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 and host one-on-one and group training sessions for approximately 40 managers with budget responsibilitiesMaintain organizational expert knowledge of budget software, Prophix, used to collect budget submissions, consolidate, and report performance of actual activities versus planAid Unit managers with budgeting responsibilities to understand and report on variances against planned performanceCreate presentation materials using charts, tables, and summary memos for presentation to CFO, Executive Director, Budget Analysis & Review Committee (BARC), and Executive Board at quarterly meetings

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.•Research variances using Microsoft Access and Excel pivot tables.Accomplishment: Designed an executive dashboard for Monthly Management Report of KPI data for President and VPs.Accomplishment: Solved issue of moving data from legacy excel models into Cognos TM1 software via Perspectives Excel add-in formulas then trained finance team.Twice awarded monetary founder's "Ron Taylor Award" for outstanding individual performance.

• 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