed and interpreted financial components of the $1.5 billion annual operating budget for multiple academic and administrative units.
• Guided Vice Presidents through development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.

• Prepared the Library’s $220 million annual operating budget using IBM Cognos TM1 budgeting and forecasting OLAP software.

• Sourced, negotiated and closed capital equipment credit lines totaling $20 million.
• Networked at industry events and cold-called prospective clients. Built relationships with leading venture capitalists.

• Prevented company defections to competing stock exchanges by producing analytical research, PowerPoint presentations and trend analyses in support of fifteen client relations directors.
• Produced data queries, sorts, and tabular and graphical analyses of trading performance in response to information requests from attorneys, investment bankers and accountants.

• Interviewed senior bank executives and documented business processes to assess compliance with Federal banking law.

Mba, Management Information Systems

Ba, Economics